...raised to the almost indiscriminate application of certain expressions in this service, viz., that " it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother" departed, and that we commit his body to the grave " in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to...

...the Lord hath taken away, — blessed be the name of the Lord ! Forasmuch it pleased the Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the grave.' " " The lifeless corpse was then deposited in the ground, and whilst the red earth was scattered...

...rudest and least reflecting. The land-service for the burial of the dead contains the following words: " 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 duet ; in sure and certain hope," &c. Every one, I am sure,...

...shipmate's burial. ' The land service for the burial of the dead contains the following words: — " 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," &c. Every one, I am sure,...

...genuine Christianity fill every heart. In the burial service, we read, " Inasmuch as it has pleased God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul...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...

...unity of the church." After death, he is spoken of as a departed saint, and it is affirmed, " that it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." All this, and much more to the same effect, I should be applying to converted and unconverted, godly...

...to support his spirits, and carry him through the great work which he has now to do. And when it has pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of this our dear brother, the minister, by the order and in the name of the Church, commits his body to...

...thee. • Then tehile the earth thail br coil upon t'-r Body by tome tlanding by, the Prieit shall lay. f^ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to A take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the...

...the priest say, without faltering of voice, or scruple of conscience, these words : — namely, 22. Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life. 23. Now I would not have ye unmindful,...

...place, said over his .crave, with peculiar solemnity, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty (iodof his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother nere departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to a-shes, dust to...