signed from this Scripture. The Father of mercies and God of all comfort, whose sole prerogative it is to comfort them that are cast down, write all his truths upon your hearts, that they may abide there, and reduce your disordered affections to that frame which best suits the will of God, and the profession you make of subjection and resignation thereunto! THE END. ZDNIBURGH. Printed by THOMAS PAION, A FRIENDLY VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. BY THE REV. RICHARD CECIL, A. M. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR THOMAS NELSON. M.DCCC.XLI. Α FRIENDLY VISIT TO THE HOUSE OF MOURNING. YOUR present affliction, my dear friend, demands something more than the usual forms of condolence. Sorrow which, like yours, cannot be prevented, may yet be alleviated and improved. This is my design in addressing you; and if I seem to intrude upon your retirement, let my motive be my apology. Having felt how much "better it is to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting" -having received my best lessons, companions, and even comforts in it-I would administer from my little stock of experience; and while I thus endeavour to assist vour meditations, shall rejoice if |