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John Gossner's Treasury
Devotional: November 18th

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Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him. Jeremiah 22:10. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thessalonians 4:14. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Isaiah 57:2.

That which the Savior said to the weeping daughters of Jerusalem: "Weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children," every lamented and departed person, who, saved through faith, has stepped across the boundaries of time, may say to those who weep for him. For who is more to be bemoaned those who still voyage on the dangerous ocean, tossed about by storm and billows, or those who have already safely reached the haven of eternal rest, the better land? They who have died in the Lord, are to be envied; for they have obtained and received that for which we are still waiting amid dangers. Therefore, a Christian loves to linger in God’s acre. The stillness in which the departed brethren rest, raises the mind above the grave and above time to the blessed and quiet eternity where all wars of passion, all unrest that disturbs the peace of God, are at an end. Beloved, do not pass a graveyard without visiting your departed brethren. At their sleeping-chambers give yourself up to the thoughts that crowd upon you. If you feel that you must weep, then weep; yet not for them, but for yourself and your brethren who are still on the pilgrimage. Look with longing for the blessed ones who have reached home. Stretch out your hands for the invisible. Lay hold of the eternal life which hovers above the grave and receive in your heart as much as you can make room for. One sees the dawn of morning on the grave and perceives the air of spring and that is said to be very healthful.

Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,

Whose waking is supremely blest:

No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour

That manifests the Savior’s power.

Asleep in Jesus! O, for me

May such a blissful refuge be!

Securely shall my ashes lie,

And wait the summons from on high.

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