"Before me place in dread array The pomp of that tremendous day,

When thou with clouds shalt come, To judge the nations at thy bar: And tell me, Lord, shall I be there To meet a joyful doom?

"Be this my one great business here, With serious industry and fear, Eternal bliss t' insure:

Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.

"Then, Saviour, then, my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above:
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight,
And everlasting love."

SERMON X.

DEPARTING FROM THE SINFUL WAYS OF THE

WORLD.

MICAH II. 10.

"Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction."

In this address of the prophet to the Israelites, they are viewed under a metaphor; and in this way the subject may very profitably be set before and applied to us all. Let us, then, pursue the metaphor for a few minutes. Let us suppose a man to be far from his own land, from his own native country, but professing to be on his journey homeward. As he goes on, he finds a house by the way side; he calls at the door, and the people invite him in; they bid him welcome, and tell him to enjoy himself with what they

have to offer. The wayfaring man is pleased with their conduct, and they are pleased with him; and so he is feasted and flattered, one day after another, until he is quite delighted with them and the place, and with what is going on there. Meanwhile, as his mind is thus taken up and interested with this place and people, he gradually forgets or disregards his own home and his proper country; he more and more comes to think lightly of the enjoyments of the one and of the duties of the other; so that, after a while, he settles down in this wayside house, and gives himself up to the counsel and guidance of those around him; while, on their part, they continue to deceive and beguile him more and more, until a suitable opportunity offers for them to rob and murder him! But let us suppose further, that before this his end arrived, even while all these fair pretences of friendship were playing off and beguiling him, that another traveller calls for a short time at the same place, who well knows what the people of the house are;

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