Funeral and Memorial Services, 1905

Image of front cover of memorial service program showing a cross with wording below:

Memorial Service

Jane Lathrop Stanford Born August 25, 1828 Died February 28, 1905

Order of Service

Monday, the twenty-eighth day of February nineteen hundred and ten

[wording on back page of cover]

struction, give Thy heavenly grace, that they may perceive what things they ought to do, and may also have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same. And to those who are here to be trained up for the work of the world, give a proper sense of the honor and danger of the trusts to which they are to be called: endue them with sound minds and moderated desires, fill them with a spirit of zeal and self-denial, and grant that they may so faithfully labor in their day and generation, that when they are called to give an account of their stewardship, they may not be found unprofitable servants. Grant this, O Lord, for Jesus Christ's sake, Amen.

The University Hymn: Hail, Stanford, Hail!

Where the rolling foothills rise Up toward mountains higher, Where at eve the Coast Range lies In the sunset fire, Flushing deep and paling; Here we raise our voices, hailing Thee, our Alma Mater.

REFRAIN

From the foothills to the bay It shall ring, As we sing, It shall ring and float alway; [sic, away is correct word] Hail, Stanford, hail! Hail, Stanford, hail!

Tender vistas ever new Through the arches meet the eyes Where the red roofs rim the blue Of the sun-steeped skies, Flecked with cloudlets sailing. Here we raise our voices, hailing Thee, our Alma Mater.

When the moonlight-bathed arcade Stands in evening calms, When the light, wind, half afraid, Whispers in the palms, Far-off swelling, failing, Student voices glad are hailing Thee, our Alma Mater.

Benediction

[Left hand side]

Hymn: Nearer to Thee

1 ... Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee! / E'en though it be a cross / That raiseth me; / Still all my song shall be, / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!

2 ... Though like the wanderer, / The sun gone down, / Darkness be over me, / My rest a stone; / Yet in my dreams I'd be / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!

3 ... There let the way appear / Steps unto heaven; / All that Thou send'st to me / In mercy given; / Angels to beckon me / Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

4 ... Then, with my waking thoughts / Bright with Thy praise, / Out of my stony griefs, / Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be / Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!

5 ... Or if on joyful wing, / Cleaving the sky, / Sun, moon, and stars forgot, / Upward I fly; / Still all my song shall be, / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!

Choral: To Thee, O Lord, I yield my Spirit

Mendelssohn

"To Thee, O Lord, I yield my spirit, / Who break'st in love this mortal chain. / My life from Thee I but inherit, / And death becomes my chiefest gain. / In Thee I live, in Thee I die, / Content, for Thou are ever nigh." [/ Left hand side]

[Right hand side]

Solo

... MRS MILICINT GISH

Lesson

Duet

... MRS. GISH

... MRS. LILLIAN BIRMINGHAM

Hymn: Lead, Kindly Light

1 ... Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, / Lead Thou me on; / The night is dark, and I am far from home; / Lead thou me on: / Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see / The distant scene, - one step enough for me.

2 ... I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou / Shouldst lead me on; / I loved to choose and see my path; but now / Lead Thou me on. / I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, / Pride rules my will: remember not past years.

3 ... So long Thy power has blest me, sure it still / Will lead me on / O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till / The night is gone; / And with the morn those angel-faces smile, / Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

Address

Prayer

Solo

... MRS. LILLIAN BIRMINGHAM

A Prayer for the University:

to be said by the congregation standing.

ALMIGHTY GOD, O God, we beseech Thee to bless all institutions of learning throughout the world; and especially this, our University, and all its members and benefactors. Bring to it whatever it may need to carry its good designs into effect; establish it to all generations to Thy honor and to thy glory. To those to whom are committed the duties of administration and in-

handwritten: Services in the Memorial Church

ORDER OF EXERCISES.

FUNERAL MARCH Chopin

CHORAL: To Thee O Lord I yield my spirit

"To Thee, O Lord, I yield my spirit, Who breaks't in love this mortal chain. My life I but from Thee inherit, And death becomes my chiefest gain. In Thee I live, in Thee I die, Content for Thou art ever nigh."

PRAYER: The Rev. John Hemphill, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco.

MEMORIAL ANTHEM: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. B. C. Blodgett

FIRST LESSON: Old Testament. The Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, Temple Emanuel, San Francisco

HYMN: Lead Kindly Light Miss E. M. Smith.

"Lead Kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on. The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on, Keep Thou my feet; I do not care to see The distant scene, one step enough for me.

"I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Should'st lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: Remember not past years.

"So long Thy power has blest me, sure it still Will lead me on O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone; And with the morn, those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile."

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SECOND LESSON: New Testament. The Rev. E. R. Dille, D. D., First Methodist Episcopal Church, Oakland

PRAYER: Rt. Rev. William F. Nichols, Episcopal Church, San Francisco.

ADDRESS: The Rev. John W. Dinsmore, First Presbyterian Church, San Jose

HYMN: I know that my Redeemer liveth. Handel

Mrs. Fickenscher

"I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that we shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that sleep."

BENEDICTION: Rev. C. M. Hill, Tenth Ave. Baptist Church, Oakland.

ORGAN: Ave Maria ... Bach-Gounod

[hand-written] Services at the Mausoleum

Hymn:

Address.

Hymn

Interment? [hand-written]

Nearer, my God, to Thee.

Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee! / E'en though it be a cross / That raiseth me, / Still all my song shall be, / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!

Though like the wanderer, / The sun gone down, / Darkness be over me, / My rest a stone; / Yet in my dreams I'd be / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!

Or if on joyful wing, / Cleaving the sky, / Sun, moon, and stars forgot, / Upward I fly, / Still all my song shall be, / Nearer, my God, to Thee, / Nearer to Thee!