 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 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 brollier] his voice changed, and he substituted the word father ; and the feeling with which he did... | |
 | Funeral rites and ceremonies - 1876 - 470 pages
...of people which was otherwise expected to attend. When the officiating clergyman at the grave-side pronounced the words "Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself our dear Father here departed," the people who .nearly filled the burying ground, burst into loud weeping;... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - Church and state - 1878 - 606 pages
...touching protest was at rest from his labours. When the clergyman who officiated at his funeral came to the words, ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed,' he substituted the word ' father' for ' brother,' and the vast multitude burst... | |
 | rev. p. b. power, m.a. - 1880 - 588 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,"—he substituted the word father; the effect on the congregation was eo great, that they... | |
 | W. H. Daniels - Methodism - 1880 - 804 pages
...thirty years, and who now lies close by his side. When the minister came to that part of the service " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," instead of "brother" he used "father," with an emphasis so suggestive, and a voice so full... | |
 | Unitarian Universalist churches - 1880 - 146 pages
...their labors, and their works do follow them. A Hymn may be sung here, or at the close of the service. Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of his child, we therefore commit the body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,... | |
 | Ralph M. Spoor - London (England) - 1881 - 100 pages
...picturesqueness to the scene. When the officiating minister — the Rev. John Richardson — came to the solemn words, ' Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear,' he paused, and substituted ' father ' for ' brother ; ' instantly the pent up feeling of those present... | |
 | Caroline Cameron Acland, C. C. G. - Church history - 1884 - 332 pages
...ashes to ashes, dust to dust."4 b. The spirit returns to GOD Who gave it. Eccles. xii. 7 ; iii. 21. "It hath pleased Almighty GOD .... to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed."4 1 Absolution ; Daily Office. 2 Absolution ; Communion Office. 3 Absolution... | |
 | John Telford - 1885 - 172 pages
...Wesley as a son in the Gospel for nearly thirty years, came to those words in the Burial Service, " Forasmuch as it . hath pleased Almighty God to take unto Himself the soul of our dear brother here departed," and substituted " Our dear father" with the most tender emphasis, the emotion... | |
 | 1890 - 864 pages
...had been one of his preachers nearly thirty years. When he саше 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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