...would never have sinned, far less betrayed Christ; he would have entered into peace immediately, " where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." In that case, he would have escaped the judgment that came upon him, and would have had more rest than...

...suffering ; and now, with a feeling of relief, and of calm, patient content and gladness, He is going " where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest " (Job. iii. 1 7). Many lessons we learn from this sixth saying of our Lord : as — i. How infinite...

...end. He expired on the 19th of Nov. 1776, in good unity with his brethren, and has we believe, arrived "where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest," and on the 20th of Nov. 1776, his remains were interred in his own grounds, attended by a large concourse...

...a blacksmith, it was like two strong men striking sledge and hammer on the anvil. But he is gone to where the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary are at rest. O that the Lord would raise up labourers and send them into the harvest ; for truly the harvest is...

...fulfilled that precious promise ; God had delivered him out of all, and now his ransomed soul is ' where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest.' He had surely done him good. Poor sinner, there is a time coming when we shall get rid of a tempting...

...passed round him, that he became insensible and passed away with the greatest quietness into that land where ' the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary are at rest.'" He had his failings. Who has not? He »oukl have been the first to own them. And none knew better than...

...lasted fifteen weeks, and before they reached the shore upwards of sixty of them had gone to the land "where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." The remnant were fortunately declared by the magistrates of New Jersey to be freemen, and enjoyed on...

...them. They are now and for ever out of the reach of the world, the flesh, and the devil. They are gone where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. They are sweetly reposing in Abraham's bosom. They dwell in His presence who hath redeemed them; where...

...that '.' they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." Sweet resting-place. He is now where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. He is where righteous Abraham and all departed believers are. How vast the change ! Yesterday in suffering...

...people free. But the confinement destroyed his health : he died in prison, and was removed to that place where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest. He showed his affection to the mission to the last, by bequeathing it fifty pagodas. The eighteenth...