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FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FUNERAL SERVICE

FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FUNERAL SERVICE	FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FUNERAL SERVICE
by L. RON HUBBARD	by L. RON HUBBARD
On the occasion of the death of Elizabeth Williams, Doctor of Scientology.	On the occasion of the death of Elizabeth Williams, Doctor of Scientology.


Our loss	Our loss
Is gain in other times.	Is gain in other times.
Our hopes on future bent	Our hopes on future bent
Must then depend on incidents like these	Must then depend on incidents like these
For bodies wear	For bodies wear
And in	And in
The fine grist mill of time	The fine grist mill of time
Are spent in service such	Are spent in service such
As yours	As yours
And go, our time by smallest time	And go, our time by smallest time
Into the yesterday, wherein began	Into the yesterday, wherein began
The conquest of Eternity	The conquest of Eternity
What did we know	What did we know
When yesterday we wept?	When yesterday we wept?
What grip upon us had our ignorance	What grip upon us had our ignorance
That we in our conceit did feel	That we in our conceit did feel
That all of us were mortal here	That all of us were mortal here
And lives once led were spent	And lives once led were spent
And wasted on our selfish selves.	And wasted on our selfish selves.
How narrow is such scope	How narrow is such scope
To feel that we	To feel that we
Should be eternally	Should be eternally
The goal of all the toil	The goal of all the toil
And wretchedness	And wretchedness
From birth to death	From birth to death
And like a play	And like a play
The curtain dropped	The curtain dropped
And left an empty stage.	And left an empty stage.
How dull of us to feel that we	How dull of us to feel that we
Were all the target of this strife	Were all the target of this strife
And that we lived but once	And that we lived but once
And living then did reconcile	And living then did reconcile
The whole in one brief life.	The whole in one brief life.
Oh no, a wider drama here	Oh no, a wider drama here
Was planned and staged	Was planned and staged
And we with narrowness of mind	And we with narrowness of mind
Did overlook the plan.	Did overlook the plan.
We said that all is	We said that all is
Mortal flesh	Mortal flesh
The spirit just a thing	The spirit just a thing
To send, for pence	To send, for pence
To some strange heaven	To some strange heaven
There to waste its skill	There to waste its skill
Or had we not the price	Or had we not the price
To some deep other place	To some deep other place
To pain, and waste again	To pain, and waste again
The life.	The life.
To what dark depths	To what dark depths
Were dropped our minds	Were dropped our minds
To feel that flesh	To feel that flesh
Why this is no sad and	Why this is no sad and
Bleakish look	Bleakish look
No sorrowed thing	No sorrowed thing
This life.	This life.
This an adventure pure	This an adventure pure
Where without knife or	Where without knife or
Provender we leap	Provender we leap
Aloft into eternity	Aloft into eternity
And span forever in a breath.	And span forever in a breath.
This is adventure where	This is adventure where
We step from tie to	We step from tie to
Body tie	Body tie
And go	And go
Our way.	Our way.
Our suff’ring is	Our suff’ring is
Self centered here	Self centered here
For we have lost	For we have lost
In truth	In truth
The smile,	The smile,
The touch,	The touch,
The skill and happiness	The skill and happiness
We gained	We gained
From Liz,	From Liz,
Who gave to us	Who gave to us
From her past	From her past
Ability to live	Ability to live
And fare against	And fare against
The tides and storms of fate	The tides and storms of fate
It is true we’ve lost	It is true we’ve lost
Her shoulder	Her shoulder
Up against the wheel	Up against the wheel
And lost as well her counsel	And lost as well her counsel
And her strength	And her strength
But lost them	But lost them
Only for a while.	Only for a while.
She goes	She goes
Not with the dismal roll drum	Not with the dismal roll drum
But with a whisper like	But with a whisper like
A Faery’s sigh	A Faery’s sigh
To smooth the way	To smooth the way
For when we come.	For when we come.
She’ll be in some good	She’ll be in some good
Future time	Future time
And future place	And future place
Her smile	Her smile
Her touch	Her touch
Her skill	Her skill
Invested there to make	Invested there to make
A way for life.	A way for life.
True, true we may not	True, true we may not
Know her then and	Know her then and
Only know her work	Only know her work
But still	But still
If we sent not ahead	If we sent not ahead
Our vedettes into time	Our vedettes into time
We would not have	We would not have
A race.	A race.
And so, branched off from	And so, branched off from
Goodbye, Liz.	Goodbye, Liz.
Your people thank you for having lived	Your people thank you for having lived
Earth is Better for your having lived	Earth is Better for your having lived
Men, women and children are alive today	Men, women and children are alive today
Because you lived.	Because you lived.
We thank you for coming to us.	We thank you for coming to us.
We do not contest your	We do not contest your
Right to go away.	Right to go away.
Your debts are paid	Your debts are paid
This chapter of thy life is shut	This chapter of thy life is shut
Go now, dear Liz and live once more	Go now, dear Liz and live once more
In happier time and place.	In happier time and place.
Thank you, Liz.	Thank you, Liz.
All now here lift up	All now here lift up
Your eyes and say to	Your eyes and say to
Her	Her
Goodbye.	Goodbye.
(Congregation) Goodbye.	(Congregation) Goodbye.

Is capable of love or trust or livingness	Is capable of love or trust or livingness
To feel that fingernails and masks	To feel that fingernails and masks
Are all we need to dream.	Are all we need to dream.
To what deep place	To what deep place
Did our love go	Did our love go
That mass could recompense?	That mass could recompense?
Anxieties that ruled our years	Anxieties that ruled our years
Were nurtured here	Were nurtured here
And we	And we
Made blind and numb	Made blind and numb
By other greed	By other greed
Spanned down our lives	Spanned down our lives
To One.	To One.
What waste!	What waste!
To feel that all our love	To feel that all our love
Our work,	Our work,
Our gifts,	Our gifts,
Our knowledge and our	Our knowledge and our
Sighs	Sighs
Were meant	Were meant
To be consumed	To be consumed
All in one	All in one
Breath and flash	Breath and flash
And by one name?	And by one name?
Today, come wiser now	Today, come wiser now
The chains gone weak	The chains gone weak
And tyranny of cult	And tyranny of cult
Gone tired with the years,	Gone tired with the years,
We look	We look
We find we live	We find we live
Not once	Not once
But on and on	But on and on
From body’s birth to	From body’s birth to
Body’s grave and then	Body’s grave and then
To birth again	To birth again
And yea to grave again	And yea to grave again
So to dispose possessions	So to dispose possessions
Oft come undone	Oft come undone
With livingness.	With livingness.
From century to century	From century to century
From age to age and on	From age to age and on
We go in march along	We go in march along
The path that leads	The path that leads
Forever up the countless	Forever up the countless
Tick of time.	Tick of time.
We crawl, we walk, we fly	We crawl, we walk, we fly
We win	We win
From here and evermore	From here and evermore
The heritage of all our lives	The heritage of all our lives
And spend it once again.	And spend it once again.
This	This
Genetic Line	Genetic Line
And into some new	And into some new
Corner or new world	Corner or new world
We’ve sent you, Liz	We’ve sent you, Liz
And there there’ll be	And there there’ll be
We know it now,	We know it now,
A smile,	A smile,
A touch,	A touch,
A happiness for us	A happiness for us
And you	And you
You could not find	You could not find
On earth	On earth
And so it turns	And so it turns
The day, the year,	The day, the year,
The age.	The age.
And so we go	And so we go
With banners furled	With banners furled
And quietly	And quietly
Upon our way.	Upon our way.
But now we know	But now we know
And now we’ll find	And now we’ll find
The Way.	The Way.
Into the dark	Into the dark
Has come the light	Has come the light
Into tomorrow	Into tomorrow
Enters night	Enters night
Into heaven	Into heaven
Go no more	Go no more
Into life our	Into life our
Spirits soar	Spirits soar
Conquering ever	Conquering ever
Wisdom’s store	Wisdom’s store
We do not tremble	We do not tremble
Faced with death	Faced with death
We know that living	We know that living
Is not breath.	Is not breath.
Prevail!	Prevail!
Go, Liz	Go, Liz
And take	And take
The life	The life
That offers now	That offers now
And live	And live
In good expectancy	In good expectancy
That we	That we
Will do our part.	Will do our part.
Go, Liz	Go, Liz
You can control	You can control
That which you must.	That which you must.
Our loss	Our loss
Is gain	Is gain
In wisdom and in skill	In wisdom and in skill
To future dates and other smiles	To future dates and other smiles
And so we send into the	And so we send into the
Chain of all enduring time	Chain of all enduring time
Our heritage	Our heritage
Our hope	Our hope
Our friend.	Our friend.
Goodbye, our dear	Goodbye, our dear
Goodbye.	Goodbye.
We’ll miss you, you know.	We’ll miss you, you know.
Let the body now	Let the body now
Draw away	Draw away
To be consumed to ashes	To be consumed to ashes
And to dust	And to dust
In earthly and in cleanly fire	In earthly and in cleanly fire
To be no more, no more.	To be no more, no more.
And that is done.	And that is done.
Come friends,	Come friends,
She is all right	She is all right
And she is gone.	And she is gone.
We have our work	We have our work
To do. And she has hers.	To do. And she has hers.
She will be welcome there.	She will be welcome there.
To Man!	To Man!

L. RON HUBBARD

LRH:rd

[The above Funeral Service was originally issued as part of Operational Bulletin 16, 7 February 1956, page 360.]