'In the hour of death especially, the Christian needs a Savior who is no less than God. An angel could not sympathize with our trial, for they cannot feel the pangs of dissolution. A human friend cannot travel with us the path through the dark valley; for the creature that yields to the stroke of death is overwhelmed, and returns no more to guide his fellow. The God-man alone can sustain us; he has felt the mortal blow, for he is man; he has survived it, and returns triumphing to succour us, for he is God. Unless the divine guide be with us, we must fight the battle with the last enemy alone and unaided.'
RL Dabney, "Lord Jesus, Receive my Spirit" in Nancy Guthrie (Ed.), O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, p.140.
