...lo submit to his further consideration, whether two are necessary. When we say that it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, we assert no more than the author of Ecclesiastes does of all in general, viz. thai when the body returns...

...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,...

...that made it peculiarly affecting : when he ca:ne to that part of it, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear Brother, &.C." he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the epithet Father instead of Brot!>er ; which...

...the same vault, read the funeral service. When he came to that part, " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, &.c." he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the ephhetfather instead of brother ; which had...

...solemn of all kervice.s, by reading " For? asmuch as rt hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto 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...

...that made it peculiarly affecting ; when he came to that part of it, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear Brother, &c." he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the epithet Father, instead of Brother, which had...

...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 certain hope of the Resurrection...

...some standing by, tie Priest shall say, 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...

...made in the service, except when he read that solemn depositure — " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," &c. he substituted the epithet Father in its stead, which had a visible effect upon the audience. The...

...equallyinapplicable. The first of them, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto 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...