due time " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea :" and we have reason to believe that that time is fast approaching. Behold with what astonishing rapidity the work has been carried forward of late ! In this land, schools have been set on foot for the education of the poor ; so that in a little time we may hope they will be esta- blished in almost every town and village in the kingdom. At the same time, Bibles have been so liberally dispersed, that no poor person who desires to possess that heavenly treasure, needs to continue destitute of it. A similar kind of spirit has been diffused through other countries, where even crowned heads"1 are contributing to advance the glorious cause. Above all, the very same means as Providence used for the speedy establish- ment of Christianity throughout the Roman empire, are at this moment provided against the time that the Spirit shall be poured out to convert the world. At the Passover, the Jews throughout divers countries assembled at Jerusalem, and went home to report what they had seen and heard respecting the death and resurrection of Christ. At the day of Pentecost they did the same, in reference to the ascension of Christ, and the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the instantaneous conver- sion of thousands to the faith of Christ. Reporting these things in their respective cities, they prepared the way for the ministry of the Apostles, and excited the greatest attention to them. Thus at this day, Jews are spread over all the earth, and for their use the New Testament is translated into Hebrew, at the same time that translations are groins forward into all the languages of the world ; insomuch that we may hope, in the space of twenty or thirty years, there will be scarcely a nation that shall not possess the Scriptures, or at least a considerable portion of them, in their own language. Moreover, there is a society formed for the express purpose of converting the Jews, and of educating their children in the Christian faith. If then God be pleased to send forth his Spirit upon the Jews by means of the Scriptures which are translated into their language, there will be missionaries without number already found in every country under heaven, conversant with the habits and languages of the people among whom they dwell, and able to explain to them the Scriptures which have been previously translated into their respective tongues. What a glorious prospect does this open to us ! O that God would even now pour forth his Spirit upon all flesh, that " his word might run and be glorified throughout the earth ! "]
m The Emperor of Russia, and the Kings of Prussia, Sweden, &c.