...; having preached the gospel to the people in this place, sixty years. He came to his grave " in a full age like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." Dr. Hall was born in Yarmouth, 1704 ; graduated at Harvard College, 1724. He received the honorary...

...moment the summer-like character of Old Louis Olmsted. He will "come to his grave," thought I, "in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." It was a summer night of exceeding loveliness. The moon and stars were beaming and twinkling in the...

...brighter than before. I think we may compare these to the aged Christian who cometh to his grave " in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season ;" his path is as " the shining light, which shineth more and more unto perfect day :" his graces shine...

...allusions in the Book of Job, Proverbs, &c. It was thought a great blessing to " come to the grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season;" (Job 5. 26;) and Roberts says, " Great is the desire of the men of the East to see a good old age....

...Brown, of Nottingham ; the one in the afternoon at Lumbutts, from " Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season ; " and in the evening, at Cross Lane, from, " We all do fade as a leaf." Notwithstanding, the writer...

...greenness and vigour of his youth ; it shall be said of him with truth, ' that he came to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.' If the text has been rightly explained, every happy and triumphant death of a christian, especially...

...long and honoured life, was John Earl of Eldon gathered to his kindred. He " came to " his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn " cometh in his season."* His memory will live long in the hearts of his friends, — and for ever, in the history of his country....

...in 1843. Wordsworth was called away seven years later. Nine years before he came to the grave in a full age, " like as a shock of corn cometh in his season," Wordsworth visited tho old beloved spots for the last time in the flesh. This was in 1841. " We visited,"...

...appropriate metaphor that which is employed in the book of Job, "Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." Yes ! as in nature the corn is cut and gathered into the barn as soon as it is ripe, not permitted...

...ripe in years, ripe in character and reputation, and ripe as a Christian. He came to the " grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." The text selected for his funeral sermon was strikingly characteristic of the man : " And behold, there...