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lost, but gone before ; that our adored Redeemer, 

 in the capacious mansions of his Father's house, 

 has prepared a place for all our dear departed 

 Christian friends, and is preparing a place for our- 

 selves, " let not our hearts be" over anxiously, im- 

 moderately, unreasonably, or irreligiously, " troub- 

 led." Let us, in the present lamented instance, 

 say, and be thankful that we can say it, ' requiescz^^ 

 in pace' — he rests in peace. And as it was the 

 Lord who gave him for a time to his relatives and 

 friends, and it is the same Lord who has been 

 pleased to take him away, let us all say, " Blessed 

 be the name of the Lord !" 



There is an exquisite delicacy in the manner of 

 conveying these rich consolations to a bereaved 

 spirit. A. tender caution not to grate upon the 

 sense, by seeming to make light of that affliction 

 which it professes to soothe, is the most important 

 requisite, where real sympathy would display it- 

 self. My revered friend may, in these extracts, 

 speak comfort even now to some wounded heart, 

 and furnish a valuable model to those whose privi- 

 lege it is to administer comfort to others. I have 

 identified the Lauristinus with this departed teach- 

 er ; and I desire to profit by the recollection, when- 

 ever I glance upon that luxuriant shrub ; the white 

 flowers of which bear a distant resemblance to 

 the fair blossoms of May. These usher in the 

 many-coloured attendants of blooming Spring ; the 



