...sufferings. I had rather therefore die, and with my friend Lazarus be interred in the silent tomb. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest b." So the prophet Jonah, displeased with the conduct of Providence, impatiently wishes for death,...

...received into the mansions of Jesus. There is no possibility of sinning— no fear of transgression — there the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. Oh rejoice that you have a husband notstruggling with mortality, but walking the golden streets of...

...received into the mansions of Jesus. There is no possibility of sinning — no fear of transgression — there the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest Oh rejoice that you have a husband not struggling with mortality, but walking the golden streets of...

...views to our minds, than those which are drawn from sublunary scenes. HEAVEN is A STATE OF REST. " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." How delightful is rest to the weary traveller, to the sons and daughters of affliction ; to those whose...

...ye, and depart, for this is not your rest." "The righteous is taken away from the evil to come." '' There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.*' We have but a short time to do good In others. We owe a variety of social duties, and have many opportunities...

...nor sorrow; no alluring, trying, and ensnaring world; no tempting devil to seduce or assault my soul. "There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest — There are they before the throne of God, and serve him «Jay and night in his temple: and he that...

...houses with silver ; Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants which never saw light : , There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest; There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of THE OPPRESSOR* ! • The answer given...

...spirit ; there all will be peace ; all will be quietness j all will be assurance forever. " There 43 the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." Thirdly, When you think of the grave, remember that it has only a partial empire ; it only receives...

...delightful accounts of it. That blessed volume assures us that it will, 1st. Consist of purity and peace. " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest." * 2ndly. That it will be ever free from distress. " The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come...

...been the place of our sanctuary." A temple that no evil enters ; an asylum that no enemy invades — There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary are at rest. Fifthly. Prayer is the medium of our deliverance from trouble. For this release, we are allowed to...