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Excerpt from Funeral Discourse, Occasioned by the Death of the Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer: Delivered in the North Dutch Church, Albany, on Sabbath Evening, Feb; 3, 1839
The language in our text seems to have no special connection with what precedes or fol lows. It is most probable, that believing himself at the point of dissolution, the Patriarch meant to welcome that event, by this ejaculation of warm and lively devotion. And it is as if he had said, I have believed thy promises of future life and blessedness through the great Messias. I have longed to attain it: I am ready to die whenever thou shalt please. I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. This interpretation suggests two general to pics, upon which I shall enlarge. And I observe. 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.
