Light for the House of Mourning; A Book for the Bereaved
by Jabez Burns (9781150456077)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 36 CHAPTER V. DEATH IN ITS POSITIVE GAINS. WEEP NOT FOE ME. When the spark of life is waning, Weep not for me; When the languid eye is straining, Weep not for me; When the feeble pulse is ceasing, Start not at its swift decreasing, 'Tis the fettered soul's releasing, Weep not for me. When the pangs of death assail me, Weep not for me; Christ is mine -- He cannot foil me; Weep not for me; Yea, though sin and doubt endeavour From his love my soul to sever, Jesus is my strength forever; Weep not for me. Buv. T. Dale. A Due consideration of the exemptions from evil which the departed in Jesus enjoy, should lead us to entire pious resignation on their account. But that is only the negative view of the question. The happy dead have positive blessings of the most exalted and glorious des- cription. At death they attain their majority, and enter as the sons and heirs of God, on the inheritance which God has prepared for them, in Christ Jesus. That inheritance is described under figures and representations the most delightful. Their possessions are in the better country -- the land of Beulah. It consists of a kingdom -- the glorious kingdom of God. It is the new Jerusalem -- the celestial Zion. It is a world of light, and purity, and blessedness. Glorious for situation -- far from all sin and suffering, illumined by the presence of God and the Lamb. It needs not either the sun or moon, or stars; for God is its light and glory. There is no night there, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor curse. But there are the perpetual streams of life flowing from the throne of God. There, the tree of life ever ...

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