He came to bring the Mourners Joy

For he that is entered into his Rest, he also hath ceased from his own Works, as God did from His.

How peacefully do they rest, all who bravely fought the Battles of Life. How peacefully they rest in the Grave until the Day they will be raised up in Victory.

You, the Son of God, the Saviour were also covered up in the Grave after Your work on the Cross was finished. You did not stay there and turn to Dust. As the Victor You arose again.

O, when we too rest in our Grave, like all the Blessed who endured and prevailed in the difficult Battles of Life, the precious Saviour will call us from our Graves for the victory Ceremony. Amen.