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kind hearts, and loving natures beam upon us only
to pass away and leave us in darkness the deeper and
sadder for the transient light. But Faith that cheers
and Hope that lives for ever, comfort us in our heaviest
sorrow, and the clouds which overhang us and darken
our path-way whilst yet we journey through life, shall
break away at last before the brightness of the never-
setting sun in the land towards which we travel, when
to cherish the memory of the loved ones who have gone
before shall no longer be needful, for again they shall
be with us, and the sorrowful partings we have suffered
in the passage of Time shall be forgotten for ever in
the glorious re-union of Eternity.