Author: Alonzo Hill

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781330601341

Excerpt from A Discourse on the Life and Character of the Rev. Aaron Bancroft: Senior Pastor of the Second Congregational Society in Worcester, Delivered at His Interment, August 22, 1839 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. Under the most ordinary circumstances, it is impossible to contemplate the termination of human life, but with the interest of a personal relation. It is the end of so much that is known, and the beginning of so much that is unknown, that it is not easy to witness, much less to approach it, without a solemn pause in the current of the thoughts; for how much is crowded into this brief hurrying period, and what scenes await us at its close! - Then cometh the end. The account on earth is terminated. No more temptations, no more trials, no more conflicts. The battle is fought, and the victory is lost or won; the race is run, and the prize is missed or gained. The past cannot return, nor its decisions be reversed. The page in its history is written, and the page in God's book of life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.