...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to...

...than by that grace which is the gift of God. The burial service, also, is exceedingly objectionable. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the souT of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth,...

...the burial-service, and on the strength of which she bids our mourners commit their departed friends to the ground "in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body that it may be like unto His glorious body,...

...•word of God. The next portion of the service requires the clergyman to declare that " it has pleased God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother (or sister) here departed." But is not this a most, gratuitous and mischievous assumption ?...

...the English funeral service some specimen of its beauty. The first passage was this, "Foras-- much as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy,...departed, we therefore commit her body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure aud certain hope of the resurrection to eternal...

...God. Early the next morning she was "Safe from diseases and decline." The following day I "committed her body, to the ground, in sure and certain hope...resurrection to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord," in the presence of a vast multitude of both Christians and heathens. After addressing a few appropriate...

...was stopped, and the doctor, officiating as chaplain, commenced the burial service. When lie read, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of His...great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his bo4y to the deep," the corpse was launched over the...

...lived with another man's wife, and was neither very sober nor very honest, and I heard the vicar say, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased ALMIGHTY GOD of his...great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed," &c., I thought, well, if poor Dick's safe, I need not be afraid, for I am sure...

...most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes,...

...the pretended mother, — when the one sums up its last office by the warrant-like declaration : " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground : earth to earth, ashes to ashes,...