 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, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection...  The Baptist Magazine - Page 2021825Full view - About this book
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...service for the burial of the dead contains the following words : ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almigbtr God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore comm it his bodv to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes,... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...The land service for the burial of the dead, contains the following words: — "Forasmuch as it has pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul oí' our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - Baptism - 1835 - 642 pages
...repeat over the body of any deceased individual whom he may be called to inter, the following words: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his...great mercy to take UNTO HIMSELF the soul of OUR DEAR BROTHER; we therefore commit his body to the ground — IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION... | |
 | Gathercoal Rabshakeh - 1835 - 334 pages
...conspicuous place. Rubric. " Then while the earth shall be cast upon the body, the Priest shall say:— ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we commit his body to the ground in sure and certain hope of the resurrection... | |
 | John Kempthorne - Councils and synods - 1835 - 230 pages
...receive this infant as thine own child by baptism." — In the Burial of the dead, instead of — " it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," they read — " in his wise providence to take out of this world the soul of our deceased... | |
 | 1836 - 108 pages
...RUBRIC. Then while the earth shall be cast upon the body by some standing by, the Priest shall say, 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,... | |
 | Robert Broadley - 1836 - 308 pages
...solemn both in its manner and in its matter, but which will require a remark or two. The words are, " 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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 576 pages
...selected from Croft and Purcell, " Man that is born of a woman." Dr. Milman, the Dean, then said — " 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,... | |
 | John Macgowan - Baptists - 1836 - 162 pages
...absurd, when used in the interment of a wicked man, who dies impenitent find in his sins. " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed. " — This is true of the departed saint ; but with what propriety can it be... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...raised to the almost indiscriminate application of certain expressions in this service, viz., that " it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother" departed, and that we commit his body to the grave " in sure and certain hope of the resurrection... | |
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