...enough to the solemn service, when the corpse was let gently down into the grave with a " We therefore commit her body to the ground : earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." There it was left; there it is now; and there it, will remain, safely locked up, and carefully...

...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 to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life." * * * I panse to remark that...

...Providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother (sister) ice therefore commit his (her) body to the ground — earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to d'tst; looking for the general resurrection in the last day and the life of the world to come through...

...with the utmost difficulty I oould proceed. It was a very young child whose body I was then committing to the ground, " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." The mother of that dear departed one was among the mourners ; and, as the solemn service dropped upoa her...

...spirit shall return unto God who gave it." * The body, then, * Eccles. xii. 5, 6, 7. being restored to the ground — earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust— the soul which cannot die, which was breathed with the breath of life into man's nostrils, " shall return...

...flowers which, soon after death, they strewed over her mortal remains : and on Saturday week we committed her body to the ground, " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," as a precious and faithful deposit, hereafter to be raised to life and glory, by the irresistible,...

...funeral, trifling as it may seem, I must not omit to mention. I had uttered the words, " We therefore commit her body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ;"...

...but silently ; and just as the coffin disappeared from view, the dean having said, " We commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," the porter of the college threw some sand upon it from a bag of sand which he had brought with him for this purpose....

...but silently ; and just as the coffin disappeared from view, the dean having said, " We commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," the porter of the college threw some sand upon it from a bag of sand which he had brought with him for this purpose....

...heart with the evidences of early piety and grace, be silent in the earth ! Soon shall I be called to commit her " body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." But O ! what a glorious change! Her spirit shall have then returned to God, which gave it....