Excerpt from Blessed Are the Dead Which Die in the Lord: A Memorial Sermon Preached at Ware, July 15, 1888It would be vain to attempt to make men, in the vigor of their powers, believe that it was not a good thing to live. To feel the bounding pulse of perfect health, to have the powers of body and mind in harmonious exercise, to be in possession of the means of a rational gratification of the senses, of the tastes and the affections, with hope and faith buoyant and strong, giving the soul a clear outlook to the life beyond-all this is a joy and a blessing not to be overclouded by the pessimistic doubt, whether life is worth living.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.