pleasure of his goodness, if we will look to him, and commit our cause into his gracious hands. He will not leave us or forsake us, any more than he forsook and abandoned the7n : and "in our weakness is he willing to perfect his own strength," as much as he ever did in theirs. There is no trial to which lue can be subjected, that was not experienced by them in their day ; nor was there any succour afforded to them, that shall not be dispensed to us also in the hour of need. They in their day envied those who had gone before them, as you do them : and in a little time will others arise to envy you, when your warfare shall be finished, and your blessedness be complete. Remember that "He who sitteth on the throne" is as much interested for you as ever as he was for them; and that " the Lamb " is as tender over you as ever he was over them. Only rest on a promise-keeping God, and he will never fail you. He has promised that " none shall pluck you out of his hands;" but that he will preserve you unto his "hea- venly kingdom :" and " faithful is He who hath called you ; who also will do it."]
Rev. ix. 15 — 17. And the seventh angel sounded: and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this itorld are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty eiders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, JVe give thee thanks, 0 Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power , and hast reigned.
WE read of our blessed Lord weeping over Jeru- salem, in the contemplation of the guilt they had contracted by their misimprovement of his mercies, and the heavy judgments which were about to be in- flicted on them. And, in* truth, wherever we turn our eyes, whether towards the Heathen or the Chris- tian world, we see but too just occasion to weep over their unhappy state. It is almost impossible to behold the uiaversal reign of sin and Satan, and not to participate the feelings of David, when he said, " Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because
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