 | Elizabeth Kirby - 1918 - 336 pages
...perpetual cry ; and she took to reading the Burial Service over herself with serene, sweet melancholy. . " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear sister here departed, we therefore commit her body to the ground." What peaceful words ! She hoped... | |
 | Elizabeth Kirby - 1919 - 312 pages
...perpetual cry; and she took to reading the Burial Service over herself with serene, sweet melancholy. "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear sister here departed, we therefore commit her body to the ground." What peaceful words ! She hoped... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 418 pages
...The following prayer, slightly altered from the one in the usual service, was then said by the Vicar: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of this unknown German officer, here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1919 - 434 pages
...The following prayer, slightly altered from the one in the usual service, was then said by the Vicar: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of this unknown German officer, here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 420 pages
...The following prayer, slightly altered from the one in the usual service, was then said by the Vicar: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of this unknown German officer, here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 434 pages
...Wesley's funeral service in 1791 the presiding minister read the familiar words "forasmuch as it has pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear," and at that point he '"Works, vol. VII, p. 290, Serman CXVI, Causes of the lnefIicacy of Christianity.... | |
 | Robert Moats Miller - Biography & Autobiography - 1985 - 637 pages
...simplified form of that found in the Book of Common Prayer (for which he expressed "profound distaste") : Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of the departed (or our friend, or this child), we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth,... | |
 | Creighton Peden, Larry E. Axel - Philosophy - 1989 - 272 pages
...— a local one to me — the words of committal in the 1940 Book of Common Order were as follows: "Forasmuch as it hath pleased almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our brother/sister here departed, we therefore commit his/her body to the ground, earth to earth, dust... | |
 | Margaret Laurence - Fiction - 1993 - 402 pages
...of light. Far below, the shallow amber water of the Wachakwa River flows rattlingly over the stones. "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground—" The words are murmured with a... | |
 | John Wesley - 1825 - 652 pages
...by Mr. Richardson, who had been a preacher nearly thirty years. On coming to that part which says, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," his voice faltered, and, after a momentary pause, he substituted the word, "father." The... | |
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