hates, and walking in all things as Christ walked : see it uniting in the bonds of tenderest love the whole family of Christ : see it stirring up every member of that family to activity in all the duties of his place and station, that none shall have any fault to find against him, or any negligence to lay to his charge : and lastly, see it bringing him into a state of habitual fellowship with his God, and a blessed foretaste of the glory that shall be revealed. Is not this good ? Is not this lovely ? Yes, inexpressibly lovely is it : and if men " see not a beauty and a comeliness in it for which it is to be desired," it is because " they are blinded by the god of this world1." O beloved, seek to recommend the Gospel, by thus imbibing its spirit, and exhibiting its efficacy in your lives. Let not your hatred of sin, or your love of holiness, be questioned for one moment : but press forward in the habitual exercise of humble love, of unremitting diligence, and of unshaken constancy; " that men, seeing your good works, may glorify your Father who is in heaven."]
1 2 Cor. v. 4.
Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice ivith them that do rejoice, and weep with
them that weep.
AS creatures, we have many duties to perform towards our Creator : and, as members of one uni- versal family, we have duties also towards each other. We all participate one common lot. The present state is subject to great varieties of good and evil ; and all in their turn experience occasional alternations of joy and sorrow, of elevation and depression. In these successive changes, we naturally look for some to sympathize with us. We expect, that they who are partakers of humanity, should feel some interest in our affairs : and, if we find no one that has a heart in unison with our own, we seem to ourselves as out- casts from the human race. Now the dispositions which we expect to find exercised towards us, we are called to exercise towards others. The joys and sorrows of others should, as it were by sympathy, be