The promised presence of Christ with his people a source of consolation under the most painful bereavements : A sermon delivered at the Baptist Meeting-House, Cannon-Street, Birmingham, on Lord's Day evening, Oct. 20, 1799; occasioned by the death of the Rev. Samuel Pearce, A.M. late Pastor of the church assembling there: who died Oct. 10, in the XXXIV year of his age. By John Ryland, D.D. To which is prefixed an oration delivered at the grave, Oct. 16, 1799, by the Rev. J. Brewer. The profits arising from the sale of this publication will be appropriated to the benefit of Mr. Pearce's widow and five small children.