...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 mercy to take...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...

...fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 3. the Priest shall say, Forasmuch as it h God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed Sfc., in sure and certain 1 rection or/ore the Corpse is laid into the earth,^ the Minister shall say,...

...while the mourners surround the grave, the clergyman is enjoined solemnly to declare, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, 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,...

...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...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...

...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 mercy to take...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...

...sentences selected from the Burial Service are equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take...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...

...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...

...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"...

...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...

...thall be cast upon the Body Ъу some ttanding by, the Priest shall say, •pORASMUCH as it hath -Г 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...