 | Dissenters, Religious - 1794 - 288 pages
...body, the Mint/ter jballfay , FORASMUCH as it hath pleafed Almighty God to take from this world our brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, afhes to afhes, duft to duft, in fure and certain hope that there mall be a refurrection to eternal... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...sacred office. The particular parts of the burial service to which I allude, are these three: 1. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, w<* therefore commit, See." 2. " We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver... | |
 | 1842
...fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 3. the Priest shall say, Forasmuch as it h God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed Sfc., in sure and certain 1 rection or/ore the Corpse is laid into the earth,^ the Minister shall say,... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - Dissenters - 1808 - 492 pages
...of the dead, while the mourners surround the grave, the clergyman is enjoined solemnly to declare, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother now departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...I ought not to insult my Maker in the most solemn of all kervice.s, by reading " For? asmuch as rt hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." And again, " We give thee hearty 'thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother... | |
 | William Eames - 1817 - 330 pages
...fulfilment. The sentences selected from the Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great...himself the soul of our dear Brother here departed," seems to have been adopted from Ecclesiastes, xii. 7, and expresses, like the passage in that inspired... | |
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...unacquainted with the English funeral service some specimen of its beanty. The first passage was this, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear sister here departed, we therefore commit her body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1818 - 320 pages
...excommunicate, or a suicide, is committed to the dust, are you compelled unequivocally to say, that " Forasmuch as " it hath pleased Almighty God of his great " mercy to take unto himself the soul of the " departed, you therefore commit his body to the " ground in sure and certain hope of the Resur"... | |
 | 1829 - 828 pages
...expressions which lie condemns. We will view them in order. It is said indeed in the Burial Service, that " it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy,...to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother." Thi& is little more than what Solomon himself says of all men indifferently at their death : " Then... | |
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Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of His great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brotluyr here 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... 
