...must be lived through, stormy skies endured, and rugged paths trodden, ere we reach the grave ! — " There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest," Job. iii. 17. If we had no troubles, we should fall into strange mistakes; we should forget ourselves,...

...could exclaim, "to me to die is gain" (Phil. i. 21), and the patriarch express his assurance that " there the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest" (Job iii. 17). The righteous are said to " enter into peace " (Isaiah Ivii. 2); " to be present with...

...forecited. 2. From all persecutions and hardships from men for the cause of Christ, Job viii. 17. ' There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest.' I shall conclude with a few inferences. Inf. 1. That the saints may be encouraged and stirred up to...

...ourselves and in those dependent on us ; " from all the sin and suffering to which flesh is liable. " There the wicked cease from troubling ; And there the weary be at rest." 340. If separate spirits are cognizant of what is passing here, what must be the feelings of deceased...

...tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest. — 2 COR. v. 1. JOB iii. 17. For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth : even as a father the son in...

...to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me." " I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest, the prisoners rest together, they hear not the voice of the oppressor, the small and great are there."...

...blessings shall be universal on earth, and succeeded by that happiness which is eternal in heaven, "there the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest."f 2. Another blessing which the Jubilee afforded was liberty. The engagement of the servant terminated...

...the righteous to fall for ever.—For this God is our God for ever, He shall be our guide unto death. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.—There the prisoners rest together, they hear not the voice of the oppressor ; the small and...

...rest for the sole of her foot till she burst from that fainting body. She is with the Lord of Peace. " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest." [Here an extract was read from a letter to the Kev. Dr. Hewit, in August, 1857.] If the character of...

...heavenly state, will be delivered from all sin. Nothing unholy can enter there to disturb their peace. " There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest." Job iii. 17. Into that city, it is said, Rev. xxi. 27, " There shall in no wise enter anything that...