Recognition of our friends in heaven, with extracts from distinguished authors and selections from the poets . ancetheir happiness. Rev. S. S. Schmucker, D. D., Professor of Theology, Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. And how could Abrahams bosom,the region of the blessed, be otherthan a state of enjoyment to theChristian ? There we shall seeLazarus, and be comforted withhim! There we shall see fatherAbraham, and rest from all oursorrows, reclining on his bosom !There we . shall see the ancient(191) patriarchs and prophets! There weshall see Jeremiah, who wept overthe desolation of Israel; and Daniel,w
Recognition of our friends in heaven, with extracts from distinguished authors and selections from the poets . ancetheir happiness. Rev. S. S. Schmucker, D. D., Professor of Theology, Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. And how could Abrahams bosom,the region of the blessed, be otherthan a state of enjoyment to theChristian ? There we shall seeLazarus, and be comforted withhim! There we shall see fatherAbraham, and rest from all oursorrows, reclining on his bosom !There we . shall see the ancient(191) patriarchs and prophets! There weshall see Jeremiah, who wept overthe desolation of Israel; and Daniel,who, in defiance of the king andall his nobles, prayed three times aday to his God, and whom his Godsaved from the mouth of the lions!There we shall find the apostles,and Luther, and Calvin, and Zwing-lius, and all that host of worthiesof whom the world was not worthy,who, amid a wicked and perversegeneration, maintained their fidelityto the end, and received not themark of the beast. How can theplace of departed spirits fail to bea place of joy to the Chistian ? forthere he shall meet all those pious(192). H. HOFMANN. JAIRUS RECEIVES AGAIN HISDAUGHTER. FRIENDS IN HEAVEN relatives and friends whom heavenindulgent gave to him awhile, andheaven mysterious soon resumed again. Rev. William Dodd, D. D. This is the joy, this is the grandsource of consolation under the lossof friends,—we shall meet again !They are delivered from their trials,while we are left behind a fewweary years longer; and behold,the time of our departure alsocometh, when we shall follow ourfriends, and be for ever with themand with the Lord! There shallthe enraptured parents receive againtheir much-loved child ; there shall(i95) the child, with transport, meet againthose parents in joy, over whosegraves, with filial duty, he droppedthe affectionate tear ; there shallthe disconsolate widow cease hercomplaints ; and her orphans,—or-phans now no more,—shall tellthe sad tale of their distress to thehusband, the
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