somed to pass over '^?" Yes, " they shall go o\ev dry -shod ^i' As the Hebrew Youths in the furnace " had not so much as the smell of fire pass upon them," so shall the whole body, of the Redeemed escape from their trials without even the shadow t)f an injury sustained by them. We cannot conceive a greater disparity than between Pharaoh with his " six hun- dred chariots of war," and the unarmed hosts of Israel with a million of women and children to protect : but God was on their side : and God is on our side too : and " it is not his will that one of his little ones should perish '." It matters not how numerous or poter^t our enemies may be: let us only fear " the King of saints," and confide in him ; and we shall soon "behold them all dead upon the sea-shore"."]
What the Redeemed in their song inculcate as so reasonable, they look forward to as certainly to be accomplished in due season throughout the whole earth —
[This is very particularly insisted on in the song of Moses : " The people shall hear and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed : the mighty men of Moab, tremb- ling, shall take hold upon them: all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. Fear and dread shall fall on them : and the Lord shall reign for ever and ever"." So shall our adorable Redeemer be feared throughout the whole earth, as it is said in the words following my text, " All nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments ^ (thy saving truths) are made manifest." The obligation to fear and glorify our blessed Lord is becoming more extensively known: and the time is not far distant now when it shall be universally known and universally acknowledged. The wonderful works that he has wrought shall not be heard so partially and with such indiflerence as they now are: the glad tidings of Redemption shall be carried to the utmost ends of the earth, and " all flesh shall see the salvation of God:" " All kings shall fall down before him ; all nations shall serve him." Blessed prospect! worthy to be celebrated by the heavenly hosts ! and wortliy of the incessant attention of every Child of man!]
And now let me ask. Who will not fear and glorify our redeeming God?
[Are any of yoU who are here present prepared to sa}', that he does not deserve this tribute at your hands? What
would
' Isai. li. 10. •• Isai. xi. 15, ' Matt, xviii. 14.
" Exod. xiv. 30. * Exod. xv. 14 — 18. * diKctiafiXTu.