...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...

...of a tree. 8 common formality] the set prayers and procedures laid down in BCP. 9 In ... hope] ' ... we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth...ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life' (Prayer of Commendation from the Burial Service, BCP, p. 298). 11-12...

...how it was to be taken, if they picked up his allusion to the Burial of the Dead: ' . . . earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain...Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ... '. 'What a thing it would be if we could be sure, or even have a good hope, that we could, by striving,...

...conceahnent and revelation reflects upon a single text, the Order for the Burial of the Dead: . . . earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain...Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Cbrist; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the...

...beneath the waves. Someone produces a knife and cuts the rope, the coffin falls to the bottom. "... we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." I walk back toward the car as the men set about filling in the grave. My laughter, if that...

...brother N to God's merciful keeping, and we now commits body to the ground (or to be cremated): Dearth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust] in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eterna life through our Lord Jesus Chnst, who died, was buried, and rose again for...

...simply shriveled up and died. There's a prayer from The Book of Common Prayer that reads: Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection unto eternal life. I find myself often thinking back to these words. My father was buried...