Posted on 06/11/2004 2:48:04 AM PDT by ambrose
LIVE THREAD--Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Lying in State at the Rotunda (6/11/04)
Nancy looks better today
The are bringing his casket out now
what a beautiful song
There it is :)
Thank you for posting this. It is a great picture!
Casket now being carried down the ramp to the hearse. Navy Hymn being played. COL
those who perish=those in peril... sheesh.
I was thinking the same thing about Nancy -- all this outpouring has made her stronger!
Our nation is giving President Reagan a proper farewell...Eternal Father,strong to save..the Navy hymn.
Navy Hymn...I hope the crew on the USS Ronald Reagan are watching today wherever they are.
I have no choice but to come to work since our office is open but I don't mind cause I have Free Republic and the TV today so its just like being home.
Are any former presidents there yet? I believe that they will probably be the last to arrive. It might be protocol. Just a guess on my part.
thanks
The walkway is lined with soldiers from all branches, men and women, looking solemn and doing us proud!
Agree
From the bottom of my heart ... Thank you TomGuy for these pictures
Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who biddest the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy Word,
Who walked on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!
O Trinity of love and power!
Our family shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect us wheresoever we go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Alternate verses:
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Though the great spaces in the sky.
Be with them always in the air,
In darkening storms or sunlight fair;
Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air!
Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
Thou Who supports with tender might
The balanced birds in all their flight.
Lord, if the tempered winds be near,
That, having Thee, they know no fear.
Mary C. D. Hamilton (1915)
Eternal Father, Lord of hosts,
Watch over the men who guard our coasts.
Protect them from the raging seas
And give them light and life and peace.
Grant them from Thy great throne above
The shield and shelter of Thy love.
Author unknown
God, Who dost still the restless foam,
Protect the ones we love at home.
Provide that they should always be
By Thine own grace both safe and free.
O Father, hear us when we pray
For those we love so far away.
Hugh Taylor (date unknown)
O Father, King of earth and sea,
We dedicate this ship to Thee.
In faith we send her on her way;
In faith to Thee we humbly pray:
O hear from heaven our sailor’s cry
And watch and guard her from on high!
Author/date unknown
And when at length her course is run,
Her work for home and country done,
Of all the souls that in her sailed
Let not one life in Thee have failed;
But hear from heaven our sailor’s cry,
And grant eternal life on high!
Author/date unknown
No, I think kerry is trying to be shot from one of the cannons. Human Cannon for President.
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