Excerpt from Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical It is lawful, it is right, thus to sorrow, after a godly sort, for a departed friend. But there are occasions when our private grief is heightened by a higher and less selfish sorrow, - sorrow for society, and for the Church, - sorrow that a master in Israel is no more, - that a burning and a shining light is extin guished, - that a guide, philosopher, and friend, is taken from na, - that the mouth which brought forth wisdom is now silent in the grave. We may indeed humble ...
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Excerpt from Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical It is lawful, it is right, thus to sorrow, after a godly sort, for a departed friend. But there are occasions when our private grief is heightened by a higher and less selfish sorrow, - sorrow for society, and for the Church, - sorrow that a master in Israel is no more, - that a burning and a shining light is extin guished, - that a guide, philosopher, and friend, is taken from na, - that the mouth which brought forth wisdom is now silent in the grave. We may indeed humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God; we may heartily acknowledge that He doeth all things well; we may deeply feel that the Omnipotent and Allwise is in need of no human instrument; and we may learn from such a visitation this most salutary lesson, cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted of Such reflections will certainly prevent one repining thought, and teach us so to mourn asmen not without hope. Yet still, sorrow, chastened, softened, and subdued, must find a place in our hearts. It was not discontent, it was not faithlessness, which compelled the devoted servant of Elijah, even at the moment while he gazed upon his master's glorious translation into heaven, to exclaim, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. Such a train of thought is naturally suggested by that mysterious visitation which has removed from amongst us, in the flower of youth and prime of usefulness, a brilliant orna ment of our Irish literature, a vessel chosen unto honour, sanctified and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. That visitation has devolved on me the mournful, yet pleasing task, of giving to the public these re mains of a friend, with whom a long-continued intimacy was my high privilege and honour. I commit them, with con fidence, to the judgment of the competent. But I cannot but be sensible, how faint a transcript are these pages of that master-mind, which could charm by the playfulness of its fancy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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