...seen the sepulchre closed — and he whom we have committed to his " long home" is gone to that land where " the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." With the pursuits and passions of the earth, he hath no longer any concern. And towards him, surely,...

...years she had been gradually, but perceptibly, sinking; and now, was fast hastening to that home " where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." A request liad been made by her parents, through Laura's friend, that Eustace would likewise visit...

...a blacksmith, it was like two strong men striking sledge and hammer on the anvil. But he is gone to where the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary are at rest. O that the Lord would raise up labourers and send them into the harvest ; for truly the harvest is...

...end. He expired on the 19th of Nov. 1776, in good unity with his brethren, and has we believe, arrived "where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest," and on the 20th of Nov. 1776, his remains were interred in his own grounds, attended by a large concourse...

...scripture that '.' they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." Sweet resting-place. He is now where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. He is where righteous Abraham and all departed believers are. How vast the change ! Yesterday in suffering...

...ihat has been crossed will the care-worn pilgrim be able to say truly that at last he is in a land " where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." We see then that whilst there is wanting in this life perfect rest and peace, where can a frail man hide...

...them. They are now and for ever out of the reach of the world, the flesh, and the devil. They are gone where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. They are sweetly reposing in Abraham's bosom. They dwell in His presence who hath redeemed them; where...

...passed round him, that he became insensible and passed away with the greatest quietness into that land where ' the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary are at rest.'" He had his failings. Who has not? He »oukl have been the first to own them. And none knew better than...

...fulfilled that precious promise ; God had delivered him out of all, and now his ransomed soul is ' where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest.' He had surely done him good. Poor sinner, there is a time coming when we shall get rid of a tempting...

...people free. But the confinement destroyed his health : he died in prison, and was removed to that place where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. He showed his affection to the mission to the last, by bequeathing it fifty pagodas. The eighteenth...