...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"...

...ed Almighty God, in his wise Providence, to take out of this world the Soul of our deceased Brother, we therefore commit his Body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust: looking for the general resurrection in the last Day, and the life of the World to come, through...

...expressions which lie condemns. We will view them in order. It is said indeed in the Burial Service, that " it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy,...to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother." Thi& is little more than what Solomon himself says of all men indifferently at their death : " Then...

...pleased Almighty God, in his wise Providence, to take out of this world the Soul of our deceased Brother, »we therefore commit his Body to the ground : earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust : look ing for the general resurrection in the last Day, and the life of the World to come,...

...prepared for eternity? Should his sickness end in death, when we are assembled round the opened grave to commit his body to the ground, " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," — shall I look to meet the soul, which now inhabits that dying body, in confidence or in...

...soul of our clc-* ceased brother lying now before us liath taken its flight into the eternal world, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, ust to dust ; believing in and looking for the general resurrection in the last day, Avhen our Lord...

...of earth upon the coffin, (it was from my own hand,) while the priest said, " We commit their bodies to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ." " Next day their Mother arrived at the...

...of earth upon the coffin, (it was from my own hand,) while the priest said, " We commit their bodies to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ." " Next day their Mother arrived at the...

...pleased Almighty God, in his wise Providence, to take out of this world the Sou lof our deceased Brother, we therefore commit his Body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust : looking for the general resurrection in the last Day, and the life of the World to come,...

...such a husband ! But she was a Christian widow. The voice that came from the grave-side not only said, "We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust;" but also, " In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through Jesus Christ...