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wierous-and that oftener than once the society hags,
in the language of despondence, been on the eve of
dissolution. Yet the word has been preached with-
in these walls, by spirits who are now in glory-
and preached to the handful, not with the enticing
words of man's wisdom; but in the demonstration
of the Spirit, and in power. And from the few who
have regularly worshipped here, and who have ta.
ken an interest in all that concerned the welfare of
the establishment, we count a goodly number who
are already in glory.
  And you-my lately departed brother! when you
first sat down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob
in the kingdom of God! and when you -first took
your place among the spirits of just men made per-
fect, it was no sinall part of your joy, to find there
a goodly number of those who hail been your com-
panions in tribulation and in the kingdom and pa-
patience of Jesus Christ on earth.
  Fellow mortals, and fellow sinners-this is un-
doubtedly the Last warning of the kind which shall
be addressed to some, perhaps to many of Lou.
The next funeral service pronounced in this house,
or in some one of the adjoining churches, may
not be pronounced for your benefit, but over your
dust. Be this ag it inay, it is certain-that we
will never all again meet in any one place on earth
till with these very eyes wve shall see the dead small
and great stand before God. Till with these very
ears we shall hear the sentence which shall fix our
eternal destiny, Oh that we were wvise, that we
understood this, that we would consider our latter