alms-deeds of Cornelius, would rise as a memorial before Him that sees in secret. And thus you might not only know an increase of religious experience, and religious enjoyment, but also contribute to the prevalence of that Power, which is the crown of our most solemn assemblies.

But, by settling down into a belief, that there is nothing for you to do-you will deprive yourselves of that improvement, usefulness in Society, and peace of mind, which would otherwise be your portion. It is not always from among the most wise, according to the wisdom of this world,nor from those who possess the brightest natural talents, that religion has found its ablest advocates, or christianity its brighest ornaments. Suffer therefore your

minds to be aroused from that state of ease, into which you many have fallen-not to an unqualified activity in the church, but to an entire submission to the renovating power of Truth. You will find that a remembrance of God, and a submission to the regulating, sanctifying operations of his Spirit, will not interrupt the right order of your domestic concerns. But through the seasoning virtue and illuminating nature of that influence, which would regulate your feelings and direct your conduct, you would take your portion of that character, which our Lord gave of his disciples, when he called them "the salt of the earth," and "the light of the world."

What if your opportunities of improvement may have been limited-or your capacities, in your own estimation, be small-or your natural energies already begun to decline? you have souls to be saved or lost-you have no continuing city here, and are bound, by the most solemn obligations, to prepare for the final change; "and so much the more as ye see the day approaching." In that very preparation for the world to come, from which no age

nor condition in life can exempt you-you will experience a preparation for the various duties that devolve upon you, in civil and religious society.

Whatever may be our name, as to religious profession-whatever our stations in the militant church, the closing address of the apostle, on a very interesting occasion, may be suitably applied: "I commend you to God, and to the word of his Grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." Acts 20. 32.

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