l8oo] REV. WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. 44I 



Sermon LXXXVII. The Peaceful End of the Righteous. 



[Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia, September 6, 1772, at the funeral of 

 Thomas Grojme, Esq., M. D.] 



Gen. XV. 15. — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shall be buried in a 

 good old age. 



Sermon LXXXVIII. Old Age a Crown of Glory to the Righteous. 



Prov. xvi. 31.— The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way 

 of righteousness. 



Sermon LXXXIX. Longing after Immortality. 



[As it was preached before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church, on Tuesday, August 4, 1789, at the funeral of the Rev. David Griffith, D. D., 

 a member of convention for the church in Virghiia, and formerly a bishop elect in 

 that church.] * 



2 Cor. V. I, 2. — For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dis- 

 solved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the 

 heavens For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house 

 which is from heaven. 



Sermon XC. The Improvement of Time. 



[Preached on sundry funeral occasions.] 



1 Cor. vii. 29-31. — But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth that 

 both they that have wives, be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though 

 they weeped not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that 

 buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for 

 the fashion of this world passeth away. 



Sermon XCI. Mourning better than Mirth. 



[Preached on sundry funeral occasions.] 

 Eccl. vii. 2. — It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of 

 feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. 



Sermon XCII. The Immortal Fruits of Affliction. 

 [Preached at the funeral of Colonel William Bordley, M. D., of Kent county, Md. 



2 Cor. iv. 17. — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a 

 far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 



Sermon XCIII. The Christian's Warfare and Crown. 



[Preached in Chester Church, Maryland, February 9, 17S1, at the funeral of Mrs. 

 Rachael Condon, wife of the Rev. Joseph Condon, A. M.] 



2 Tim. iv. 6-8. — The time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, 

 I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a 

 crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; 

 and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 



END OF THE FUNERAL SERMONS. 



* This sermon, as it was at first composed, was preached January 23, 1782, at the 

 funeral of the Rev, Hugh Neill, A. M., Rector of Chester Parish, Queen Anne's county, 

 Maryland. 



