running and glorified, to an extent that has never been seen since the Apostolic age. And the time for its universal diffusion through the whole earth is manifestly drawing nigh. We have seen enough with our eyes to assure us, that the fuller accom- plishment of God's promises may be expected in due season : and that, at the appointed hour, " all the kingdoms of the world shall become the kingdom of our God, and of his Christ."]
In this view, all the Gentile world are called upon to bless and praise their God —
[Ye, who are here assembled, arise and praise your God. Consider what mercy has been shewn to you : consider what truth has been displayed towards you. Arise, I say ; yea, again and again would I repeat it, Arise and praise your God ! And, ye remotest nations of the earth, O that our voice could reach to you ! O that ye knew your obligations to your God, and the blessings that are in reserve for you ! The Saviour was called, " The Desire of all nations :" and such indeed he ought to be. Well ! if ye know him not, and consequently rejoice not in him, we will rejoice for you : for he is coming to you : the messengers of the Lord of Hosts are going forth into every quarter of the globe ; and the word that reveals him to you is translating, in purpose and intention at least, into all the languages of the earth ; and we anticipate with joy the time, when all the heathen shall serve him, and " all flesh shall see the salvation of God."]
Address —
1. Are there any amongst you who have no dis- position to praise the Lord ?
[Alas ! there are too many, who have no delight in this blessed work, and have never spent one hour in it in all their lives ! Ah ! wretched and ingrate ! What think ye of your- selves ? Are ye not blind, when ye cannot see the perfections of your God ? Are ye not base, when ye can receive such mercies at God's hands, and never acknowledge them ? Are ye not brutish, yea, worse than brutish? for " the ox and ass know their owner ; but ye know not," nor acknowledge, your Creator, your Benefactor, your Redeemer. See how far you are from a truly Christian state ! Tell me not of your moral qualities ; ye are base ungrateful creatures : and, if a fellow- creature were to treat you as you treat your God, you would abhor him utterly. O repent, and embrace the mercy that is yet offered you ! or else you will find that He, who is true to his promises, will be true to his threatenings also.]
2. Are there amongst you some who desire to praise the Lord ?
[We believe it ; we rejoice in it : we pray to God to