The Believer’s Hope at Death

Rev. Houck is a home-missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches. There are many troubles and tribulations which come upon the believer in this "valley of tears," but none of them is so disturbing as death. Death is something which strikes fear in the strongest heart, for death is the end of this earthly life. In death the body dissolves and returns to the dust, and with this dissolution of the body all that belongs to our earthly life is destroyed. Moreover, there is no escaping the grip...