Sermon, Occasioned by the Death, and Delivered at the Funeral of the Honorable Oliver Ellsworth Esq. L. L. D., Who...

Sermon, Occasioned by the Death, and Delivered at the Funeral of the Honorable Oliver Ellsworth Esq. L. L. D., Who...
ISBN-10
0267273800
ISBN-13
9780267273805
Category
Self-Help
Pages
20
Language
English
Published
2018-01-30
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Henry Augustus Rowland

Description

Excerpt from Sermon, Occasioned by the Death, and Delivered at the Funeral of the Honorable Oliver Ellsworth Esq. L. L. D., Who Died November 26th, 1807, in the Sixty-Third Year of His Age II. It is our duty to submit when he takes our comforts away. I. God is the rightful owner and proprietor of all things, and therefore has a sovereign right to dispose of them. By his almighty word he brought the world and all things in it into exist ence. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof. He hath made us and not we ourselves. He supports that life which he has given us - for in him we live, and move, and have our being; and in him are all our ways. It is he who sets the solitary in families, and makes a hedge about their dwellings. His blessing it is, which makes their habitations the residences of peace and happiness. With out it, every relation in life would be a snare, and every blessing would be embittered we should have no capacity for enjoyment in the fulness of earthly good. When he sees fit, he can, with the utmost ease, draw a melancholy vail over all our worldly prospects, and bring on us such a train Of disasters, as will fill our souls with anguish, and cause us to go mourning all our days, God is our rightful owner, because he hath created us. The Creator hath surely a right to the work of his own hands. He upholds us in being; and, therefore, has a right to that which could not exist a moment without his sup porting power. He has endowed us with ration al souls, which are capable of knowing and serv ing him. He therefore justly claims our love, gratitude and obedience. He hath redeemed us by the precious blood Of his own Son - and therefore we are not our own, but his for we are bought with a price. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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