worm like unto yourselves ; for the word, however weakly delivered, is God's, and not mine : and therefore I beseech you to " receive it with meekness as an engrafted word, able to save your souls."]
2. In reference to the general subject of Missions — [What can we need to recommend the office of a jNIis- sionary, when we see it executed by an angel from heaven ? Suppose he had been commissioned to inquire for an assistant, who amongst us would not have volunteered his services? Or, if he had felt the need of pecuniary aid, whoM-ould not gladly have contributed to the utmost of his power? Methinks, the Society now estabhshed in our Church, in concurrence with other Societies of a similar nature, is that angel from heaven : and the voice of that Society, like that of Jehovah himself, is, " Who will go for us ?" Are there not then many amongst you ready to say, " Here am I ; send me ?" Would to God I could see such a zeal in the midst of you ! Would to God that you were all, like that blessed angel, ready to deny your- selves, and make every sacrifice for the honour of your God ! In the early ages of Christianity such a zeal was common ; insomuch that the knowledge of Christ was in the space of thirty or forty years diffused through all the Roman empire : but now for these 1700 years how little has been done towards the evangehzing of the world ! Alas ! not one sixth of the world knows so much as even the name of Christ ; and of them, a very, very small portion, it is to be feared, knows him to any good effect. I call upon you then to awake from the supineness in which you have lien, and, by redoubled exer- tions, to redeem the time that has been lost, and the character of the Church to which you belong. The time for us to work is surely come ; and if we enter into the sacred cause with suitable affection, we shall at least have the happiness of sow- ing what, at a future period, we may expect to produce an abundant harvest.]