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" 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, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection... "
The Annotated Book of Common Prayer: Being an Historical, Ritual, and ... - Page 286
by Church of England - 1872 - 610 pages
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 10

1806 - 504 pages
...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...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, w<* therefore commit, See." 2. " We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver...
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The Book of Common Prayer: Reformed Together with the Book of Psalms and a ...

Church of England - 1802 - 604 pages
...minister shall say ; FORASMUCH as it hath pleased almighty GOD 1o take unto himself our hrother, now departed; we, therefore, commit his body to the ground...earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in a well assured hope that there will be to all those, who die in the fear and love of GOD, a joyful...
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History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808: In ...

David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...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...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 to dust,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 78, Part 2; Volume 104

1808 - 690 pages
...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...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." And again, " We give thee hearty 'thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany, Volume 8

1845 - 752 pages
...floated by the grave ; they rested not there. And though in the words of that service, they committed "his " body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to...Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ;" the vacant stare of the children, and the unconcerned demeanour of the men, echoed back a serious...
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The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other ...

Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...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...who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to...
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other ...

Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...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...who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, •whereby he is able to subdue all things...
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An apology for the united Church of England and Ireland: or, A vindication ...

William Eames - 1817 - 330 pages
...fulfilment. The sentences selected from the Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great...himself the soul of our dear Brother here departed," seems to have been adopted from Ecclesiastes, xii. 7, and expresses, like the passage in that inspired...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 57

1845 - 816 pages
...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, dust...
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 17

1835 - 792 pages
...through the merits of Jesus Christ." It is he, who, at the opened grave, commits the lifeless body to the dust, " in sure and certain hope of the resurrection...who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, %?hereby he is able to subdue all things unto...
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