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SERMOiN, 
 
 nELlVERKD ON THE IX CASION 
 
 OK THE DKATU OK 
 
 CECILIA, 
 
 WIFE OF PETER WHITE, ESU., 
 
 OF PEMBROKE. 
 
 ON THE 
 
 2-M(\ OF FEBKUARY, 185-3. 
 
 " And 1 heard a voice from heaven, sayinji; unto mc, write, * Blessed are 
 the <fead which die in the Lord from heiicetorth : Yea, saith the spirit, that 
 they may rest from their labours aud their works do follow them." — Rev. 
 xiv. 13. 
 
 PEMBROKE, C. W. 
 
 PRINTED AT THE omCE OF THE "PEMBROKE OBSERVEP. 
 
 1855. 
 
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 SERMON, 
 
 Prtaohed on the occasion of the death of CECILIA, wife of Fetrr 
 White, Esq., of Pembroke, on the 23rd of February, 1852- 
 
 •• BleBoed are the dead which die in tho I^ord from hcnroforlh : Yea saith 
 the Kpirit, that they may rest from their hiboiiri* and their works do follow 
 them."— Rkv. xiv. 13. 
 
 It IS better to s« to the House of Mourninu, than to go to the house of feast- 
 ing, foi that is the end of all livinR; and the living will lay it to his heart. 
 Sorrow ia better than laughter, for by the sadnesH of the countenance the 
 heart is made better — the heart of the wi«e is in the house of mourning. 
 Under the impression of these wholesome truths, we would seek t o improve 
 the present mournful occasion ; remembering that grace alone can enab^us 
 so to do. We will find very little ditticulty in complying with the injunc- 
 tion ot the wise man, "In tho day of prosperity be joyful," but it is quite a 
 different matter to give ourselves to the kind, and degree of consideration, 
 required in the day of adversity ; and yet earnest reflection on such occa- 
 sions—on their causes and consequences, are among tho appointed means 
 for our spiritual improvement; which above all we most earnestly deeire 
 this day. This important JMid will most certainly be accomplished if our 
 " hearts are in the house of mourning," and we remember that "this is the 
 end of all living" — yours and mine. • 
 
 One natural reflection, will be this: "I know Thou wilt bring vie to 
 death, and to the house appointed for all living." It is not loo much to af- 
 firm, that the recollection or forgetfulness of this event, will most certainly 
 aflfect our latter end. It is not the m.-in who neglects and disregards the 
 evil day, that makes the happiest nassnge through life, or the safest exit 
 from our sinful world. All men do not die alike, nor is it expected they 
 should, — some die in utter darkness as to their eternal state and take a leap 
 in the dark, others in awful indiflference, like the beasts that perish, — some 
 anxiously concerned, and some in frightful apprehension of coming wrath, as 
 if already conscious of the kindlings of the fire that never shall be quenched, 
 and tho knawings of the worm that shall never die. This reminds us, dear 
 friends, that life is a far more serious and ijnportant thing than death, since 
 the circumstances of our dying will be sure to be affected by our manner of 
 living. Life is the seed time for eternity, what we sow here we shall reap 
 there ! 
 
 Uncertainty, dread uncertainty, encircles the death bed of many of the 
 sons of men, — aye, even of some of those shall be everlastingly saved ; but 
 whatever may be the nature of the closing scene, sunshine or storm, hope 
 or fear, God will always take care of his own, — in life he will be continually 
 wi th them, and they with him, he will guide them with his counsel and 
 afterwards receive them to glory ! So taught the prophets, — so Josus — and 
 his disciples, and how delightful to think, that what Jesus and his disciples 
 taught on earth, should be confirmed by a voice direct from heaven, saying 
 " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord " ! Consider— 
 
 I. What we are to understand by tho phase, " In the Lord — dying in th* 
 Lord." 
 
 II. In what the blessedness consists. 
 
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 III. Thi-'pleartingconlinnatjonoi the lr.\l. "Vt'n. ^alMlthe!lJ)irit, IhaHliev 
 
 ;iy re-it IrDin tlioir lalxiurs ami their works <lo lulhnv thi-ni. 
 
 1. C'lmsidertho plira"*', 111 tho l-ord— living ia tlu; Lord. P;iiil in the 
 
 ih of the Act?, f^ays : "CitKl ;rivo^ to all lilo and Im-atli and all things," 
 
 d "in him w« live, and move, and have unr being." 'l'li(iycii.Ki'in whu-h 
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 we are in (Jixi or livo iiiGod, intiiis pas.-i.i'je, i.s niunirtv^lly to ho confined m 
 it.H application to onr animal lit", but hi: .'ipoak.s of noniething higher and better 
 in the priTi'din;: context :- "it happily they might feel alter him and liiid 
 him, thouizh he bo nut lar iVom aii\ uiio I't u.-." In the (ir.st ir physical 
 .sense, all ina:;kind live in (icd : ioV the air we breathe, lli(> food we eat, the 
 raiment *vo wear, and the health we enjoy, t>\vethcr with the power of rea- 
 Huniug, choosini;, and lovini:, are all from (lod. Many live tlni.s naturally 
 in God who are spiritually dead, God. is about their bed and tlieir path, and 
 orders all tliing.s eoneerniii:,' them ; yet they perceive him not, seek liim not : 
 the living, imiuoital spirit is alienated from the life of (jod, — all tho 
 powers of the .soul, whieh are the gill of God, and f.riveu to bee.xercised 
 m hia service ami to hi.-< uloiy, are ma ^lale of moral death, whieh may bo 
 t' Js shewn : The nnder.-tanding doe.> lait know (iod, it i.s darkened ; the 
 gc '%f thi.s world has blindeil the minds of tliose that believe not ; their judg- 
 mf'ia \\:- perverted and docs not approve of God, neither Iuh nature, his. Jaw 
 or government are loved ;«'l I is ways aie always grievous, his judgments 
 high above out of his sight," their inll does lui't choose God, they are rebels, 
 dieir afiections di) not love or delinht in (!u(l, tlu y dc-sin; not the knowledge 
 of his way, — their conscience does m t fear (.Jod, ihey think of him only as 
 an enemy or tyrant, therefore they urJ*, as intellectual beingris, without God 
 m the world ! ' 
 
 Now this state wo have jn?t described, is the very opposite of what is 
 meant by tiie phrase in the test, "in tile Lord" — in the I.onl, not a.s a mere 
 animal or intelJectual being, Lui a« amoral .nnd spiritual I'einir, madein tiie 
 imago of God, and lor his glory. When by the divine .spn it we are brought 
 back to Gcd, and in the be.-^t and holic-^t sense we are in God, the principle 
 of a divine and spirituallile is imparteci — tliere is ancwcrratiou — a passing 
 from death to life by the my.>'ttiious b;t e.ni;etual operation of the Holy Ghost, 
 John 3 — 5 8, ami as man livis nttiuroHi/ iu (Jod by the enjoyment of the 
 precious benefit.s of his providence ; so do renewed men live in God, by the 
 enjoyment of the t-VW mere precious blessing.'^ of lii.^ grace. Then our life 
 is in God, our desires are to the rememlirance of his name ; our hope.«, our 
 joy. cur all is in G'od. So tliat to be in the Lord is synonymous with being 
 in Christ — both e.vpressioui. denoting a near nml vital union with God, a bein^r 
 born again of the spirit and from aVune, ami the i)ossession of a new heart 
 and aright spirit. Thi'; real and spiritual life in God \h ea,sily known, by 
 its language, natural life has a language of its own, so has spiritual: the 
 natural says, "who will show us anij good"— tho .spiritual, " Lord lift thou 
 up tho light of thy countenai.ee uix)ii us !" tho natural has desires— what 
 is all wo eat, what shall we drink ;" but tho sniritual ,says, O God, thou art 
 my God, early will I seek thee, my soul thirstethforGod, for the living God 
 the earthliness of the one may bo read in the language of tho King of Baby- 
 ion, "Is not this great Babylon whieh I have built, for the glory of my name 
 and tho honor of my majesty," and the spirituality of the other, in tho words 
 of Isaiah, "Behold, God is my salvation, the Lord Jehovah is my strength and 
 my song, ho also has become my salvation ! I shall bo satisfied when 1 awake 
 with thy likeness." This little world contains all the one holds dear ; the 
 treasure ot the other lies be\ond. 
 
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 As tim m»!mb»Ts an* in tin' Im.J\. or tin- uraiichci in tlio viiif, or (.'hri>t in 
 llic Futlier,— sf» is llic brlifvcr in (imi, "\i\ lliut thiy y<' ^llaII kimw thai I 
 :iiu ill the Fiithrr, niul yi' in me anil I in you." To Ic in (Joil — in ("inist \h 
 just to realize by u irracions expeneiuelln' fiillilnniit (il tlie aiifient proiuise. 
 ••I will walk in tln'iu ami iKvell in theni" — makiny the boiliesol' t!ie pedjih' 
 the temple of tli(» Holy (Jliost ! ! 
 
 If our exposition ot th(? tiist phrase ''in the I.on'," be currect, the secomt 
 — "dying in the Lord," \vill be very ea>i!y under^totKl and foon explained : 
 To "dio'iii the Lord" prosuppoio^ our walking by tlir same mh? ami niind- 
 in^ the »ame Ihiui?, holding ta>t whereinitu \Vf l,a\(.' alieady attained, to be 
 endiirini^ hardship as i^rml soldier." of Jesus Christ, to endnn! to the end — 
 overcominijthron'jfh the blood of the Lamb, tin; world, the liesh, .'iii<l tin; 
 devil. To die in the Lord is jii.-t to depart this lite in the lirm and unshaken 
 belief of reali/.in<r the bh^ssed provisions of tin; covj'iiant of mercy exhibited 
 in the promise* fJe^us,»• In my FutluM's house are many n;aiisions, 1 iiOt(» pre- 
 pare a place for yon, I wdlseeyon au'ain and your heart shall rejoice, and 
 your joy iio man taketh from yon" ! 'J"o ilic in the Lord, is to die in submis- 
 sion to his will, cht.'erfully drinkin:_' the cup Ik- has mingled ; m the hope, 
 (stronjj even in death,) that \vu shall be like him and see him as he is, ami 
 be ever with the Lord. 
 
 IL In what their blessedness consists. 
 
 "Blessed are the dead that die in tin' Lord." Wt- are not to suppose that 
 tlioy were never blessed till they died, (fidt would be a tremenilousariruinenl 
 aifaiiLst ^eli^^on, as showinij that whatever exi-cllency it miirht poss(!ss, and 
 vvhat(5ver blessins havi; in reserve for 'lie srodly in the world to come ; it is 
 not exactly the thing for ihcpvnfcut world : but it /uik the promise of the 
 life that now is — a promise in every ca<e fuliilled to a i,aeafer or less extent. 
 God doe.s not re<|uire the people to wait till they conic to tin; heavenly coun- 
 try ere they are blessed, an inxtttlmvnt is ::raciously paid now ! (iodliiies.s 
 meets the sinners present necessities — it //«</.< him jiuilty and takes away 
 his sin, and -livc'.s him peace — peace in beUeviu'^. It linds him under the 
 influence oj'fear, but it takes away the spirit of a slave, and i>ive.s him that 
 of a son ; trom the moment the soul is enabled by irrace to re}X)sc its whole 
 confidence in finished work of the Reibn'tner — allcoiidenmation isi^oncand 
 it is blessed with all spiritual blessinirs in heavenly places in Chri.st, in the 
 course of his journey, he oft, ■ •imls it irood to draw near unto God — lie 
 diinks of the brook by the way -;heLord is his shepherd ami leads him into 
 •fteen pastures and beside the st ',] waters, his cup of spiritual comfoit is of- 
 ten full to overflowiuGr; izoodness and mercy follow him, and compass him 
 about. David's experience may bf! considered a fair tyi>e of God's ilealinirs 
 with his children, who find him continually with them, takini; them by the 
 right hand, j^uidini;' them with his counsel, that he may brinatliem to priory ! 
 
 •2. And as they are blessed in (iciv^ so they are in dying. Look at David, 
 walking through the valley of the shadow of death, fearing no evil — and at 
 JStephen, how calm, composed and happy ! //«/;;«/.'' how could ho be other- 
 wise, spending his last breath in prayers lor his murderous assailants, 
 and, beholding the blcs.sed Redeemer nt the right hand ot God, waiting lo 
 receive his spirit : and Paul, ci'cn in a prison, in his last moments thought 
 only of the crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge would 
 give him in that day ! 
 
 It is a special part of the ble^spdne.ss of those tliat die in the Lord, that 
 they are saved from the uncertainty, — the awful uncertainty — the for- 
 ribie dread of the future, in which many die, not knowing what is before 
 them. Infidel men may speak of a leap in the dark, but light [■* ;-o\vn for thi 
 
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 ii-.'lil' (>u.- Id IIii'Iii ulti'ii, Ii;,'lit )irii«t's out of durkiic^'N, ili b<*aniH ulteii iliu- 
 iiii II- i-M-ii till- sli.ii'tv~> (<t di-utit, tlit'lr coiiiiorl iiri^fn tmin this i-oMvii-tiori. 
 tlirv ••lv!i«;\v ill wlioiii tli«*y hiivo U'lieved," ami lioni t/iin pcrMiiusioii that th»*y 
 liavriii iifiivi'ii a lifttcr and iiiort* ciiduriiiv' Kidistaiicc, an liouhn not madt* 
 Willi luiiiiis. ctfTii;!! in tin* heaven,'*. O. ti» be Havi-d Ironj this dread uncer- 
 iaint}, and ble^ed witli a hope lilonnnn;: uitli itntiiortalily, ih u near ap- 
 protitli to the bli.x.iot luaveii. "Tlie oliandter where tho jjood man meets 
 hix liite, IS piivileged iieyund tlie eomnioii walks of virluoii.s life — quite on 
 llie ver-^'e" — ol ;,'li)ry ! 
 
 ^rd. Hut blessed are the (lead — ah. men never hoard of the dead heiuff 
 blecHetl till heaven revealed it. C'liristianity alone eould teaeh hUeha dw- 
 trine ah that, PliiloHophcrs never dreamed of sueh rumfort — tlieir coiihtant 
 dri'nd watt — ••fallin;: info naught." For thiH eomfort — the knowU'dire that 
 the pious dead are blessed ; we arc indebted to iiini who brought life and 
 imiuortnlity to li^dit by the ^^ospel, who is liimHelf the resurrection, the life, 
 and fan^iht that "he lliat beiieveth in me shall never die, — though he were 
 dead }et shall lie live.*' 
 
 The worldlini; eannot ronceive the idea of the dead beincf blest ; his whole 
 enjoyment, all he eares lor, all he loves, all he values are the prolits, the 
 pleasures, and the honors of life; all of which are eertainly left behind in 
 death; appetite, passion and animal ^riatiiieation, nil are ^one; besides 
 which, he has iK'thinir. Aye, and the sages of anti(|uity were no better, in 
 their abstract speculations they could not })enettate the future ; the display 
 of their genius and talent, by which they awakened the astonishment, and 
 pained the applause of men was necessarily confined to the present world 
 for when thev died, their jurlory was buried in the dust ! Hut blessed 
 are the dead which die in the Lord ; death to them is all pain tojrether. 
 If the believer loses his preset. t happiness, it is only to obtain a better and 
 more permanent ; the riches of prace will be followed by the riches of glory ; 
 and the pleasing coiitempUitioii of redemption give place to the enjojmentof 
 the eleiiial realities. Hlessed ? becnu^e his life is hid with CIrist in God — 
 buried deep ill the bosom of the eternal Father, secured by sovereign love 
 and the provisions of that covenant, that is ordered in all things and sure, 
 his treasure is in the heavens, safe from moth and rust, where the thief can- 
 not steal and the fire cannot burn it. 
 
 4th. There is a negative blessedness of the dead that die in the Lord, 
 which we might notice in passing. All evil is left behind. Solomon praised 
 tilt! dead that were already dead more than the living that were yet alive, 
 because of the grievous oppressions and the sore evils experienced in life 
 — of poverty, misfortune, disease, temptation, and all the accumulated evil 
 to which humanity is exposed in this vain life. In that sense, Solomon was 
 right, and in the same, the pious dead are blessed, for all the sources of 
 • heir anxiety, their »f)rrow and pam, shall have passed away for ever. 
 That is a happy thought of the poets', — happy because true — on which, the 
 cinistijui in his last moments may dwell with peculiar delight — 
 
 '• The pain of life sliall then be o'er. 
 The an<^uish and distracting care, 
 Theii sighing grief shall weep no more, 
 And sin shall never enter there!" 
 
 No biting Irast, nor scorching wind, nor rising flood, nor wasting 
 
 can follow the happy dead, into the regions of the blest. The lipof 
 
 ny. and tongue of slander will find in the grave a boundary they r.innot 
 
 pn-^s. 
 
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 caluin- 
 
Allt. HleMi'.l III ;i liajjpy n »ufr«i imn - ili.'i "i tl"' ji>i— il,f iW-uil 
 jn Christ shall rim' lirsl." Tlio) li\''tl. k lywmji llmt tli>- |{tili'<iM»'i Ii\»'.f. 
 and though alUT their ^km woiim ilf 'lioii-d llu- Unly, jii in ihtM \\v^U lhi*\ 
 niiould Hi'i! God, — thny livfil, hflieviini Ilit' Sii>i()in'« wnrd, — "llnv »hiiil 
 novor perish" — •'! will r.ii'f tlifin \\\t u\ tliu l;l^l dnv.*'— "Ict-aii**- 1 liv«', y 
 shall live al.iii,'" — wlion; ! iirii, thcrt' slinll my ><'rviMils lie," — aiid tin- Ii|i*-n 
 tif tliu rt'Hiirrt.'clioti will con^'i"-! in tli'' ri';ili/.iiti(iii of tlic \\ Iki'c ! Jr-iis in ti e 
 nain»! ol his oniiiiniilt'in'i' will tullil liis |iruiiuMS In* will ^ratlHT Ifi^ri-tlicr llie 
 ncatterful dn^tot liiscliildrciiVcliildronHlindifH. tlii* Mxd'a coinpuniuu in tiiiiu, 
 he will build i1 t'^iiinon imiislructiMt' |>riiu'i|>l<-*!intl iai«<f np in his own lovf*- 
 ly likoncss — '»w«i sliall he likt; liiin lor wi; nhall .«••(• hiiii «k \w ij<," — like 
 him in tho Hjiirituality of Ids body ; in tlio lifrnily of his bl«'HM'diict<«» ; »own 
 in C(irriiptii)n,rai'('d in iiu'<)rruplion ; rown in dishonor, raifi'd inylory : .-own 
 in wo!ikn«^M, raised in powor; >owii a ntituial body, rai.si'd a spiiitual body ; 
 for this fonuplibl'" nui.st put on inconnptioii. and this mortal nuihf put on im- 
 niortulily, and death shall bo .swallowed np in vii-tory, ami tln-n shall thf 
 song of triumih 1 ht-ard — tho soiii: writloa so many ayes before shall at 
 loniutli be snnii by all who sliiep in .lesiis— "O death where ia thy btiny, O, 
 grave whero is thy victory"! ! I'lessed jiro the dead that die in th<! Lord; 
 them that sleep iii Jesns will (Jod biiiiy with him. Onee more, Ulessed in 
 tho full fMijoyment of liod in Christ to all eternity. Fternity? O that is a 
 mighty e.xjiresHive word wc do not uiulerstaiul and cannot explain, it i«like 
 tho rnvhtorions existt;nco of him who is the livipg one, who was and is and 
 shall bo unfathomable, unmoasurable, incoinf reheiiMil)le ; plimimots and 
 guagcs ami lines cannot ttdl it ; and whatn thoiipht,howexprossiveof bless- 
 edness, unending: happy beanif, happy in tliP enjoyment of him who is ab- 
 solutely independently and eternally blessed, there is no step beyond! with 
 God directly, immediately, no means or saeraments or mediator, the veil ol 
 mortality buinj; removed we shall be with God ! This hope was the believ- 
 ers comfort and support in time, hn could never foijjet the promise of his 
 Lord, "I go to prepare a place for you, I will come a-jain and receive you to 
 myself, I will see you again and your hearts shall rejoice, and then no man 
 will take your joy from you, ever with the Lord." Ah then the people of 
 God, who fed upon his word in time, shall rejoice to know that what was 
 inatter of living hope in time, shall bo matter of glorious enjoyment in eter- 
 nity. Neither death nr life, nor height nor depth, nor things present, or 
 things to come, shall soperate those who m the highest and best 
 sense are one with God. On earth, God's servants were wont to instruct, to 
 lead, to j?uide, to comfort to feed them — now the servant is wanted no more ! 
 the Master will do it himself, with his own hand he will wipe away their 
 tears, with his own voice pronounce them blessed. "God himself shall be 
 there, and be their God and the Lamb that is in the midst of tho throne shall 
 lead them to living fountains of water"! — that which Jesus gave his people 
 on earth was living, and was said to ♦'spring up into everlasting life," and 
 now that it has reached its destination, they find it true, all true, forever true, 
 "not one word has failed of all the good things" he promised, — "fullness of 
 joy, pleasures for evermore, ever with the Lord" ! ! 
 
 III. Notice briefly the pleasing confinnation of the whole. I heard a 
 voice from heaven sayinjr unto me, "from heaven," the blessed amiounce- 
 ment is made, possibly the voice of some of the angels that excel in strength 
 or of the angel of the covenant that was went to speak to Abraham, Isaac 
 and Jacob, or of Jesus himself, at all events it was a voice from heaven, in 
 which John could not be mistaken, he heard such a voice twice before ! — 
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 rim blivisotlur''*^ ot ilifi putiM ili'a i i* tvvi.'»» .'iflinii.sl ki tlii> irxt — in lln'lie;n 
 ••nly Vtni'i' IriJtn lln* t'Xi'f'llent ul<iry--li|»'Hj«t«(l an? ih.' tl<>ii<t that tin' ki tin* 
 LorJ — coiiiiritu'il a;f:»iii in llu' It'MimDiiy •»! Ilic ."jtiril, yra unitli tliONpiiit, 
 tliat they may reitt Irinn ihfir hilmiiM. And lUia tl()ul)ln tfxtimony i< to ri«- 
 tiiairi pi.TinainMitly and tn havi* a pniiiiiiH.Mit plnci* iii rnvt'Iulitiii — h"i)Ci' 
 ii'rilr, — icritr. that il may ri-iiiaiii aiiniii;,' iiii-ii a utatiit^.ol liraVLMi, an irnuiii- 
 tahh' (li'orcr ol ihf (Joil ui truth and lovf, to U> i*Uu\u)\ in all ny;('!<, VVritn ! 
 that il may bn n-ad ami marki-d hy tin* iiii^fodly ns a sii //jciitrit .uiNWorto thr 
 iiiHthd <Mi<|uiry,<«vvIiat pmlit ^llall wo havi* il wo pray,' ^•lud a« a proof tliai 
 ";;udliiic>is IS pnilitabit* uiilo all thiiii^'s, liaviiii; proini^o ot tliu lilo that now 
 in and that whioli h to cdiiic," and that its moridiaiulizo i» hotter than nilvor 
 and its lmim than (iiic ;;iild ! 
 
 Writo / to conviiico .xovrowiii;: rriond.", that th'mo who nlccp in Jc^Mns aro 
 not lost, but only l'oiic hc'oic, and that rtlii!o '» mortals cry a man isilcad. 
 — anrol.s sliout a child is horn." Tin! loss ol Cartli istho ;.'ain of iieaVL-ii I 
 
 It'ritr? to assnro holiuvcrs that ilcalii will jirovo no liindrani'o to or intor- 
 rnption of th'>ir hdii-ily — llio intfrrnption is but litr a inoiiKMit, it is but a short 
 pansairo from that which is in part, to thai whicji is in |it'ilcct ; for wo must 
 no«ds dio, and boas w.itcr HpilU-d np<in tho y;iiinnd, ami that is not lost, the 
 marwIoiiM provision ot (iod's myMt'iion.s providcnco in natnro, presorvos 
 t'vory drop, and tho ^.Taciuns provision of n.'domption will prcscrvo lK)dy and 
 soul till tho coniint( of tho J-ord .Ic.-ins, and then ho will say they aro mino ! 
 
 (), could beiiovorrt otton think, as certainly tlioy should, that tho presont 
 afflictions n ro li;.dit, but for a moment arid not worihy to bo compared with 
 tho jrlory, tho ;;lory to which they load ! and that there is a real connection, 
 dosiirn ed botwocn "tho sorrows of time ami tho joys of eternity, that their sor- 
 rows . aro n part of tho diticiplinary cnnrso throuifh which they must pass. 
 Ifiin Would they relnsu to weep, as they wouKI discover that sowin;; in tune 
 is btit tho proludo to reapin;^ with joy, the joy nl their Lord. Dlcsscd in- 
 deed when all tlio sorrows and slrnpixies of life, aro, through 8overoiy;n inor- 
 cv made to work out for them a far more oxceedin;» and eternal weight ol 
 glory f Blost sorrow that will bo followetl by the wearing? of white robes pun; 
 •ind clean, anil palms of victory and crowns of f,'iory, all onding in the 
 blessed harmony of heaven, while the whole redeemed of every nation and 
 n^e, shall say^'thou art worthy I.nnl to receive glory and honor and bless- 
 ing, for thou hast redeemed us with thy blood." 
 
 VVrite ? that all ijeneralioiis may know that life and immortality are brought 
 to light by the gospel, and that this world is not tho rest of the Lord's people 
 and that they may ginl np the loins of their minds and not bo slothlul but 
 bo followers of them, who niherit the promise. Yea, saith tho .spirit that they 
 may rc!>t / and who shall toll how pure, how calm, how holy that rest, no 
 heart can conceive, no mortal language can toll its bliss. Even in this 
 world, there is a peace that pa-'v-teth all understanding, a joy that is unspeak- 
 able and full of glory! what then must that resst be in the kingdom of God. 
 They rest from their labours, — hero they toiled, and wept, and prayed, and 
 wrestli'd, and doubted, and foarinl, strug^ing a lul lighting agamst princi- 
 palities and powers, and tho rulers of the darkness of tho world, and with 
 spiritual wickedness in high places, — *'but more than conquerors at last, 
 there they tind their trials o'er," and their works to follow them. Not their 
 merits, but their works, their works not .is a recommendation to mercy, but 
 as fruits of righteousness which aro by Jesus Christ to the praise and glory 
 of God, aa rvidencos of their iSionsship and heavenly birth, their works shall 
 follow them. Their faith, patience prayers, love and self-denial, shall shine 
 after their departure, like lights in a dark place to guide the steps of the 
 
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 wp«r)- pilynm in lliu pntli of lifi*. In o|i<».IhMU'<' lit their I.onI !lioy *ettlipir 
 1 ^lil on tin' tiil'lf, on l(iiM;nuli«'>li(li..i'i<l il :jii\»' li^lit im-ii ^u\v tlii'ir L'<MHi 
 Viork^i. tlii'ir patuviei', lonu-MilIi'iiiiu'. lt>ilii'iiiiMH'u, t"tr'_'iv»'n«"«f», iinil acliva 
 rliri"»tuiM liiiirilv, lln'V I'urr .1 mililf ii- Iiiikmix Id llu- Itutli — «'nnvincinL' lucil 
 ol l!n' <'\fi'||i'iicv lit Jli«' kii'iwlcdifc (it I'liiixl .li'-.ns — wliirli (•<iu>triiinfil llit-iii 
 to quit tlu'ii fvil \vay> tit iMitiT tin- iiiiiii<\v p.illi nl lM»liiii'«.s, iiml ••iicciirimt'il 
 tliOM- wlio III tilt' uii.l-l ol iiaul>ljij),H, |»t'r«tt'riilioM,H, aiul tciiiplalioiiH, wcr*' of- 
 ten on tin' |Kiiiit lit 1,'iviiiu: up. to •MiiliiK* luinUlnii um^ikhI wil(li(*rn in Jvhwh 
 Christ, ^ll'll iiiiiy lori;i'f iii;iii\ thiiiL'"<. hut lno ih'ccs.siou, — the lirmnt'HH. tho 
 prrxt'Vi'M'Mii' ol a liuotlly fx.iiiijilt' llit'N iii'ViT ran! Tlicri' air <loiihtl<'*'« 
 many hrlori' the tliroii)', wlio \V)>rt> lii>t uiiiiio'il to turn thi'ir Iiti into the 
 way of ptMci', hv thi' li'mmI works ami piciH t'vainplc ol the hiippy dfad,— 
 many uhowoiiM havr lainlril m ihrilaik ami cluuily ilav, hnl lortlii' hriirht 
 ovaiiipli' of -ouii' (if tlicir (lore (Mil IiicihIh. 'I lie Imshaml, tlii> wilo, iho 
 bon. I''ft to riiourii Ihi* iMiiy ii-niuval ol suini' loved oii»», have ln'cn cddii'd 
 choi^ri'd and fti('otirai;fd hy the riMii<>nihranco of tlioMi> >vho throtiirh iniult 
 trdndatioii nitci)-d thi' kiuj:iloni ol (iod. 'j'ht' rit.'hlc ins shall l)<> hi'ld in t'v> 
 eila>lni,' inin'iuluani'i'— lhon:,rh their h'lIo\v> may lor a si'a.toii lorifct them 
 vho havi' ;jront' dou n to tint ;:ravi? in o|i>*<'nrily, \v\ tlio mnfinluaiicr ol 
 what ih.'V wi'ii' wlifii th«'\ livi-d and du'd, will oilun rt'tnrii totlu'ir ijioiijfh'is 
 with pliMxin:; and cnconni^rinu' niliiii*nct*. It {>« oltHii m this way that the 
 works of the i,'i»od man I'ollow hini.in their inlliifnciMMi liischildieii and lalln'in 
 and mothers and sisters and Iriends and iieiyhbonrs — eonveited to (Jod 
 thr(Uii.'h their inihience. When wo look into the new testament wo see rc- 
 liifion in its pre<'epls, hut there is a happier and stronirer inihience hroiiLrht to 
 bear upon onr lieaits when we see it exempiilied in the jktsoii and spirit of 
 t\\v lirini^ rlirii^tion / And now when we have seen the ehristian's life, — 
 how sah", how Useful, how haiipy, — above all when we eoiisider liis latter 
 end anil the priory that awaits timi in his father's hoiWH, — who? who wonlil 
 not be a ehristian ? w ho anionii ns wonhl not say " let me die tlio death of 
 the ri;jhtroiis, and let nii/ hisi end be like his T' 
 
 I shall eoiK'lnde this dist'onrse, with a brief notice of her who h.Ts been 
 rornoved from onr midst — who often reait ami lirmly believed the text, and 
 whom, we fondly hojie is now enjoy in;f its blessedness. Of the dead wo 
 would speak with caution and reserve, — avoidnii; everylhiiiij: like imbecom- 
 mg eulo;iiiim. We make no pretensions of presentin;^ a j)eifect eharacl, ', 
 but a sinful daii^htiirof l.illeu Adam, saved by ^'lace, thron;^h faith m the 
 blood of the atonement. , 
 
 It is many years since Mrs. White became a snbj(>ct of divine irraco, and 
 if religion has advantages or disiulvantayjes, was pleasing or iiaiiifnl — she had 
 every opjvitt unity of knowin;: it lor many yea's, and it is no mean proof of 
 the reality of her conversion, that, havinjr put iier hand to the ploii;jli slie 
 did not look back. She was one of the happy nnmber who could testify 
 with David, ''The law of the Lord is perfect, convertinir the soul ; the testi- 
 mony ot the Lord is sure, making wise the pimple," for it was not the elo- 
 quence or persuasion of the pulpit, nor the earthquake, nor thr thunders of 
 Sinai, nor any human ajjcncy, that was the instrument of her convi-rsion, 
 but God's simple truth, earnestly and believin^ly perused in the quietness 
 and retirement of her own dwelling;! (»od opened her heart like Lydias, 
 to attend the thinss of which the spirit saitli unto the churches. O friends 
 let us never foriret that "the holy scriptures are able to make us wise uuIcl 
 salvation by faith that is in Christ Jesus." Search the scriptures, love you9 
 bibles, consult them frequently. Sho rested not in the form, she sought the 
 
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 power of £;0(ilines», — she said, Lord, Lord, but she endeavored through grace 
 to do the things the Savior said ; she loved the means and prized tiiem high- 
 ly, but looked through all to (lod ! She did not curiously enquire <'Lord are 
 there few that be saved," but she strove to enter tlio kingduin, nor did she 
 ask ''what shall this man do," but she followed tlie Suviuur. Like Martha, 
 she had her own serving and tioubles, but slie chose the good part 
 with Mary, proved to be giMwl in thip, "that it whs not taken away from her." 
 She tried to look to, to love and follow the Saviour, she beheld' him in the 
 man;^erand t!iou;^h she could not present gilts, gold, frankincense and 
 myrrh ! though she had not the alabaster box of prrcions ointment to anoint 
 the head of her Lord — she presented the sacriiict; of a ftro&fn heart, the af- 
 fection and obedience of i;er life ! S.ie could not, like the woman in the 
 gospel, miniMer to the L«jr.l in person, but she remembered the words 
 "the poor ye have always with you — inasmuch as ye did it unto 
 one of the least of ilia.se, my biethreti, \n hav^done it unto mo" ! This she 
 carried into practical elfect. The most loalhsome tlisease did not prevent 
 her attendance upon Xhn sufferer, nor were her ministrations confined to ac- 
 
 auaintances or near neijjhbours or friends, but extended to the stranger and 
 le outcast ! The last journeys she m.ade on earth, were on errands of mer- 
 cy ! She found aid provided a shelter for the homeless ; she spread the coUch 
 of rest, and from her own stores (which for Christ's sake she dealt 
 out with liberal hand) she fed the hn ngry and clothed the naked, and like 
 an angel of meicy, she nursed and fed with maternal aH'ection her suffering 
 fellows. ''Go and do likewise," and if you want encouragement, here it is, 
 in the words of him "that cannot lie," — "7Vj^y cannot recompense thee, 
 but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of thejuaV ! She was 
 no advocate for ostentatious display yet she would let her light shine — she 
 ■would not give that which is holy unto doirs nor cast her pearls before swine. 
 Possessed of great firmness and decision, she has done that which few chris- 
 tian mothers have had the confidence to do, — in her husband's absence the 
 family prayers w-ere never omitted. Heaven alone will be able to reveal, 
 liow much good praying mothers have done! In early life her house was 
 much disturbed by the presence of persons who cared not to regard the Sab- 
 bath, on such occasions she would read the word of Gotl aloud, a device that 
 always suL'ceeded in maintaining the (juiet of a Sabbath evening. Her last 
 illness was severe and long continued, which she bore with christian forti- 
 tude and patience ; the cup her Father mingled she refused not to drink, 
 meekly saying "thy will be done." Great difTicu'ity in respiration attended 
 her disease — the groan of deep distress was heard, but no complaint, no 
 mumur ! On a fneiid inqui«ing a short time before her departure, whether 
 she were afraid to die, she replied, *'No, she left all in God's hands," add- 
 ing, "I can lay my hand on his bosom, and breathe my life out sweetly 
 there" ! 
 
 One thought, one only, but a great one, presents itself here, — Mothersmay 
 be christians ! Christianity is u practicable thing among mothers, with all 
 the auxieti-is and cares of a rising family, a mother may be a christian.— 
 Mothers mind that, and for your encouragement remember that what grac« 
 did iyt her it can do for you. Let us hope that she who rests from her la- 
 bours shall find her works following her, in the conversion of all herchildrea 
 to God. Amen. 
 
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