If tears could build a stairwell

and memories were a lane,

I would walk right up to Heaven

and bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken,

no time to say good-bye...

You were gone before I knew it,

and only God knows why.

My heart still aches in sadness

and secret tears still flow,

What it means to lose you

no one will ever know.

PRAYER # 102

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I am home in Heaven, dear ones:
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this Everlasting Light.
All the pain and grief are over!
Every restless yearning past;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely Home in Heaven at last.
Dear one, do not grieve so sorely,

For I love you dearly still;

Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,

Pray to trust Our Father’s Will.
When your work is completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh! the rapture of that meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come

We sat beside your bedside,

Our hearts were crushed

and sore;

We did our best to the end,

'Til we could do no more.

In tears we watched

you sinking,

We watched you fade away;

And though our hearts

were breaking,

We knew you could not stay.

You left behind some

aching hearts,

That loved you most sincere;

We never shall and never will

May you always walk in sunshine and God's love around you flow, for the happiness you gave us, no one will ever know, it broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone, a part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

A million times we've needed you.

A million times we've cried. 

If love could only have saved you.

You never would have died.

The Lord be with you

And May You Rest in Peace.

Amen.

Should you go first and I remain,

to walk the road alone,

I’ll live in memories garden, dear,

with happy days we’ve known.

In spring I’ll wait for roses red,

when faded, the lilacs blue.

In early fall when brown leaves fall,

I’ll catch a glimpse of you.

I’ll hear your voice, I’ll see your

smile, tho blindly I may grope,

The memory of your helping hand

will buoy me on with hope.

Should you go first and I remain,

one thing I’ll have you do:

Walk slowly down that long long

path, for soon I’ll follow you.

I want to know each step you take,

So I may take the same.

For someday down that lonely road,

You toiled so hard for those

you loved.

You said goodbye to none,

Your spirit flew before we knew,

Your work on earth was done.

We miss you now,

our hearts are sore,

As time goes by we miss you more.

Your loving smile, your gentle face:

No one can fill your vacant place.

Your life was love and labor.

Your love for your family true.

You did the best for all of us.

We will always remember you.

Your gentle face and patient smile.

With sadness we recall

You had a kindly word for each

And died beloved by all.

The voice is mute and stilled

the heart

That loved us well and true.

Ah, bitter was the trial to part

From one so good as you.

You are not forgotten loved one

Nor will you ever be

As long as life and memory last

We will remember thee.

We miss you now, our hearts

are sore,

As time goes by we miss you more,

Your loving smile, your gentle face

No one can fill your vacant place.

PRAYER # 110

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You can only have one mother

Patient kind and true;

No other friend in all the world,

Will be the same to you.

When other friends forsake you,

To mother you will return,

For all her loving kindness,

She asks nothing in return.

As we look upon her picture,

Sweet memories we recall,

Of a face so full of sunshine,

And a smile for one and all.

Sweet Jesus, take this message,

To our dear mother up above;

Tell her how we miss her,

And give her all our love.

PRAYER # 111

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PRAYER # 112

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