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n change your hearts, my dear friends. Oh, by the side of this open grave, may some here to-day be yielded to God; may you now consecrate yourselves and become the saved of the Lord. God grant his blessing may rest upon the mourning widow and the bereaved family, and that they after the toils of the warfare of earth, may with their dear husband and father be found before the throne of God. May those who have long enjoyed the friendship of our departed brother be ultimately numbered with the blessed in in the kingdom to come.' [Sidenote: FAREWELL HYMN.] Before the mourners departed, the beautifully affecting hymn, beginning with 'Farewell, dear friends, a long farewell,' was sung. We may state that most of the ships in the docks indicated respect by hoisting colours half-mast high.--_Eastern Morning News._ THE END. J. HORNER, PRINTER, ALFORD. _WORKS BY THE REV. H. WOODCOCK._ WONDERS OF GRACE; _Or, the Influence of the Holy Spirit manifested in upwards of 350 remarkable conversions. 2/-; 2/6._ 'Favourably as Mr. Woodcock is already known by his previous writings, the present work will, we are persuaded, add to his reputation and increase his usefulness. The substance of the work is rich and precious almost beyond praise, and its literary workmanship bears unmistakable evidence of industry, intelligence, and judgment. Its multitudinous facts, drawn from a variety of sources, are skilfully marshalled, are narrated in a lively and agreeable style, and the spirit with which it is animated is deeply religious. It is an exceptionally excellent book, as full of interest as a novel, and yet as religious as a liturgy. People of all ages and conditions will find in its pages a mass of pleasant, instructive, and wholesome reading, fitted in an eminent degree to promote their spiritual growth, and to nourish in their hearts an interest in revivals of evangelical religion.'--Introductory note by the Rev. C. C. M'Kechnie, Connexional Editor. 'Facts stranger than Fiction stud the pages of this volume, and shed light upon the various ways in which God is pleased to draw men to himself. The work is written in a clear felicitous style, and affords about as agreeable readings as anyone can desire, while its rich illustration and forcible presentation of Gospel truth, cannot fail but prove a bles
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