...up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, deliver us not into the pains of eternal death!" The melancholy rite ended, the party dispersed,...

...the Christian East, Wesley may have found the echo of the Trisagion preserved in the sentences — "O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour" — to be an important link with Christian antiquity. Hence Media vita was retained in his revision...

...as it were a shadow, and never ..." Composed and solemn, this bored, my beard for chrissakes! In the midst of life. "We are in death: of whom may we seek for succour ..." In the midst of life we are in death how true, oh right in the middle, now for instance. Voice...

...is cut down. like a flower: he fleeth as it were a shadow. and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek...thee. O Lord. who for our sins art justly displeased." This gave him goosebumps. He worried a bit when it came to "Thou knowest. Lord. the secrets of our...

...The complete sentence from which the phrase is extracted makes this fact abundantly clear: "In the midst of life we are in death; of whom may we seek...thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?" (299). Drawing on his own mocking invocations of the same phrase, it seems reasonable to conclude that...

...said : " In the midst of life we are in death. Of " whom may we seek for succour, but of the*e, 0 " Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased ? " "Yet,..." us not into the bitter pains of eternal death." And again, while the earth was being cast upon the body by some standing by, the priest might with...

...heavenly mansions and reunions at the River Jordan. They don't want to hear about bitter pains and eternal death. "'Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Savior, thou most worthy...

...but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; . . . O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. William felt the wet splash of a tear on his hand. He looked over to see the white of his mother's...

...up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Yet O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of...

...is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death. Of whom may we seek...Thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?" Tarleton, the Elliot's handsome, gray-haired butler, moved to the graveside with a shovel in his hand....