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] |