| William Ingraham Kip (bp. of California.) - 1853 - 318 pages
...commemoration of the departed faithful," as Mr Palmer calls them, — and were in these words : — " We commend unto Thy mercy, O Lord, all other Thy servants...now do rest in the sleep of peace : grant unto them, w« beseech Thee, Thy mercy and everlasting peace ; and that, at the day of the general resurrection,... | |
| William Waterworth - 1854 - 440 pages
...nearly usual order of the service was retained ; the dead were prayed for in these Catholic words : " We commend unto thy mercy, O Lord, all other thy servants,...we beseech thee, thy mercy, and everlasting peace. .. ."; the elements on the altar of bread and wine were bl>J<essed and sanc^tified, " that they may... | |
| William Waterworth - 1854 - 446 pages
...service was retained ; the dead were prayed for in these Catholic words : " We commend unto thy mercy, 0 Lord, all other thy servants, which are departed hence...we beseech thee, thy mercy, and everlasting peace. .. ."; the elements on the altar of bread and wine were bl>J<essed and sanc^1tified, " that they may... | |
| George Cornelius Gorham - 1857 - 562 pages
...Calvin's eye,) the following passage occurs in the Prayer " for the whole state of Christ's Church." — " We commend unto Thy mercy, O Lord, all other thy servants which are departed hence from us with the sign effect I have named. I am well aware, that the intention of this was not to sanction a Popish Purgatory.... | |
| George Cornelius Gorham - 1857 - 572 pages
...occurs in the Praver " for the whole state of Christ's Church." — " We commend unto Thy mercy, 0 Lord, all other thy servants which are departed hence from us with the sign effect I have named. I am well aware, that the intention of this was not to sanction a Popish Purgatory.... | |
| John Timbs - 1861 - 302 pages
...the place of the present " Thanksgiving," there occurs the following : " We commend unto Thy mercy, 0 Lord, all other Thy servants, which are departed hence...from us with the sign of faith, and now do rest in sleep of peace : Grant unto them, we beseech Thee, Thy mercy and everlasting peace," &c. The practice... | |
| Robert Brett - 1862 - 812 pages
...At the words, We also bless Thy holy Name, say, We commend unto Thy mercy, O LORD, If. and N., and all other Thy servants, which are departed hence from...sign of faith, and now do rest in the sleep of peace, &c. Accept, O Holy Trinity, this Oblation which, together with Thy Priest, we ofi-er to Thee in remembrance... | |
| Frances Power Cobbe - 1865 - 350 pages
...the whole estate of Christ's Church,' of the same date, is this passage : ' We commend unto Thy mercy all other Thy servants which are departed hence from...now do rest in the sleep of peace. Grant unto them Thy mercy, and everlasting peace,' &c. By the year 1552, the opinion against prayers for the dead had... | |
| Church - 1866 - 568 pages
...admitted, are not less devout and beautiful than they are without doubt primitive and Scriptural : — " We commend unto Thy mercy (O LORD) all other Thy servants,...do rest in the sleep of peace : Grant unto them, we heseech Thee, Thy mercy, and everlasting peace, and that, at the day of the general resurrection, we... | |
| John Henry Blunt - 1866 - 512 pages
...in Thy faith, and keeping Thy holy commandments, grant us to follow. W« commend unto Thy mercy (0 Lord) all other Thy servants, which are departed hence from us, with the sign of fuith, and now do rest in the sleep of peace : Grant unto them, we beseech Thee, Thy mercy, and everlasting... | |
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