SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.

ReRcctioas orer the Craze Of The Rec. j. Summer


field, during lie interment.
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Rej2cct'oaS orer the graue Of The Ret. j. Summer


,Eed during lie interment.


The high bchest of Heaven is obey'd The
'uthess arm Of death has divested us Of the


friend we loyedl--whilc the pale garb ofmel-
aucholy which overspreads this assembly sufii-
ciently indicates tie solemn Providence which
calls us hcre--a Providence which though right
eous frequently envelopes its bright designs
il the clouds and darkness which SO oft sur
round the Lord! Appalling, indeed is the as
pcct Of death under almost every circumstance.
,issaillng the fondcst affections man delights
10 own, it shows how mutabc are human joys.
1t spreads its dire influence through the abodcs
81 man, and with it many darts, conspires
against the feeble throb of life. 1t palscs the
hand which dauntless, swayed the sccptrc OF
dominion over submissive nations. With hand in
exorable, il tears from the princes brow the
'iiadcm Of glory, and tlrags the reluctant mon
arch from the stately palace to the house OF
clay. With relentless step, it enters the man
SION OF peace; it wears with slowly rolling
Years the aged sire-breaks by sickness, in =
day, the prop of declining parents; or, by It's
'Intmcly blast, nips the fair blossom OF the
morn, and tears, with ivy grasp, the infant
from the mothers arms of love. 1t throws the
shroud of oblivion over glory of wasting nations
--lulls the voice Of coluence-hushcs the harp
uitic poet, and arrests the sword OF the hero
NOR is the sacred desk a barrier against the IN
truder-For, 10! he has entered the sanctuary
OF the Lord, and taken from the walls OF Zion
one whom it was impossible to know, and no
10 love! With what pleasure have 1 cntcre,
with him, the courts Of thy house, o God
while his words distilling as the dew ofliermon
rendered the place none other than the gat'
Of Heaven But ahl how changed the scene


-Behold the coffin in which he now fepos
es' We come not now, departed saint tt
hear thee plead the cause of God; cause ono


supreme in thy affections. His voice is nov
still as the dumJ ones, fot whom he once coul'
tonch the heart Of mercy. We come not nov
% view him presiding over the dcstinies c
,he Missionary institutions, whose energies hav


neen so greatly strengthened by the ardour e
MS us affection and the power of his eloquenct


we come to minglc our grief in this late ac


u death, in which event every institution whic


Scrv'd to promote the glory of God; and


ihtgate the solTows of our race, has lost a


ardent friend! Endow'd with power TO hil


peculiar, he could move the most inconsidc


ate heart, to alleviate the widows woe, an


stay the orphans tear. Arresting the attentio


those whom he ADDRESSED, and engagin


i,ef aiiecllons with an eloquence resistless ;


'e rs'Hn'ng blazing from the black brow