207 / 674
BERM.
XL.1
LIVING
ABOVE
THE DEAD.
187
then, O
my soul,
thou hast
one
more motive to diligence
in all
the duties
of
life
than
ever thou
hadst
before
:
And thou
hast also one more
support under
all thy
sor-
rows, beyond
what
thy
former
days were
ever
acquainted
with. A
delightful
support it
is
under
sufferings,
and
a
noble motive to duty. Awake, awake,
all
my
active
powers,
let
every
grace
be
in
exercise,
and
every
talent
be employed to bring this
revenue
of honour
to
my
God
and
my
Saviour
in this
life,
which the saints above
can-
not
give him,
and
which,
at
the
moment of death, must for
ever cease.
Blessed Spirit,
lead
me
to the
practice
of
the most
use-
ful
duties,
that
my
service may be
of
a
large
extent
both
to
God
and
man:
Now let
me
study
and
contrive,
wherein
I
may
best promote the
interest of Christ and
his
gospel
here
on
earth.
Let
me
bear the burdens
of
life
with
a holy
satisfaction
:
Let
me
endure
the
fatigues,
of
labour
with a sacred pleasure
:
Let
me
resist
the temp-
tations,
let
me
sustain the sorrows
of
life
like a good
sol-
dier of Christ
in
the
present
field
of
battle. Heaven
will
have
other
business for
me,
and
proper
work
of
its
own
:
That
is
the place
of
joy
and triumph.
Forgive, O
my
God,
all
my
slothfulness
in
duty,
and
my
impatience of
suffering,
Let
this new
and glori-
ous motive possess my
spirit
powerfully,
and influence
all
my
future conduct,
that
when the messenger
of death
shall tell
me,
I
must
be employed in this
sort
of
work no
more,
I
may
look back from the
borders
of
eternity,
and
rejoice
that
I
have
been
assisted
by
divine grace,
to
do
so
much for
God
on
earth
:
and
when
I
am
called
away
from
the present
stage
of
action,
I
may be -received
by
my
great Master
at
the gates
of
heaven, with
a " Well
done
good
and faithful
servant, come
enter
into the
joy
of
thy
Lord." Amen.
HYMN FOR SERMON
XL.
THE PRIVILEGE
OF
THE
AWAKE
my zeal,
awake my love,
And serve
my
Saviour
here
below,
Io
works which
all
the saints above,
Which
holy
angels cannot do.
LIVING
ABOVE
THE DEAD.
My
faiths
and hope may
see
the Lord,
Though veils of darkness lie
between;
Hope shall
rest
firm
upon his word,
And
faith rejoice in things unseen.