[It is generally thought that the duty of propagating Christianity pertains to Ministers alone. But it is very little that a Minister can do without the co-operation of his people. Multitudes will never come to hear him, or afford him any opportunities of benefiting their souls: and the greater part even of those who do attend his ministry, gain little from it, for want of having the subjects which they hear impressed upon their minds in a way of private instruction. All should contribute, according to their ability, to advance the salvation of those around them. Masters should take the superintendence of their families, and parents of their children. The more en- lightened among the people should endeavour to instruct their unenlightened neighbours. The visiting of the sick, the re- lieving of the needy, the conducting of Sunday schools for the benefit of the poorer classes, these, and such like works, should be regarded by all, both men and women, as their common province, and followed by all according to their respective abilities0. The people of Israel deemed it not so much their duty, as their privilege, to contribute to the raising of the tabernacle : and this is the light in which we should view our calls to exertion. Do any account it hard to sacrifice some- what of their time and interest in such a cause ? O " tell it not in Gath ; publish it not in the streets of Askelon !" " Let not the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy." Let us rather unite, all of us, with willing hearts, in the service of our God ; and, " whatever our hand findeth to do, let us do it with all our might."]
c See Rom. xvi. 3, 12. and Phil. iv. 3.