We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine.
Matthew SimpsonAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 21, 1811
- Died: June 18, 1884
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