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WINDER, • GEORGIA
FUNERAL ETHICS.
(Note. —Believing it to be a mat
ter of such importance as should be
considered by the public as a whole
my brethren asked me to prepare for
publication a paper on the above
named subject. 1 comply with their
request with the prayer that this
paper will be a means to so unifying
the funeral occasion in our midst as
that the deceased will receive due
honor and the bereaved living will
be spared any additional anguish
which sometime results from failure
to regard Funeral Ethics.)
As all who have experienced it
knows when death conies into a
home it makes a sorrow all its own
and unlike all other sorrow. Even
when the dead have died in the Lord
the sad fact remains that the sepa
ration is until the (ireat Day, and
this fact saddens the heart, and
blights the joy even of Clod’s be
lieving children. But when the de
ceased has disregarded the plan of
salvation and died without Jesus
Christ the sorrow of separation is
intensified by the fear of the judg
in'/it.
We, as preachers, are called to
conduct the funeral services of the
good and of the wicked and like
other sacred duties these should be
conducted with the utmost tact, and
require the “wisdom of the serpent
and the harmlessness of the dove.”
The opportunity for doing good is
great, likewise there lurks in some
cases the temptation to do what if
done will do great evil.
The preacher must remember that
he is the ambassador of Clod and
never should God’s eternal truths be
interfered with even though the ef
fort is to comfort sorrowing hearts.
The funeral occasion of one who
ilied a sinner does not justify the
preacher in nullifying God’s truths
concerning repentance, etc.
As it is given only to. God to knew
the lit arts of men the wise preacher
will say but little about the deceus
< . Tue luneral occasion should be
t,s free as possible from anything
t.iat will add sorrow to grief-fetricken
loved ones. And to accomplish tills
it is necessary that those most in
volved, the family, the preacher, the
director clearly understand and oh
serve the ethical rights eacli of the
other.
When death enters the home of a
member of his flock it is the duty of
the pastor to go as soon as practica
ble to that home. Asa messenger
of Christ he is needed by those
whose hearts have been broken by
the furrows of so great a sorrow.
When this visit is made he has no
further connection with the funeral
until the wishes of the family have
been made known to him. The rea
son for this can be easily seen. The
family has a perfect right to call
I upon any other pastor to conduct thf.
service. Such a desire will not be
considered as disrespectful of the
local pastor, nor is the visiting
preacher considered as infringing
upon the ethical rights of a brother.
In marriages and in funerals choice
of pastors can be made.
The pastor desired should be noti
fied as early as possible and as his
duties are many lie should be con
sulted as to the time of the funeral.
Every pastor has an engagement to
preach at 11 o’clock on Sunday and
no fUneral should be placed at that
hour if possible to prevent it.
The pastor does not want to be
as a paid man at a funeral but rath
er as a sympathizing friend and a
representation of his Master in con
soling bleeding hearts. Hence he
does not expect financial compensa
tion for his service. But if he has
been placed at financial expense in
attending the. funeral that expense
should be given the funeral director
and he insert in in his bill as a reg
ular item of expense.
The discreet pasotr will remember
that the bereaved once have under
gone a great physical and nervous
strain and he will not prolong the
service beyond 30 minutes if possi
ble and he will speak not with such
maudlin terms as “how vacant the
house will be when you return from
the cemetery,” etc. but he will
speak from God's Word.
The family have a right, ex
cept in cases restricted by law, to
have the services where they desire.
The Winder News, Thursday, March IS, 1916.
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It is our opinion, and we hope to see
it a universal custom, to have the
casket closed at the beginning of the
service and not to be reopened.
Those who wish to view their friend
(and no one should view a body thru
idle curiosity) should go to the home
before the service begins. At last
all friends leave the room and the
family, led by the pastor or director,
are left alone with their dead. Then
the casket is closed and the service
begins.
The funeral director is what his
name implies and should be so re
garded by the pastor. When he is
ready for the service lie can make
it known to the pastor by a simple
nod of the head. The pastor should
not begin until the director is ready.
Asa trained man the director has a
•ight to make suggestions to the fam
ily and to the pastor and should
never be considered as offensive in
doing so.
To avoid all conflict and resultant
embarrassment a program should be
arranged and a copy held by the pas
tor, the director and the choir and
then .no announcement of songs or
any thing else should be made. All
should then follow the program.
If the family insists that the cas
ket be opened the director and not
the pastor should direct the congre
gation.
The director arranges the proces
sion to the cemetery and all should
respect his wishes about filling the
carriages or automobiles. He < also
arranged for a conveyance for the
preacher from the preacher's home
and return. At the grave the pastor
begins the commitment service when
ihe director signals him.
When the weather is cold or rainy
it is not disrespectful to the dead for
director, the pall bearers and the
pastor and all of the people to keep
their heads covered. Disregard of
this oftentimes brings sickness anu
death. .
Even at best a funeral is a sad
occasion. Every effort should be
put forth to make it more easily en
dured. And this can only be done
when those who have it in charge re
spect the rights of the other.
Jno. F. Yarbrough.
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