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♪ >> with faith in jesus christ we receive the body of our brother james for burial. let us pray with confidence, the god the giver of life, and raise him to perfection in the company of the saints.

deliver your servant james, sovereign lord christ from the evil and set him free from every bond that he may rest with all your saints in the eternal habitations, you live and reign, one god forever and ever. >> let us all pray for all who mourn that they may cast their prayer on god and know the consolation of his love, almighty god, look with pity on the sorrows of your servants, remember them, lord, with mercy and patience. compared them with a sense of your goodness. lift up your countenance upon them and give them peace through jesus christ our lord, amen.

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>> order arms! [bellringing] >> i am the resurrection. and the life, said the lord. he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.

i know that my redeemer lives and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. and though this body be destroyed, yet shall i see god, who i shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold and not as a stranger. none of us live to himself and no man dies to himself. >> ready, step. ready, step. ready, step.

ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. ready, step. forward march. center ace. ready, down. >> if we live and if we die, we die unto the lord.

ready, up. forward, march. >> for none of us lives to himself and no man dies to himself and if we live, we live under the lord, we die under the lord. whether we live or die we are the lord. blessed are the dead who die and the lord.

even so says the spirit, for they rest from their labors. >> the lord be with you. >> and also with you. >> let us pray. o god, whose mercy cannot be numbered except our prayers on behalf of your servant james, and grant him and introduce into the land of light and joy in the fellowship of your saints through jesus christ our lord, who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit one god, now and forever. amen.

>> my grandfather started teaching sunday school as a midshipman at the naval academy. every sunday from world war ii to covid. for all my grandfather

traveled, he structured his life to teach on sunday. it was central to his life. the church was packed. before sunrise, i was always very thankful when i got to walk in with my grandmother. as soon as we sat down on sunday school, my grandfather always began by asking if anybody had been in his church before. my grandmother and i raised our hands. my grandfather would poll the congregation and quickly find out the church was full of people from all over the country, all different backgrounds and beliefs. my grandfather would address the most diverse sunday school class ever assembled. before he would deliver his bible lesson my grandfather talked about his week, if he was monitoring and election he would talk about it. if there was conflict he would talk about it.

if he eliminated a disease or village or country he would talk about it. my brother jeremy died, he announced that news in sunday school. i remember my brother died on sunday because it was the only time my grandfather was ever late to teach. my grandfather won the nobel peace prize, his can day school class learned first. at the end of his nobel peace prize lecture he stated the most serious and universal problem, the growing chasm between the richest and poorest people on earth. for the next two decades the problem compounded, with stories of the bible, with stories from today. the richest people in the world using their you normal 12 to buy nations poverty.

it loved unless than one dollar a day. i grandfather spent the entire time i have known him helping those in need. he built houses for people who needed homes. illuminated diseases in forgotten places. he waged piece anywhere in the world. whenever he saw a chance, he loved people. whenever he told these stories in sunday school, he always said he did it for one simple reason, he worshiped the prince of peace, and he commanded it. the bedrock of my grandfather's faith comes from the apostle paul's letter to the romans chapter 8, one through 18, 38-39. there is no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus because christ jesus through

christ jesus the law of the spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. for what the law was powerless to do was weakened by the sinful nature god did by setting his own son to be a sin offering. so he condemned sin and sinful men in order the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us. we do not live according to sinful nature but according to the spirit. those who live according to the sinful nature of their minds set on what the major desires. those who live in accordance with the spirit have their minds set on the spirit's desires. the mind of sinful man is done but them mind controlled by the spirit is life and peace, the

sinful mind is hostile god, does not submit to god's law. those controlled by the sinful nature doesn't please god. you are controlled not by sinful nature but by the spirit, the spirit of god lives in you. if anyone does not have a spirit in christ it is not belong to christ. but in you, your body is dead because of sin. or spirit your spirit is alive because of righteousness. if the spirit of him who raised jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised christ from the dead will live life through his spirit who lives in you. therefore, brothers, we have an obligation but it is not to the sinful nature to live according to it. if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die.

if by the spirit you put the misdeeds of the body, you will live. those who are loved by the spirit of god are sons of god. you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear but you receive the spirit of sunshine. by him we cry out, father. the spirit himself testifies with our spirit we are god's children. if we are children, we are heirs. heirs of god and coheirs with christ. if we share his sufferings in order that we might share in his glory. i consider that our present sufferings are not worth sharing the glory that will be revealed in us for i am convinced that neither death nor life, angels nor demons, the present nor the future nor any powers, nor anything else

in creation will separate us from the love of god as christ jesus our lord. the word of the lord. >> thanks be to god.

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children, my wife and i were sitting several rows behind you praying for you. i was humbly reminded that it was 18 years ago almost to the day that our family sat in that very row and supporting my mom, it was your dad, his great faith that supported my mom and gave her hope that he traveled with us for several days and we were blessed so thank you. god did a good thing when he made your dad. jack, chip, jeff, amy, mr. president, madam vice

president, members of the house of representatives and the senate, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. in the twilight of my dad's life, dad and president carter spoke by phone and dad asked president carter if he would do a eulogy at dad's funeral, president carter graciously agreed and also asked if dad would deliver eulogy at president carter's funeral. dad was thrilled to agree. after that call as you can imagine both of them got off the phone and had a pretty good chuckle considering which one of them would return in person

to deliver that second eulogy. as you know, dad died in 2006 and president carter's eulogy continues to bring comfort, smile, laughter, joy, pride to our family, and on behalf of my dad it is an honor to share dad's eulogy to his old friend. i can just see my dad getting his yellow legal pad out with his pen and writing this for his beloved friend. by fate of a brief season, jimmy carter and i were rivals but for many wonderful years that followed, friendship,

bonded us since john adams and thomas jefferson. it is said that president adam's last words were thomas jefferson still survives. since jimmy has a good decade on me by entrusting my remembrances of jimmy to my son steve. according to a map it is a long way between grand rapids, michigan, plains georgia, but distances have a way of vanishing when measured in values rather than miles. because of our shared values that jimmy and i respected each other as adversaries even before we cherished one another as dear friends. this is not to say that jimmy

never got under my skin, it has there ever been a group of politicians that didn't do that to one another? during our 1976 contest, jimmy knew my political vulnerabilities and successfully pointed them out. i didn't like it about little could i know that the outcome of that 1976 election would bring about one of my deepest and most enduring friendships. in summer of 1981 the two of us found ourselves together again this time aboard air force one bound for the funeral of the great peacemaker and marsha. --anwar sadat two presidents in

a room is one too many. frankly, i wondered how awkward that long flight to cairo, it was a long flight. the return trip was not nearly long enough. it was somewhere over the atlantic that jimmy and i forged a friendship that transcends politics. to exercise one of the privileges of a former president, forgetting that either one of us had ever said harsh words about the other in the heat of battle. then we got to much more enjoyable subjects discussing our families, our faith, experiences and discovering there is indeed life after the white house. we commiserated over the high

cost of building presidential libraries and even more regrettable fact that most of that fundraising for admirable institutions fell to us personally. on the spot we agreed to participate in programs at each other's library beginning with a series of conferences on arms control. if that wasn't newsworthy enough, we told reporters on the plane, a lasting middle east peace would require the united states to make tough decisions like confronting palestinian issue directly, building on the work to which president sadat had literally given his life. it was the first time but by no means the last time that our

unlikely partnership ruffled feathers in the washington establishment. honesty and truth telling were synonymous with the name jimmy carter. those traits were instilled in him from his loving parents and the strength of his honesty was reinforced by his upbringing in the rural south poised on the brink of social transformation. he displayed that honesty throughout his life as a naval officer, state legislator, and world leader. for jimmy carter, honesty was not an aspirational goal. it was part of his very soul. jimmy wrote more books than any

former president, once asked if he really enjoyed writing, he replied with that familiar twinkle in his eye, it beats picking cotton. but i think he enjoyed writing for another reason. as an author, he was under no pressure to tailor his opinions to political constituency or potential conservative. both of us experienced the harsh reality, defeat at the polls can be painful but we also came to know more important consequence. political defeat and writing can also be liberating. if it frees you to discuss topics that aren't necessarily

consistent with short-term political popularity, jimmy learned early on it was not enough to bear witness on sunday morning inspired by his faith. he pursued brotherhood across boundaries of nationhood, boundaries of tradition, across boundaries of castthe. in rural villages around the world, he reminded us that christ had been a carpenter and in third world villages he successfully campaigned not for votes but for the eradication of diseases that shamed the developed world as they ravaged the undeveloped world. not all of jimmy's time was spent building houses, eradicating disease, brokering

cease-fires, monitoring elections. while jimmy is probably the only former president to conduct a weekly bible class, i know for certain he is the only former president to perform a duet of on the road again with willie nelson. georgia wasn't just on jimmy's mind, it was in his blood. however far he traveled he never forgot where he came home to or where now, in the end, he would finally come home to. many things jimmy and i had in common, the most important is this. we both married way above ourselves, way above. with jimmy, every step of the way was his first lady from

planes, a life rich with blessings, none was greater for jimmy than the love he shared with roslyn and the love the two of them shared with their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren. jimmy, roslyn was and is a symbol of american compassion. like no other first lady in our history, roslyn carter is indeed the true center of the world. she became a beloved friend to my wife, betty, and me, and all the ford family. the carter and ford men were decidedly mixed record when it came to lobbying congress, roslyn and betty were unbeatable in their advocacy for millions of people who they brought out of the shadows of

despair and shame. now it is time to say goodbye. our grief comforted with the joy and thanksgiving of knowing this man, this beloved man, this very special man. he was given the gift of years and the american people, people the world will be forever blessed by his decades of good works. jimmy carter's legacy of peace and compassion will remain unique as it is timeless. the entire ford family extend our love and add our prayers to the prayers of tens of millions of people around the world.

may god bless and watch over this good man. may he grant peace as they say goodbye to a man whose life was lived to the fullest with faith demonstrated in countless good works with mission ritually fulfilled and soul rewarded with everlasting life. as for myself, jimmy, i am looking forward to to our reunion. we have much to catch up on. thank you, mr. president. welcome home, old friend.

>> my father wrote this in 2015, clearly he edited it a couple times since then but here we go. today we join in sadness to honor our dear friend president carter for his extraordinary years of principled and decent leadership, courageous commitment to civil rights and human rights. i remember the emergence of jimmy carter on the national stage. in particular his 1971 inaugural address. for the first time, a georgia governor called for a commitment to the traditions of martin luther king jr.

and for the decent see that his leadership stood for over his lifetime. i was surprised when candidate carter asked me to join him as his running mate in 1976. he amazed me then as he has every year since. he of course was brilliant, he also had a great sense of humor and while we had only four years in the white house he achieved so much in that time. it stood as a marker for americans dedicated to justice and decency. carter was a man of his word. i remember when he talked about the concept of the vice presidency. i told him i would like to do it and had only two requests. i wanted to make a real

contribution and didn't want to be embarrassed as many of my predecessors have. he agreed, welcomed my full participation and directed his staff to treat me as they would him. he was careful to protect me from the frustration and too often humiliation that cursed the lives of so many vice presidents. i want to thank the president for the choices he made for key personnel. we don't have time to mention many of them. to rivaling president carter's formidable work ethic. hamilton jordan, they were blessings every day to me. one of the things that don don made during the course of our time together.

how we understood each other. a devout christian who grew up in a small town and was active in his faith in every moment of his life. a small-town kid who grew up in a methodist church where my dad was a preacher and our faith was coordinating. as carter's faith accorded him. the common commitment created a bond between us to understand each other and find ways to work together. he allowed me to take a leadership role on issues that never would have happened before. for instance he directed and trusted me to take a central role in bringing decency to the vietnamese and southeast asian people who were fleeing their country. with president carter's orders,

the boat people were picked up by our great navy from the flimsy boast which were capsizing and taken to safety. most became good american citizens working for a healthy and prosperous nation. joan loved her time, that's the second lady. we have jimmy and roslyn to thank for helping her champion the public arts and for just being so kind to her. these were good years for joan and i. president carter and i became very close friends. we often spend hours together throughout the day. we were working on real problems, not wasting time. personal relationship we established while in office continued throughout our life.

carter was farsighted. he put aside his short-term political interests to tackle challenges that demanded sacrifice, to protect our kids and grandkids from future harm. very few people in the 1970s had heard the term climate change, yet carter put his presidency on the line to pass laws to conserve energy, deregulate new oil and gas prices and invest in clean renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. itect program, but thanks to president carter, us energy consumption declined by 10% between 1979, and 1983. in many ways he laid the foundation for future presidents to come to grips with climate change. some thought he was crazy to fight so hard to pass these

laws but he was dead right and we know that now. we also know that president carter elevated human rights to the top of his agenda. sometimes we forget how seriously he pursued, pushed to advance the rights of women. he proposed and signed the law extending the period, he appointed women to head the departments of commerce, education, hud and what's now hd w. women on his white house staff played crucial roles in developing his highest priority energy and environmental proposals and he dramatically increased the ranks of female and district circuit court judges including ruth bader ginsburg. in all, he appointed five times

as many women to the federal bench as all the previous presidents had from the beginning of the country. two decades ago president carter said he believed income inequality was the biggest global issue. more recently, in the 2018 commencement address at liberty university, he said i think now the largest global issue is discrimination against women and girls in this world. he concluded that until stubborn attitudes that foster discover nation against women changed, the world cannot advance, poverty and income inequality cannot be solved. towards the end of our time in the white house the president and i were talking about how we might describe what we tried to

accomplish in office. we came up with a sentence which remains an important summary of our work. we told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace. that we did, mister president. i will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends. it was then and will always be the most rewarding experience of my public career. thank you.

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