These words have often been the last words of holy men and women as they crossed from this life to the next. Tonight, let us consider them together.

What weighs on the faithful heart in life and in death? Not the body! Not the bank account! The soul! This is our choicest treasure—if this be safe, all is well. What is this mortal state compared with the soul?

The believer commits his soul to the hand of his God. It came from him. It is his own. He has sustained it until now. He is able to keep it. And it is most fitting that he should receive it back. All things are safe in Jehovah's hands! What we entrust to the Lord will be secure, both now and in that day of days toward which we are hastening.

It is peaceful living, and glorious dying, to repose in the care of heaven. At all times we should commit our all to Jesus' faithful hand. Then, though life may hang on a thread, though adversities may multiply as the sands of the sea, our soul shall dwell at ease and delight itself in quiet resting places.

"You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth." Redemption—what a solid foundation for confidence! David had not known Calvary as we have, but temporal redemption cheered him. And shall not eternal redemption yet more sweetly console us? Past deliverances are strong pleas for present help. What the Lord has done he will do again, for he changes not. He is faithful to his promises, gracious to his saints. He will not turn away from his people.

"Though you slay me, I will trust, Praise you even from the dust, Prove, and tell it as I prove, Your unutterable love.

You may chasten and correct, But you never can neglect; Since the ransom price is paid, On your love my hope is stayed."