...sacred office. The particular parts of the burial service to which I allude, are these three: 1. " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, w<* therefore commit, See." 2. " We give thee hearty thanks for that it...

...fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 3. the Priest shall say, Forasmuch as it h God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed Sfc., in sure and certain 1 rection or/ore the Corpse is laid into the earth,^...

...of the dead, while the mourners surround the grave, the clergyman is enjoined solemnly to declare, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother now departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes,...

...I ought not to insult my Maker in the most solemn of all kervice.s, by reading " For? asmuch as rt hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." And again, " We give thee hearty 'thanks, for that it hath pleased thee...

...earth shall be cast upon ths Body by some standing hil, the Priest shatl >ay, j^ORASMUCH as it hath JL 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,...

...tnmsgr«" won." Thin while lit earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, tie 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,...

...his account With all his imperfections on his head. — " profane these solemn words: " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto htabclf the soul of our clear brother here departed." " Blessed arc the dead which die in the Lord."...

...fulfilment. The sentences selected from the Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear Brother here departed," seems to have been adopted from Ecclesiastes, xii. 7, and expresses, like...

...unacquainted with the English funeral service some specimen of its beanty. The first passage was this, "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty 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,...

...excommunicate, or a suicide, is committed to the dust, are you compelled unequivocally to say, that " Forasmuch as " it hath pleased Almighty God of his great " mercy to take unto himself the soul of the " departed, you therefore commit his body to the " ground in sure and certain hope of the Resur"...