defile its purity; no tribulation to interrupt its joys; no languor, no pain, no disease, to burden the willing spirit; and no death to break up the blessed family. Lord “gather not my soul with sinners.” Let me, O Lord, be gathered to my fathers in Christ. “Let me die the death of the righteous, let my last end be like his!” Well might “devout men carry him to the grave, and make great lamentation for him.” Well might the whole city assume the appearance of a consecrated sabbath, and send forth its thousands and tens of thousands to mourn at his funeral. Well might the voice of triumph mingle with the voice of tears, and exclaim at his sepulchre, “Thanks be to God who hath given him the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ;” for “a prince and a great man has fallen in Israel.” And by his death, which has brought such gain to himself, the poor have lost a sympathizing benefactor; society has lost a bright example; the church of Christ has lost a beloved brother, a laborious servant, and a faithful minister of the gospel; and his own mourning family have lost “the desire of their eyes with a stroke.” Let us then endeavour to supply all this loss, as far as we are able. Let each of us determine, by the grace of God, to serve our own generation with increasing energy and devotedness. And let the review of his life, and the rapidity of his death, urge us all to be “steadfast and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.” BY THE SAME AUTHOR. THE PREACHER FROM THE PRESS. Sermons to explain and to recommend the Gospel of Jesus Christ.—2 vols., cloth boards, _Price_ 6_s._ THE DEATH OF A MINISTER AN EVENT OF PECULIAR IMPORTANCE. A Funeral Sermon for the Rev. JOHN SYKES, of Guestwick. THE MOURNING CONGREGATION REMINDED OF THE WORK OF THEIR DECEASED MINISTER. A Funeral Sermon for the Rev. Joseph Kinghorn, of Norwich. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. An appeal to Christians on the Duty and Importance of Communion with the Church. THE OBJECTS AND MOTIVES OF MODERN NONCONFORMISTS. A Sermon preached at the Opening of Hingham Chapel. THE BAPTISM OF THE PRINCE. A Sermon preached in anticipation of the Baptism of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. APOSTOLIC WAYS IN THE CHURCH. The Introductory Discourse delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. ANDREW REED, B.A. in the Old Meeting House, Norwich. FOOTNOTES. {11} Essay on Love to God, p. 121. {19} Essay on Love to God, p. 117.