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' f n bivtouf parti ot % l^cobtace. ■T THE REV. WILLIAM BRUNTON. •x to WHICH U aVMOUKMO / AN APPENDIX, ■ ,'■.■■ ^ ■ V a , COMTAIlflNO PART or AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LA CHUTE , TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, On Monday, Me 2nd of July, I8S2, ^<«i%<lAaLAm, Seentary. i \ N, ■ m t •lyf ' •.'» -v . TO THE LA CHUTE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, THE rOtLOWINO SER WHICH .WA9 HOEKIIDLT PftirAftBS VOft THB OCCASIOV OiT WBtCH I? WAi OtUVCKBD, AMD PBIACHBD WITBOnT AMT IDCA WHAfBTBB 0» ITC auira ruifMO, auMo mo«i^ rvmummn, m coMruAMc* with thub OHXxncxXB AWn DMAllIltOQl KBOnBOT, MY TBMIB OBEDIKST SSBFAXT, "Xf" THE AUTHOR. * / -f-: ?<• \ \ '■ ■ f m \ fV , V ^■ .*^ * SERMON. / ■ % JoixU, 18, 18. '< Thm^bn oho mow, aaiik the Lokd, 7Wn ye ereii to me with aU your heart, amd^oitk/aetfyifft and with weeping, and with fif^i^o^f^ ! and rend your heart, and not jpwr*garmentt, and turn unio the Lord your Ood; for he iegraeioue and merd^ M 9low to\tnffer, and qf great hindnees, and rtpenteth him qftheevii:' / By these woWb of the inspired Prophet, the Lobd of hos|p||rttcrdtilBly called upon the people of Judah to torn lam himsek after they had long been guilty of grieyously provoking liim, by their sinful ways, to write bitter things against them. It appears to be impossible to ascertain the precise period during which this pro- phet delivered th^ divine messages which his Book contains ; but as he makes no mention of the ten tribes, it seems probkble that he prophesieil after their oapUvityi He exhiMts a striking representation of a most terrible famine in the land of Judea, occasioned by an extraordinary drbngbi, and by prodigious swarms of various kinds of ncnious vermin and destructive insects, which are particularly specified in the fourth verse of the first chapterA Although at may perhaps be impracticable to determine, with certainty, the period or event to which the description contained in the first diaptOT i fl part i cn la rly a pp^c a ble, the proph e t se ^ms fif^ A^^ m Y ,v y,) *; ■ ' •If A' ©vldeotly to oombine tiTo different calamities or judg. meota iu one general delineation. Under that fearful devastotion of the«fruit« of the earth, which iras to be produced by the palmer worm and the locust, and by the canker worm and the caterpillar, he prophetically portrays a more distfmt and far more dreadful calamity, which was to be inflicted on the whole land of Judea, through the insti^mentality of the Chaldean armies — In the second chapter, the judgments of God are more generally denounced j and the denunciation is expressed in such forcible terms, and accompanied with such a combination of terrific circumstances, as to be apparently descriptive, in some degree, of that great day of final retribution, when " our God shall come, and shall not keep silence ;" when •• a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. Ho shall" then " call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. And the heavens shall dedare his righteous- ness; for God is Judge himself." J> In the course of liis prophecy, this faithful servant of God repeatedly directs the people of Judah to the exercise of fasting and prayer, as the means of obtain, ing d^verance from the calamities which he describes. He predicts their deliverance from the famine, and foretels the astonishing and most plentiful effusion of the Holy Spirit, upon great multitudes in the apoetolto age 5 the accomplishment of which the Evangelisft Luke has particriariy recorded, in the second chapter of the Acts. He &rthw forei|lls^e overthrow of * fMhn 1. 3, A 6. various heathen itatei an^ nationt, and oonoladee hto propheoy with oomfortable promiflea of'deliveranoe to the Jews in the latter daya. ' The worda of our text are an inrereno0 from the foregoing part of the prophecy. They contain a most earnest and gracioui exhortation to ttUlb ancient pro- fessing people of QoJ, to turn unto himself as their own God in Christ, in the exercise of faith aiid re- pentance, and genuine reformation of conduct. And it must be remembered, that the words of our text are as certainly addressed to us thi» .' r ' 1 / .- i ■ i ;■ \:H- •lii r ' :' ■■ V - ■'^' ■■ ^ '■ • ■■.■ II.— That we ought never to contider the exercise of repeutance as too late or unseasonable, while God is graciously pleased to call us to it. III.— That it is our indispensable duty to turn unto the Lord immediately, without anjr delay. IV.— That*genuine penitents will not rest satisfied with outward signs of repentance, nor with any external performances, v.— nThat, without real conversion to God in Christ, ' no repentance can be acceptable in his sio;ht. ' VI.— That the new covenant characters in which God graciously reveals himself in his word, find his perfections as glorified in the mediation of Christ, ought powerfully to excite and encourage us to turn upto himi and tv*_/:■*^:7':■;il. ^^?,:>^f -^.v^.k;, '::. vi-, • For a long time past, the judgments of God* have been siogulariy abroad in the earth. In v^ons king- doms of Em^pe, and in o^er pdl*t8 of the woiti, within these few years, war, which may ju^ly be con- sidered all the greatest of all th^ judgiliente With wtiich wnful nations are visited; has prevailed to ^ v^ ^l^'fwdfiil d«gree^ and has gw^^^^ many thdiuaildb bf — ^ — ^ . >- , -^B ^— . .. ^ — - / _A ! 1 # dHlbl thoiigMMi men. Ill llie t«iy pHtne •tadtigoot* 0f life, >o«t of tikt land of the livisg. By deetractiTe MieHf in maHf different fueia of the trorid, many hiin*' dMdi of (biB^ieft have been suddenly rendered deetitute of habitiition% and reduced to extreme indigence by the e«lire loss of their property* Bf the unexpected and- niitiwoHy Iwgh inaodation of many rivem,— 4>y the •Ugnstion of tmde^-*^ Obflfcrudions throim in the H^of t)onmieroe,-^by extensiYecoiiiniercial fiilure^-*^' •by the lom of vemeb at eea^-^by Ihe death of cattle^*-*- and by a great many other calamitiei» numbets of pveotom lives have been lost, and property to the amonnt of se^^nal millions. JadgHiente likewise of a spiritial natore have long been infliiied. The poveiv M opMratioBB and effectual inflq^nces of ihe Holy Jili^nthaf«f» In veiymimy parts of Uieviiible churchy been withholden in a veiy great degree from the drdi- mmoeiofdifineinstitulion^ and the preaehing of the Q0np^t and other means of e^kritual instruction. haW noanpoften^y been luioompaiiied with oompiffatifely l<le suooesa, ^And because im^uity of almost e?ery poiiibl0 Idnd lias lon^ abounded, the love of many |»i>^iaiied «d4 X>uriniqiuiiesliat« separated be- t«MliM«nd our Godf and d«r siM have hid his iEace fifom uftf BO that he may justly refuse to hear our . t.: ■' . ■ ■*..,?%■;»■ ^-.-1^1- ■ ' ;■ ■ ■*■;■ ♦ * i:<-^<^V' ■'■* 'S'i: . ^^^ AaitpesiMtial disease^ qsM Bforims, iHMi'haNollen^pi^OFed iital in a most extreme* degree^ ]f» AwiN aAdin some parti of the £uh>pean continent r lliAi#bMk wMim ilheee few mooOiSi hae been the Mi*INt)S!iri4eiideiilh to many ftousandsi^ the humaik .^i^^- V ■ -.vv 9> im 11 ■f^- Fmnee, tm very reo^nlly been introdbetd istp thb proviaoe. AntiGipatiog the probabflity of tibe imknK. duGlion of tliit dreadful malady 'into hii Aipcqcaa toirritoriei, k va» doabtlen a very judieioaB rnoik laudU aUe meaBore, for the Kiii«; of Britain t* appoint a dHy of solemn iiMitiDg and bomiliation to be ofaMn«d tbroughoot Lower CanadA^ iompplioating the f^i&er of mefciee to prevent the^entranee of tliat awfnl calamity. And it wag eertiinfy proper fiir the eiiiil autborities of the province to nee means iatiibe ^^iift purpose. Aooordingly, Friday, the4thof laitiDontbb was obsehred, through this piwace, as aday of solemn prmir and humiliation, for thepreyenfioiiof ChdbKa, I r^Ueot that, on that day I observed-*-*^ If it be the determination of God toyi^ as with that edamityi^ aa we may justly apprehend on account of oor skis^ all tiie means which can be used for pfttveiiting i|, tho^ highly proper to employ them, must inevitab^ prove ineffectoal." Adl the event ha^ since shewQ, that God haymg determined to parmit the entrance of that terrible disease into the provinoe^ ctiaopoaiat of the idohitiy, superstition, ^ride, prafanatioa #f tfao sabbath, ambition, covetousness, dishonesty, dnmke»r ness, swearings and numeroiMi other immmdil&H^ wbidi had long prevailed, to a moat lament«Me and alarming degree, aniongst almost every rank and onler ^th^pulation, iiwasimpcesihle thai itconk^ ha prev^^^ |t made itai iU«t appearonce in Lower Canada, about the eighth or ninth. day of this praiiai|<« montii. In Ihe two cities of ihfe pravk^, m^rn hj i ^ it began ahnoiA simuhnneously, it has been rapidly and egd«naivdyide8tPaetiTa«f hamaa li^^ -^#£^: .•*■•■ « ' Mid MiafireaJ, H has, within these fifteen or tiHeeif diys, carried off many hundreds of our brethren^ a laige proportion of them in a few hours after being seized, into the eternal world. On some of these dajps, it has been calculated that, in these two towns, it has been ten or eleven times more iatal^ in proportion to Ifaeii' population, than in London, or Ediuibiiigh, or Ptois, or auf other city or town in Europe* In JContrtel alone^ it has been stated that, in one of these days, more than two hundred havedied^ And although its virulenoe is said to ha^ greatly abated, for which we ought to be Tery thankful tp God, it is certain that it rtill continues, and operates^ and proves fiital in nlanjr instances; And there is great reason to appre- hend Its coollmanication into the interior. From the con^gious nature of this appaling disease, and e^ pedailyfipmthelowstateof religion, and the general pretalence of iniquity, there seems to be too much ivasQia to fear^ thai it may be perttaitted to extend ite layages into e?ery Tillage and seigniory, and into ereiy jparisb^ ahi^ township, and setttement in the proVmoe.^ In that ease^ it may naturally be expected to carry along with it multitudes of the inhabitants ^tbtiir world of spirits; Now certainly, we ought to leaiti righteoiKnese, by means of eyery judgment Whidi God hifttdls;^^ rBy means of this awful rimtation, we oiigl^ unquestionably to be excited to repentance.. If ;W8 do not thusimproTe iiy we have reason to appre- liendthaW dreadful as it has been, it is orily the fore^ runner of eome more terrible judgment If we da not improve Ibis alarming eakunity as a most power- fill itimidas to genuine re inall piOir ^SlkiA.r^4''' V \^. ' 18 bability, be the oeeatioii of bardening us itiTl 1001% and more in our sinful courses, by which we shall render ourselves still more and more obnoxious to God's fiercest wrath* » ., r . , •vt •• i *. ■. H'-V »i .1 \ »,. •f/» , it IL-^Tfaat we ought ne?er to oonpideir the exercise of repentance as too late or unseasonable, while God is graciously pleased to call us to it \ ^ The people of Jodah had long and obstinately per- severed in the ways of siu« They had> shockingly taiisimproved and perverted the patience < of Grod, before he proceeded.to visit them with those awful judgments which are spoken of in the foregoing part of this book. And when these signal judgments began to be actually inflicted upon them| they might perhaps ihrough the native depravity of their hearts, be apt to f imagine that it was then too late, and out of season, ^ fer tbem to turn from the ways of sin. unto the Loan. But the Lord clearly shewed them, that it was not yet too late, by graciously calling thiem to tjorn unto himself. In imitation of the people of Judah, our provocations, againstihe Lord have been very many in npimbera, and attended vnth high aggravations. We have long con- tinued in the wayterdf sin. His patience and forbearanoe have been long exercised towards us. We have been visited with his judgmentB, and we have been hardened under them. .We have been guilty of despising f*the riches: of his goodness, and finrbearance, and long- suffering.'^ ;fi< His goodness has not brought us to lepeutance, for we have refused to be refiHrmed. :■»{ M -H 'i ' .- ! 1. J ""^''* 9 Roraalu ii. &» \ I V Biil. notwithrtandlDg tbrn thini^ w oi«ht iy no mean, to imi«iDe that it i. now too Jate to rtpeiit of ttur aui^ whUe God i. rtiU .paring u. in the hmd of ''"n«. and allowing ua apace for repentanoQ, and merctfuMxcaUingna to turn unto hlmaelf. Bea*ured. my mow Mnnen. that the Lord i. ^t waiting that hemaybegraciW He ia yet exalted, that he may We mergr upon you. He i. not yet willing that you •Uld pertoh. WhUe he UiU n.e«ifi,Uy pen^,, yZ^ Wn on h» foot^l. and whil„«u are yet&voured With the grwMoua call, and invit«tioo8 of the Goaoel y««tt tqmioguiito the Loud, by accepting of JeanaChrirt ' W your own Saviour, and by repenting of yourriML can never be lUMcawnaMe. But be a«ored that yolu- w- PMtance » ab^lutdy nece«»7, that you may not pe. n«h inyoMT imquiti** For JeauaChriathimaelf mort «ipre*lyandrepeatedlyaaaure8youthat,"eiceptyeH», pent.y9*aU«lHikewi»peri«h.", Now.itiaimpoLue ^7i««wrepep|t without turning unto theXoto mfaith la Jetua CSiriat, which the Scriptuiea identic iwtb tninwg unto the Loan, k the only ««roe tf f^?'^^^^^''^ "TbiB fkith ift the gift xrf God. A¥ "Oodh.^ with hi. right hand exaltwIChmt a fmm Wd a Saviour, togive «pentan«e to rinneraL •od the foigirene. of aina."* Let ft tharcfim te y«ir,iWM«earneat prayer/that it may begiwn unto &ifL"?'"-S*-'?* «^* •" y«Mr heart. «,d with a«wg.«md with weepings and withiBourniiur.,,HWd taw wtP the Loud your God.. """"^^ * Acta T. SI. t PliOUpiMu i SO ~~xi^ > . •. ;;: . v: ^ *. "'*. v V > \ \ iB '\ tll.**.^TI«t it 18 oar kidispeniable doty 16 tttrtt nnii the LoKDiminediately, without any dekjTw '* Therefore ako^ now saith tife LoftD, Tom ye ;«veii to me, &c" That •« delayi aredatigerous," is a p^?erbial saying, which has been very fraquently ▼eH^ed. But in no other case whatever are delays half ^dangerous, as in the essential exercise of turningNinto the Loin, to which he is now graciously calling us. Seriously consider. Gospel hearer, thi« most gracioW oUl and commandment of *God in Christ, now to turn unto him. Consider that you artf bounds indispensaidy bound, by the infinite authority of the Three-One^Ood, by your own profession and engagements, and by ybw own best interests, to turn unto him, with all your fteart, without delay. Conw sider the unspeakable importimoe of this exercise, to which God is graciously pleas^^ to call you. By tummg unto God in Christ, with nil you/heart, and? with all your soul, and without delay,^ou will glorify faint most aooeptably; and your own best interi^its in tim^ and your complete happiness through eternity/ will be hifidlibly secured. It must surely be goodi^ you to draw near unto God in Christ ; for they that arei fitr ihmr liim shall peri8h.*^JCon8ider the shul "hS:iro;:;r "" '^'^-^ '" "■• *•«». CiS » have a more proper oppoHw,ity for «omplyinr witb iA .t 8om« future period. Eveiy expecJion K. be^perfectly anrea«onable and foil of danger. An- «o«plyiDgw,th b» graoions *i||, a.exp««ed in the P^^der oon.iden«ion. ,«u may;:^"^?*: ^ to L tl*"""* '•"'^ »PP«t«nity forZnding L Lr^ ""'^.'^"* ^"'^' " » «»>«'tat«Iy certain you never can enjoy. For «beh«M -„i*/ IT oeiitMl tin... 1^1. >/ WDold, no^fctheac. ^^^' Kehold. i,o# >8 the day of «Uvi,tloa."t wii oT^'^'"!,'^'**"'' "^ *^ «« «rtfefled to«.lt!2!l "^ ** «V«,t«,oe, nor whh wy „. twnaljNufonnaiieiM." :«•..' <.»■>.■, v :.,;:,■„;,,..«•,,,,.,,,',?? ,■, S^ ^ . r»«»-tag. Bat tK rtfti belteverS ' P>»»Su.»rii 1. ,Hy tJMMi^^s, ^>.. 1 .-. ■:. A, ■jw \- .V- ..:. -.t-l / Bfied 1 fv.. i? ^ Bid joy. by ^nf God iti obe* , saith ■ « heart. JiTow; rth."» „■....■■■■■■■■■■■ t kiiut :^ eoting firfthf >fthi« ■ % - every 1 must 1 i • An- dially nthe aerer iding i rtain eac ."f-- ' ■^lisfyiQff bimtelf with moli «itenial tigiwof wmww. He it deepjy eoiivinoed that, by hix eimi, he has done ioeiiprewihle dinhouour to God, who m of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on iniqaiif, but with, infinite abhorrence. He knows that •♦ the Bacriflcet of God are a broken spirit.*^ • He therefora winhei, us God i-equii'Oft hioH to rend his heart and "•^^ *"* gwnen^i. if you, professing Christian, be a »eal penitent, you will be deeply affected with griaf of he«rt|» on account of your sins, oat onlybeoauaft they expose yo^i to.lhe judgments of God in time, and to his indignation for ever; but chiefly because Ihey are offensive t^» God, wounding to J^u* Christ, and vexing to the Holy Spirit. You wiU hate sin, because it afords to $be great adversary of yowr soul, the only gratification of which he is susceptihlii and beoausei iti defil«s your own heart and conscience* nui^wmme* queiujy disquiUifles you for the service and enjoyment of God. liyoii, U Gospel hearer! bejndeedageimiite penitent, md be deeply affmsted with a proper sensa of thegrea^ dishono^r which is done to the God «r infinite holJQest^ by ymr own sins and by the tina of the generation in general, you will not be satisfied withoutward appewpces of sorrow **r t in, 4m diy* of.puWi^/a^ng^nd iMwnUiatian. . Vou wiU peniteoN tially coufesjjwur sins in secret be^'0; the l^acu fe will be yourtibitual deslftsand endeavoar to search ymipjm^mf$i iha^JQ^ m#y)ikii«w» #111) m^iuid tnore,^ th«,4efi9its »pd ^piritu^nhominatioos wifmllm .. ■\ i.,r w.frw i i isl '.^t . f . PS|baM.-i7>' ,^);^j^itj L ;j i / -■3L--:;.;r-.-\" I ^ -i^*-. VJ. :'. iTirrr ■;::M': V,- ^? ^yr '='pf ■'•'%!" J // 4l^fr■o^ llnii God mty di*ooTer 70U to yoonelf, thai yon may clearly Mud peniteiitially ditoern the power- Aii principles of sib which exist in yoiir seuU and Ibut ooneequeotly you maybe excited to have the more eamcfl recourse, for deliverance from them, rnito Jeeas Chriit^ whose precious blood cleaniieth frtyn all sin. And you will make conscience of im- pvoving these discoveries of youraelf, as so many modves to excite you to the exercise of true holiness. ViewingyourMlf aS' the chief of sinnevsi and confldingr iA Christ as your^ all-euflloient Saviour, you will b^ bwnble, vigikat^ «nd gratefid. And relying on tlie •anetifyiBg'inilueneea of the Holy Spirit, you will be deslroas of being excited to the teeroite of dei^per bomiiityi under the conviction of «ift; of greater watchftdncMagainst iniquity; and of puyvr heart-felt graiitiide^r the inexpressibly precions blessing of divine forptitveness. While you bring forth fruits meet ibriispentanee, while you carcfuUy study, to walk in: tbe'way «f'the divine commandments, and to do every thing 'wbfdi God enjoins on you» you will oonscienti-^ ously disolaim all reKsnce 00 yourspwn performances; Andyduwili plaoeyoar whole dep^danoe^ fisr pardon of liiii foi^ aisotfptance with Ood, and for all tho blees- lol etci^ai' life,; on the fiBiabed work of Jetiw yoiir f^Mous suretyw i »'■*■» ' :'J^ . il'>Ci'.H!»f^--i;UI'H'>i:^--i:: ;-l:l ..i:t-j>'nHi,rvJ|l..(. ■.>'•.►*"» ,-j lt(Vi;^f|!|iiit'lHlhtfiit«real*eo^ iii Christ, lil^lPlpetfiiMide oaii'be MO^^ hie ngbtbr-f , 1^ ^ ''ti^il|tting^flkijd weeping*' and mournings are etlefnal indications of repentance. But unless those who ihst, ^and w eep^ and mourBf ha v # tr uly t nrned onto t fae^ 19 Lord, Hielr i^pmiUpoe Itaeir, And all the^iontkNte «nd evideiioM of H, wUl be perfeolly unacdeplable in lib sight. When pevMiM are umler Um jodMnenU ef , 6od, or apfreheimive that ibey are iiear al hbnd, they often apparently repent of their ainfal 4x>anie4 Their ivpentance, however^ ia frequently superfibial. It too generally oonsieta in apfearanoe, or it lis con- fined lo particular aiiia, which are notorictut and <>bvioiH to the view of the world. Bat repentance can never be genuine, or truly acceptable to long as the person's state '^is not changed by re- generating grace, or so long as he haa.not aikually mmed unto this Lord, by believing in JeMis Clfhrist, for the paidon of all his sins, and for complete ialva- tion. . The fruit cannot be good, unless the ' good which firodueesit So, in like manner^ a person be himself truly good, through union to Christ, it is itnpeesible that his repentance cvithratloilal creatures V but with tbee»horta^ i^^lilN^and invitatioiMjof fhia word,\M aNo ipof rfowi^r oriiiclination ta obey them*: H^ WOrHp ia fd- to 1 ^- Af \:w kt^^ m ■fi i \ \ \ lis M&B km tlHRn ttM the^giKNl p l g i raWB ibf tili»ff^'?y^ 1 -. y , mni the work of fuilh with pow^n "^xjMjJitA ^ wmimbir, Uwrclbrt* profeniiig Christian, whAt^|jp|btir y ^jhepenlAoeo bo ■ineero and g«na'mow Hawe yoo im\ff* f fjmmed imto Ibe Lord? Ham 3rou tamed unto him wit^all yom hoart^ Have yoiH in good Mirne«t« giren your heart unto him, in obedietioe to bit gracioua oonlDiand? Are ypu unfeignedly grieved in your iniadi on aooount «f the very gtvat dfohonbur which ^ rfoo have done t^lMtch of tha peraone in the adorable Triaily, by all yoov sins, and especially by your un^ belief and impenitence? Do you now beKeve on the Son of God ? Do you truly believe that Jesus Christ Is tketfioB of God, equal with the Fatlver in every divine pevfeotion? And do you hnrobly repeiie ydur hope and your oonfldenoe in him, as your Almiglity Saviour? Ib floe, ia it your ire^ desire ann, ^ with dependence^ promised i j j MlM h' dewHMinto tke Loam, witivfbH pnrpoee of lWi?u> walk in ail bis oomnnMtidinenls smd ordlnanoes blameless? and to rlfitD'wiiboat lear,' in holiness and rightteoasnesa H^'the days of your life? If you be able, if\%f^i^- truth' of beavt, to givei an afBrmattve to lmsefib«F inquiries, yoo may warrantably ilrfiBl^>«thdi youf' repentance ki genuine and aoeeptable teth««%lil^»f6od^ Yoimiay' be certain tbatitiaia lHiii:t»f'Killlh'm'Chi c ■n- -V ^. \ • .-■ f ■ r I _\- '•' , „ ■■ ■./r^ it^WrtS^e^HiA and teocMiciltid in Jemis^ Christ, the Sbii of hii love; «itd firmly helieve that in him, he Ivili he grucloiiti, and merciful, and of great kiiidnets to y6ilk When you are most deeply convinced of ybur'sins ai8 violations of the divine laiv, and most deeply liumbled und^r the conviction of their incalca- lable number and hi|^ aggravations, remember that tjrod has manifested that— '< he is gracious and mer- iHHil, slow to kmgeK and of great kindness," by making Jet>asdhrii!it, his infinitely beloved Son, who knew no JMb, tb be sin or a sin'offerlng forJiimers, that they bnigtit be made the righteousness of God in him.* When you have the most penetrating' convlctieii of , -ihe real de^rt of your sins^^when you' most ntinae to the end of their lives in /- ■^■^ " 1 1 " i • .' * II L ■.■"-■■"V " ( /- the love irod comiiMBsioii of sin; be hath no pleasiirf in the death or ruin of sinners, but most earnestly eihorts» and most compassionately entreats them, to turn unto' himself and live.* He most graciously re- veals himself as "in Christ, reconciling the world unto himseU; not imputing their trespasses unto them."t '^u. may be fully assured, that all the perfections of God are most eminently glorified, in the mediation of Christ. It is in his substitution and satisiation, that <* Mercy and truth are met together ; and that righte- ousness alid peace have embraced each other«"l And it is in consequence of his substitution in the place of the i;iiilty, and in viitue of his satisfaction to divine justice, by his obedience, and sufferings, and death in. their stead, that the God of infinite holiness and in^ iiezible justice/' is not only just and righteous^ in justU Tying tlie ungodly^ who believe in Jesus, but is also most eminently glorified in bestowing upon the very chief of sinners all the inconceivably precious blessings of everlasting salvation. $ Let these considerations powerfully excite and eh' courage you, my professing Christian brethren* to turn unto God, from whom you have deeply revolted. Let them powerfully and irresistibly induce yod to come unto God through Jesus Chiist, who is the only way to the Father, to heaven, and to eternal life* Let them powerfully and delightfully constrain you to accept Jot Jesus Christ, the unspeakable gift of God, and to depend^upou him alone for complete salvation* - * * '■ • Enk. xviil 32. f 2 Cor. y. 19. % FuOm hczxT. lo!. § Boiii.iii.2e, ▼.«9,S0; 1 tlor.vi.fi, 10, 11; lTi|n*i*l& . "■ ■ ■ ■ ( ■ . ■ " — ^ . — ^ — •^-^ ; ■-. ^^' %< >-. Hi 7 And id tiurniiig unto Grod, as your own God in Christ, it'is indispensiiftty reqoisKe tiiM you repent of all your iniquities. You muttt forsake them with contrition of heart. You must ** rend your heaH and not your garments, and turn uuto the Loho your God.*' With- out deep contrition of heart, or true sorrow for 4n» proceeding much more from love to God, thau^^^p^ a fear of punishment, there can bei no real |^|6|^i|ig unto the JUokd. Your heart ought to be clSlply affected with grief^ on account of all your sins, parti- cularly Jroui^ unbelief and impenitence* as infinitely offensive ami hateful to the God of infinite purity. In tuttiing unto God, as your own God, it must be your fixed resolution, with reliance on his grace, that as you have done iniquity; yoit will do ao more; but that you will hencefbrward walk in the righteous ways ctf the Loud. Without such genuine rending of the heart, oii/ account of siil, and nvithont the habitual practice^f sobriety^ rtgl^teousness^ and godliness, all profes^ns and all appearances of repentance must be vain and hypocritical. Indeed, they cannot fkil Ifo be vileand detestible in thesi<^ht of the thrice holy GimK* ' ToVeonelttde. Let us all be deeply concerned riglitly to improve the dispensations of Providence: Let us always stand in awe of the righteous judgments t^Qoi^ And when his judgments are so terribly abroad in the earth, as they aire at present, let us aU learn rig^teousnes^^ Let us all seriuusly consider thft hlfiui^ «vil of sill* It musi; doabtlessyf be an infiiu*te ^il» since it i^xposes and subjects inalterable niiilti- :<^ "'"^■- ■ . f J iudes of mankind to the judgmenteof ttieAlinlgtity Ih time and in- eternity.— Be prepared, Christian, for whatever dispensations, or trials, or sufferings may be awaiting vyou. You know not what a di^ may brings forth t but you know that it isyoi|r duty, at all tim^ >Lnd in every condition and circumstance, to exercise a humble steadfast reliance on Christ, and a quiet unfeigned resignaUon to the will of God, as your own God in him. And you know assUr^y that be will make all events conducive to yoiif welfare, both here and hereafter* You know that death itself is one of your privileges, in consequence of your oouneetion With Christt You have, therefore, no reaso* to be servilely ^ afraid for the terror by rtigljt, nor for the arroiiir that flieth by day j nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for Ihe destruction that* wasteth at noon day."t The Cholera Morbus, that dreadful pestilential malady, which has recently proved Iktal to so many hundreds of our brethr^ in this pro«> \. Vince, and which is still continuing its ravages, may be no object of terror to you. You can hate no reason to be servilely afraid of it. It cannot possibly t^me nigh you, without the permission and appointment of ^our Redeeming God. If it dp^ize you^ it j^n do ^ you no real harm. If yori^n fell a victim* to ii, it will do you inexpressible i^d. The more quickly it executes its commis8ioj«i ^1* ^ *^® ™**^ speedily ddivered frbm^ tin^^ of sin and of sorroWt ai^d the soonejp/rfmitted m**o those blessed regions whcBj^ **the infoibitantrithall no morej^y, I am sick | 1 • ■ " 1 .* -.V . * R^iiit ▼ifit 88^ f I Cor. iii. 28. t PmIdi xei. 5— 6. ■•■ ; t ■': ^ -M'.:. . -■ ■ ''^ " *l"'--33 I&. . ' { . ' " ' . i^^ ' ■ '■ - ' ■'•'■ "■ 96 ^r t^9 ireople tW, dwell there i^re foqj^iveii tlieil* ,. 4tjad be exhorted, O unbelievers ! who are yet In yofmr natural 9t»te, seriously to coDsider the ^eat j90dp^ of Go^y in still prolonging the day of your DD^oi^ul visitation. On account of your numerous ^^^ ;of he^ afid. of life^ of omission and commission, Gf^ injj|ht Jpstjiy have cast you long since into the P^fice pf woie, where bis n^rcy is dean gone for even {^ plight justify i;iow give commission to that appalling ^ise^l^ whiqh is prevailipg ifi the province, to seize UPPO ypUy and to reniove you very suddenly into the x^Qi)S of elernal misery. You have leason to be 4^i4 (^that dreadful malady, especifilly if you be, in tfioy degfee, iiddicted to intemperance. For although, ill thf , hf]4y sovere%nty of God, many individuals of' spberb^bits, and persons of genuine piety, hai^e fallen Yictiuis to this awftil disease; it appears, from all the accounts which I have seen, that persons of intem- perate^ habits have formed a very large majority of its yictinis> Efut, although you may be perfectly free of intemperance, you are guilty of other sins, everjr one of wbiph d^rves the indignation of God. And aJtbpi^gK he niay never permit you to be attacked by t^e;, Cholera, th^re fire a thousand other arrows in Ilia ^quiver. The gate of death is open. You are y^leto death every day. You are liable to it every jhou^. And in whatever form it may assliil you, or ^nWhfitever form It may eome, if it overtake you i^jrourfMres^t. state of unbelief and impenitence,* it will most cejrtamly carry you into the regions of woe,; whe r e yomaiwt mevit i ^bly b e g iubj e ot e d to tfi e .w gath- ' ■■ ■■..?■ i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' ' ■■ ■ ■ . of God for ever. You are yet in the place of hope. The day of salvation is not yet terminated. In the great, unmerited, and astonishing; goodness of God, the day of your merciful visitation is still prolonged. Improve this goodness, hy turning unto God in Christ He is still mercifully calling you to turn unto hintBelf* He is still waiting that he may he gj^ous. J^ . not call and wait in vain, hy disregartii'n^ has |ff^iojii« i^'voice. Let hin^ no longer have reason to address you in these he^r^ding words. In F^ch he will fponer or later address all the finally impenitenti ^^f Beqwise I have called and ye refused, I have ttret^ed bat my hand, and no man r^rded: But ye fcaye set Wi nought all my counsel, and would none of my repi^f; I also will laugh at your calamity; 4 will iiiock i^lieA your fear cometH : When your jTear comei| as iijk^^i^ tion, and your destruction cometh as a^hirlm^ when distress and anguish cometh upon' you," • "Turn unto the Lord your God} for (le' is gracious and merciful, slowto anger, an^ of great kindness, and repenteth him of the eviL" Suhmit to Jesuf Christ, who hath come in the name of the Lord to save you. Accept of him, and confide in him as yoiif own Saviour, that you ihay not perish ha your sins. And believing in him and repenting of all your iniquities*, you shfdl he saved with an eyerliMSting solvation. • Proverbs i. 1^4— 2t. *v-. ■i <^ -Vft" »■ 'h'Mj, •■tJvi '-' »•» i-V. '\>, MI J V •t-'r Mi-iii r <■•}• M' ;^>'rr-( 'ir( .•■■■■■'i <»:. ' ..^^.- APPENDIX. EN tbtywn 179a mod 1816, many nMtitutidns bavfl betn formed Ibr the benefit df mankind. Between tbete two pblrioda tbe Miieionary Societioa, the Bible Societiee, the Tract Sodetiea, lind tlie Peaee Socidtiea, have been Inetitdted. Tlie ^objciel^all theee i^Ktitntiont, however diyenified their oper-* aliMt^'igionly one and the mmtf. itlavV^aflbrd the pui^t gratifieatioD to the benevol«kit mind of evwry genuine pbilai^-' thropib^ by cbreamieribing the bonndariea of the kingdom of the god of tbia world, — by diminishing t|ie sum total of hnman wretohedneii, b y widening the apherCy and accelerating thp prog r eae , of tme Cm^tian morality ;~in fine, by priimoting tba temporal welfare, and lecurinff the future h^ppineea of i»nnUeai millictee of marihind,^ ^^^:^^^^'^^^"^^^^^^^^^^^-' ' To all theMf laudable inntiiationa tbeTEM^ERAMd^ Society, of inuoh' more jheeent origin, bkving been formed a| Boston, in 4be State of MassacbttSSts, M6 lately as Febriia^, 1826, moat be considered as a inost necessary and effective auxiliury< Dronkenneas bad long prevmled in the United Statesj in Graat Britain, and in other couutries, to such an alarming degree, that it was annually the occasion and the cause of the premature death of many tbouMnds of the human race. The riMpectable and benevolent projectors of the Temperance So- ciety ii^ere» as wigh{ have been anticipated, subjected to inucb contempt and obloquy. Multitudes of the sons of intemperance naturally viewed their laudable attempts as perfectly absurd and nnneeeBKary, and turned them ioto ridicule. And a great . majority, or at all eventa^fi very large proportion of those who were sober and temperate, while they wished success to tbdr^nterprise, considered iheir praisAworthy efforts as almcwt entirely i^ionary. Tbey could not allow themselves to anti- ■\ ■^^ dfiiie Hie Kundredth part of the taeoeM with whieh Ui^ important and mott neoesury exertions have already been happily crowned. , ■ . Among the numerone eonnderations which clearly eliew the impropriety, the absurdity, the criminality, and the danger of drunkenness, there b not one of such rosgnitude and impor- tance a« that u hich respects the 6nal destiny of oon6rmed and finally impenitent drunkard^. What do the Scriptures of truth ^eclare respecting thfsirJBnal destiny? In different passages tl^ey expresHly assure IIS that *< they shall not inherit thfs king- doll of God."* Against the degrading and most lamentably prevalent practice of drunkenness, this consideration alone contains the force of tefi thousand arguments. Since we are absolutely cerUin that there is a future state of existence which shall endure for ever, and since we know assuredly that dur- ing all tlH} ages of Uiat iuternynahle state, happiness shall be exclusively ^njoyed by those who shall inherit the kingdom of Godo^hat must be the eternal condition of those by wliom thatiingdom shall not be inherited? Ah! my brethren, the mi^ry of their conditiqn, through the ages of eternity, shall so extreme, a|id so exquisitely dreadful, that it cannot be fescribed in the language of mortals. The hinguage of the uspired writers can enable us to form only a fuiut idea of their inei^pressible misery. At the gnuit day of final retribu- tion, Jesus Christ shall command them to depart from him, as accursed, ii^to eyerlastiug fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Submission to this cooj^inand is obviously incom- patible with the possession of happ|nest^_ This command they shall all be perfectly unable to resist. As soi^n «s it shall be pronounced by Christ, they shall all, wit hMUt exception, go away into everlasting punishment. Their consciences, which have often be<5n vith, their drunkenness, which w emJayPltly .^J^ibttted toshut the gates of heaveg \ A •i\ * 1 Cir^ vf.iBi lOj dsL v^ Nbi«. ■"i jiir. : Jui^ >■♦-*>»■«■./ .>>.ir-"!' 3^=^»- " * t7^ ■^ ' -^f-^- \ .■ M'-\ '■■■.■'."■'■.■■ - ■ / ■ , ■ ■ ■ igitfltt tliwn, and to Wng them to tlie r«g:loii of eternal #oA In thoM meet dwmal regions they thall euffer the wrath of God, without one moment'e intermiiieion,— without the email- eat mixture of mercy,— and wiihottt the poeaibility of their Indulging a hope of the alightett alleviation of their miwry through never-ending agee. And the amoke of their torment ahall aacend op for ever and ever. Aa certainly aa God him- aelf exiita, and ia faithful to his threateninga, auch shall be the terrible portion of every habitual and finally impeniteht drunkard. What a lamentable infatuation, for persona en- ^ dued wfth reason and coosoienoe, and eapable of reading and undersundiog the Scriptures, to expoM) and subject themselves to such inconceivable misery, for the sake of indulging an unhallowed desire of drinking ardent spirits ! To rescue our brethren, who have unhappily aildicted them- aelvea to the custom of drinking such liquids, Xrom the danger of being aubjected to that indebcribabl^ and eternal miaery, to which inebriation exposes them: and to prevent the riaing generation from copying their demoralizing and nioet per^ nidi ua example, is the important and benevolent design of ^^ every Temperance Society. This God-glorifying and soul- aaving object may, in a certain degree, be promoted by every individual here pnesenL One of the very least degrees of that self-denial, which is essential to Jthe character and prac- tice of a gennine ChrisUan, w all that ia fwquisite for any person of sober habits to become a member of a Temperance Assoeiation. Those who m truly religioiw, and are distm- f gnished by habiU of sobriety, are the very persona chiefly who ought to become membera of Temperance Societies. And of anch perians, H may reasonably be hpH^ed, Sometiea of this . description are chiefly composed. These Sodetiesi howaver immeroua aa.ihey now a«v « *• State.. « Scothw^in England, and in Canada, are still lar from eompfebendlnj/w any one of these countriea, dl tho«» to whpm tbia hononraWe diaracterjustlybelonga. Th e ho l ding^ a lo o r detiea has hither^* be^ lamentaWy commoii among many .\ 3i V , is-1-.nt ana aUt?npihln>a by h»VU* peHrtB, who «« truly "^oo^ •»<*«; ^ .„ „„, ,„, p„p.r .twntion to th. "''rt J;" ' w„„ld «oo per«W. that .h».«.«o« which have kept th^^^^.^^^ ^^ „„ ,och pe»«n «.y. "^' » "•™'*",h„ „e member, do not Tem^^ranc, 8~»'y'X';;^:,C Scribed, aod indulge in obalrve the rale, wh ch they nave opportunity, or drinking ardent .piri... *»"» *'i.W to .«cb .runh.UoW«l whenever a temptation ?'"*»" ?'"a„,l. who »i«l«t« their tadnlgence." There .re no doubt .nd^riuata ^^^ .„Jription. »'«-^.^^r„lmU»ra« they are. their although they were '" """ "^„„ u. prevent other, from unworthy conduct oug|.t by »•■»-" JLrfy. Let every b«„„ingmemb*nH ^^^'^'^^^IX^^jGoi and th. „„ewbopo«e««..r«.l r^rd ^'^ej',,^, ^ , welfare of mankmd, »»f "J ";„„ Society, on «>coant of becoming a member »f » T!"'*''" „,y„ whether or not the the rea^n .hove .tated.~non^y~«^^ „.,,^^^ ap-tacyof J»d». -""^J^^Crmany of the di«.iple. of to become •»\P-''f,.Srj;,i;„„riJthhim, would their Chriet went back, and walked no m^ ^ ^jj^^^ treachetou. conduct have JI^^^^^J"^!, 'a di«ipl. of ward, heard the g»pel, in rela»ng the Saviour ? . ^ ^^„ f^^ patronizing the Let no per«n of "''"'r""^,. hi. Mmperate habit, are a T.mp.ran«.*au». '"PP^-^^^^" . r*nb.r. Ut him Sclent refcon for h" ""^r^"*;*.,. rf^.,a been ^^cu.- not rty, » too many have doni^ » _ ^ ^ Wl.t.k..«tti..pw---;^^^^^ tieve* gone to .xce»; and it » »^i«» ^ ^^ mat *,rt ,«™dning timj. «« -^J-^: '^^^r of . Tern- ^ eonldl P7"y J'^J^'STS migkt with « much peranM Society? Tho f Po*"" __^r-.^ t^ tha eKing ;;,yi,ty taT. wad-"! h. .. h^ « y t « n« a «> • .*" M :i; .^ hi flctti; i tiiive net^r Mton It i^dtoutly,' or to txeeM^ doJ aHow« me the aee of it; 1 am not oontoiout of any hiirm that 6nn mult from the une of it: I am therefore dft^liniiied to Hue it aa long at I can. Why nhould I not iiee it|f But in all hie writingn, wo never read that he uend euck e9q>rciMioot M these. We find that he uacd a very different language — **If meat iHake my brother to offend/' said he, **I Will, eat no JBenh while the world atandeth, lest I make my brother to offend." To every ^fson of sober habits, and especially to •Very trae CbriMtian, I do earnestly reift^iiiend, and trere tho Apostle himself nolv In our world, I berie:Vje.lie would still far more eai^eatly recomodeud the inimediate imitation of this generous and most excellent example, with referrals to the uae of ardent spirits. Your abstaining fro^ndrinking such intoxicating liquids, though ever so moderately, etcepting ai k medicine, can do yoq no harm. Your drinking them, unless f6T « medical purpoi«, can do no good to yourself. But your ^ abstaining fi^m them, and becoming a member of a Tem- perance Institution, may do much good indeed, both to youf- telf and to others. It will afford you the pure pleasure whibii arises fi'om a consciousness of having done your d^iity. It will Enable you to say— '* If any of those around me drink to their dwn hurt, they cannot impute their practice, nor the injury which it does them, to my example.*' It may be the meant tf inducing some individual friend, or relative, oracquaintancey in whose welfare you certainly feel an interest, to desist from a custom which, of all others, is the most demoralizing, and degrading, and ruinous. In fine, your example may,, through the blessing of God, be the means of preserving a number of mortal immortal beings from forming habits^ which, when finally and, impenitently persevered iui do most infallibly iettd to evorlastiog deatrucf ioifv ; ^ V FINia T. A. BfABKi, Friateti Notre Dum Stnet, Mootrad. ■,,. iVfi'/^nVrtj;