joy to those only who live nigh to God, and devote themselves unreservedly to his service. To those who give to God only a divided heart, it can administer no solid comfort. Indeed they are less happy than the ignorant ungodly world; for, whilst their profession keeps them from enjoying the vanities of the world, their distance from God prevents them from having any delight in him : so that there is nothing but an aching void, or a corroding anguish, in their hearts. O ye professors of godli- ness, either follow not the Lord at all, or " follow him fully." Live nigh to him, and walk with him, as Enoch did, and you shall never be disappointed of your hope : you shall never find that " he is a wilderness to you;" but you shall have the light of his countenance lifted up upon you, and " your mouth shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, whilst you are praising him with joyful lips."
But we trust that many do really experience all the blessed- ness of true piety : and they will need no exhortation to diffuse the blessings which they themselves enjoy. The wine and milk which they find so nutritious and comforting to their own souls, they will gladly impart to others. Combine then, brethren, your energies for that purpose. The whole world, except a small inclosure, is at this hour a wilderness. The Jewish people, with all their advantages, have reduced themselves almost to a level with the Gentile world : for whilst the Gen- tiles are " without God," the Jews are " without Christ, and therefore without hope" of ultimate acceptance before God. They believe not that Jesus is their Messiah ; and therefore, as Jesus has said, " they die in their sins." O! rise ye as one man, and hold out to them the cup of salvation ; and labour by all possible means to lead them to the " living Fountain of waters," that they may drink thereof, and live for ever.]