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to a course of prosperity unbroken in the past, or to pros- 

 pects yet brightening in the future. Think of him who 

 had all these to lean upon and who now lies silent in the 

 grave. No, not silent ; for " being dead he yet speaketh ;" 

 and the accents are, "my days are past, my purposes 

 are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart." " Cease 

 ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein 

 is he to be accounted of? " " Trust ye in the Lord for- 

 ever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." 

 Amen. 



