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 Infidel reformers of a neighbouring nation would have us believe) an eternal ſleep, Chriſtians in ſuch a caſe would be of all men the moſt miſerable. But, bleſſed be, we have the ſtrongeſt evidence to the contrary, the caſe will admit of. The Scriptures of truth aſſure us, that beyond the grave a happy eternity awaits all thoſe, who by a patient continuance in well doing ſeek for glory and immortality. Let the Chriſtian therefore look through all his afflictions beyond the preſent ſcene, and lift up his eyes to the everlaſting hills, and anticipate that happy day that ſhall place him beyond the reach of woe. Let him reflect on the inexpreſſible delight, of which he ſhall participate, when an inhabitant of the regions of the bleſſed! There, these ſhall be no more crying; and tears, and ſorrow, and ſighing ſhall fly away forever! And nothing ſhall be wanting to crown his happineſs, but the reſurrection of his body. How glorious and joyful will his reſurrection be, when his ſoul ſhall be reunited to his body, then clothed upon with immortality! Let us not grieve then (as in the caſe before us) for the loſs of departed friends, as thoſe who