| 1806 - 504 pages
...P. I beg leave 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... | |
| John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...funeral service in a manner 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... | |
| George Bourne - Funeral sermons - 1807 - 366 pages
...lies with him in 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 ;... | |
| John Wesley - Methodism - 1810 - 432 pages
...funeral service in a manner 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,... | |
| John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1817 - 276 pages
...alteration whatever was 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.... | |
| 1824 - 604 pages
...by Mr. Richardson, who had been a preacher nearly thirty years. On coming to that part which says, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," his voice faltered, and, after a momentary pause, he substituted the word "father." The effect... | |
| 1820 - 856 pages
...service, had been one of his preachers almost thirty years. When he came to that part of the service, ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, his voice changed, and he substituted the word father; and the feeling with which he did this... | |
| Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...service, had been one of his preachers almost thirty years. When he came to that part of the service, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," his voice changed, and he substituted the word ^father ; and the feeKng with which he did... | |
| Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...service, had been one of his preachers almost thirty years. When he came to that part of the service, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother" his voice changed, and he substituted the word father; and the feeling with which * he did... | |
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