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Un des symboles suivants eppara?tra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole -^signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtro filrn6s A des taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est filmi & partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. ] 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ol'^ THE SIJSTENTATION OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRY. / A SERMON PREACHED AT THE OPENING OF THE SYNOD or Tuu FREE CHURCH OF NOVA-SCOTIA, AT HALIFAX, JUNE 25Tn, 1851. BY THE REV. ALEXANDER FORRESTER, 0»i rUBLISUKJ) AT THE KEQUEST Od^ THE SYMOl). HALIFAX, N0VA-S('OTL\ : rUlNTEl) BY JAMES BAll^'ES, 170 IIOLLIg STKEET. 1851. If: ,f -i* m ^■¥ \ * THE A S us TEN TAT J ON OF THE GOSPEL MINISTRY. A SERMON rREACHED AT THE OPKNINC;; OF THE SYNOD OF TIIK FREE CHURCH OF NOVA-SCOTIA, AT HALIFAX, JUNE 20rn, 1861. BY THE REV. ALEXANDER FORKESTEll. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNOD. .->^ i «ii^W ^^ < *StttA[^; aiul as he that threshetb throsheth in hope of th\' wages for \Yhich lie af^roed : so wo who aro. the Lord's plowmen, labouring together wiih him for a rich harvest of soul.^, have every ground to hope ibr a livelihood from our labours. liut the Apostle rises a step higher, and argues, from the excellence and superi- ority of spiritual things, to those that are carnal, the reasonableness of a competent maintenance for Ministers, seeing that they gave iniinitely more than a compensation for all they get. " If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your carnal things?" But lest any should object to this view on the ground that he and lianiabas were not resident Pastors at Corinth, U)e Apostle shows that even in this case they were not to limit their assistance to those who might be regularly stationed amongst them, but that they ought to° extend it to those who, at any time, might have proved useful to^hem, or to any other portion of the Churcli of God— •' If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless ' we have not used this power, but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ." But the Apostle rises a step higher still, and makes bis Fast appeal to the expressed mind of God under the Old Testament dispensation. The tribe of Levi, it is well known, was, under that eco- nomy, specially set apart to the oiilce of tlio Ministry. To that tribe there was no inlieritance allotted in the land of Canaan. The Lord was to be their inheritance, and accordingly we find that He made provision for a tenth of all being the special property of the Priesthood. And un- der these circumstances St. Paul puts the question, " Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live of the things of the tem- ple, and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ?" So that they needed not, as other men to labour with their hands to get bread to eat.And now the grand conclusion is drawn.God's will is the same under the New Testament as it was under the Old. The Lord Jesus Christ as the Head of the Church, has appointed a standing Ministry, and has determined that that Ministry shall be maintained by those who wait on it. Accordingly, when in the days of his flesh He sent forth his disci- ples to preach, ' that the kingdom of heaven was at hand,' he command- ed them to provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass in their purse, nor gcrip for their journey, neither two coats, neithei shoes nor yet staves. •' for the workman is worthy of his meat," or, as it is in the parallel pas- sage of Luke's Gospel, "for the workman is worthy of his hire." And with what propriety then does theApostle wind up his argumentby saying, "P>- en so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Crospel." Wc might quote many such passages. We might turn up ■lUE sUaTKNTATIOS OK the various Epi^tJo?, luul show j-ou that thei-e U scarcely one iit which you will not find these and similar statements. ■• Let hliu that is taught in the woi'd, communicate to him that teacheth in all ijood ihinr^s." — "Now, yc rhilippiani, know also that in t!ie beginning of tlie Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church coinmunicaled with me, ad concerning giving and receiving, but ye only." But there is no need of enlarging. Enough has surely been said to satisfy every reasonable man that the support of the Ministers of the Gospel is an ordinance of God, and that for far higher and nobler purposes than the mere preser- vation of their bodies, or t!ie promotion of the temporal comfort of them- .selvesand familicis— (iven for the maintenenceand propagation ofthe truth through the entire dedication of all the faculties and energies of their mind, and of all the members of their body, to the cause and service of God. And how admirably iitted is this [arrangement to display and il- lustrate, on the one hand, the Sovereign Proprietorship of God, alike in temporal as in spiritual things, as well as, on the other hand, to che- rish and foster a sense of our dependence upon Gcd, And, therefore, it is fhat those who are faithful and diligent in the discharge of this duty, are represented as honouring God, whilst those who are not, are unhe- uitatingly pronounced guilty of the llagrant sin of robbing Ilim. And, still more, how admirably fitted is this arrangement, to serve as an ex- pression or token of our gratitude to God for blessings received, as well as to demonstrate our appreciation of spiritual and divine things; and therefore, it is that Paul, in commending the conduct of the Church at Philippi, for their liberality towards him, with much beauty and signi- ficance throws in the clause, " Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account." And such being the divine or- dination on this important matter, how shall we characterize the con- duct ot those professing Christians, who look upon it as entirely an op- tional thing, whether thty contribute of their means for the support of the Gospel or not. And still more, riow low and mercenary are the no- tions of those who regard the whole matter of the Sustentation of the Ministry as nothing more than a mere mercantile transaction, a mere pecuniary arrangement, which, if implemented with any thing like ex- actit ide, entitles them to the highest approbation, nay, to be considered as possessed of no ordinary charity and liberality. II. The Bible link laid doivnfor the practical application of this di- vine ordinance. -—This is a point that has given rise to no small amount of discussion, and, in not a few cases, to much casuistical perplexity.— There are, indeed, few professing Christians who do not admit it to be their duty to give of their snh;Uance nnto the Lord, and for the LoviV^ i THE GO!«PKI. MIMSTRT. cause. But as to ih-. piaclical application of ll.i=* duty, as to the mea- sure or proportion of their substance that ought to be devcted to such purposes, the greatest diversity of opinion prevails. There is no dehn.te proportion enjoined eit!«cr in the Old or New Testament. It is no <]oubt true, that bcth undei the Patriarchal and Jewish dispensations, a tenth of all was strictly enjoined to be devoted to religious purfoses.-- But this exact proportion was evidently imposed by reason of the cir- cumstances in which the Church was then placed, and abolished when these circumstances were removed. And are we then really lelt, with- out any scriptural rule or guide in this important matter ." Quite the reverse Here, as in oiher departments of christian obligation, there is a grand leading principle laid down, sufficient for the guidance and di- rection of any simple-minded and honest-heartod Christian; and that principle plainly is, that every one is to give nccordinff to his aUhty.- This was the principle recognised and acted upon in the Old Testament times. At the three annual solemnities of the Jews, for example, when all the males were required to go up to Jerusalem, it was strictly enjoin- ed that none should appear empty. And what was the amount of the offering that was to be cast into the Treasury of the Lord? "Every man," says Moses, " shall give according as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee." The same principle is laid down and enforced in the New Testament. Take a sam- ple-" Upon the first day of the week," saith Paul to the Church at Co- rinth, " every one of you shall lay by him in store, as the Lord hath pros- pered kim, that there be no gatherings when I come." " For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that he hath, and not according to that he Lath not." And more generally, « For I mean not that other men be eased and you bu-dened, but by an equality, that now »t this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance may also be a supply for your want, that there may be equal- ty." Thus, it is clear, there is no prescribed positive proportion of our substance that we are commanded to give unto the Lord,neither a fifth,nor a tenth, nor a fifteenth, nor a twentieth. Each is to give according to his ability, according as the Lord hath prospered him. And what a glorious principle this ! Is not it in full keeping with the whole spirit and genius of Christianity— even the mak- ing of the outward conduct the vehicle or the expression of the internal emotion? Is not it illustrative of the righteousness and grace of God, while it constitutes an admirable touchstone for testing the validity of our fiith, and the genuineness of our love ? I8 it nol- pre-cminently fitted to subserve the interests of Imraanuers kingdoas, 8 rni: s^lstintatiux of whilst it ministers to the purest gratiticalion and the truest blessedness of those \"ho have haon experimentally tuutjlit the truthfulness of the saying, " It is more blessed to give than ta receive ?" Is it not fitted to advance, in no ordinary degree, the catholicity and the unity of the Christian Cliurch ? And oh I the giant power of this principle, when allowed free and unfettered scope. Behold its operation in the erection of the ancient tabernacle I Such was its buoyant success, that Moses required even to restrain the people from bringing more. Behold its influence on occasion of the Pentecostal effusion ! "For as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that v»'ere sold, and laid them down at the Apostle's feet, and dis- tribution was made unto every man, according as he had need." Be- }joId its trauscendant effects on the Churches of Macedonia ! " How that in a great trial of afflictions, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded into the riches of their liberality. For to their pow- er, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves, praying us with much entreaty, that we would receive the gift." Behold its exhibition in more recent times, in the history of the Parent Church, for though it be just about eight yeai'S since the Church of Sco'land became dis-established, she has had thrown into her treasury during that period, the munificent sum of Two Million Four Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand Pounds, being about a Thousand Pounds every day, and the past year she has raised, for pure- ly Missionary objects, not less than Eight Thousand Pounds more than she has yet done during any year of her existence. And this principle will, we believe, go on, striking its roots yet more deeply, and extending its branches yet more widely, if that Church but knows the day of her merciful visitation, and is faithful in her allegiance to her glorified King. And why but just because ii possesses a self-gonerating, and a self-propagating power. Like the Banana Tree of the East, of which we read so much, it grows but to fasten itself yet more firmly in the soil of the human heart. And what is ihe effect of the full operation of this principle on the [Ministers of the Gospel themselves? Does it minister to their indolence and inactivity, or to their own personal and family aggrandizement ? No 1 No I It but tends to ranke them more frugal and more economical in their temporal aflairs — it but inspires them with greater vigour in the work in which they are engaged, for they too, by the grace of God, Imvo realized the melting and soul sub- duing influence of this principle, and in its purest gratification they itand prepared to make themselves the servants of all, that they m>gov.', conven- «rofti>e Sustentation l-'und Committee, in his report of that Fund laid before the recent meetinc; of th»' General Assembly of the Free Church ■?>f S.ootlfind. It 50 Imppencd that about t^o moiithsj before the Disrup* JO IHE gLSTKNTATJON OF tion, he ^^Dr. Buclmnan) and another Gentleman, Iiad occasion lo confer with Dr. Chalmers about some other matter connected with the proceed- i ngs of that memorable period. It was in his private room in the Uni- versity. " Fresh from the chair," says Dr. Buchanan in his report, " where he had been delivering one of his noble theological prelections, his very first salutation to us, as he hastily entered the little apartment, was, — " Well, gentlemen, what are you doing about the associations for raising funds ?" With feelings, not unnatural, perhaps, in our position, we told him we had taken no part in the forming of such associations at all. We were preparing to relincjuish the emoluments of our office, at the call of conscience and of Christ, and we shrunk from even the ap- pearance of busying ourselves about the provision that was to come in their room. Instead of complimenting us on this state of feeling, he had no patience with it, and broke out upon us in a tone of the most vehe- ment expostulation. lie would not so much us look at our personal con- cern in the matter at all. As for our martyr-like spirit, or high Chris- tian chivalry, as we might think ii, he treated it without a particle of ceremony. It was standing in the way, not merely of a great future good, but of a present and paramount duty; and this was enough to make it almost odious m his eyes. What was the worth of our testimony for the headship of Christ, and for the spiritual liberties of Jlis Church, if means were not taken to perpetuate it, and to make it serviceable to the great work for which alone the Church of Christ exists ?— the work of converting sinners and edifying the saints of God. We were about to renounce the endowments of the State, because we could no longer retain them with a good conscience towards God. But was our Church, for that reason, to abandon its mission? — was it to go tamely t.^ the wall, and to leave Erastianism and JVIoderatism in the sole possession of the field ? — or was it, on the contrary, to become more than ever a great and glorious instrument for difiusing true religion and vital godliness through- out the land and throughout the wn-M ? This was the point of view in which that remarl ..ble man contemplated the Sustentation Fund. As for the little delicacies of men's personal feelings, ho brushed them aside like so many cobwebs, in prosecuting the grand achievement on which he had set his heart. Like Nehemiah, h? was doing a great work ; and he could not come down to discuss little questions as to what onlookers might think or say about their motives or designs. That interview made A deep impression on my mind. T felt myself rebuked by the utterance of these noble sentim«:nts." And now, do you auk, what is the duty of the office-bcArers of the vjUUrcU- ^lunittri's r.-ldc!?; and iJoHi'nt!? iu con upr !!<>!'. u'i'h tliii itii'srjra I THE GO^PEI. MINI3TRT. ** unt matter ? To this question we reply, 1, They ought strenuously and perseveringly to spare no pains, in public and in private by the.r words, and by their example, In enlightening the mmds of those over whom the Holy Cxhost hath made them overseers, on the solemn obliga- tion of their giving unto the Lord, as the Lord hath prospered them.-- Whitever be the charges of worldly-mindednesi that may be brou-ht a'^ainst them in the prosecution of such a work, whatever be the insinuations of seliishness that may be thrown out by not a few profess- in- Christians, when Ministers exhort their flocks to redoubled effort Hud steady persevePonce in such a cause, let them still hold on in the ex- erci«e of faith and prayer. Let them ever and anon appeal to the high warrant and authority they possess,-that,in adopting such a course,they are but following out the will .nd direction of Him, whose are the gold and the silver, and the cattle upon a thousand hills, and who is Head o- ver all to his body the Church. Let them cite the preceptive mtimati. ons of God's lively oracles on this subje-^t, and dwell on the high promi- nence it there holds. Lot them point to the conduct ot the Apostles, and especially to the Great Apostle of the Gentiles. No one will charge Paul with selfidiness, and yet how frequently, and with what earneat- ness, does he urge the Churches he addressed to a diligent and faithful discharcre of their obligation in supporting divine ordinances, as an ob- li.ation°imposed upon them, not by the will of man, but by the dictate of eternal wisdom and love. Lot the olfice-bearers themselves seek to b. more deeply imbued with the spirit of Paul in this matter, and thu., whilst fre^h vigour will be infused into their own souls, they will be ani- mated by a more resolute determination to declare the whole counsel of God, whether men will hear or forbear. 2nd. The office-bearers of the Church ought to insist upon the bene- fits that will result from liberaiity in the support of religious ordinances. It is through these ordinances that we have any warrant to expect the bestowment of the blessings of the (iospel salvation. The Lord Jesus Chrisi halh instituted these ordinances for this very purpose, and has pled-ed his faithfulness to render them efficacious. These oidinance.. arc visible, and must be upheld and extended by external and secular means. Upon man has devolved the responsibility of domg all this, by giving ot his worldly property ; and according to his liberality will these ordinances be maintained and increased. If, then, these onlinances are the divinely constituted channeU lor the con- veyance of heavenly grace, in all its exhilarating influence to the soul, how loud the call addressed to all who have any senfe of the value of {jjgt „5.«„.^ t« rontril.'ut* accofd-'ij to their ability, yea. and beyond ihcir 1^ THK SCdTKNTATION O* power, for their mainteuarice and extension. This is the view which the ofiice-beai'eri of the Church shoulj urge and press upon all. They should expatiate on the rich and saii.-rying blessings ilowing through these ordinances, and labour to .show that however important these ordi- nances may be, thej are. so chiefly becau.^e t!-cy are ihc vuhioles of con- veying iucae .piritual b:e.,.iag.>. T i.ey .Miould cn!ar-j on the giorioua effc'Cts of thcjie ordinances not only being adqtjuutcly supported, but ex- tended far and wiuo — arid thai tlio^e wiiy coati-iuiite the suiallest mite, with a view to thi.-, end, shall riccivc stven-fuld back into their own bo- soms, not nieicly in s-plntual, bul in temporal tilings, for the promise ia all its extent shall be fultiiled, '' Whosoever hath, to him shall be givesi, and he siiall have moni abundaticc." 3id. The oillcc-bcarer.s of the Church ought to devise means for the regular and systematic ingathering of the contribulijiis of the people, and stir up, by every scriptural ap[)liance, the agency that may be em- ployed in this work. Much in this, a? in every thing else, depends up- on a regular systematic plan of procedure. In times of extraordinary excitement, large sums may be cast into the treasury of the Lord, but the steady and constant maintenance of these ordinances depends upon iho smaller contributions (.. the great bulk of professing Christians, free- ly and ch^'iM-fully given, and f)r the rece|>tion of those contributions some regular systematic method is indispensaljle. Perhaps the largest and tlio most regular cllbrts ever put forth in 'his v ay, have been by the Wes- leyan Methodists, and the Free Church of Scotland, and yet the great bulk of both these are cami)osed of the middle and lower classes of iho community. The grand secret of their success lui-; arisen iVom all "iv- uig sometlung,and giving wiiti cheerfulness ; and this according to a sys- tematic plan, tiiorougiily organized and fully worked. No mercantile es- tablishment can surpass, in order and reg(darity, the financial operations of the Free Church— whether those relate to the Sustentation ofthe xMi- ui!*try, or to her whole Missionary Schemes. The punctuality of tha monthly reports of the former fund, for exam[de, from upwards ofseven hundred congregation-, is truly astonishii.g, and approximates, as nearly «-« possible, a stale of perfection. All this has been owing to the IJaza- leols and Aholiabs that the IJead of the Church has raised up for tho oooasion— men as signalized lor ♦! eir piolbund practical sagacity, as they have been fcr their devoted attachment to tho causo they had espoused —as energetip iu carrying out a plan, as they have been wise in devis- ing it -as expert in tho working of tho machinery, as they have been in iia original adjustment. Now it behoves tho olfice-bearerd of every Ci'ui'ch to d<;vi.tc and thoroughly to orc'iniro the best mt'nus, in mU iha TMM GOSl'Kl. MINiriKT. if, i glVOil, I crcumstances. ibr the regular and systematic .n,Hth.r>n, o h. co^n. bations of the people, scope boing always allowed lor th. Udl .nd U.. outgoing of Christian principle and love, for the brins-nsoi every man and"wom.-n, youn, man and nnviden. to realize their osvn md.v.dnal re.- ponsibiutv, and to act according to ti»eir o>vn eonsel-ntions convections. In the de'visin^ of this nlun or scheme, much, of course, .nan depend on the external po.uion and circam.lances of the Church, and it is the part of true wisdom for the om:e-hc.re.. of the Church to accommodalu themselves to these circimstanees. It i. our decided opiuu.n that lor the Sustenta.ion of the Ministry, whether we reszard the competent sup- port, and comfortable independ.-nce of the Ministers on the one hand, or the chcrishin- of a spirit of catholicity amonjr,t the various congregali- ona on the other, a cou.mon central fu.uh out of which all may re- ceive a proportionate dividend, h the be.t mode; and that tor M.s.tona- rv objects, conorc-ational associations, when vigorously worked, are more likely to secure a larger revenue than congregational collection.. But whatever views may be entertained on these points, that some plan is indispensable, no one will question for a moment. Better, vastly better, some svstem, however clun.sy at.d unwieldy, than no system at Hll-providcd that svstem be well worked, be vigoiou.ly carried out.-- And here an important duty devolves on the ollice-bearers, and especial- ly on the Elders and Deacons, namely, seeing to it that the collectors and n-ents of di.uricts, or of a certain number ol families, do the work as- signed them, regularly and steadily. Attending to this would mi'htily encourage the collectors iliems.dves, and excite a deep- tr°sympathy in the hearts of otnce Ixarers, on behalf of these A- gents, in their arduous and delicate undertaking, as well as serve to bhow the people that the giving of their substance unto the Lord is not to oe re-arded in the light of u mere Enancial affair, but of a sacred obligation, auU.oritatively imposed upon tbeai by Him whose they are, and from whom they derive their all. But if the office-bearers of the Church have high and important du- ties to discharge in this .natter, so has the private Christian; and to theae we must now briefly advert, 1st, They oughitogivetothis duty,-the duty of supporting divine or- dinances, a priority of claim, in the disposal of their worldly means. la it not much to be feared that in a great majority of instances, even of those who give with commendable liberality, this is made the last instead of the first subject of consideration in the appropriation of the means that u bountiful i'lovidence hath committed to them. Whatever id re- auiied for the supply of their bodily wantfl, or the temporal comfort and M THE : and b^ S»' „f ,his will depend on their state of spirituality ; on re::srnr:ro a° n'to redeenLg love ; and therefore the propriety, Se „« p nsable r.ceessity, of their making the whole a matter of eon s enee. And if this were the case, if the rich were to gt.e m propor- Tn to their means, how ample would be the provision for the mamte- "ce of aivine ordinances, and how rapidly would "-y "» -«"Jf' And would this make any encroachment on thetr temporal cotnfort. .- Not in the least degree! Their barns would aye be full, and thetr col- fers would be like the woman's pot of oil. 3rd. And finally, they ought to seek to give of the.r substance unto the Lord, under the conviction tijat they are thereby called to the exer- cise of a distinguished privilege. It is, no doubt, as we ta"= ^^own, a solemn duty laid on all the hearers of the Gospel, to g.ve as the Lord ath prospered them; but it is something more-it .s an ™»P-^abl. and glorious privilege-a privilege which the loftiest ehcrub would ea - ostly eove..' And'why is it so? Is it because God hath nmsc f ™t. ,en, in letters of gold, "It is more blessed to g.ve th.n to re e.ve, -or is i because Chrrst hath declared, " Verily I say uvto you, there no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, »^ f""'" 'J .^ ^^ j or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel , but he shall ; cci'e an bundrcd-lbld now in this thne, houses, and brethren, and ». - ters, and tnothers, and children, and lands, with persccuHons i a,,d ■„ ,he world to cotnc eternal life." 1. is a privilege on these grounds, no dlt. But i. is so on yet higher and more exalted grounds-beeau e t re .hereby using the means that God hath placed w.tbm our read, r„,. the protnotion of his glory .n the conversion of «'""-'' »"^ "'^^ ediflcalion of saints. Who can calculate the revenue of g'"^ '" »'" redound .0 all .he persons in .he Godhcd, -->•=" '™V'" "".."vU „,. w„,o>..v mite. Bv the blessing of the Most Htgh, one soul tnay be 16 tHE sr.TICNrATlON OV THE GOSPEL MIN.BTRT. :,d who cun calcultite thve>.. " ' > .J.,.^, „„.,, ,,,, Lhievine. L.t Chn..ian, ,h.n ven..ct "- ^ .; ,,^ ,_„.„„,, „, feel 0,at tl.-y »i« P^"-' »"'' I'""'' '" ,""• 'V ° "L u„, „,e li-^Uts of the ,„e,..ly .ho wltne»e, of Go,!'. n,o,a P'*^ 'su ou din^ma^s. ,vi,h .„,.,d. ,he ,ee,. a,...lnca - J™«::, J ' VJ U .o be a W.^.d ,rl. ,„„ ,,.„ven °f ""-'■"; ;>\';"'."'„"b„J.a „.ei.. ,>ower. Then »U'. vilege 10 give accorJ.ng to,>e.>. ""'> ^j ,,„,„,,„ „,,,erlul giv- Ihey Rive, not l-rodginsly, or ol uece».ty, lur Uo,l lo 'and iod>viU ™ahe al, sn-cMo f»""^ ■-":„":„„„, eon.ti- Ananovv. Fathers and Brethren let me "'^';^;;,,;^"; '^e sal.- „„es the .avour by vvhich the "ffl'-^'™''" "^ o,W of" i.gchrl.- .,1, and fitted for dilio.h,, .hr„„sh,>„t the «ho .. o "^ 1 '" « - ^^. ■ia'n, that s„iri, of .ell-.acriflcin, Hbera ,,y tvh > ne -^^^y V.slaR ami of doing liberal tlnns<. )^ "*" ° "J^Je,„,-„,, „,,o ,ho' ri„,en,al aeqaain.ance with the ^r- ;; o- ; ^^^^^ '„,,,„ ^ rid, for our .ake. became roor, that vu, ,h "n P ^^^ _^^.^.^, „„,,e rieh.-»ha. bat .n,r b.nn, >- ' ^ j"^, from the glory of his anJ refre.lnng froa, the ■,r....enoe o the L^'^'J ,=,^ ,,,,,,„, ,,„„r. 11.1.0 f.re ol''i"''^''<•^'''''^' , ;/;„,., ,i..i.*-r...nd ^f „e bee«.ne cold aad .eenlar ,n ■ 'I"" ; ':;'„,„ „„ ,,,„co,n„. if Elde,, wecea.e to --;!;-:;t;;: a i >o.".- "i-- '""" our Chu,-ch beeome, ,nd,(Te, n to her _ ^^^^^ i„„„Mifo of will ,11 go to de.ola.,on 1.... '''?".,„,„ Uooa, aad flou- ,he Chareh be s.rong aad v.goron. all w "^ "-^^ / , -,„ ,„„e a ri.h. and bring for.h frai,, in .oa,e ,lnr,y. »' '' ™ ' ,^ ^ ,„,,,„,„, ,hc ,,u„J,.e.! fold. Oh .. let us, then, .ho -« ^ ^ ' ,, j „,„,„„,, „f — "'f ''='7;ir;i't; 1 ::..:.':-'"■' of 0,,^., »„* men who luvvo entered m.o tii. l^ v ^^^^ ^j. who feel in .heir own .oal the einraey 'j ;^' 1, •, t, , Iho are God, and .he wi,,d,.. of Ood, ,o ,he,r .aK,.,o . ^_0h .^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^_^ called to rule over the hoase o( God, MX ^^ ^^^^^^^^.^^ ^^ .hereby be eoun.ed «or,l,v "^ *'^:"r';rJl, ,„,„ ,„ ,he Lord opened up ui tlio huLU-ts ol oiif peo pK o\ t»par.p, ilmt bought liberality to hU glnviour them, thai will How forth in n.renn. al streams of genuinn oinisf. H