would you have thought of an Israelite who should have made such an assertion at the Red Sea ? And, if you would have condemned him as a graceless and ungrateful wretch what must you think of yourselves, who have experienced such infinitely richer mercy at his hands ? O come ; come and stand upon this sea of glass : hehold its waves all calmed and smooth as crystal itself: see the coruscations of the cloud, and the impress of the Deity himself upon it : reflect on what has been wrought for you. Ponder the height and depth and length and breadth of the incomprehensible love contained in it : take your harps : tune them to the songs of the Redeemed above : begin the song of Moses and the Lamb : join, with however feeble notes, the choir above : and look forward to the day when you shall strike your harps even as they do ; and your notes shall be heard as loud and as melodious as any of theirs. O blessed day! " Look for it: hasten to it." It is but a little time longer, that you have to contend with principalities and powers. Your vic- tory over them is sure ; and shall speedily be consummated. Your enemies are following you indeed, as Pharaoh did, saying, " I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil: my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword ; my hand shall destroy them." But, in a little mo- ment, *' God will blow with his wind ; and the sea shall cover them : and they shall sink as lead in the mighty waters ^" To the weakest amongst you all, is this consolatory message sent : " Fear thou not ; for I am with thee : be not dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right-hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded : they shall be as no- thing: and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee : they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought ^" May this glorious consummation speedily be accomplished! Even so, Amen, and Amen !]
* Exod. XV. 9, 10. * Isai. xli. 10—12.