...raised to the almost indiscriminate application of certain expressions in this service, viz., that " it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother" departed, and that we commit his body to the grave " in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to...

...the Lord hath taken away, — blessed be the name of the Lord ! Forasmuch it pleased the Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the grave.' " " The lifeless corpse was then deposited in the ground, and whilst the red earth was scattered...

...work achieved, their warfare accomplished, even then she is still with them, and commits their bodies to the ground, ' earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of a joyful resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body,...

...power, and might, to him that sitteth on the throne for ever and ever. Having committed " Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection through our Lord Jesus Christ," the mourners on their return to Ashton, met a travelling-carriage,...

...genuine Christianity fill every heart. In the burial service, we read, " Inasmuch as it has pleased God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul...resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ." They have indeed a large faith, that can embrace all they bury as dear brethren. From this it would...

...shipmate's burial. ' The land service for the burial of the dead contains the following words: — " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope," &c. Every one, I am sure, who has attended the funeral of a friend — and whom will this not include...

...rudest and least reflecting. The land-service for the burial of the dead contains the following words: " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his...the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to duet ; in sure and certain hope," &c. Every one, I am sure, who has attended the funeral of a friend...

...unity of the church." After death, he is spoken of as a departed saint, and it is affirmed, " that it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to...himself the soul of our dear brother here departed." All this, and much more to the same effect, I should be applying to converted and unconverted, godly...

...mortality, and of the long-suffering of a bounteous and merciful God. Then is the corpse committed to the ground, " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life." The whole form of words at this time used by the minister are especially...

...round the grave of Hopkins, as in a distant corner of the church-yard there was committed "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life." If this simple narrative makes the impression I desire on those who...