 | 1806 - 504 pàgines
...P. I beg leave lo submit to his further consideration, whether two are necessary. When we say that it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, we assert no more than the author of Ecclesiastes does of all in general, viz. thai when the body returns... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pàgines
...service in a manner that made it peculiarly affecting : when he ca:ne to that part of it, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself...most tender emphasis, the epithet Father instead of Brot!>er ; which had so powerful an effect on the congregation, that from silent tears, they seemed... | |
 | George Bourne - 1807 - 366 pàgines
...Richardson, who now lies with him in the same vault, read the funeral service. When he came to that part, " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take...he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the ephhetfather instead of brother ; which had so powerful an effect on the congregation, that from silent... | |
 | John Wesley - 1810 - 432 pàgines
...service in a manner that made it peculiarly affecting ; when he came to that part of it, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself...on the congregation, that from silent tears, they seemetl universally to burst out into loud weeping. INSCRIPTION ON HIS COFFIN. JOHANNES WESLEY, AM... | |
 | John Wesley - 1817 - 276 pàgines
...procedure. No alteration whatever was made in the service, except when he read that solemn depositure — " For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take...the soul of our dear brother," &c. he substituted the epithet Father in its stead, which had a visible effect upon the audience. The funeral was conducted... | |
 | 1820 - 856 pàgines
...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, his voice changed, and he substituted the word father; and the feeling with which he did this was such,... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pàgines
...Richardson, who had been a preacher nearly thirty years. On coming to that part which says, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother," his voice faltered, and, after a momentary pause, he substituted the word "father." The effect was... | |
 | 1820 - 866 pàgines
...one of his preachers almost thirty years. AVhen 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,' his voice changed, and he substituted the word father ; and the feeling with which he did this was... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 516 pàgines
...been one of his preachers almost thirty yeers. When be came to that part of the service, " i'orasmuch 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 this was... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 642 pàgines
...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," his voice changed, and he substituted the word ^father ; and the feeKng with which he did this was... | |
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Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother,' &c., he substituted, with the most tender emphasis, the epithet father... 
