 | Frederick N. Boxer - Bridges - 1860 - 180 pages
...The dull sound of earth thrown upon the coffin was then heard, and the Dean uttered the impressive words, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."... | |
 | John Angell James, Thomas Smith James - Authors, English - 1861 - 660 pages
...in the dust." As the coffin descended into the vault, the words of interment were pronounced : — " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our beloved and most revered Father in Christ here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground;... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1862 - 386 pages
...thee. Then while the Earth shall be cast upon the Body l>y some standing by, the Minister shall say : FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brothe)', we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust... | |
 | James Bowling Mozley - Baptism - 1862 - 428 pages
...set aside, and an hypothetical meaning put in its place. In the Burial Service, the statement that " it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother '," undergoes the same total correction. In the form of Absolution for the Sick, the statement,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...funeral-service, in a manner that made it peculiarly affecting. When he came to that part of it, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," &c. he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the epithet ' father,' instead of ' brother,'... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 374 pages
...service, had been one of his preachers almost thirty years. When he came to that part of the service, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother," his voice changed, and he substituted the word father; and the feeling with which he did... | |
 | 1859 - 368 pages
...lowering the coffin into a vault in front of the pulpit. Mr. Dale then pronounced the words of interment, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our beloved and most revered father in Christ, here departed, we, therefore, commit his body to the ground,... | |
 | William Henry SEWELL - Dead - 1870 - 204 pages
...done, I will, in conclusion, reader, only persuade you not to grieve any longer with immoderate grief. It hath pleased ALMIGHTY GOD to take unto Himself the soul of the dear departed; and shall that displease us which pleaseth Him? Weep not, therefore ; but rather... | |
 | John Wesley - 1871 - 450 pages
...service was read by the Eev. Mr. Eichardson ; and on the body being lowered into the vault, he said, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear father now deceased ; " when, on the utterance of the word father, the congregation burst into loud weeping,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1871 - 424 pages
...the funeral service in a manner that made it peculiarly affecting. When he came to that part of it, ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother,' ifcc., he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the epithet father instead of brother,... | |
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