George Whitefield: A Biography, with special reference to his labors in AmericaBelcher, Joseph
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George Whitefield: A Biography, with special reference to his labors in America
Belcher, Joseph
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
"She is now doing honor to the remains of the Earl of Buchan, who
sweetly slept in Jesus last week. All hath been awful, and more
than awful. On Saturday evening, before the corpse was taken from
Buchan house, a word of exhortation was given, and a hymn sung
in the room where the corpse lay. The young Earl stood with his
hands on the head of the coffin, the Countess Dowager of Buchan
on his right hand, Lady Ann Agnes, and Lady Isabella Erskine on
his left, and their brother the Hon. Thomas Erskine next to their
mother, with Miss O----, Miss W----, Miss G----; on one side
all the domestics, with a few friends on the other. The word of
exhortation was received with great solemnity, and most wept under
the parting prayer. At ten, the corpse was removed to good Lady
Huntingdon's chapel, where it was deposited within a place railed in
for that purpose, covered with black baize, and the usual funeral
concomitants, except escutcheons.
"On Sunday morning, all attended in mourning at early sacrament.
They were seated by themselves, at the feet of the corpse, and with
their head servants, received first, and a particular address was
made to them. Immediately after receiving, these verses were sung
for them:
"'Our lives, our blood, we here present,
If for thy truth they may be spent:
Fulfil thy glorious counsel, Lord;
Thy will be done, thy name adored.
"'Give them thy strength, O God of power,
Then let men rave or devils roar,
Thy faithful witnesses they'll be;
'Tis fixed, they can do all through thee!'
"Then they received this blessing: 'The Lord bless you, and keep
you; the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you; the
Lord cause his face to shine upon you, and give you peace;' and so
returned to their places.
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