loud and as melodious as any saint in heaven, sing- ing, " Salvation to God and to the Lamb." Is there so much as one of you that can think of this, and not exclaim, *' Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! " Let the thought of these things, my brethren, encourage you to perse- vere : the conflict cannot be very long ; but how glorious the triumph ! Consider this, I beseech you ; that you " may fight the good fight of faith, and quit yourselves like men." Go on, " strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus ;" and doubt not, but that you shall find the grace of Christ as sufficient for you as it has been for him ; and that what Christ has been to others in former ages, he will be to you, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.
Heb. xiii. 9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace.
TRUTH lieth not on the surface, but must be sought after with diligence. This is true in every science; but most of all true in rehgion. In all other sciences, intellectual powers only are required : in religion, there must be integrity of heart, and a sincere desire to do, as well as to know, the will of God. To other knowledge there is no obstruction from within : if only there be a sufficiency of inform- ation and of capacity to comprehend it, truth will make its way into the mind of those who seek it. But to the progress of religious truth there are many obstacles in the heart of man ; many prejudices, many passions, many interests present a barrier to obstruct its entrance into the soul : and these must be in a great measure removed, before the light of truth can break through the clouds which intercept its rays. Yet in one respect is religious truth of easier attainment than any other : for to the acquisition