...the burial service to which I allude, are these three: 1. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto 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...

...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,...

...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 unto 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...

...grave, the clergyman is enjoined solemnly to declare, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, 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,...

...ths Body by some standing hil, the Priest shatl >ay, j^ORASMUCH as it hath JL pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of...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...

...upon the Body by some standing by, tie Priest shall say, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of...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...

...Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto 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...

...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...

...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...

...Body Ъу some ttanding by, the Priest shall say, •pORASMUCH as it hath -Г pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of...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...