Were do I find prayers written for funeral services in more general
for children's funerals.  I am looking for one in particular
describing the deceased as a book in God's library.  "Some are loaned
out longer than others"

I don't see any books specifically for children's funerals.  I
couldn't find exactly what you were looking for, but here are three
that might be close.


A Loan

The Lord Looked down to earth on day,
and waw a couple there.
He said, "Now those two people make a lovely pair.
I have some spirits here with me that need a
home on earth.
I think that I shall bless these folks with a precious
spirits birth.

This baby, though, is just a Loan.
These are the terms My dears,
She may live there just sixty days or she may live
for sixty years.
I hope you'll treat my spirit kindly while she's down
on earth with you.
For when she comes back here to me she has a
special job to do.

She'll bring you joy and heartache, She'll cause
strife and care
And she'll bring unto your lives my dears, Love that
you can share
But remember she's my spirit and she's just been loaned
down there.
She has a job to do up here so help her to prepare.

And now I've called my spirit back the job you did was fine.
The spirit that belonged to me is now both yours and mine.
I knew that when I called her back it would cause
bitter tears
But your sharing in her glory and the profit of her years.

I only sent her as a loan to make your home more bright
So you could teach her right from wrong, and tuck her in at night.
My loan is paying dividens, I want you both to know.
I'm glad I loaned that spirit to you two down below.
Author Unknown
http://www.thechristianwall.org/a_child_loaned.htm



A Child Loaned

I'll lend you for a little time
A child of Mine," He said,
"For you to love the while she lives,
And mourn for when she's dead.
It may be six or seven years
Or twenty-two or three,
But will you, till I call her back,
Take care of her for Me?
She'll bring her charms to gladden you,
And should her stay be brief,
You'll have her lovely memories
As solace for your grief.

I cannot promise she will stay,
Since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there
I want this child to learn.
I've looked this wide world over
In My search for teachers true,
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes,
I have selected you;
Now will you give her all your love,
Not think the labor vain,
Nor hate Me when I come to call
And take her back again?"

I fancied that I heard them say,
"Dear Lord, Thy will be done,
For all the joy Thy child shall bring,
The risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter her with tenderness,
We'll love her while we may,
And for the happiness we've known,
Forever grateful stay.
But should the angels call for her
Much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes
And try to understand.

- Edgar A. Guest

http://www.thechristianwall.org/a_child_loaned.htm

Re comment by kayla2001-ga:

I notice that this is your first comment on Google Answers, and it is
a very helpful one.  I am curious -- and I'm sure that rcknrobin-ga is
too -- whether there is a third poem, or whether you only found two.

Incidentally, I will correct the citation for the first poem.  It is
located at:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1988/Poems.html

Thanks for correcting that!  I originally listed a different website
for the third poem that had it incorrectly attributed to "anonymous." 
Then I realized that one of the poems was merely a male version of the
Edward A. Guest poem and deleted it, completely forgetting that I had
said there were three. :o

Here is the male version.

A Child Loaned 

"I'll lend you, for a time,
A child of mine!" He said.
"For you to love while he lives,
and mourn for when he is dead.
It may take six or seven years,
or twenty-two or three,
but, will you, till I call him back,
take care of him for me?"
"He'll bring his charms to gladden you,
and should his stay be brief,
you'll have his lovely memories
as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay
since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught down there,
I want this child to learn.
I've looked the wide world over
In search for teachers true.
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes,
I have selected you!
Now will you give all your love,
nor think the labor vain,
nor hate me when I come to call
to take him back again?
I fancied that I heard them say,
'Dear Lord, Thy will be done!'
For all the joy this child shall bring
the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness
we'll love him while we may.
And for the happiness we've known
we'll ever grateful stay.
But should your angels call for him
much sooner than we planned
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes
and try to understand

By Edgar A. Guest 
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/6920/

I was also torn as to which site to use as a reference.  There were
two sites that I liked, but the one I posted seemed to have a more
standard web address.  I wasn't wild about the address for this one
http://www.inspirationspot.faithweb.com/A%20child%20loaned.htm since
it has the % symbol all over it.  It just looked a bit odd.

Thanks for pointing out those errors.

The situation of the death of a child would be one of the most
devastating things that could happen to any parent. To ease their
pain, many believe that God makes a decision to remove that child from
its loving parents to start a "new" life in heaven. A loving god would
never be that cruel. Have a look in your bible at Ecclesiastes chapter
nine. Verse five says the living are conscious that they will die, but
the dead are conscious of nothing at all. they have nothing to do any
more with anything under the sun, namely, on earth. This means there
are no such things as ghosts. Verse eleven states that time and
unforseen circumstance befall us all, including children. So when an
innocent child dies for whatever cause, God and Jesus, his son, do
feel a great loss. but the loss is not permanent. that is why God has
planned the resurrection " literally meaning.. a standing up again". A
reactivating of the life pattern of the individual. The resurrection
of the dead is an expression of god`s undeserved kindness. To prove to
people of his day, that resurrection was possible, Jesus resurrected
Lazarus {John 11;11, 14-44} Jesus` love and concern for a dead child
was demonstrated by the account at Mark 5;35-42. Jesus` time on this
earth was spent telling people about the coming " Kingdom of God|" the
miracles he performed were only to prove that through him, god`s power
was absolute. The ones he cured and resurrected, still grew old and
eventually died { again}. They must have, because they are no longer
present on this earth. But there is a time coming when righteous
people will never die. Look it up at Isaiah 25;8. He [God|||} will
actually swallow up death forever, and the sovereign Lord Jehovah {
psalm 83;18} will certainly wipe the tears from all faces....for
Jehovah himself has spoken it. There is comfort in the Bible if you
only look.