Amazing Grace…How sweet the sound……that saved a wretch like me…I once was lost, but now I’m found… was blind, but now I see.When 2nd Lt. James Cathey’s body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine’s casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: “See the people in the windows? They’ll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what’s going through their minds, knowing that they’re on the plane that brought him home,” he said. “They’re going to remember being on that
plane for the rest of their lives. They’re going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.”
(TODD HEISLER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear, and Grace my fears relieved; How precious did that Grace appeared, the hour I first believed.Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come‘Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far, and Grace will lead me home. The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secure; he will my Shield and Portion be, as long as life endures.Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease…I shall possess within the veil, a life of joy and peace…The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forebear to shine…
