| 1871 - 404 pages
...liev. J. Kichardson, who read the service, altered the word brother, and said with deep feeling, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our Father," the whole assembly " lifted up their voice and wept." So ended the earthly career of the Apostle... | |
| Rev. Matthew Lelievre - 1871 - 302 pages
...spectators, however, were present; and when the preacher who read the burial service reached the passage, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our brother," and substituted the word father, the people were so deeply affected that from silent tears... | |
| Book - 1871 - 376 pages
...in death ; of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, in whom our souls do rest and hope. Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the life of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth,... | |
| 1872 - 566 pages
...who had been one of his preachers for upwards of thirty years, read the burial service. As he came to the words " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," his voieĞ faltered, and ho substituted the word "father;" the congregation, who were all... | |
| Edith Waddy - 1872 - 140 pages
...the Rev. J. Richardson, who read the service, altered the word brother, and said with deep feeling, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our father," the whole assembly " lifted up their voice and wept." So ended the earthly career of the Apostle... | |
| Abel Stevens - 1873 - 718 pages
...were present ; and when the preacher who read the burial service reached the passage which says, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our brother" and substituted the word " father," the throng was so deeply affected that from silent tears... | |
| Rev. John Reid - Grief - 1875 - 406 pages
...place during the funeral services of John Wesley. " When the minister came to that part which reads, ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our brother,' his voice changed, and he substituted the word father ; and the feeling with which he did... | |
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