Nicola Sturgeon has learn the primary lesson of Ecclesiastes 3: 1–15 throughout a service of thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth II.
Earlier than the service, King Charles III led a procession to Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral behind Queen Elizabeth’s coffin which was draped with Royal Normal in Scotland and dressed with a wreath of flowers.
1000's lined the streets and applauded because the Queen was taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the cathedral the place her household, and a congregation drawn from all areas of Scottish society, attended a service of thanksgiving for her life.
The coffin arrived at St Giles’ Cathedral, with the service attended by the King and the Queen Consort, Princess Royal, Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
Throughout the service, the primary Minister of Scotland, wearing an all black outfit and black hat, stated: “For every little thing there's a season and a time for each matter underneath heaven.
“A time to be born and a time to die.
“A time to plant and a time to pluck up what's planted. A time to kill and a time to heal, a title to interrupt down and a time to heal.
“A time to interrupt down and a time to construct up, a time to weep and a time to snigger.
“A time to mourn and a time to bounce. A time to throw away stones and a time to assemble stones collectively.
“A time to embrace and a time to chorus from embracing. A time to hunt and a time to lose.
“A time to maintain and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to sow.
“A time to maintain silence and a time to talk. A time to like and a time to hate. A time for warfare and a time for peace.
“What acquire have the employees from their toil? I've seen the enterprise that God has given to everybody to be busy with.
“He has made every little thing appropriate for its time.
“Furthermore, he has a way of previous and future of their minds, but they can't discover out what God has executed from the start to the top.
“I do know that there's nothing higher for them than to be joyful and to do good so long as they reside;
“Furthermore, it's god’s reward that everybody ought to eat and drink and have the benefit of all his toil.
“I do know that no matter God does endures endlessly; nothing will be added to it, nor something taken from it. God has executed this so that every one ought to stand in awe earlier than him.
“That which is already has been; that which is to be, already is; and God seeks what has passed by.”
Talking on Sunday, Ms Sturgeon spoke of the “unhappy and poignant second” as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin travelled from Balmoral to Edinburgh.
In a tweet, Ms Sturgeon stated: “A tragic and poignant second as Her Majesty, The Queen leaves her beloved Balmoral for the ultimate time.
“At present, as she makes her journey to Edinburgh, Scotland can pay tribute to a unprecedented lady.”
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