what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now He that maketh us for this very thing is God, who hath given us the pledge of the Spirit. Therefore, having always confidence, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord. And therefore we labor, whether absent or present, to please Him. (2 Cor. v. 4-9.)
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. (Acts vii. 58.)
The Happiness of a Good Death
HE THAT believeth in Me, although he be dead, shall live; and every one that liveth, and believeth in Me, shall not die forever. (John xi. 25-26.)
There remaineth, therefore, a rest for the people of God. For he who ts entered into his rest, he also hath rested from his own works, as God from His. Let us hasten, therefore, to enter into that rest. (Heb. iv. 9-11.)
Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest? (Ps. liv. 7.)
There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest. (Job iii. 17.)
The just man if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated. (Wis. iv. 7, 10.)
We will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful even as others who have no hope; for if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them who have slept through Jesus, God will bring with Him. (1 Thess. i. 12, 13.)
Preparation for Death
I MUST work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work. (John ix. 4.)
