FEAR OF DEATH. 411 as well as of circumstances, which may not only render the prayer which is suitable to one man unsuitable to another, but unsuitable to the same man under every alteration of circumstances. But among the numerous topics for prayer, there is one which, being of uni- versal interest, ought not to be omitted. For by whatever dissimilarity of cha- racter, capacity, profession, station, or temper, the condition of -man, and, of course, the nature of prayer, is diver- sified ; there is one grand point of union, one circumstance, one condition, inwhich they must all meet ; one state, of which every man is equally certain ; one event which happeneth to all, -" it is appoint- ed unto every man once to die." The rugged road of sorrow, the flowery path of pleasure, as well as " The paths of glory, lead but to the grave." In praying, therefore, against the fear of death, we do not pray against a con- tingent but a certain evil 5 we pray to be T
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