servant he will say,--'Well done. Thou hast been faithful over a few
things: I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord.'

'The joy of thy Lord.' Think of these words a while. Perhaps they
may teach us something of the meaning of All Saints' Day.

For, if Jesus Christ be--as he is--the same yesterday, to-day, and
for ever, then his joy now must be the same as his joy was when he
was here on earth,--to do good, and to behold the fruit of his own
goodness; to see--as Isaiah prophesied of him--to see of the travail
of his soul, and be satisfied.

And so it may be; so it surely is--with them; if blessed spirits (as
I believe) have knowledge of what goes on on earth. They enter into
the joy of their Lord. Therefore they enter into the joy of doing
good. They see of the travail of their soul, and are satisfied that
they have not lived in vain. They see that their work is going on
still on earth; that they, being dead, yet speak, and call ever fresh
generations into the Temple of Wisdom.

My dear boys, take this one thought away with you from this chapel
to-day. Believe that the wise and good of every age and clime are
looking down on you, to see what use you will make of the knowledge
which they have won for you. Whether they laboured, like Kepler in
his garret, or like Galileo in his dungeon, hid in God's tabernacle
from the strife of tongues; or, like Socrates and Plato, in the whirl
and noise--far more wearying and saddening than any loneliness--of
the foolish crowd, they all have laboured for you. Let them rejoice,
when they see you enter into their labours with heart and soul. Let