connected series of prophecies we ought to feel the greatest obligations.
There is however one prophet in particular whose name we cannot possibly pass over in silence ; — 1 mean, the Prophet David. He has committed to writing all the secret workings of his heart, under all the diversified conditions into which he was brought, and has given to the Church this invaluable record, that all future saints, into whatever situation they might be brought, might be comforted and edified by his example. Where is there a child of God in the whole universe that does not account the Psalms of David his richest treasure ? Who does not read them, and meditate upon them, and find them as marrow and fatness to his soul ? Who that has any true religion in his soul, does not find the Psalms the means of his communication with heaven; the ladder, by which he daily, and as it were hourly, ascends to God ? Is this no benefit ? or is the conferring of it no ground of obligation ? Verily the man to whom the name of David is not dear, evinces, that he has no taste for heavenly things, no just discernment of what is truly excellent.
It will of course be expected, that we should not overlook the Apostles, those faithful instructors in the whole counsel of God, and those bright examples of all holy obedience. What did not they endure, that they might carry the Gospel to the Gentiles ? How did they go throughout all the known world, in labours most abundant, and in deaths oft, " not counting their lives dear unto them, so that they might but fulfil the ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus, and testify the Gospel of the grace of God!" How many millions are now bless- ing God for them in heaven ! How many too are daily adoring God for them on earth, for all the light of their instructions, and all the benefit of their ex- amples ! If those who have extended the blessings of civilization, of liberty, and of science, are called benefactors, what name shall we find whereby to testify our gratitude to the Apostles, for all the light,