The Burial Service

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 4 September 1923, Page 3

The Burial Service

ADVENT OF CREMATION. The following statement by Bishop Averill (Auckland) regarding the Anglican Order of the Burial of tlie Dead and Cremation appears in the Church Gazette:— A»s the clergy and lay readers doubtless will bo called upon to read the burial service at the interment of tho mortal remains of bodier which have been cremated, and a*' tbe form of committal to tlie grave in the Prayer, Book does not seem to bo quite appropriate, I hereby authorise the use of the words "mortal remains" instead of "body." In casesi where a service is beld before cremation, I authorise the use of the Avoids, "We therefore commit to His care the mortal remains of His servant," as in the Book of Occasional Offices for the 'Diocese of Salisbury. The words, "our vile body," may be changed! On all occasions to "our corruptible body," as in the Canadian Prayer Book, or the sentence may be changed to read as follows: "Who shall change body of our humiliation that it may be life unto body of Hi; 8 glory," ete., as in the ""proposals for the revision of Book of Common Prayer." With these slight' alterations the "Order for the Burial of the Dead" i s quite appropiate for the burial of ashes after cremation. In cases where preliminary services are hold in houses or churches, the "additional prayers" from the Canadian Prayer Book may "he used in addition to the service provided in our Prayer Book.