cannot possibly be done without it : funds will be raised ; and many will be stirred up to join with you, who would neither have inclination nor ability to do much in a way of solitary effort : and, if God has given to any one a talent of wealth or influence, let him improve it to the uttermost. It is scarcely to be conceived how much a single individual may effect, provided he set himself diligently to the work. God has said he will " bring his people one of a city and two of a family," yea, that " he will bring them to Zion one by one." And if only one be brought from darkness unto light, and from death to life, it is worth all our efforts : for one single soul is of greater value than the whole world. Let us up then, and be doing; for the Lord is with us : and if we see not immediately all the effect we could wish, we have the satisfaction of knowing that God approves of the desire, and that, like David, we are gathering stones which our suc- cessors shall erect into a temple of the Lord.
But let it not content us to proselyte the Jews to mere nominal Christianity. It is to no purpose to bring their bones together, and cover them with flesh, unless their souls be made alive to God, and they become living members of Christ's mystical body. In the close of the chapter from whence our text is taken, God informs us what is to characterize the conversion of the Jews to Christ : " David, my servant, (that is, the Lord Jesus Christ,) shall be King over them ; and they shall all have one Shep- herd : my servant David shall be their Prince for ever. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them ; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them : and my tabernacle also shall be with them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.1"' Yes, this is vital Christianity; this is the only true religion that can benefit us ; and therefore it is that to which we must endeavour to convert them. I ask of you, my Brethren, What is it that comforts you, but a view of the everlasting covenant, " ordered in all things and sure ?" What is it that enables you
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