Proceedings at Suffield, September 16, 1858 : on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the decease of the RevBenjamin Ruggles, first pastor of the First Congregational Church . escape. Redeemed dust must lieimprisoned its appointed time. But the time of release will Ions: soever these slumbers shall continue, the earth and sea shallultimately give up the dead that are in them ; then, 0 death, wherewill be thy sting ; 0 grave, where thy victory. Singing by the Clioir, 673d Hymn, (Cliurcli Psalmody.) Hear what the voice from heaven proclaimsFor all the pious dead !
Proceedings at Suffield, September 16, 1858 : on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the decease of the RevBenjamin Ruggles, first pastor of the First Congregational Church . escape. Redeemed dust must lieimprisoned its appointed time. But the time of release will Ions: soever these slumbers shall continue, the earth and sea shallultimately give up the dead that are in them ; then, 0 death, wherewill be thy sting ; 0 grave, where thy victory. Singing by the Clioir, 673d Hymn, (Cliurcli Psalmody.) Hear what the voice from heaven proclaimsFor all the pious dead !Sweet is the savor of their soft their sleeping bed. They die in Jesus, and are blest; How kind their slumbers are !From suffering and from sin released, Theyre freed from every snare. Far from this world of toil and strife. Theyre present with the Lord ;The labors of their mortal life End in a large reward. 13 TIIIED DrVISION. The procession then proceeded to the church, which hadbeen appropriately and tastefully decked, by the young la-dies, with wreaths of evergreen. Upon the wall over thepulpit, hung a banner encircled with a wreath of evergreen,bearing these inviting words: ^.
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