would to God my funeral were to-morrow! Such was the state of mind in which Robert Rollock, at the comparatively early age of forty-three, passed into the presence of Him whom he so fervently loved, and by whom he was so sustained and comforted in his sufferings. His desire was to be with Christ, to be more like Him, and render Him better service; and it was gratified."

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CHAPTER IV.

Sunsets while yet Day.

(Continued.)

OH, what rapture shall be mine, When, with saints that sinless are, I in Thy pure light shall shine With the brightness of a star; Praise and glory, Lord, to Thee Singing through eternity."

I.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

II.

APPHIA THACHER.

III.

REV. W. H. HEWITSON.

IV.

REV. JAMES D. BURNS.

V.

MRS. BISHOP.

VI.

GEORGE CORNISH.

I.

DR. DODDRIDGE.

HILIP DODDRIDGE had the inesti

PHILIP

mable privilege of possessing godly parents. Yet piety is not hereditary. It passes in no case as an heirloom from parent to child. Still the goodness of one is often made by God the means of goodness in another. There are accordingly marvellous associations among the saved; heart strangely linked to heart; like the flaming torch of former days, the light of life is handed on by one to another, and there is sequence and connection in salvation through many generations.

In such a line of succession and association we find Doddridge. Richard Sibbes wrote the "Bruised Reed," which fell just at the right time into the hands of Richard Baxter, and brought him under the influence

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