...the slumbers of the night and the period when his eyes open to the beams of morning. To die is gain : to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord. When you reflect not merely on the bodily exertions, but, much more, on the mental efforts of those...

...unspeakably great, and eternally permanent; exclusion from Canaan is admission into the kingdom of heaven ; " to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.'' Faith, indeed, redeems not from the power of the grave, but it dissipates all the horror of the tomb...

...because, in his case, we may be fully convinced, from Scriptural warrant, that "to die was gain," and to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. He had lived beyond the average tenure of human life in this world ; therefore an exemption from a...

...is far better. Nor is there any room to doubt, that death- will be gain to every real believer; for to " be absent from the body, is to be present with the bord." Believers often think of death. It is highly proper to d» ao. But they sometimes thin'c about...

...divested of earthly substances, is equally the same, real, essential Man that he was before. For " to be absent from the Body, is to be present with the Lord." And nothing is more substantial, than what is of a spiritual and eternal Nature. Therefore according...

...iniquities hide his face from them. This is their grief, and a frequent source of sorrow. Yet they know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord; and the thought often makes them impatient to depart and to be with Christ, which is the best of all...

...of faith. And though out curiosity is not gratified as to particulars, yet we know, in general, that to be absent from the body is to be present with. the Lord. We shall then instantly see him as he is, and we shall then be lik* him and with him for ever. Isa....

...soon be with him in paradise ; adding, with as much emphasis as her enfeebled state would allow, " To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." She departed this life in holy -peace and triumph, to join that goodly number who have gone Before to heaven,...

...amidst their sorrow, had the joy of knowing that for some years she had been one of those for whom to be "absent from the body" is to be "present with the Lord." To them she had slept the sleep from which there is no earthly waking. But almost ere they knew their...

...behold the1 Saviour whom we have loved, or him who would have been our Saviour, but we rejected him. To be ' absent from the body" is to be ' present with the Lord,' either as our Intercessor, or our Judge. It is to be consigned over to the fellowship of saints and...