...repeats while committing the body of the deceased to the ground. The entire passage is as follows : — " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal...

...and other Services of our Church. With respect to the Reviewer's own explanation of the words — " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty GOD of his great...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed ;" it is prudently bald and curt enough. D 3 -iHe merely says, it is " only the language of Christian...

...repentance nor faith ; and over each who is brought to the grave, he, by order of the state, must say, " It hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy,...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed. . . . Almighty God, we give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother...

...of the Prayer-book is less objectionable in this respect than the English. In the latter, we read, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes...

...which if it be too harsh to say are absolute falsehoods, at all events must mean nothing : — " ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...the soul of our dear brother here departed.' " ' We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of this sinful...

...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to...

...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes...

...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. 'Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes...

...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the souT of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth,...

...•word of God. The next portion of the service requires the clergyman to declare that " it has pleased God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother (or sister) here departed." But is not this a most, gratuitous and mischievous assumption ? Is it not...