SUSAN GRAY. lsy

God, for his divine help; for, as the holy apos-
tle says, God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that you are able; but
will, with the temptation, also make a way to
escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” (1 Cor.
x. 13.)

Then I finished my sermon, by speaking of
the joy prepared for those who shall endure
unto the end, through all the trials of this life;
the promises of God made to his saints; the
robes of light, the crowns of glory, and the
dwellings of eternal happiness, which, througk
the merits of our Saviour, are prepared for
those who have loved their God in this present
world. And I concluded with a solemn pray-
er, that all the congregation then present
might, with our beloved sister, now no more,
be thought worthy, through the merits of our
Saviour, to meet in the presence of God,
where there is fulness of joy and pleasures for
evermore,

After the sermon, I finished the burial ser-
vice, and all the congregation followed the
coffin to the grave.

Every one present shed tears when the
earth was cast upon the body: but, surely,
they were tears of joy; for I have heard many
persons, who were then present, since say,
that they would gladly have taken the place of
Susan Gray, and have laid themselves down
with her in the dust, could they thus have
been admitted to that place, where, we trust,
her soul now is.

Susan Gray was buried by the side of her