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" And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name, for all thy servants departed this life... "
The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine). - Page 509
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From Controversy to Co-Existence: Evangelicals in the Church of England 1914 ...

Randle Manwaring - 2002 - 246 pages
...the dead' had been softened in evangelical ears by: 'And we commend to thy gracious keeping, O Lord, all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee, according to thy promises, to grant them refreshment, light and peace.' In the Alternative Services...
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Worship with One Accord: Where Liturgy and Ecumenism Embrace

Geoffrey Wainwright - 1997 - 289 pages
...places. It can pray for "the whole state of Christ's church militant here in earth" and also bless God's name for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear" (to speak with the Book of Common Prayer). Opportunity may also arise for a congregation to diversify...
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The Establishment of Modern English Prose in the Reformation and the ...

Ian Robinson - 1998 - 234 pages
...take the section of the Prayer for the Church Militant added to the Book of Common Prayer in 1662: And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants...follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator...
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Between Memory and Hope: Readings on the Liturgical Year

Maxwell E. Johnson - 2000 - 484 pages
...Liturgy."1^ The 1662 "Prayer for the Whole State of Christ's Church" had added a phrase blessing God for "all thy servants departed this life in thy faith...to give us grace so to follow their good examples." So, by such narrow wedges, a case could be made that some form of remembering the saints might be permissible...
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Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects

John Henry Newman - 2004 - 564 pages
...the 'Communion Service' of The Book of Common Prayer. The conclusion reads: 'And we also bless the holy Name for all thy servants departed this life...follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom'. Charles Wheatley remarked, 'though the direct petition for the...
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The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory

Donald G. Bloesch - 2004 - 342 pages
...departed. In the words of one of the officially sanctioned prayers: "We also bless Thy holy name for Thy servants departed this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service."35 Another prayer contains the plea "Grant them...
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Offering the Lamb: Reflections on the Western Rite Mass in the Orthodox Church

Michael D. Keiser - 2006 - 157 pages
...trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity (here the priest may commemorate specific names). And we also bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants,...this life in Thy faith and fear; beseeching Thee to grant them continual growth in Thy love and service. And give us grace so to follow the good examples...
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