...xxix. 28.) It is said by holy Job, of the man whom the Lord correcteth, that he shall " come to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." — (Job v. 26.) Even Solomon himself declares, that " the hoary head is a crown of glory,...

...he feared. God from his youth, maintained a consistency of character through life, and came to " his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in its season." He was born at a time when Methodism was in its infancy in Cornwall, when its doctrine*...

...his Saviour, seemed to leave little more to be done, but for the stroke of death to bring him to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in its season ! " To this vigorous and animated delineation, I shall now add a few particulars from my...

...upon "the rock of ages;" and her hope is bright, for it is " full of immortality." She is coming " to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of com comelh in, in his season ;" and is about (as we cannot but fully believe) to " enter into peace,"...

...the gospel, with his tabernacle in peace, his children as the grass of the earth, he has come to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. \Ve notice in his life no variety of striking incidents. He pursued the same round of occupation,...

...you : 1 have made, and I will bear; even 1 will carry, and will deliver you. Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. 1's. 71. 17, Ki, 20. Is. 4C. 4. Job 5. 26. II Keel. 12. 3—7. Ps. 73. 20. Will not the...

...that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season."—Job, v. 20—26. " Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in...

...Savior, seemed to leave little more to be done, but for the stroke of death to bring him to his grmc in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in its season!'' To this vigorous and animated delineation, 1 shall now ndd a few particulars from my...

...peculiarly thankful for an indulgence which is afforded to but few comparatively. Nay at this period " there ought to be a satiety of life, as there is of all other things ;" and death, instead of being thought of with horror, should be expected as a welcome release from a long...

...among his near and clear connexions, can only be controlled by the consideration that " hr came to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his season." Sir John Hill represented the borough of Shrewsbury in Parliament thirteen years ; in...