earth, and have added new pangs to my removal from it, will be as a golden chain to draw me upwards, and add one other charm and joy even to Paradise itself." Without us they are "not made perfect," nor can we be permanently happy away from them. As they will not return to us to be tossed on the waves of trouble, to pace this waste-howling desert, and to be again imprisoned in the mortal house, we are going to them in their celestial Paradise, and hope soon to anchor in the same harbour of peace. They crowd the pearl-flashing gates, and beneath their broad and dazzling portals they stand, and stretch forth their little arms and, with seraphs' voices, call us home. They beckon us away to the spirit-land. They reiterate the emphatic and pressing invitation of Sovereign Love" Come! for all things are now ready!" They wait to receive us into the

everlasting habitations" of their everlasting home. No thoughts, however lofty—no imagery, however sublime—no language, however forceful, can even faintly set forth the transporting delight of that glorious hour which is destined to witness the meeting of Christian parents and redeemed children in heaven, and

the re-organization of the associations and fellowships begun on earth! O, the first moment spent there, will infinitely more than compensate for all the bereavements, and tears, and sorrows of earth! Then shall we know what we were most unwilling to learn below, that these light and momentary afflictions have worked out for us an "eternal weight of glory." In a letter of sympathetic condolence with a bereaved parent, the celebrated Robert Hall expressed his firm conviction, that "their Heavenly Father must have destined them to some distinguished station in the eternal edifice, with whom He has taken such pains in hewing, cutting, and polishing." The brightest crown will glisten on that forehead which has ached most with sanctified sorrow. They will stand nearest the throne which have "come out of great tribulation."

Ere long, suffering Christian, the pitchy darkness of the night of sorrow will melt into the morning twilight of the eternal day its golden blush will soon foreshadow its near approach. "The night is far spent; the day is at hand." Then, all the mysteries of our temporal condition will be explained. The

smiling face," which hid itself "behind a frowning Providence," will be unclouded: the bitter-tasted bud will burst into the sweetscented flower, and Jehovah will be His own interpreter !

"My stricken heart to Jesus yields
Love's deep devotion now,

Adores and blesses-while it bleeds-
His hand that strikes the blow.

Then fare thee well-a little while-
Life's troubled dream is past;
And I shall meet with thee, my child,
In life-in bliss, at last!"

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HOPE OF THE BEREAVED; Or, Recognition in Heaven.

SECOND EDITION.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the Witness.

"When Jehovah laid on his ancient people Israel the injunction to deal kindly with the stranger, he enforced it with this- For ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.' He who would comfort the mourner must himself have mourned. This qualification the writer of the little work before us possesses. He knows the heart of the mourner, and is able, therefore, to speak to the mourner's heart. With the key of an eloquent pen he opens the fountain of the rich and gracious consolations of the gospel, and invites all whom bereavement has smitten to drink thereat."

Ebangelical Magazine.

"This little volume will be found to be a very valuable companion in the house of mourning. Its scriptural and forcible views of the state of those who have died in the faith of Christ, and its vivid and just portraiture of the communion of saints in heaven will prove a great balm to broken and bleeding hearts. The question of Mutual Recognition, in the disembodied state, is, we think, disposed of satisfactorily by the author, upon Biblical and other grounds; and the entire tendency of the volume is such as to command our cordial approval."