0:00:10 > 0:00:15Cathedral where, earlier today, the funeral service for Margaret
0:00:15 > 0:00:20Thatcher, Lady Thatcher, took place. It's been a day of grand ceremonial
0:00:20 > 0:00:30with full military honours. A moving service with fine music. A
0:00:30 > 0:00:44
0:00:44 > 0:00:50thoughtful address by the Bishop of London. Lady thatch -- Lady
0:00:50 > 0:01:00Thatcher's coffin stayed overnight at Chapel of St Mary's Undercroft.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02
0:01:02 > 0:01:12The hearse beginning the first part of its journey to St Clement Danes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:19
0:01:19 > 0:01:25Down Whitehall, past Downing Street, her home for over 11 years. Among
0:01:25 > 0:01:33the guests arriving in St Paul's, Lord Tebbit and former Prime
0:01:33 > 0:01:43Minister Sir John Major, Tony Blair behind him. And Gordon Brown, with
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0:01:49 > 0:01:57his wife Sarah. The hearse arrives at St Clement Danes. And the purpose
0:01:57 > 0:02:03of this part of the ceremony is simply to remove the coffin into the
0:02:03 > 0:02:11church, await the arrival of the gun carriage of the King's Troop Royal
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Horse Artillery and, during that period, say prayers over the coffin.
0:02:16 > 0:02:26Back here at St Paul's, the sand laid out for the gun carriage to
0:02:26 > 0:02:28
0:02:28 > 0:02:33arrive. The Prime Minister and his wife going to take his place. The
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Thatcher family arrives. Sir Mark Thatcher there on the right, his
0:02:37 > 0:02:45wife Sarah and Michael Thatcher and Amanda Thatcher will be taking part
0:02:45 > 0:02:55in the service and the partner of Carol Thatcher there with the black
0:02:55 > 0:03:02
0:03:02 > 0:03:06at St Clement Danes and the coffin is gently laid on it by the bearer
0:03:06 > 0:03:16party, representatives of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air
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0:04:27 > 0:04:32to St Paul's, led by the Band of the of Edinburgh. The Great West Door is
0:04:32 > 0:04:42only open for ceremonial occasions, giving this wonderful view from the
0:04:42 > 0:04:56
0:04:56 > 0:05:02centre of the Cathedral down the the West Door and the steps of St
0:05:02 > 0:05:11Paul's Cathedral where the Guard of Honour of the Welsh Guards stands
0:05:11 > 0:05:16facing the Cathedral. The In Pensioners of the Royal Hospital
0:05:16 > 0:05:26standing g to attention -- standing to attention. The bearer party for
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0:05:27 > 0:05:37the coffin, hats removed, now very gently lifting the coffin off the
0:05:37 > 0:05:53
0:05:53 > 0:06:03gun carriage and will carry it up chime and -- half-muffled bell rings
0:06:03 > 0:06:22
0:06:22 > 0:06:26arrives here in the West Door. On the left there, Amanda Thatcher, the
0:06:26 > 0:06:3119-year-old granddaughter of Baroness Thatcher and Michael
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Thatcher, her brother, stand with the cushions which will bear the
0:06:35 > 0:06:45Insignia of the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit. They will be
0:06:45 > 0:07:11
0:07:11 > 0:07:21laid on the Altar just in front of # I am the resurrection
0:07:21 > 0:07:49
0:07:49 > 0:07:59# And whosoever liveth # Shall never
0:07:59 > 0:08:26
0:08:26 > 0:08:36# And that he shall stand at the # And though after my skin worms
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0:09:34 > 0:09:44# And it is certain # The Lord gave
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0:12:34 > 0:12:44directly under the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, where it will lie during
0:12:44 > 0:12:44
0:12:44 > 0:12:49the service. The bearer party leave and, in a moment, the service begins
0:12:49 > 0:12:59with the Bidding given by The Very Reverend David Ison, the Dean of St
0:12:59 > 0:13:06
0:13:06 > 0:13:09We come to this Cathedral today Margaret Hilda Thatcher, to give
0:13:09 > 0:13:12and to commend her into God's hands. We recall with great gratitude
0:13:12 > 0:13:14her leadership of this nation, her courage, her steadfastness,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16and her resolve to accomplish what she believed to be right for
0:13:16 > 0:13:22the common good. We remember the values by which she lived,
0:13:22 > 0:13:32her diligence, her courtesy,
0:13:32 > 0:13:32
0:13:32 > 0:13:37and her personal concern for the wellbeing of individuals.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42And as we remember, so we rejoice in the lifelong companionship
0:13:42 > 0:13:48she enjoyed with Denis, and we pray for her family and friends
0:13:48 > 0:13:55and for all who mourn her passing. We continue to pray for this nation,
0:13:55 > 0:14:00giving thanks for its traditions of freedom, for the rule of law
0:14:00 > 0:14:05and for parliamentary democracy, remembering the part we have played
0:14:05 > 0:14:09in peace and conflict over many centuries
0:14:09 > 0:14:16and in all parts of the world; praying for all today who suffer
0:14:16 > 0:14:23and sorrow in sickness, poverty, oppression or despair, that in
0:14:23 > 0:14:29harmony and truth we may seek to be channels of Christ's faith,
0:14:29 > 0:14:34hope and compassion to all the world;
0:14:34 > 0:14:40joining our prayers together as we say:
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Our Father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy name
0:14:44 > 0:14:50Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Give us this day our daily bread
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And forgive us our trespasses
0:14:56 > 0:15:00As we forgive those who trespass against us
0:15:00 > 0:15:04And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil
0:15:04 > 0:15:08For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10For ever and ever.
0:15:10 > 0:15:20Amen.
0:15:20 > 0:15:33
0:15:33 > 0:15:43# He who would valiant be 'Gainst all disaster
0:15:43 > 0:15:43
0:15:43 > 0:15:53# Let him in constancy Follow the Master
0:15:53 > 0:15:54
0:15:54 > 0:15:59# There's no discouragement
0:15:59 > 0:16:05# Shall make him once relent
0:16:05 > 0:16:15# His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim
0:16:15 > 0:16:16
0:16:16 > 0:16:26# Who so beset him round With dismal stories
0:16:26 > 0:16:27
0:16:27 > 0:16:37# Do but themselves confound His strength the more is
0:16:37 > 0:16:43
0:16:43 > 0:16:50# Then fancies flee away! I'll fear not what men say
0:16:50 > 0:17:00# I'll labour night and day To be a pilgrim. #
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0:17:18 > 0:17:21Finally, my brethren,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24be strong in the Lord,
0:17:24 > 0:17:28and in the power of his might.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Put on the whole armour of God,
0:17:31 > 0:17:37that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
0:17:37 > 0:17:46For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
0:17:46 > 0:17:54against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59against spiritual wickedness in high places.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
0:18:06 > 0:18:12that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
0:18:12 > 0:18:21to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
0:18:21 > 0:18:27and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
0:18:27 > 0:18:34And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
0:18:34 > 0:18:41Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able
0:18:41 > 0:18:46to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
0:18:46 > 0:18:52And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57which is the word of God:
0:18:57 > 0:19:03Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07and watching thereunto with all perseverance
0:19:07 > 0:19:17and supplication for all saints.
0:19:17 > 0:19:31
0:19:31 > 0:19:41# Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my crying come unto thee
0:19:41 > 0:19:45
0:19:45 > 0:19:53# And let my crying come
0:19:53 > 0:20:03# Hear my prayer, O Lord
0:20:03 > 0:20:03
0:20:03 > 0:20:13# And let my crying come
0:20:13 > 0:20:19
0:20:19 > 0:20:29# And let my crying come
0:20:29 > 0:20:31
0:20:31 > 0:20:41# And let my crying come unto thee
0:20:41 > 0:20:45
0:20:45 > 0:20:50# Hear my prayer
0:20:50 > 0:21:00# And let my crying
0:21:00 > 0:21:10
0:21:10 > 0:21:20# And let my crying
0:21:20 > 0:21:22
0:21:22 > 0:21:32# And let my crying come unto thee. #
0:21:32 > 0:21:49
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so,
0:21:59 > 0:22:06I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
0:22:11 > 0:22:20And receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
0:22:20 > 0:22:27And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest,
0:22:33 > 0:22:38and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him,
0:22:38 > 0:22:43I am the way, the truth and the life:
0:22:43 > 0:22:53No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
0:22:53 > 0:23:00
0:23:00 > 0:23:02by Lady Thatcher for the service at her
0:23:02 > 0:23:02her husband's
0:23:02 > 0:23:05her husband's funeral,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08her husband's funeral, Sir
0:23:08 > 0:23:18her husband's funeral, Sir Denis Thatcher. This is How Lovely Is Thy
0:23:18 > 0:23:28
0:23:28 > 0:23:38Dwelling Place, the music by # For my soul, it longeth
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0:24:33 > 0:24:43# For my soul, it longeth # For my soul, it longeth
0:24:43 > 0:25:09
0:25:09 > 0:25:19# My soul and body crieth out # My soul and body crieth out
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0:28:40 > 0:28:50given by a friend of the Thatcher family and of Lady Thatcher, the
0:28:50 > 0:28:57
0:28:57 > 0:29:02The storm of conflicting opinions the Mrs Thatcher who became a
0:29:02 > 0:29:08But today the remains of the real Margaret Hilda Thatcher
0:29:08 > 0:29:15are here at her funeral service. Lying here, she is one of us,
0:29:15 > 0:29:21subject to the common destiny of all human beings.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27There is an important place for debating policies and legacy;
0:29:27 > 0:29:31for assessing the impact of political decisions
0:29:31 > 0:29:35on the everyday lives of individuals and communities.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Parliament held a frank debate last week -
0:29:39 > 0:29:46but here and today is neither the time nor the place.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52This, at Lady Thatcher's personal request, is a funeral service,
0:29:52 > 0:29:57not a memorial service with the customary eulogies.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03At such a time, the parson should not aspire to the judgments
0:30:03 > 0:30:07which are proper to the politician;
0:30:07 > 0:30:12instead, this is a place for ordinary human compassion
0:30:12 > 0:30:15of the kind that is reconciling.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19It is also the place for the simple truths
0:30:19 > 0:30:23which transcend political debate.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29And above all it is the place for hope.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33But it must be very difficult for those members of her family,
0:30:33 > 0:30:37and those closely associated with her,
0:30:37 > 0:30:42to recognise the wife, mother and grandmother
0:30:42 > 0:30:46in the mythological figure.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52Our hearts go out to Mark and Carol and their families,
0:30:52 > 0:30:58and also to those who cared for Lady Thatcher with such devotion,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01especially in her later years.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05One thing that everyone has noted is the courtesy and personal kindness
0:31:05 > 0:31:09which she showed to those who worked for her,
0:31:09 > 0:31:13as well as her capacity to reach out to the young,
0:31:13 > 0:31:19in the world's eyes, "important".
0:31:19 > 0:31:23The letter from a young boy early on in her time as Prime Minister
0:31:23 > 0:31:28is a typical example. Nine-year-old David wrote to say:
0:31:28 > 0:31:32"Last night when we were saying prayers,
0:31:32 > 0:31:38"my daddy said everyone has done wrong things except Jesus."
0:31:38 > 0:31:42And I said, "I don't think you have done bad things
0:31:42 > 0:31:50"because you are the Prime Minister. Am I right or is my daddy?"
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the Prime Minister replied
0:31:54 > 0:31:57in her own hand in a very straightforward letter
0:31:57 > 0:32:01which took the question seriously. And she said:
0:32:01 > 0:32:05"However good we try to be, we can never be as kind,
0:32:05 > 0:32:11"gentle and wise as Jesus. There will be times when we do or say
0:32:11 > 0:32:15"some thing we wish we hadn't done and we shall be sorry
0:32:15 > 0:32:18"and try not to do it again."
0:32:18 > 0:32:20She was always reaching out
0:32:20 > 0:32:26and trying to help in typically un-coded terms.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30I was once sitting next to her at some City function.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32In the midst of describing
0:32:32 > 0:32:36how Hayek's Road To Serfdom had influenced her thinking,
0:32:37 > 0:32:42she suddenly grasped my wrist and said very emphatically,
0:32:42 > 0:32:52"Don't touch the duck pate, Bishop - it's very fattening."
0:32:52 > 0:32:53
0:32:53 > 0:32:56She described her own religious upbringing in a lecture she gave
0:32:56 > 0:33:00in the nearby church of St Lawrence Jewry:
0:33:00 > 0:33:02"We often went to church twice on Sundays,
0:33:02 > 0:33:05"as well as on other occasions during the week.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08"We were taught there always to make up our own minds
0:33:08 > 0:33:13"and never take the easy way of following the crowd."
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Her upbringing of course was in the Methodism
0:33:15 > 0:33:19to which this country owes a huge debt.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23When it was time to challenge the political and economic status quo
0:33:23 > 0:33:26in 19th-century Britain,
0:33:26 > 0:33:31it was so often the Methodists who took the lead.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35The Tolpuddle Martyrs, for example, were led not by proto-Marxists
0:33:35 > 0:33:39but by Methodist lay preachers.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Today's first lesson describes the struggle
0:33:42 > 0:33:45with the principalities and powers.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Perseverance in struggle and the courage to be
0:33:49 > 0:33:52were characteristic of Margaret Thatcher.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54In a setting like this,
0:33:54 > 0:34:00in the presence of the leaders of the nation,
0:34:00 > 0:34:06it is easy to forget the immense hurdles she had to climb.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Beginning in the upper floors
0:34:08 > 0:34:11of her father's grocer's shop in Grantham,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13through Oxford as a scientist and, later,
0:34:13 > 0:34:17as part of the team that invented Mr Whippy ice cream,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21s
0:34:21 > 0:34:25By the time she entered Parliament in 1959
0:34:25 > 0:34:32she was part of a cohort of only 4% of women in the House of Commons.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36She had experienced many rebuffs along the way,
0:34:36 > 0:34:40often on the short list for candidates only to be disqualified
0:34:40 > 0:34:47by prejudice against a woman - and, worse, a woman with children.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51She applied herself to her work with formidable energy and passion
0:34:52 > 0:34:56and continued to reflect on how faith and politics
0:34:56 > 0:34:59related to one another.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01In the Lawrence Jewry lecture she said that:
0:35:01 > 0:35:04"Christianity offers no easy solutions
0:35:04 > 0:35:09"to political and economic issues.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13"It teaches us that we cannot achieve a compassionate society
0:35:13 > 0:35:16"simply by passing new laws
0:35:16 > 0:35:20"and appointing more staff to administer them."
0:35:20 > 0:35:25She was very aware that there are prior dispositions
0:35:25 > 0:35:30which are needed to make market economics
0:35:30 > 0:35:35and democratic institutions function well:
0:35:35 > 0:35:39the habits of truth-telling, mutual sympathy,
0:35:39 > 0:35:46and the capacity to co-operate. These dispositions are incubated
0:35:46 > 0:35:51a
0:35:51 > 0:35:55In her words, "The basic ties of the family
0:35:55 > 0:36:02"are at the heart of our society and are the nursery of civic virtue".
0:36:02 > 0:36:08Such moral and spiritual capital is accumulated over many generations
0:36:08 > 0:36:13but can be easily eroded.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Life is a struggle to make the right choices
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and to achieve liberation from dependence,
0:36:20 > 0:36:24whether material or psychological.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30This genuine independence is the essential pre-condition for living
0:36:30 > 0:36:36in an other-centred way, beyond ourselves.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39The word Margaret Thatcher used at St Lawrence Jewry
0:36:39 > 0:36:42was "interdependence".
0:36:42 > 0:36:44She referred to the Christian doctrine
0:36:44 > 0:36:47"that we are all members one of another,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50"expressed in the concept of the Church on Earth
0:36:50 > 0:36:56"as the Body of Christ. From this we learn our interdependence
0:36:56 > 0:37:01"and," as she said, "the great truth that we do not achieve
0:37:01 > 0:37:06"happiness or salvation in isolation from each other
0:37:06 > 0:37:11"but as members of Society."
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Her later remark about there being no such thing as "society"
0:37:15 > 0:37:21has been misunderstood and refers to some impersonal entity
0:37:21 > 0:37:27to which we are tempted to surrender our independence.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30It is entirely right that in the Dean's bidding
0:37:30 > 0:37:33there was a reference to "the life-long companionship
0:37:33 > 0:37:36"she enjoyed with Denis." As we all know,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40the manner of her leaving office was traumatic
0:37:40 > 0:37:45but the loss of Denis was a grievous blow indeed,
0:37:45 > 0:37:50and then there was a struggle with increasing debility
0:37:50 > 0:37:55from which she has now been liberated.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59The natural cycle leads inevitably to decay,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03but the dominant note of any Christian funeral service,
0:38:03 > 0:38:09after the sorrow and after the memories, is hope.
0:38:09 > 0:38:17It is almost as perplexing to identify the "real me" in life
0:38:17 > 0:38:21as it is in death. The atoms that make up our bodies
0:38:21 > 0:38:25are changing all the time, through wear and tear,
0:38:25 > 0:38:27eating and drinking.
0:38:27 > 0:38:35We are atomically distinct from what we were when we were young.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39What unites Margaret Roberts of Grantham
0:38:39 > 0:38:47with Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven; what constitutes her identity?
0:38:47 > 0:38:52The complex pattern of memories, aspirations and actions
0:38:52 > 0:38:56which make up a character were carried for a time
0:38:56 > 0:38:59by the atoms of her body,
0:38:59 > 0:39:07but we believe they are also stored up in the Cloud of God's being.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10In faithful relationships, when two people live together,
0:39:10 > 0:39:16they grow around one another and the one becomes a part of the other.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20We are given the freedom to be ourselves and, as human beings,
0:39:20 > 0:39:25to be drawn freely into an ever-closer relationship
0:39:25 > 0:39:29with the divine nature.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34Everything which has turned to love in our lives
0:39:34 > 0:39:40will be stored up in the memory of God.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44First there is the struggle for freedom and independence
0:39:44 > 0:39:51and then the self-giving and the acceptance of inter-dependence.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54In the gospel passage read by the Prime Minister, Jesus says,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58"I am the way, the truth, and the life".
0:39:58 > 0:40:03That "I am" is the voice of the divine being.
0:40:03 > 0:40:09Jesus does not bring information or mere advice
0:40:09 > 0:40:13but embodies the reality of divine love.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17God so loved the world that he was generous:
0:40:17 > 0:40:21he did not intervene from the outside but gave himself to us
0:40:21 > 0:40:28in the person of Jesus Christ, and became one of us.
0:40:28 > 0:40:35What, in the end, makes our lives seem valuable
0:40:35 > 0:40:39after the storm and stress have passed away
0:40:39 > 0:40:43and there is a great calm?
0:40:43 > 0:40:49The questions most frequently asked at such a time concern us all.
0:40:49 > 0:40:56How loving have I been? How faithful in personal relationships?
0:40:56 > 0:41:01Have I found joy within myself,
0:41:01 > 0:41:09or am I still looking for it in externals outside myself?
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Margaret Thatcher had a sense of this,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14which she expressed in her address
0:41:14 > 0:41:18to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland:
0:41:18 > 0:41:26"I leave you with the earnest hope that may we all come nearer
0:41:26 > 0:41:32"to that other country whose 'ways are ways of gentleness
0:41:32 > 0:41:39" 'and all her paths are peace'. "
0:41:39 > 0:41:43TS Eliot, in the poem quoted in this service sheet, says:
0:41:43 > 0:41:49"the communication of the dead is tongued with fire
0:41:49 > 0:41:53"beyond the language of the living."
0:41:53 > 0:41:58In this Easter season Death is revealed, not as a full stop
0:41:58 > 0:42:03but as the way into another dimension of Life.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06As Eliot puts it:
0:42:06 > 0:42:12"What we call the beginning is often the end
0:42:12 > 0:42:17"And to make an end is to make a beginning.
0:42:17 > 0:42:27"The end is where we start from."
0:42:27 > 0:42:27
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Rest eternal grant unto her O Lord
0:42:30 > 0:42:40and let light perpetual shine upon her.
0:42:40 > 0:42:47
0:42:47 > 0:42:47Now one of Lady Thatcher's favourites,
0:42:47 > 0:42:48favourites, the
0:42:48 > 0:42:48favourites, the hymn
0:42:48 > 0:42:58favourites, the hymn Love
0:42:58 > 0:43:05
0:43:05 > 0:43:15favourites, the hymn Love Divine, # Love Divine, all loves excelling
0:43:15 > 0:43:29
0:43:29 > 0:43:39# Jesu, thou art all compassion Pure unbounded love thou art
0:43:39 > 0:43:43
0:43:43 > 0:43:53# Visit us with thy salvation Enter every trembling heart
0:43:53 > 0:44:09
0:44:09 > 0:44:18# Finish then thy new creation Pure and spotless let us be
0:44:18 > 0:44:28# Let us see thy great salvation Perfectly restored in thee
0:44:28 > 0:44:33
0:44:33 > 0:44:43# Changed from glory into glory Till in heaven we take our place
0:44:43 > 0:44:49
0:44:49 > 0:44:57# Till we cast our crowns before thee
0:44:57 > 0:45:07# Lost in wonder Love, and praise! #
0:45:07 > 0:45:14
0:45:14 > 0:45:24Let us pray.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26
0:45:26 > 0:45:32Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live,
0:45:32 > 0:45:36and is full of misery.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38He cometh up, and is cut down,
0:45:38 > 0:45:40like a flower;
0:45:40 > 0:45:43He fleeth as it were a shadow,
0:45:43 > 0:45:47and never continueth in one stay.
0:45:47 > 0:45:52In the midst of life we are in death:
0:45:52 > 0:45:58Of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord,
0:45:58 > 0:46:04who for our sins art justly displeased?
0:46:04 > 0:46:10Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
0:46:10 > 0:46:16Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us
0:46:16 > 0:46:26Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour,
0:46:26 > 0:46:28
0:46:28 > 0:46:35Thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour,
0:46:35 > 0:46:42for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47Like as a father pitieth his own children:
0:46:47 > 0:46:54Even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him.
0:46:54 > 0:47:01For he knoweth whereof we are made: he remembereth that we are but dust.
0:47:01 > 0:47:07The days of man are but as grass:
0:47:07 > 0:47:12For he flourisheth as a flower of the field.
0:47:12 > 0:47:18For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone:
0:47:18 > 0:47:23And the place thereof shall know it no more.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth
0:47:28 > 0:47:33For ever and ever upon them that fear him:
0:47:33 > 0:47:43And his righteousness upon children's children.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46O merciful God, the Father
0:47:46 > 0:47:49of our Lord Jesus Christ,
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Who is the resurrection and the life;
0:47:52 > 0:47:55In whom whosoever believeth shall live,
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00Shall not die eternally; Who also hath taught us,
0:48:00 > 0:48:05By his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry,
0:48:05 > 0:48:10As men without hope, for them that sleep in him:
0:48:10 > 0:48:14We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin
0:48:14 > 0:48:20when we shall depart this life,
0:48:20 > 0:48:27We may rest in him, as our hope is this our sister doth;
0:48:27 > 0:48:31and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day,
0:48:31 > 0:48:36We may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing,
0:48:37 > 0:48:41which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all
0:48:41 > 0:48:44That love and fear thee, saying,
0:48:44 > 0:48:48Come, ye blessed children of my Father,
0:48:48 > 0:48:53Receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Grant this we beseech thee, O merciful Father,
0:48:57 > 0:49:01Through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer.
0:49:01 > 0:49:08Amen.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Almighty God, Father of all mercies
0:49:11 > 0:49:15and giver of all comfort:
0:49:15 > 0:49:17Deal graciously, we pray thee, with those who mourn,
0:49:17 > 0:49:20that casting every care on thee,
0:49:20 > 0:49:24they may know the consolation of thy love;
0:49:24 > 0:49:32through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36O heavenly Father,
0:49:36 > 0:49:38who in thy Son Jesus Christ
0:49:38 > 0:49:42has given us a true faith,
0:49:42 > 0:49:44and a sure hope: help us,
0:49:44 > 0:49:48we pray thee, to live as those who believe and trust
0:49:48 > 0:49:54in the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins,
0:49:54 > 0:49:59and the resurrection to life everlasting,
0:49:59 > 0:50:06and strengthen this faith and hope in us all the days of our life:
0:50:06 > 0:50:12through the love of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour.
0:50:12 > 0:50:22Amen.
0:50:22 > 0:50:28
0:50:28 > 0:50:31I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me,
0:50:31 > 0:50:34write, from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord:
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Even so, saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God,
0:50:41 > 0:50:51be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
0:50:51 > 0:51:04
0:51:05 > 0:51:12# I vow to thee, my country All earthly things above
0:51:12 > 0:51:22# Entire and whole and perfect The service of my love
0:51:22 > 0:51:24
0:51:24 > 0:51:34# The love that asks no question The love that stands the test
0:51:34 > 0:51:34
0:51:34 > 0:51:44# That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best
0:51:44 > 0:51:46
0:51:46 > 0:51:56# The love that never falters The love that pays the price
0:51:56 > 0:51:57
0:51:57 > 0:52:07# The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice
0:52:07 > 0:52:14
0:52:14 > 0:52:24# And there's another country I've heard of long ago
0:52:24 > 0:52:34# Most dear to them that love her Most great to them that know
0:52:34 > 0:52:36
0:52:36 > 0:52:46# We may not count her armies We may not see her King
0:52:46 > 0:52:47
0:52:47 > 0:52:57# Her fortress is a faithful heart Her pride is suffering
0:52:57 > 0:52:59
0:52:59 > 0:53:09# And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase
0:53:09 > 0:53:11
0:53:11 > 0:53:17# And her ways are ways of gentleness
0:53:17 > 0:53:27# And all her paths are peace. #
0:53:27 > 0:53:32
0:53:32 > 0:53:38Go forth upon thy journey from this world, O Christian soul
0:53:38 > 0:53:43Go in the name of God the Father Almighty who created thee
0:53:43 > 0:53:48In the name of Jesus Christ his son who suffered for thee
0:53:48 > 0:53:51In the name of the Holy Spirit who strengthened thee
0:53:51 > 0:53:55Aided by angels and archangels
0:53:55 > 0:53:58And all the armies of the heavenly host
0:53:58 > 0:54:03May thy portion this day be in peace
0:54:03 > 0:54:13And thy dwelling place in the heavenly Jerusalem.
0:54:13 > 0:54:21
0:54:21 > 0:54:26Support us, O Lord, all the day long of this troublous life,
0:54:26 > 0:54:30until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes,
0:54:30 > 0:54:38the busy world is hushed, the fever o
0:54:38 > 0:54:45Then, Lord, in your mercy grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest,
0:54:45 > 0:54:55and peace at the last, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59
0:54:59 > 0:55:03Now unto him that is able to keep us from falling,
0:55:03 > 0:55:07and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory
0:55:07 > 0:55:11with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour,
0:55:11 > 0:55:18be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21And the blessing of God Almighty,
0:55:21 > 0:55:27the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be with you
0:55:27 > 0:55:37and remain with you this day and always. Amen.
0:55:37 > 0:55:53
0:55:53 > 0:56:03# Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace
0:56:03 > 0:56:11
0:56:11 > 0:56:21# According to thy word
0:56:21 > 0:56:44
0:56:44 > 0:56:54# Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people
0:56:54 > 0:57:02
0:57:03 > 0:57:12# To be a light to lighten the Gentiles
0:57:13 > 0:57:18
0:57:18 > 0:57:28# To be a light to lighten the Gentiles
0:57:28 > 0:57:31
0:57:31 > 0:57:41# And to be the glory of thy people Israel
0:57:41 > 0:58:04
0:58:04 > 0:58:04Mortlake Crematorium for a private family
0:58:04 > 0:58:05family cremation
0:58:05 > 0:58:05family cremation and
0:58:05 > 0:58:08family cremation and her
0:58:08 > 0:58:18family cremation and her ashes will be interred tomorrow at the Royal
0:58:18 > 0:58:19
0:58:19 > 0:58:24Hospital Chelsea. Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving British Prime
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Minister of the 20th Century. It is the politician rather than the
0:58:27 > 0:58:33policies that have been commemorated here. The policy also be the subject