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this
world
;
they refuse
to
comply with the
temptations
of
it,
when it
would
allure
them
astray
from the
path
of
duty
;
they defy its frowns
and discouragements,
and
break
through
all its
oppositions
in
their
way
to heaven;
James
iv.
4.
They resist Satan when
he
tempts them to
sin,
and vanquish
him
by
"
the
sword
of
theSpirit,
the
word
of God
:
Eph.
vi.
11, 12, 17.
and
when he
accuses
them,
and
attempts
to-bring
terror into their
souls,
"they
overcome
him,
and cast
him
down
by
the blood
of
the
Lamb
;
Rev.
xii.
10, 11.
They
are made
conquerors
over
these adversaries
in
the strength of
Christ.
--N
Ow
the
pangs
of
death
are the
last trou
biers
of
their peace
;
death
is
the
last enemy
that
attacks
them,
and
sonic
have
very
terrible
conflicts with
it.
It
was
in
these agonies,
in this
sharp contention, the
words
of
my
text
were
uttered
by
that
hònoùred saint
whose memory
will be
always
precious,
and
whose loss
we this day
mourn.
This chearful language
of
hope,.
.among
many
other
scriptures, broke out from
her
lips.
Thus
lively was
her
faith
in a
dying
hour. Methinks
I
hear
her speaking
the
words
with
a
firm
trust
in
the
promise
;
The
last
enemy
that
shall
be
destroyed
is
death.
And
this
encouraged
her onward through
the
few
remain=
ing struggles
of
life
and pain,
It
is
as
if
she
had said,
"
I
have
given
myself up long
ago to
Christ,
I
engaged
myself young in
his
serYice»
I
have
fought
with sin,
have
learned
to subdue
flesh
and
sense,
and
to live by
the
faith
of
the
son
of God
:
I
have
not courted the
flatteries
of
the world,
the
vain
shews
of
life
;
and I
have
been enabled
to
despise
the.frowns of
it,
and
been
kept
stedfast
in
my
profession,
in
the most discouraging and
the darkest
times,
Through
the
grace
of Christ
I
have
overcome
the
evil
one;
there-
remains but
one enemy
more,
whose
name
is
death
;
and
I
trust
in
the same
grace
still to
obtain complete victory." Rejoice
ye
dear
relatives,
let
all
the friends
of the deceased
rejoice,
her
name
is now
written
down
in
heaven
amongst
the
over
-
comers.
2.
Death
may be called
the
last
enemy,
because
it
is
not utterly destroyed
till the
resurrection,
till
Christ hath
done all
his work
upon
earth,
till
he has
subdued
all
his
other
adversaries, and
-made use
of
death
as
his
slave
ti)
destroy
many
of
them.
It
is
in this
se.i
e
especially
that
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