To the Memory OF MY DEAR BROTHER THOMAS VANCE, FORMERLY OF BELFAST, MERCHANT, WHO, WITH HIS FAMILY, LEFT THIS COUNTRY FOR MEXICO ON FRIDAY THE 11th OF november, 1825, CARRYING ALONG WITH HIM THE ESTEEM OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND the LOVE OF THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST; AND WHO, WITH A HOPE FULL OF IMMORTALITY, FOUNDED NOT ON HIS OWN BUT A REDEEMER'S MERITS, RESIGNED HIS SOUL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD ON SUNDAY THE 4th OF MARCH, 1827, IN THE TOWN OF CUERNAVACA, WHERE HIS REMAINS NOW LIE INTERRED, THE FOLLOWING SERMONS ARE INSCRIBED, AS A Tribute of Fraternal Affection. |