...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...

...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...Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty...

...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...resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty...

...outside. This beautiful Gothic church he had built, and imder its shadow we committed his body to the dust, in " sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ." Thus it was that an old loved and honoured friend passed through death to immortality, after an active...

...of throwing a portion of earth into the grave, when they came to the last solemn farewell, " we here commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in hope* of a joyful resurrection," which seemed to make a strong impression on all who were present....

...of throwing a portion of earth into the grave, when they came to the last solemn farewell, " we here commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in hopes of a joyful resurrection," which seemed to make a strong impression on all who were present....

...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."...

...faces and beating hearts, had attended his solemn obsequies in that very temple where was " committed his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," where all, including the greatest and noblest in the land, acknowledged, humbly and mournfully,...

...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...

...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...