almighty god and into your hands we commend your son, george stanley mcgovern in hope of resurrectionist our lord. the eternal god, you have shared with us the life of george mcgovern, what is yours is ours. for all that george has given us to make us what we are, for that of him which lives and grows in each of us and for his life and your love will never end, we give you thanks. as now we offered george back into your arms, comfort is in our loneliness strengthen us in our weakness give us courage to face the future unafraid. those of us who remain in this life closer to one another make us faithful to serve one another, give to us to know that peace and joy which is the eternal life through jesus christ our lord, when asked by a disciple how we pray he said prey like this. our father who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name. viking come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasseses as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. fine is the kingdom and the power a

leaning on the everlasting arms"] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> almighty god, into your hands we commend your son, george stanley mcgovernl god, and you have shared with us the life of george mcgovern. for all that george has given us to make us what we are, and for his life that in your love will never end, we give you thanks. we offer george back into your arms, comfort us in our loneliness, strengthen us in our weakness, and give us courage to face the future unafraid. to all those of us to remain in this live closer to one another, make a staple to serve one another, and give to us to know that peace and joy with his eternal life. jesus christ our lord. pray like this, our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, by kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen. >> made the god of peace, who brought from the dead our lord jesus and raised george mcgovern in to his etern

almighty god, into your hands we commend your son george stanley mcgovern, insurance of resurrection your arms covered us in our loneliness, strengthen us in our weakness and yet this courage to face the future unafraid. draw those of us remain in this life closer to one another. make is faithful to serve one another. and give to us to know that peace and joy which is eternal life, through jesus christ our lord. when asked by his disciple how do we pray he said pray like this. our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. the kingdom come,, thy will be done upon earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses. as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen. and now may the god of peace who brought back from the dead our lord jesus and he raised george down in the government into his eternal and everlasting arms make you complete in everything good and just, so that you may do his will so the mako force and do what yo

george mcgovern could probably ghettoing on most of those programs. those began as liberal initiatives over conservative opposition. >> woodruff: it was that sometimes advocacy of the liberal ideal that animated his career. george stanley mcgovern was born july 19, 1922 in the tiny farming town of avon south dakota. son of a methodist minister. he flew 35 harrowing missions over europe during world war ii, winning the distinguished flying cross as a young army aviator. in 2001 he spoke with the newshour about those missions >> we had no choice in the second world war. i never thought there was any choice. we had to stop those people, and the military machines behind them. whereas in vietnam it was a confusing situation. we undertook an impossible situation in vietnam. >> woodruff: mcgovern's opposition to the vietnam war blossomed during the first of his three terms in the u.s. senate. his antiwar stance became a crusade that propelled his first losing bid for the democratic presidential nomination in 1968. four years later, his youthful volunteers overwhelmed the party establishment. he emerged as the nominee. >> i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention and that my choice for vice pr

george stanley mcgovern was born over 90 years ago and now he has died.is wonderful man and yet we laugh because he is now finished his final stage in growth in dying. we mourn his departure and yet we dance as we remember the legacy he left behind our state, our country, our world is better because of the footprints that he has left behind. soon after his first election lengthy seminary training. we both started in mitchell. friendship has grown ever neighborhood and shared time once when i did -- jeans once when i did remind him when he the son of the king of troy. he not only gave his permission might ask for as a wedding began growing wrinkled and those greeks might have been on friend who have passed on to yond and i had no idea what's out there but somehow i feel it's going to be want to tell you that your presence is a treasured gift to all members of the mcgovern family. i want to say to you in the name of the family and closest friends, thank you, thank you for coming to this memorial service from near and from far. the city, state and national r

listen to our prayers for your servant, george stanley mcgovern.im to your kingdom of peace and count him among the saints in glory. lord, our redeemer, you willingly gave yourself up to death so we might be saved. we humbly ask you to comfort your servants and hand maids in their grief and to receive george into the arms of your mercy. you are the holy one, and you are mercy itself. by your dying, you unlocked the gates of life for those who believe in you. forgive george any of his sins and grant him a place of happiness, life and peace in the kingdom of your glory forever and ever. amen. >> ♪ the moment we said goodbye the river bed lay wide and dry as far as i can see someone said my ghost was found laying her burden down taking the long way around underneath the moon somewhere on the prairie a little cross a simple wooden marker with a plastic rose entwined and in the stillness of the twilight while the tumbleweeds watch i am crawling across the melancholy threat wild birds chase you in grief let them make their nest with words like please put