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acquisitions but " as dung and dross, in comparison of them." This was, beyond all doubt, the judgment of the Apostle Paul, who says of all his high privi- leges and attainments, " What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ ; yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lordm." To this same judgment and experience I would invite all who hear me this day : for, what is there under heaven that can be compared with these riches? It is much to be lamented, that the great mass, even of those who read the Scriptures, content themselves with a very superficial view of all the wonders contained in them. But I would that the riches of redeeming love were sought out by every one of us with all diligence ; and treasured up in our minds as of inesti- mable value. It is by these that the souls of men are enriched ; and by these that they are adorned. It is by " beholding, with an unveiled face, the glory of Christ, that we are changed into his image, from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord":" and it is " by comprehending the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, of his unbounded love, that we are filled with all the fulness of God0." I do there- fore again invite you to contemplate this subject, and to explore the riches of divine wisdom contained in it: I would also have you experience in your souls the riches of its power ; that, being transported with a sense of God's grace and love, you may enjoy, in all its fulness, " the glorious gospel of the blessed