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The funeral sermon then came in as a vehicle for jeremiad. [ 18 ] For the British Particular Baptist tradition in the 18th century, Cook in looking at funeral sermons of John Brine and Benjamin Wallin (1711–1782) [ 19 ] argues first for the continuing importance of the plain style scheme of the Puritan William Perkins published in his The ...
George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment. [1] [2] [3]
In his memory. Several of Bob Saget’s former Full House costars and longtime friends attended his emotional funeral service earlier this month — including John Stamos, who delivered a special ...
A viewing may take place at the funeral home's chapel, in a family home or at a place of worship, such as a church. Some cultures, such as the Māori of New Zealand, often take the body to the marae or tribal community hall. [3] Viewing is similar to a wake, which is a continuous watch kept over the dead by family and friends, usually in their ...
Walter Gretzky’s family thought the end was coming quickly in the middle of February. The father of hockey’s greatest player had suffered a serious hip injury and, after battling Parkinson’s ...
Priscilla Presley John Amis/AP/Shutterstock Forever in their hearts. During Lisa Marie Presley’s Sunday, January 22, memorial service, mother Priscilla Presley remembered her legacy with a sweet ...
The laudatio Iuliae amitae ("Eulogy for Aunt Julia") is a funeral oration that Julius Caesar said in 68 BC to honor his dead aunt Julia, the widow of Marius. [1] [2] The introduction of this laudatio funebris is reproduced in the work Divus Iulius by the Roman historian Suetonius: [3]
Another view of downtown Jonesboro on the Jimmie Davis Boulevard facing east Garden of Memories is located on the Castor Highway outside Jonesboro. Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a town in, and the parish seat of, Jackson Parish in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. [2] The population was 4,106 in 2020. [3]