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TIIE
eONQUEST
OVEit.
15EASH.
prisoners of
hope,
and together
they shall
obtain a
glob-
ous release.
I
would copy a line from
that
most
beautiful elegy
of
David,
:
and apply
it
here
.
with
rnoi-e
justice
than
the
psalmist
could to
Saul
and
Jonathan,
Sant:
Lòvely
and pleasant,
were they, in
their
lives,
and in
death they,
were
nbt
divided.
Silent
were they,
and
retired
from
the
world,
and unknown except
to
their
intimate
friends
:
But God
was
a
witness
of their hours
of-
divine
retirement.
The
graces
of
Christianity,
and the
virtues
of
domestic
life,
which
are the
-
proper
ornaments
of
the
sex,
were
the mark
of
their utmost
aim
And
ambi-
tion
:
nor
did
they
seek the
flatteries
of the
court, or the
cityr
nor
affect the
gaieties
of
a
degenerate
age.
Humble
they
were,
and averse
from public
shew
and noise
;
.nor
will
I
disturb their
graves
by
making
them the
subject
of
public praise.
In
the
hearts of their
families,
their me-
mory,
their
image,
and their example
will live.
O
may
the brightest and
best
part
of their
image and
example
live
in
the
character
and
practice
.of
all
that
are
left
behind
!
-What' a
dreadful and
overwhelming
thought
is
it to
suppose that
any
of
that
honoured and numerous house-
hold should
be
divided
asunder at
the
last
day
!
Give
all
diligence then,
my
worthy
friends, to make
your
calling
and
your
election sure:
devote yourselves to the
God
of
your
predecessors;
trust
in
the same
Saviour; tread
in
the
same
paths of
holiness
;
and pursue
the
same glory.
What
a
joy
.will
it.be
to
that
pious lady
that
is
gone be-
fore, to
find,
that
taose
that
were
dear
to
her
as
her
own
soul have overcome
sin
and death,
and
in
a blessed
suc-
cession arrive
at
the
same heaven
?
Let
me
intreat
you
to
give
her
this
satisfaction,
and
not
disappoint
her
prayers
and
her
hopes.
Let
your venerable
surviving
parent,
who
is
now
confined at' home
under
sorrows and
sharp
pains,. obtain
this pleasure.
-
Let that
dear partner
Of
her
joys
and
cares behold the power
of
religion
appearing
and
reigning in
all
your hearts
before
his eyes
are
closed
.
in death. Give both
of
them
this
consolation
at
the ap-
pearance of
Christ,
that
they may
say,
"
Lord,
here
we
are, and
the
children
that
thou
hast
given
us.
.
Here
we
are
with
our ancestors, and our
offspring,
and
our
kin-
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