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Rh that he gave us such a friend as this for so long. Could there have been anything more beautiful than that quiet falling asleep last Saturday morning, with the earthly work all done,—well done? Perhaps you may remember these beautiful words of Lord Bacon. “Above all,” he says, “believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath attained worthy ends and conceptions.”

If concerning the heavenly reception of any servants of God on earth certainty be possible, then be assured this beloved friend has heard the wondrous words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” He has entered into that ineffable joy to which they area prelude. We bless God for what he is enjoying now, we bless God that through the riches of Divine grace we may hope to meet him again in that happy land. The years are vanishing away; another is all but gone; yet if we are living as forgiven children of the Lord Jesus Christ, we may lift up the voice of confidence, and rejoice that as the years go we too are going home,—home to God, to Christ, to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to all whom we have loved long since and lost awhile.

I have been requested to say a few words in testimony, and they will be very few. In attending meetings designed to promote any good work either at home or abroad, I have noticed that if Mr. Carter was present, everybody turned to him at the opening of the meeting to lead us in prayer. “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.” Because he spoke out of the abundance of the heart, as he was thus invited