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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Book of Common Prayer. (continued)

10395

To love, cherish, and to obey.

Solemnization of Matrimony.

10396

With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. 1

Solemnization of Matrimony.

10397

In the midst of life we are in death. 2

The Burial Service.

10398

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection.

The Burial Service.

10399

Whose service is perfect freedom.

Collect for Peace.

10400

Show thy servant the light of thy countenance.

The Psalter. Psalm xxxi. 18.

10401

But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.

The Psalter. Psalm lv. 14.

10402

Men to be of one mind in an house.

The Psalter. Psalm lxviii. 6.

10403

The iron entered into his soul.

The Psalter. Psalm cv. 18.

10404

The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.

The Psalter. Psalm cx. 3.

Tate and Brady.

10405

Untimely grave.

Psalm vii.

10406

And though he promise to his loss,
He makes his promise good.

Psalm xv. 5.

10407

The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust.

Psalm cxii. 6.

Note 1.
With this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.—Book of Common Prayer, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. [back]

Note 2.
This is derived from a Latin antiphon, said to have been composed by Notker, a monk of St. Gall, in 911, while watching some workmen building a bridge at Martinsbrücke, in peril of their lives. It forms the groundwork of Luther’s antiphon “De Morte.” [back]

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