8-12). Finds a gro.nder fulfilment under the gospel, and will be perfectly fulfilled in the lo.Uer days. IV. Goo's FAITHFULNERB IN I,'tJ'LFILLING BIB PROMISl!:1'1 TO BIS CHURCH. There are things which seem too great to be possible-too good to be trne. It may be so with man, but not with God. Eternal Wisdom cannot err. Absolute trnth cannot alter. Omnipotent love cannot fail.-F. Ver. 21.-The soul's response to the gospel call. "I will go also." 'l'his resolu- tion is- I. PERSONAL. "I." Religion is a thing between the soul and God. We are brought face to face with Christ in the gospel. Free and responsible. Must decide for ourselves. II. RESULT OF CONVICTION. Many careless, some anxious, others almost' persuaded_ He who says, "I will go," bas considered the question, and made up his mind on evidence which to him is satisfactory and convincing. "God is with you." III. PROMPTLY AND THOROUGHLY CARRIED OUT. Not a mere thought, or impulse, or sentiment. Not the result of transitory feelings in times of excitement. But the expression outwardly of the change wrought within-of the heart won to Christ (Ps. cxix. 59, 60). IV. FORTIFIED BY THE SYMPATHY AND APPROVAL OF ALL THE GOOD. We crave sympathy. Alliance with others gives courage, especially at the outset. The fellow- ship of the saints intensifies our best emotions and increases our purest joys. V. LEADING TO A TRUE AND NOBLE LIFE.-F. Ver. 23.-Right representation. Much depends on whether religion is rightly repre- sented. In order to be attractive, the representation should be- I. AGREEABLE TO REASON. An irrational religion cannot stanci Christ and bis apostles constantly appeal to the moral judgment. II. CONGRUOUS TO MAN'S NECESSITIES. There is a certain condition of things. The feeling and the cry of sin. The craving for reconciliation with God. Aspirations after holiness. The longing for confirmed tranquillity. The gospel must be shown to meet these needs. III. IN HARMONY WITH TIIE SPIRIT OF CHRIST. Christ is the ~ospel. Those who witness for Christ mW!t take heed that their witness is true. ·we behold in Christ utter truth, disinterested love, self-sacrificing earnestness, supreme sympathy with God. IV. CONFIRMED BY THE CHARACTER AND LIFE OF ITS PROFESSORS. Conduct is tbv test of faith. The truth is identified with its advocates. To get others to believe, we must show that we believe ourselves. Life is better than doctrine. To do good, we must be good. Gehazi would never have won Naaman. Lot failed to move bis sons-in-law. At home and abroad, Christianity is suffering from the faithlessness of Christians. V. VERIFIED D"I'. THE DIVINE EFFECTS WHICH IT PRODUCES. "God is with you" (of. 1 Cor. xiv. 25). 'l'he gospel is its own best witness.-F.
•Vers. 1-6.-The blessed community of men yet to appear on the earth. "Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury," etc. This chapter does not commence a new subject, but continues the subject of the pre- ceding one. The awful consequences of disregarding the will of Heaven had often been set forth by the prophets; and here, in this chapter, we have the assurance of the renewal of Divine favour to those who had returned from the Captivity. Without con- cerning ourselves with" times and seasons," it is clear that in this section of Scripture there is sketched a state of human society which has never yet existed on the earth, and which is not likely to appear for many centuries, if not millenniums hence. It is to this community, o.e herein pictured, that I desire to call the attention of my reatlers. The following facts are eminently noteworthy in relation to this blessed community. I. HERE IS A COMMUNITY SPECIALLY INTERESTING TO THE GREAT Gon. "Again the worn of tho Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was Jealous for Zion \\'i th great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury." The M TRE IlOOK OF ZECHARIAH. [OH, Vlll, 1-28,