The Christian's Work and Rest
THE CHRISTIAN'S WORK AND REST. A SERMON rBEACHEU IN THE MAY 20th, 1866, ON THB OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF WARREN ROCKWELL. By Rev. J. E.^OCKT^ELL, D. 33. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST, THE UNION STEAM PRESSES, 10 FRONT STREET. 1866. ~ §- p^' l?^"'- ^U^7^ ^tli a hEC. SEP ibbO It. SERMON. will Acts 13 : 36. —For David, after he had served his own generation, by the of God fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers. These words, uttered by the Apostle in the course of an argument concerning the resurrection of Christ, con- tain the epitome of a Christian's life, fidelity to God, use- fulness to the age in which he lives, and a serene and hopeful death. No higher eulogy could have been pro- nounced upon David than this,—he served his own gener- ation by the will of God. Here was his crowning ex. cellence and glory ; not that he was descended from a long line of illustrious ancestors, or was the possessor of untold wealth, or the occupant of a throne, but that he fulfilled the duties of life cheerfully and faithfully, in obedience to the will of God. This was the great secret in his life, and in thus obey- ing the dictates of his better and renewed nature, he as cheerfully did his duty while feeding his father's flocks, as when called to rule over the kingdom of Israel. As the Shepherd boy of Bethlehem he was as faithful and unrepining at his obscure condition, as when he was hearing, after his triumph over the giant leader of the Philistines, the songs of the maidens of Israel.
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