...the following Prayers, at his discretion. ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord ; and with whom the souls...joy and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest...

...foundation even of probability, let ns pursue it to its remotest consequences. Let us beg of Him, " with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are...the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity," to bless these considerations to the comfort of the righteous, to the conviction of the careless, and...

...; and, in this state, meekly committed her departing spirit to the bosom of Eternal Mercy. May that GOD, " with whom do live the spirits of them that...the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity/' grant that all who read or hear this record of the triumphs of his love, may, "with all those that...

...following Prayers, at fus discretion. 4 LMÍGHTY God, with whom -t *- do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord; and with whom the souls...of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; we give thee heart}7 thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in...

...heaven, and with Him 'do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord ;' and in His presence 'the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered...from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity -."To depart' locally from earth, is, assuredly, 'to In;' locally ">eith C'hrint.' And Rev. ii. 7 shows...

...may use the following prayers in behalf of themselves. v Htfc. xiu. to, 31. * 1 Tim. »i. 15, 16. I. Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, we adore thy majesty, and NII limit to thy providence, and revere thy justice, and magnify thy mercies,...

...ALMIGHTY God, with whom •*• do live the spirits of those who I depart hence in the Lord ; anc » ith whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, »re in joy and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of ,11 those thy servants,...

...and most conelusive evidence in favour of the blessed truth affirmed in our Burial Service, that " the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are " with the Lord " in joy and felicity." And this brings us to the consideration of, II. Our second...

...placed by the beautiful collect which so well expresses the belief of the catholic church, — that "the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are with Christ in joy and felicity," — we can scarcely refrain from indulging the conjecture, how great...

...merciful Saviour hope is to actual possession." This doctrine seems consistent with our church, that " the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, into an avenging Judge. A consideration, which points out to us the principal sources, both of happiness...