(5) He was faithful in HIS CHILDLIKE TRUST AT THE END; when his work was done, and as a little child he was simply resting in the arms of his most blessed Saviour. I do not attach much importance to the last words of such a man. When a person has been walking with God for seventy years and more, we do not want last words to assure us of his faith. But it is pleasant to see how the old foundations bear, and to watch the last earthly intercourse of the faithful servant with the faithful Saviour. It was delightful in this instance to do so. He was sure, perfectly sure, of his Lord’s fidelity; and when it was said to him, “He will never leave us,” his reply was “No, never, never.” On another occasion as he lay in the deepest weakness, he said, “I am thinking of that good Scotchman who said, “There is nothing so sweet in all this universe as Christ to die with, and nothing dearer than his love.” Nor was this merely a matter of feeling, or experience; for he was calmly and intelligently resting on the great principles of the Gospel. These solid foundation principles he had preached from the beginning. On these principles he had lived, and on these principles he died. It was the thought of redeeming mercy that filled his heart with gratitude. So that he was heard saying, “He became a curse for me—left alone—deserted by his own.” That was his one resting place, and resting there he used to delight in the hymn— OH! Saviour, I have nought to plead, In earth, beneath, or heaven above, But just my own exceeding need, And Thy exceeding love. The need will soon be past and gone, Exceeding great—but quickly o’er, The love unbought is all Thine own, And lasts for evermore! Till at length nothing could be heard but a few detached words, but those words were quite sufficient to shew where his heart was resting. “Dear Saviour”—“Looking”—“Covenant”—“Ordered and sure”—“Thy blood and righteousness”—“Hope”—“End”—“Coming soon”—and then came the message from heaven itself, “Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,” and the ransomed spirit was free from the burden of the flesh. * * * * * II. For our second subject, THE MASTER’S WELCOME, I have no time left, and perhaps it is well, for who can attempt either to describe or imagine it? The words of this passage seem to indicate that the joys are beyond all proportion greater than any thing seen here. There are but few things here, but many joys there, and the many cannot be measured by our notions of the few. Then again the expression “the joy of the Lord,” seems to raise us far above all earthly thoughts, and introduce us as it were into the very mind of the Lord himself.