...the solemn words of the book break on our ear, through the silence of the evening air : Iilessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their tvorks do follow them. For they did die in the Lord, my brethren. Fighting in the...

...had, for fifteen years, devoted herself. Her work is now done : and we may say of her, ' Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labour, and their works do follow them." ' Mr. Smith who had experienced much kindness at the hands...

...and are drawn to listen to the closing requiem of mortal labors, in the divine voice, " Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them ; " we follow with this parting tribute of our affection and...

...holy Scripture, there neither is nor can be purgatory.* This I prove from Rev. xiv. 13, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord — for they rest from their labours." How do men, who die in a state of grace, and so in Christ the Lord, rest from their labours, if as...

...work out their salvation with fear and trembling ; but at the supper of glory works cease. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, Rev. xiv. 13. Lastly, doth the inevitable hand of death strike thee, must thou die ? Remember the promise,...

...His work was done, his audit closed, and the balance struck for time and for eternity. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them! Yes, that weather-beaten, toil-worn frame now rests from its...

...numerous offspring. All said at the time, and all can now say, with singular unanimity, " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them." The writer's father was eighty-six years of age, his mother...

...walk in the midst of trouble, wilt thou, O God, revive us, and may thy right hand save us. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labers, and their works do follow them. Help us, O Lord, that we may die the death of the righteous....

...of countenance that will not be easily forgotten by those that saw him, he exclaimed, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours." At another time, he said, " 'Tis with the righteous well ; they run into the Refuge and are safe. '...

...you, and His everlasting arms beneath you, and at your last hour you shall find that " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labour, and their works do follow them." SERMON XX. ASSOCIATION. GALATIANS, vi. 2. " Bear ye one another's...