“BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED.”—Matt. 5:4. I HAVE begun explaining to you some of the peculiarities and excellencies of those characters whom our Saviour pronounces blessed. I need not say, that such an enquiry and explanation are very instructive: for these declarations were made by Him in the very out-set of His ministry, and seem to have been intended to set forth the distinguishing marks which made His doctrine differ from other systems which had been given