...round the grave of Hopkins, as in a distant corner of the churchyard there were committed " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life." If this simple narrative makes the impression I desire on those who...

...God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, therefore we commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes...hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord." Whatever interpretation theologians may put upon this language, its practical...

...to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother or sister here departed, we therefore commit their body to the ground — earth to earth — ashes to...— dust to dust — in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life." The spirit, whether good or bad, has returned to God who gave it, (Eccles....

...while the priest said, " We commit their bodies to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ." " Next day their Mother arrived at the Manse She knew, before she came, that her children were dead...

...mercy I " to take unto himself the soul of our dear *bi-other here departed, we therefore commit JAi* body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain 3hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile...

...conversation is in heaven ; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is even able to subdue all tilings unto himself." Phil. iii. 20, 21. "And the...

...conversation is in heaven ; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ : Who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is even able to subdue all things unto himself." Phil. iii. 20, 21. "And the...

...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, that it may be like unto his glorious body." And is not the Church justified in prescribing the use of these words, at the interment of the mortal...

...as it hath pleased Almighty God, of his great mercy, to take unto himself the soul of our deceased brother here departed, we therefore commit his body...resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ," &c. In ihe American Prayer-book less exceptionable language is used — language of a more general...

...virtually identical to committals except for a few changes in liturgical language. Instead of saying, "We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," officiants might say, "We therefore commit his body to the flames, ashes to ashes, dust to...