them to accept Him who is of more value than ten thousand worlds, they turn a deaf ear to our most importunate entreaties. See, ye unbelievers, see your extreme folly ! and remember, that the day is coming, when that rejection of Christ, in which you now glory, will become the ground of your bitterest lamentation.]
2. The unspeakable benefit of faith —
[There are many things which put a considerable diffe- rence between one man and another. The influence of wealth and dignity exalts some far above the level of their fellow- creatures. The acquisition of knowledge and wisdom has no less effect in elevating the characters and conditions of men. But all the distinctions in the universe do not avail to dignify a man so much as faith. Faith brings Christ into the soul, and puts the poorest of men into the possession of " unsearchable riches." Faith makes him, from a child of the devil, a child of God ; from an heir of misery, an heir of glory. Faith elevates him from death to life, from infamy to honour, from hell to heaven. " Faith, even though it be small as a grain of mustard-seed," produces all these wonderful effects. Cultivate then, my brethren, this divine principle. Labour to have it in more continued exercise. Let Christ, the greatest object of faith, be more and more precious to your soul. Thus shall you be really the most distinguished characters on earth, and ere long " inherit the kingdom prepared for you by your heavenly Father."]