bad men good, and send a pulse of healthful feeling through all the domestic, civil, and social relations; that they teach men to love right, to hate wrong, and to seek each other's welfare, as the children of one common parent; that they control the baleful passions of the human heart; that they teach men to aspire after a conformity to a Being of infinite holiness, and fill him with hopes infinitely more purifying more exalting more suited to his nature, than any other which this world has ever known; are facts incontrovertible as the laws of philosophy or the demonstrations of mathematics. We see the proofs of this, everywhere around us. There is scarcely a neighborhood in our country, where the Bible is circulated, and the Gospel, in its purity, preached, in which we cannot point you to a very considerable portion of its population, whom its truths have reclaimed from the practice of vice, and taught the practice of whatsoever things are pure and honest, and just, and of good report.

Wherever the doctrines of the Savior have been carried home to the understanding of men, the aspect of society is altered. The frequency of crime is diminished; men begin to love justice and a virtuous public opinion

that strongest safeguard of right - spreads over a people the shield of its invisible protection.

The blessings of the Gospel are free and universal; the spiritual feast is provided for all, and in the fullness of time's intellectual creation, shall partake thereof, and be satisfied. With God, there is plenteous redemption. Christ will reign and conquer, until every sinner shall be washed and made holy, through his blood. All the energies of Omnipotence are being put forth to accomplish this sublime purpose.

"The dwellers on the rocks, and in the vale,
Shout to each other; and the mountain tops
From distant mountains, catch the sounding joy;
'Till nation after nation, taught the strain,
Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round."

It matters not how dark, stupid, or immoral men may have been. Though spellbound by heathenish or Mahometan delusion; conscience-bound by superstition or bigotry; they shall listen to the teachings of the Savior, and every spell shall be broken; every chain and fetter burst from every mind; and man, towering to his native skies, shall go forth, conquering and to conquer, till the inhabitants of the whole earth shall drink of

the waters of life, be renewed and renovated in spirit, and become willing subjects of the Redeemer's kingdom. The beauty of heaven is spread around us; we are in the great store-house of God; there is food for the mind, as well as the body; and, if we are wise, we shall approach the well of everlasting life, and drink thereof, that we may never thirst again.

We should not, like the prodigal, stray from our Father's house, vainly imagining there is peace and quietness in the road to ruin; for, ere long, we shall awake from those flattering dreams, and behold everything tottering around us; we shall discover that we are standing upon the edge of a precipice, and the ground sliding from beneath our feet. But rather let us throw ourselves. upon the mercies of God, and consecrate our lives to religion and virtue. Then shall we, under the blessings of heaven, be as the shining light which shineth more and more, unto the perfect day. Then shall we resemble those celestial fires which glow above, with beneficent, regular and permanent lus

tre.

In the foregoing discourse, I have attempted to exhibit the principles of the Gospel,

and the effects resulting from imbibing their spirit; how well I have succeeded, I leave my readers to judge; I rest on the belief that "the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joys upon their heads; that they shall come into the enjoyment of those rich blessings which God hath promised in the covenant of his grace, even "life forevermore; " that, that which caused us trial, shall yield us triumph; that which was the deeper darkness, shall be but the brighter light; that which made the heart ache, shall fill it with gladness; that tears shall be wipped away, and the beamings of joy shall come in their place; that God, who has walked in the mysterious way, with clouds and darkness round about him, will then appear as the great Revealer; and that he will reveal what "the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, nor the heart conceived." I close as I commenced: "Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come, and eat; come, receive wine and milk, without money and without price."

AMEN.

PRAYER.

ALMIGHTY GOD! Sovereign of the universe, who swayest thy sceptre over animate and inanimate objects, we desire to acknowledge with unfeigned gratitude our dependence on Thee for all our enjoyments, temporal and spiritual; especially for thine inestimable love manifested in the plan of redemption through thine only begotten Son. We beseech thee, Oh Lord, to give us a due sense of all Thy mercies, that we may shew forth Thy praises, not only with our lips, but in our lives. We would desire to bow before Thee with humility and contrition of heart, being sensible of our proneness to iniquity and our numerous imperfections. What shall we render unto Thee for all thy benefits? We will take the cup of salvation, and call upon Thy name. Vouchsafe unto us Thine aid, and enable us to lay hold of all the Christian graces, and find in the possession in the enjoyment of Christian privileges, and in the performance of Christian duties an abundant reward. Thou hast provided a great feast for all people,