your losses shall be repaid a hundredfold in this life be^des I proportionable weight of glory in the woilc^ o come
Thousands can attest the truth of this " ^3°f ^^'
better part, which shaU never be taken away from jou !] 3. Those who are engaged in following the Lord— [Though you may not be called, as preachers to be " fishers of men," yet in your several stations God will make vou instrumental to the salvation of men. A holy hie will operate on many who would never have been wrought upon by the preached word^. None prove such stumbling-blocks as you, if your lives be unsuitable to your profession, and none such blessings, if you walk worthy of your high calling — -- — " Seek therefore more and more to adorn the doctrine ot Crod our Saviour in all things ^"]
P Mark x. 28—30. i 1 Pet. iii. 1, 2.
^ Matt. v. 13. 2 Cor. iii. 2, 3. 1 Pet. ii. 12, 15.
Matt. V. 1—4. And seeing the mnltiliides, he jvent up into a mountain : and when he ivas set, his disciples came unto him : and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : for the// shall be comforted.
THERE is no portion of the Holy Scriptures for which mankind at large express so great a reverence, as that which is called the Sermon on the Mount. Some exalt it in opposition to the rest of the sacred volume, and affirm, that we need not attend to any other part. This is certainly wrong, since every part of that blessed book is given by inspiration from God. On the other hand, there are some who would get rid of it altogether, by supposing that it was addressed to the Apostles only, and that common Christians have nothing to do with it. But these also do greatly err : for, not to mention that the Apostles were not yet chosen from among the disciples ; the very declara- tion of St. Matthew, at the end of this discourse, shews that it was spoken to all the- people^. The multitudes
a Matt. vii. 28.