...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 hath...

...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,^...

...taking of the soul to himself in great mercy, as expressed in the rival? " We therefore commit his body to the ground — in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ." How can this hope of resurrection to eternal life be sure and certain, seeing...

...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, dust...

...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 to...

...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."...

...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...departed, we therefore commit her body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal...

...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 the...