| 1875 - 492 pages
...instead of the words, " We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth," etc., it is said, " We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned...shall give up her dead) and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ." As the first sentence is pronounced, the body falls into the... | |
| William John Edge - Baptism - 1841 - 44 pages
...used, only instead of saying " we commit his body to the ground, &c." the following is to be said, " We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned...shall give up her dead) and the Life of the World to come." The second passage, in which " we give hearty thanks to God, for d< livering our brother... | |
| 1865 - 1042 pages
...close to to tide of tbe ship. Here the burial Brice was read by the doctor, and in twiog to the words, "we therefore commit his body to the deep to be turned into corruption," &c., (words substituted for "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dnst to dust,") one end of the plank was... | |
| Church of England, William Keeling - England - 1842 - 542 pages
...imltail of tin «f tr»nte [\V> therefore commit his body to Uie ground, earth to earth. Av.j say, WE therefore commit his body to the Deep, to be turned...shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who at his coming shall change our vile body, that it may... | |
| College students' writings, American - 1842 - 512 pages
...other, and tears were seen stealing down rough cheeks, ' from eyes unused to weep.' At the words, ' we therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned...resurrection of the body when the sea shall give up her dead' — the plank was raised and the body launched into the bosom of the Ocean, that mighty tomb where... | |
| 1745 - 516 pages
...particularly hy the convulsive grasp with which he was held. When that part of the service was heing read, " We therefore commit his body to the deep to be turned into corruption ;" the poor man let go the hand which he had so nervously pressed, for he perceived that one of the... | |
| Episcopal Church - Anglican Communion - 1843 - 826 pages
...instead of these words, We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, <£<•., say, We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned...shall give up her dead, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who at his coining shall change our vile body, that it may... | |
| American Seamen's Friend Society - Hymns - 1843 - 456 pages
...take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the deep, looking for the resurrection of the body, when the sea shall give up her dead ; when the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in Christ shall be changed, and made like unto his... | |
| 1843 - 488 pages
...particularly by the convulsive grasp with which he was held. When that part of the service was being read, " We therefore commit his body to the deep to be turned into corruption," the poor man let go the hand which he had so nervously pressed, for he perceived that one of the roughest... | |
| Black people - 1843 - 310 pages
...nothing interrupted the wild dirge that played in gusts aloft. When the minister reached the clause, "we therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption," the grating suddenly disappeared, and long before it could be hauled in again, the distressed subject... | |
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