 And we also bless thy holy Name, for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear ; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 5611868Full view - About this book
 | Randle Manwaring - Religion - 2002 - 246 pages
...the dead' had been softened in evangelical ears by: 'And we commend to thy gracious keeping, O Lord, all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee, according to thy promises, to grant them refreshment, light and peace.' In the Alternative Services... | |
 | Knud Haakonssen - History - 2006 - 372 pages
...ahead of the Council); 'all thy people'; and finishing with a commemoration of (but not a petition for) 'all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear' (Communion Office). In a Christian country, these prayers imply, the 'Church' on earth is one and the... | |
 | Geoffrey Wainwright - Religion - 1997 - 289 pages
...places. It can pray for "the whole state of Christ's church militant here in earth" and also bless God's name for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear" (to speak with the Book of Common Prayer). Opportunity may also arise for a congregation to diversify... | |
 | Ian Robinson - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 234 pages
...of the Prayer for the Church Militant added to the Book of Common Prayer in 1662: And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life...them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. The quoted sentence... | |
 | Maxwell E. Johnson - Religion - 2000 - 484 pages
...Liturgy."1^ The 1662 "Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church" had added a phrase blessing God for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith...to give us grace so to follow their good examples." So, by such narrow wedges, a case could be made that some form of remembering the saints might be permissible... | |
 | Church of England. House of Bishops - Intercommunion - 2001 - 44 pages
...communion of saints is clearly affirmed in the BCP. The Prayer for the Church Militant blesses God 'for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear' and prays for 'grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Christianity - 2004 - 564 pages
...the 'Communion Service' of The Book of Common Prayer. The conclusion reads: 'And we also bless the holy Name for all thy servants departed this life...them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom'. Charles Wheatley remarked, 'though the direct petition for the faithful departed is still discontinued,... | |
 | Donald G. Bloesch - Eschatology - 2004 - 342 pages
...departed. In the words of one of the officially sanctioned prayers: "We also bless Thy holy name for Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service."35 Another prayer contains the plea "Grant them... | |
 | Alan L. Hayes - History - 2004 - 364 pages
...up of our hands as the evening sacrifice.' Finally, we give Thee most high praise and hearty thanks for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, and all others, whom Thou hast delivered from the miseries... | |
 | Michael D. Keiser - 2006 - 157 pages
...sickness, or any other adversity (here the priest may commemorate specific names). And we also bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants, departed this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service. And give us grace so to follow the good examples... | |
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