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For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them; and shall lead them unto living fountains of water.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.

HYMN.

"Friend after friend departs:
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts,
That finds not here an end.

Were this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.

Beyond the flight of time,
Beyond the reign of death,
There surely is some blessed clime,
Where life is not a breath;

Nor life's affections transient fire,
Whose sparks fly upward and expire.

There is a world above,

Where parting is unknown;
A long eternity of love,

Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here,
Translated to that glorious sphere.

Thus, star by star declines,

Till all are passed away;

As morning high and higher shines,

To pure and perfect day:
Nor sink the stars in empty night,

But hide themselves in heaven's own light."

HYMN.

"Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee,

Though sorrows and darkness encompass the

tomb;

Thy SAVIOR has passed through its portal before thee,

And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.

Thou art gone to the grave! we no longer behold thee,

Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy

side;

But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold

thee,

And sinners may die, for the sinless has died!

Thou art gone to the grave! and its mansion forsaking,

Perchance thy weak spirit in fear lingered long; But the mild rays of Paradise beamed on thy waking, And the sound which thou heard'st was the seraphim's song.

Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee,

Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and

guide;

He gave thee-He took thee-and He will restore thee,

And death has no sting, for the Savior has died."

Jesus Christ says, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND

THE LIFE: HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME,
THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET

SHALL HE LIVE."

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