Not even that species of impatience under the loss of our dear ones is excused, where some assertion of a right to grief acts the patron to it. For the consideration of the apostle’s declaration must be set before us, who says, Be not overwhelmed with sadness at the falling asleep of any one, just as the nations are who are without hope. [1] And justly; or, believing the resurrection of Christ we believe also in our own, for whose sake He both died and rose again.