...by an inimitable description of the gradual approach of old age, and the precursors of death, till ' the dust returns to the 'earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, all is vanity.' Thus he brings together...

...generally, ceases its action, and the pulse with it, which are the immediate forerunners of death. And " then the dust returns to the earth as it was, and...storms ; at length the roof and walls decay ; and at but it falls to the ground : but our blessed Redeemer hath provided for the inhabitant " a house not...

...powers of life are gradually and almost imperceptibly extinguished, and at last, without a struggle, " the dust returns to the earth as it was; and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." We can alleviate the symptoms. We cannot cure the disease, for it is the natural disease of death....

...death most commonly conveys the idea—temporal death, the separation of the soul from the body, when the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it. This is the consequence of our having violated the divine law: " Death hath passed on all men, tor...

...heart present — the chin falls — the wheels of life stand still, and '' the dust returns unto the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." Our friend is dead. Let us then prepare for this solemn event. Let us " so number our days as to apply...

...proprietorship are strictly discernihle in most. At the " appointed " hour the decisive stroke is given, and the "dust" returns to the "earth" as it was, and the "spirit" returns "to the God who gave it." There is "a time to die." There is a fixed, determinate period when the life...

...union exists, and that it is essential to what we call life. When 78 NO MOKE DEATH. the tie is broken, "the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." It is the presence of the soul that gives to the body its grace and beauty ; and when the soul takes...

...made of dust, is plainly distinguished from the soul, when the wise man informs us, that at death, ''the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it." J The living soul of man was created, in the proper sense of the term. It is not...

...essence of death in the disunion and final separation of these two constituent parts : Death is when ' the 'dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.' Horsley's Sermons, III. 189. The whole of the masterly discourse from which the...

...the last agony was on him, — " and yielded up the ghost," that is, the soul that God gave him. " The dust returns to the earth as it was ; and the spirit returns unto God who gave it." And the evidence that he instantly rejoined Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and those whose bodies...