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Instrumental Prelude The White Carnation It is suggested that a white carnation be worn by everyone. It is the memory flower, symbolic of motherhood; its whiteness stands for purity, its form for beauty, its fragrance for love, its universality for charity, its hardihood for fidelity.


 * So here's to the white carnation,
 * Wear it on Mother's Day;
 * Flower that blooms for mother,
 * Winsome, gallant, and gay.
 * Flower of perfect sweetness,
 * Flower for hut and hall,
 * Here's to the white carnation,
 * And to mother our best of all.
 * And to mother our best of all.

Margaret E. Sangster

Hymn No. 48 For the Beauty of the Earth (Standing)
 * For the beauty of the earth,
 * For the glory of the skies,
 * For the love which from our birth
 * Over and around us lies,
 * Lord of all, to thee we raise
 * This our hymn of grateful praise.

Hymn No. 182 Happy Home
 * O happy home, where thou art loved the dearest,
 * Thou loving friend and Saviour of our race,
 * And where among the guests there never cometh
 * One who can hold such high and honored place.


 * O happy home, where each one serves thee, lowly,
 * Whatever his appointed work may be,
 * Till every common task seems great and holy,
 * When it is done, Lord, as unto thee.

The Lord's Prayer

Amen. Amen.

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