EULOGIUM UPON WILLIAM RAWLE, L. L. D. DELIVERED ON THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1836. BY DAVID PAUL BROWN. PHILADELPHIA: T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS. 1837. A BA EULOGIUM. THE merciful CREATOR, it has been said, and truly said, though bountiful to his creatures in all other respects, is nevertheless sparing in that of time. He never allows one moment to be enjoyed until another is past, while he holds the third in his hand. To-morrow, a new week-a new month-a new year-a new Sabbath shall dawn upon a slumbering and sinful world. We stand now on the grave of the year. How fruitful of reflection then is the present! How applicable to the occasion which assembles us together. Death-death in virtuous old age furnishes a striking analogy to the close of the dying year. All the seasons of life have passed away-the spring in its seed time-the summer in its bloom-the autumn with its harvests, and the winter with its storms. Time has gradually sunk into eternity, and with all its fearful, faithful, records been gathered to its God. If we have lived well every fleeting moment shall bear tes |