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SAkETY
IN
THE GRAVE,
[DISe.
Xt,
that
trusted-1
in
the
wisdom
and the promised
mercy of
.God
will
not
be too
urgent
or
importunate
in
any
of his
:desires
:
It
is
for
want
of
faith
that
nature
sometimes
is
in
too much haste to
die, as
Job
in
some
of
his
expres-
.sions
appears
to have been,
or
as
Elijah perhaps
disco
-
,vercd
himself
when
he was
wandering
in
the.wilderness
disconsolate.
and almost despairing
;
or
as
the
prophet
Jeremiah
sufficiently manifested, when
he
cursed the
day
of
his
birth;
or
as
Jonah
was,
that
peevish
prophet,
,iihen
he
was
angry
with
God
for
not
taking
away
his
life
;
but
the
ground of
it
was,
he was vexed because
God
did
not destroy
Nineveh, according
to his
prophecy
:
These
are certain
blemishes
of
the children
of.
God
left
upon
record
in
his
word, to
give
us
warning
of
our danger
of
impatience,
and
to
guard
us
against
their
sins
and
follies.
And
since
we
know
that
God
has
appointed
the
seasons
of
our entrance
into
death,
and into the state
of
the
resurrection,
we
should humbly
commit the disposal
of
ourselves to the
hand
of
our
God,
who will bestow
upon
us the most needful blessings
in
the
most proper
season.
Do not
the spirits
of
the
just
made
perfect
wait
in
patience
for the
great and
blessed
rising day which God
.
has
appointed,
and for
the
illustrious
change-
of
their
bo-
.
dies from
corruption and darkness
to
light;
and
life,
and
glory
?
God
has
promised
it,
and
that
suffices,
and sup-
ports their
waiting spirits,
though
they
know
not the
hour.
".
The
.Father
keeps
that
in
his
own
hand
!"
Acts
i,
7
And perhaps reveals
it
to
none but
his
Son
Jesus,
who
is
exalted
tó
be
the governor and
judge of
the world. There
are
millions of souls waiting in
that separate
state
for the
accomplishment of these last and best
promises, ready
to
shout and
rejoice when
they shall see
and
feel
that
bright
morning dawning
upon
them.
" Wait
therefore,
O
My
soul, as becomes
a
child of
God
in
the
wilderness among many trials, darknesses
and
distresses.
He
has
stripped thee,perhaps
of
one comfort
after
another, and thy friends
and relatives in succession
are
called down to the
dust;
they
are
released
from
their
.
conflicts,
and are placed far
out
of
the reach of
every
temptation
;
and
it
is
not
thy
business to
prescribe
to
God.
at
what
hour
he shall release thee
also.
Whensoever
he
is
pleased
to
call
thee
to lay
down
thy
flesh
in
the dust,
gnci to
enter
into God's hiding-
place,
meet
thou the
sum-