Eleanor Holmes Martin davis, and the senators son played tribute to him at the service. From the national cuathedralcathedral. This is an hour. And everyone who has lived shall not die forever. As for me i know that he earned this and at the last he will stand upon the earth. After my awakening, he will raise me up and in my body i shall see god. I myself shall see and my eyes behold him who is my friend and not a stranger. For none of us have life in himself and none become his own master when he dies. For if we have life we are alive in the lord and if we die we die in the lord. So then whether we live or die we are the lords possession. Happy from now on are those who die in the lord. So it is says the spirit for they shall rest from their labors. On behalf of Washington Cathedral and all who serve it is my privilege to welcome you to the service as we gather to remember and celebrate a life welllived. Washington National Cathedral seeks to be a spiritual home for the nation as such