Page 14 - Burial Brochure of Late Okoli Mr Bennett U

ORDER OF BURIAL SERVICE FOR
LATE MR BENNETT U. OKOLI (KOMA)
LOWERING OF THE BODY INTO THE GRAVE
HYMN 296
1. Guide me, O thou great Redeemer.
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven
Feed me now and evermore.
2. Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery cloudy pillar
Lead me all me journey through.
Strong deliver.
Be thou s ll my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan.
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruc on
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs and praises
I will ever give to thee. Amen.
16. SENTENCES AT THE GRAVE SIDE:
Priest: Man that is born of woman has but a
short me to live, and is full of misery; he
comes up, and is cut down like a flower, he
flees as it were a shadow, and never con nue
in one stay.
In the midst of life we are in death, of whom
may we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord,
who for our sins are justly displeased.
Ye! O Lord, most holy, O Lord most mighty. O
Holy and Most merciful Saviour, deliver us not
into the bi er pains of eternal death.
Thou knowest, Lord the secret of our hearts,
shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer, but
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AGED: 70 YEARS
IDONYE OZU N'ILI
Abu 209
1. Nedum, Gi Jehova uku.
Ony'ije n'ozara nka:
Ike adighm Gi di ike.
Wer'aka-I d'ike jidem!
Nri nke igwe.
Nazum rue mgb'afo gejum!
2. Meghe is'iyi di ocha
Miri-ngwopu si eru:
K'igw'oji n'ogidi-oku
Dugidem n'ijem nile
Onye-nzoputa.
Bur'ikem n'otam mgbe dum!
3. Mgbe m gazo ukwu na Jodan
Chupu egwu nke m'natu:
Ka m'gafe onwu, n'oku-mo.
Rue ala Kenean n'udo.
Ab'otuto
M'gabuku I mgb'ebigh-ebi! Amen.
16. IHE NGUPUTA N'AKUKU ILI:
Onye Ozi: Mmadu nke nwanyi muru nwere
naani mkpumkpu mgbe idi ndu, o juputara
n'ihuju anya, o puputara e gbutue ya dika
ifuru osisi, o na-agbapu dika onyinyo, o dighi
anogide n'otu ebe.
N'e ndu anyi no n'onwu, onye ka anyi ga-
agbakwuru n'ihi inye aka ma o bughi Gi, Onye-
nwe-anyi?
Ma Onyenweanyi Chineke kasi ebere, Onye-
nwe-anyi kasi ike, Onye Nzoputa di nso
juputara n'ebere, ararakwala anyi nye n'ihe
ufu di ilu nke onwu ebigh-ebi.
Onyenweanyi, I maara ihe nzuzo niile nke obi