...prepared to apprehend, from the separation which takes place at death betwixt the soul and the body, when the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to GOD who gave it. But what becomes of the spiritual part of our frame — where, and in what condition...

...body." So it is, and so it. shall t?., till at last, " the silver cord is loosened, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain,...was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." ^To ; it is not a strange dispensation. Death is the SJIow of all that is earthly; the friend of man...

...the body." So it is, and so it shall t?,, till at last, " the silver cord is loosened, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern, ana the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." *To ; it...

...that look out of the windows are darkened. The silver cord is loosed, and the golden bowl is broken, the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern !" Alas, our "glory is departed !" I doubt not but some may reply that there are as great men in the...

...the youthful White, like an Indian warrior, sing the song of death for himself. The bowl is already broken at the fountain ; and the wheel is broken at the cistern. The functions of life are wearily performed, and he feels the hand of death upon him. All his resources...

...weight of an insect, and ' desire fails ;' then, is the 'silver cord loosed, the golden bowl^ broken ; the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern ;' all the animal and vital functions at length cease, and every essential organ of life decays ; '...

...made of dust, is plainly distinguished from the soul, when the wise man informs us, that at death, " the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it." f The living soul of man was created, in the proper sense of the term. It is not...

...the earth, and withdrawing its vitality into its hidden source. As the saints fall asleep one by one, the " dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God that gave it." And these two miracles are ever working ; the bodies of the saints are dying daily,...

...than the mere separation of soul and body. To this, however, this temporal death,—the moment when " the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it,"*— all must look forward with more or less of nervous interest. The thought of passing through the gloomy...

...the mourners go about the streets ;" when " the silver cord is loosed, and the golden bowl is broken, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it."* In the evening man returns to God, and his works, whether good or whether evil, do follow him. This...