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EUTHANASY, or Happy Talk towards the End of Life. By William Mountford. Author of "Martyria." 16mo. pp.
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THE CHRISTIAN PARENT. By Rev. A.B. Muzzey, Author of "The Young Maiden," &c., &c. 16mo. Price, 75 cents.
RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION. Edited by Rev. Ezra S. Gannett. 16mo. Price, 50 cents.
Contents.—The Good of Affliction; The Mourner Comforted; Erroneous Views of Death; The Departed; Death and Sleep; Immortality; Trust in God under Afflictions; Filial Trust; The Future Life; Friends in Heaven; Hope; Thanksgiving in Affliction; Trust amidst Trial; Life and Death; The Voices of the Dead; To the Memory of a Friend; A Prayer in Affliction; Duties of the Afflicted; The Mourner Blessed; Consolation; The Dangers of Adversity; Trust in Divine Love; The Promises of Jesus; The Believer's Hope; The Uses of Affliction; Time Passing; The Christian's Death; The Hope of Immortality; God our Father.
THOUGHTS; selected from the Works of William Ellery Channing, D.D. 32mo. pp. 160. Price, 37-1/2 cents.
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