Clerical Brotherhood, and Liturgical Tracts (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855. Excerpt: ... A SHORT EXPOSITION THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD, WITH A VIEW TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND CONSOLATION OF THE LIVING. "All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom from the dust." Shirley, 1660. "My soul inspired with holy flame, View and review, with most regardful eye, That holy cross whence thy salvation came, On which thy Saviour and thy sin did die." Sir Henry Wotton, 1640. INTRODUCTION. There are several well-known and distinguished writers on the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church. The subject has engaged the labours of Comber, Wheatly, Nichols, Shepherd, and the present Bishop of Down and Connor. Archdeacon Berens, also, in his Lectures on the Offices of the Church of England (referring his readers for full information to the works I have mentioned), has given a practical and devotional tendency to those offices, in his usual calm and Christian spirit. "Miller's Christian Guide "for Plain People," in a portion of which the offices of the Church are treated of as "a rule of life," may well be consulted by all who love and value a candid and judicious expounder of scriptural truths. The present little undertaking is confined to one office only, and it is that for the Burial of the Dead. The remarks which follow, as the different parts of the service fall under review, lay no claim to originality, being for the most part taken from other writers, but selected, arranged, and, above all, compressed in a form which the Compiler hopes will be considered as not without its use, particularly for the least instructed. The applications made are of the same character, being chiefly culled from wellknown authors, attention being always directed to their harmony with the Word of God. Nor are the selections made on...