of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved; in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace, wherein he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence: having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself, that in the dispensation of the fulness of time, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him, in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.' Chapter ii. and iv. God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us: even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. (By Grace ye are saved,) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come, he might show the exceeding riches of his Grace, in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus: for by Grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast; for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained, that we should walk in them. Now therefore, ye Gentiles are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth into an holy temple in the Lord in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.' Chapter iii. I Paul bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man: that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think according to the power that worketh in us: unto him be glory in the church by Jesus Christ, throughout all ages, world without end.' Amen. Chapter iv. I therefore the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called; with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling: One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. That we may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,-(Ministers and people in the use of all appointed means,)-according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love.' JOHN XV. I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye can do nothing.' EXODUS XVI.And Moses said, The Lord heareth your murmurings that ye murmur against him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. And Moses said, This is the bread which the Lord giveth you to eat. And the children of Israel did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.' JOHN Vi. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. The words which I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life.' 1 COR. 1. For of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.' HEB. iv. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not a High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, therefore, come boldly to the throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find Grace to help in time of need.' Chapter viii. For this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord. I will put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people; and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest; for I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. In that he saith, a new Covenant, he hath made the first old: now that which decayeth, and waxeth old, is ready to vanish away.' 1 JOHN V. This is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son, hath not life. Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.' PSALM Ixii. Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him cometh my salvation; he is my defence, I shall not be greatly moved. My soul, wait thou only upon God, my expectation is from him; he only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence, I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God. REST. GENESIS ii. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested the seventh day from all his work which he had made; and God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it, because that in it he had rested from all his work that he had created and made.' EXODUS xvi. 'And Moses said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord. So the people rested on the seventh day.' LUKE xxiii. And the women followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid, and they returned, and prepared spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.' : Christ rested in the tomb of Joseph the last Sabbath under the law but the evening and the morning were the first day. On that morning he closed his work of humiliation, manifested his victory over death, the curse denounced, by rising from the tomb, and rested on the first day of the week from all his humiliation work; his death, burial, and rest in the grave on the seventh day, being the last part of that work. [A number of hymns suited to the preceding exercises, inserted in the first edition, are now omitted, as they were selections from various Authors, and probably well known to all pious readers.] POETRY. The three following Poems were not found till after Mrs. Graham's Funeral Sermon was preached. JORDAN. Joshua chap. i. 11. and chap. iii. Psalm xxiii. 4. lxxiii. 24. THE solemn hour, my soul, draws near, The waves toss high their foaming heads, 'Till jot and tittle had been paid, Justice now fully satisfied, The law now honour'd, magnified; |