...master; and having kept himself, throughout a long life, iu no common degree, unspotted l)y the world, he came to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season, and is gone, we would fain hope, to receive the promise vouchsafed to the *' good and...

...; and having kept himself, throughout a long life, in no common degree, unspotted by the world, be came to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comelh in in his season, and is gone, we would fain hope, to receive • the promise vouchsafed to...

...your meetness increasing ; then, whenever you are called to leave the world, you " shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his seasbn." 134 SERMON XVI. CALUMNY REFUTED. MATT, xxvii. 42. He saved others ; himself he cannot...

...for ever. And his disciples heard it. " Mall. SI. 1?. ' Malt. 81. 18. 'Matt 'Л. 19. to thy grave in FULL AGE, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season ; хита xatfo», in the time in which it should be reaped. When our Lord saw this fig-tree by the...

...that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy near to me ; for I am holier than thou. These are a s in his season. « 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so iti»; hear it, and know thou ii for thy good....

...inspired by him, his people can understand that to "depart and be with Christ is far better." He had come to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. And the beautiful and soothing bnrial service was never more appropriate : the hope with which a corpse...

...of the earth, and the blessings of peace shall be upon thy tabernacle. 1 9. Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in season. 20. flehold we have searched into the matter, and are fully convinced of the truth of it; hearken...

...other things ; and when death shall be viewed as your merciful dismission from a long warfare. To come to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in its season, * is the natural termination of the human course. Amidst multiplying infirmities, to...

...to send to his son, he replied, " Tell him I am longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ." He came to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. JS June 7th.— At Bedford, in the Leigh Circuit, Mr. William Smetham, brother of the Ilev. Richard...

...venerable friends had exceeded the age allotted to man, and several had gone beyond fourscore years. They came to the grave " in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season." Let us trust that their piety was as mature as their days were full. In many cases,...