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 The first meetijig of the 8ynocl of Kingston and Toronto, since the union, 
 
 .was held in Knox Church, Toronto, lVla,y 2n<l, 1876. Previous to the >Synod 
 
 being constituted a service whs hel«l, at which Rev. William Fraser,^ of 
 
 Bond Head, preached the following semion :— . 
 
 ' Phil, itl, 20, 21. " l''ar our ooiiverijition is In hoiivon, from whence also wie look for the Hav- 
 iriur-, ihit Lord .li!4ur (Mirisl; who Hhall chan^i' our vile body, that it may be faHhioned 
 like lUUo his K'orioiia bodv, aucprdinK to the workinK whereby he is able to Subdue all 
 things to hiiMHclf." ■ .. ' 
 
 Modern missionaries tell us that w6 need not look for a very advanced 
 "type of (Christian ity among recent converts from heathenism. The spiritual 
 vision^ Umg closed in deadly slumber, at its first opening- but dimly perceives- 
 the beaqty of holiness — " steles men as trees walkingj" Mark viii, 24— and the 
 moral nature, under the direction of this defective eye-sight, but too feebly 
 asserts itk enui^icipatioii from ^he bonds of superstitioti and iclolatry. Hence 
 the disappointments and discouragements so frequently encountered. The 
 Christian teacher labors earnestly, perhaps for yeiins, with the sable snrLoT 
 Africa^ the, dusky native of India or the red man of the forest woods 
 or of the plains, striving to till his mind with the knowledge and love of the 
 truth, only sometimes to discover by some untoward accident that his hope- 
 ful convert still cherishes some old fetish, maintains some act of devil wor- 
 ship, or that the " brute beast" nature is still but partially subduetl. Un- 
 happily it has always been so. Not modern missionaries alone, but those who 
 held their commissions directly from Christ hinjself, give strong expression 
 to their disappointment and their grief that there was so little consistency 
 between the lives of pr<)fessed believers and the doctrine which is according' 
 to godliness, faul and Peter, John and James and Ju<le have the same 
 melancholy tale to tell and the same lamentations to niake. Avarice and 
 falsehood, ingratitude and treachery, wrath and malice,' and ambition and 
 sensuality mar their work, disgrace their* converts, and dishonor " that 
 holy name by which they are called." Our Apostle ifi the context is deeply 
 moved at so sad a state of things, and gives vent to his emotions in sighs and 
 teairs — " For many walk, of whom I i^ve told you oftep, and now tell you 
 even weeping, that they are the enennes of the cross of Christ ; whose end 
 is distruction, whose Go<i is their belly, and \vhose glory is in their shame," 
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 , the Ohurch, fiir the ciwlit itnd streilxth uhd pntj^resH of ChriHtiuniiy, if in t^o 
 iiiidHt t)f the civil iziitioii hikI n^tiiieiiKuit K\i an a(lvaiice<l stjite of H(K;iety, uiid 
 under n life's tminitig of Oob^m)! ordinunceH and reIigi(>UH tou-hing, we^e there 
 no longer (H-t-asion for tlieHe mournful coiivplaintH. Happy, in<leed, would it 
 be )wul all who bc'ur the nanje of JesuH a clearer and stronger api>rehen.Hion 
 uf their roI'itionH and duties, and were hahrtuaHy under the sulhluing and 
 SAturtifying power of the grand realizations of the A{)<wtle. " For our con- 
 ^, veiTMition is in Heaven ; from when(ie also we hnJc for the Haviour, the Lord 
 ^ Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile IxHly, that it may he fashicHuwl like 
 y u^it« His glorious bo«ly, according to the working by which he is able to sub^ 
 Hue all things to himself." T, Tlie evidentdesign' of this jmssfige at large is 
 \M» inculcate pers<»nal holiness as the necessary and normal devehjiMnent of 
 Christian life, and ih furthepince of this purpose it fufnishes the great loli- 
 sidemtiohs and iiidifceinents to the cherishing and illustrating the Ciiristian 
 spirit and the Christian cliaracter. The Ix^liever's relati<»ns to the heaveidv 
 world, his hopes in regard to the appearing of Clirist at His kingdom and 
 glory, his assurances respecting his own future and the Almighty Agcm-y 
 pledged to perfect his fitness fnfrthe-glark»ua,consununati<.n, aW* here exhibit- 
 ed in rapid survey »is furnishing the sulH(!i«;nt aiiTriToFntfrnTTtr-fuotives to holi- 
 ness of heart and of life. In dwelling further on the text it shall, therefore, 
 be my object to trace the bearing and power of these considerations in pro- 
 moting and completing the great uioml transformations essential to the 
 Christian character. It is almost superHuous to say that the (Jospd pr«»vi«leH 
 for the safety, the happiness, and the glory of man, not merely in the way 
 of legal exemptions, but by a change of nature, by the reproduction of the 
 image of Gfxl in his soul, by the washing of regeneration and the renewing 
 of the Holy Ghost. "Giving him the mirul of Christ ; making him partaker 
 of the divine nature ; fitting him to esc.fpe the corruption that is in the 
 worhl, and to be holy in all manner of conversation." This is the chamcter 
 which the GospeLwas designed to form, ami these are the qualifications for 
 the enjoymentof its peculiar blessings. I need not enlarge here ; the whole 
 of Divine rey^ation, bfjth in the Old Testament and in the New, points in the 
 same direption. One grand purpose of all the privileges and immunities, 
 promise* and pi^teepts, of the warnings, remonstrances, and threatenings, of 
 the Word of GiJd, is to give nian new thoughts ; to furnish new obiects of 
 desire ; to give ia new direction to his aspirations and ambitions • to bring 
 him under the power of new motives ; and to open up new channels for his 
 activities. In short to give practical verification to the emphatic words of 
 the Apostle— " If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. Old things 
 are passed away, behold all things are become new." 2-Cor. v, 17. <• Breth- 
 ren," says the Apostle, '^'be followers together of me, and mark which walk 
 so, as ye have us for an ensample" (17). What is that ensample ? " For- 
 getting the things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which 
 arfe before. ,1 press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling (,f God 
 ,m Christ Jesus" (13 and 14). And then, after a passionate and tearful la- 
 mentation over the wretched delusion and fearful peril of those who might 
 have a « form of godliness but denied Its power," he states the reasons for 
 his own course of self-restraint, of pious resolve, of ceaseless activity, 4nd of/ 
 
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 wirnfiHt r«)a«hinK aftor lii^hor nml still hifilfhor ftttiiinmentiH, till ho hIiouM 
 c«m« " into i\u' HiftrtHnrn oi t\w staturo of thufuliioHH of (!|iriHb" (Kj)h. iv, I. 'I), 
 •' Kor," Of iMM'ftuse, "our c(mvj»rHiitioii \h in h«>ave»i, from wtioiuui alHo w»« I(m)|{ 
 for the Saviour, tii(^ LordJflHUH Christ. Who nhall <lmn^o our vih? luMly . 
 that \w may fashicm it lik«^ unto his gloiiou.s hcMly, accoiiiing to th« working, 
 when'by ho is al)h> to sulwhio all thingH unto liimwlf." 
 
 1, 'I^^fir.Ht arjjjunu'nt, or motive, of reason f<u' th«s holiness of heart an<l 
 life distinctive of the true Christian is his relation to heaven, "Our conver- 
 
 . sation is i'n heaven." ^l^ie comnu^ntators aflvis(^ us that the word pofUruitut, 
 here translated " eonv|t»r*ition,'' ouffht t<» be rendered " citijtenship," "«i7rt 
 (ihfiliny' and that this would better express tlm force of the passagti. They 
 urw memi)ers of im orjfaiiized commonwealth or city enjoying common pjfivi- 
 legfs, and subject to the same laws. As if the Ap'i><tle had said the confed- 
 eriuty to whicii we Iwlong, the spiritual ^ state or kingdom of which we are 
 citizens is Heaven, "the Jerusalem which is above." (^al, iv, 20. This 
 translation is ntjjt contradictory to the sense of " conversiatiim" in its more 
 connn.on (icceptatioiK The One, indwd, enibraces the other ; for, while the 
 Apostle niiglil be und(!rsto>HVas saying. Our course of conduct i« in such 
 stnuig Contrast to that of Others that it savours of heaven - is 'heavenly iii 
 
 'its nature and tendency Jie^ftjiiy also be understood as stating a foundation 
 principle which underlies such a course of action., "Our city" the place of 
 our future and p^'rin irient re>*idence, the .scene of our honors and rewards, is 
 h«>'iv(in. / Tliort.'fore, though earthly things are ai-ound us, j^- do not " min<l 
 them.'^ We have regfird to our higher destiny; we 1<m)Mm those- things 
 which are abovi!, where (.'hrist sitteth on the right h'lml of (.«)^' Col. iii, 1. 
 A city is es\etnhed a most d«?sirable abod«!. It may be th<^ resichmce «)f i-oyal- 
 ty. ' It is the dw(dling place of multitudes— many of superior minds — afFord- 
 iiig to each other the uu'ans of mutual protection, wealth, and social enjoyments. 
 The grandeur of intellec1;.ual triainphs ; the masterpieces of art ; the splend- 
 ors of architecture ; the treasures of earth, all that can c<)hduce to ease and 
 luxury, the refinements and elegancies and pleasures of existence, are con- 
 ceivecl of as th'.v peculiar possessions and distinctiorus of cities. - From the 
 earliest times their immuhities and privileges were highly prized. And even 
 to this (lay a favorite method of doing honor to distinguishe<l visitors is to 
 convey to them the charter of the city's privileges and boujities. How did 
 a man boast of being a citizen of Old Rome, and with what sacredness did 
 it invest his person ? There was the seat of Empii;^; and the head of the 
 State, the Senate, the Parthenon, the Coliseum, jghe marble palaces, the 
 grandeur and the beauty which shed aroUnd that great centre «> halo of -glory 
 
 ,^ whose rays shone to the remotest corner of the empire. There, too, was the 
 
 Sower which followed its citizens and thfew arOund them the shield of its 
 efence to the utmost bounds of the realm. "Take heed what thou doest, 
 for this man is a Roman," stopped at once the progress of injustice. And as 
 a counterpart to this, a citizen of the mighty nation of which we form a part 
 may go to the most distant lands, and when the story of his grievances 
 reaches the ears of hi? monarch the whole power of the Empire is invoked td 
 redress his wrongs or to rescue him from the hand of the oppressor. A city 
 is the ultimate home of the city of Gc^. Its site is the better country— its 
 
 
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 th.» U»rH a.i I wa,„|.,n„^H .,£ Zio.i'n pilgrim, com. ui a d.«e. Thero t hv 
 /iro put ,a ,M,^s«.HH,ori of th., inhoriUnns thn kiag.|o,«. ,u. I thu on.wn T ,% 
 nh«y mit,,r into fch« pnmm.co of th„ King, to .iw.ll u.ul.r th„ Kmil., o Z 
 Mmig.nty Itn.l to nuoico m h.H fuln«HH ev.,r.„or.,. Th« city of th., li vi„g (} "l 
 tiMj hmv„nly .lo.n««U.,.. ntu.i.lM unrivalN.I in the univorsf, u,.<| tho „ml>| t.ni 
 
 are somo of ,ts appo,nt.,Mu,tH. Th.,r« in tho thr..n« of G.kI, the Hovereiin v 
 .^Chmt th. pn,H..,.™of th., Kpirit. tho aspociul „.Haif.,Ht.aL..s of U^Zn/ 
 There ,h the .nnu.nnmhlo company .rf angels, who celel„ate unreasindv he 
 holmeHH of the Most H.gh. There the .uighty hoHts of the HpiritM Z ^u ^ 
 .m.le imrfect exulting „. UcKl their .Saviour an.i uniting wth tenX'urml 
 tunen ten thuu>,t^ul anW thousan.is of thou.uuls ..f holy a,.gel tT^^^ 
 jnthems ot pra.se, aseribing " Mlessing an.I honor ami gUMV a,«l ,h Jer u t« 
 Hun that .ttethupc. tlu, throne. an,l unto the Unfh fir. Trev."'^ 
 
 V l-l. . Ihe e,sp.,cuil «l.,stin.:t.on of this t-ity is that it is holy Holi 
 neHs, )(JcH.beeo,neth Thy house forever. "There shall in no ^^se enter 
 mto It anything that (iHileth or niaketh a lie." Kev xxi ()nlv tJ^rr ! 
 edshan,l..|| there; only the ranson.ed of th^^ir^ ha^Sm ' rz^" 
 w.th.n,tholn;ess,u.n.an shall see th^^ b.nl. One main .lisSm of he 
 Christu.n .s that he .s fe low-citize,. with the saints a,Hl of the Zh .1 ? 
 Go<. Here.Hi.les here tor a season, but this is Hot IHs lum... [Jke the 
 partr.arcl« of ohras a stranger an.I pilgrin. he has no " continuing city " 
 but •; he He..ks one io con.e." Heaven is his city. There are his rea;fun^-- 
 h.s hopes, h.s^heart -there his inheritance, his kingdom, his .tow, his dory 
 The Apostle John tell us what n.ust be the eWect of su ch exercTs ; a ul Z" 
 anticipations-.. Eyeryone that hath this hope in hin.,.purifietl iTi m e e^en 
 «8 he is^pure." Citizens are expected to act iii charalaer. to m t/1 Z 
 honor o their position and their di«tinctiye privileges. The .1 r st a cha. 
 acter t,ikes its complexi<m . from th» relation in width ho s tnds to he , n" 
 een. While he «; looks not on the things that areten.porll. C n lie Si.^s" 
 n^" VtT'l'V^/""/ m"eciate the exhortation. ^ VValk wXS 
 God While he •. looks for a new heaven and new earth he cannot^ eotW 
 wise than solicitous to be fitted for the glorious habitation. Am whfn in 
 imagination, he stands uj^on the verge of time, and realises its gr^ul 0^.1 / 
 mat»o»«-"^ hen the heavens shall pa.ss away with a great ^nXZlte 
 elements shall melt with feryent heat ;" when the earth an.I the works that 
 are therein shall he burnt up. "-he anticipates stamling undismayed and^^^ 
 the -wreck of matter ami the crash of worl.ls" only i'n his uS wiu" he 
 
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 elling nere are the great inducements and inriuences ODerat 
 ing constantly m^the one direction of perfecting his holiness And wh^en he 
 looks forward to his actual admission into the pah«.e of the eternal-wher^ 
 
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 ^ith the cultivating and perfecting of that character which shaU fit h"m fS 
 
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 4^ hftvinK an «iutriince iniiiUt«rtHl unto him abundniitly into tli« kinK<i<nn nntl 
 gh)ry of 'Our ri<»nl an*! Haviour .J«muK * Ilimt. " 2 I'H. i.v. fl. Tlm.CliriHt- 
 irtn'n fxpoctiitiunM iiin*^'"'"! to l\w coniing «»f Chrini in tlin ApostltJH iwonti 
 iiiKunH'nt .»r r«'.v«on fJV niltivtitinK lioliitit>MN of lif«. . " Kium wimnw nim wn 
 lo >k for thn Saviour, tl\ I,«»in| .f«MUH." Tlu« «!xp«H>l<ition of hwUih VAwint, im 
 h« in, without hin unto Y»'^'it><»»». »« horw ri^prttHfuittMl iim «(nr of th« «««''*♦' 
 winctifying inrtmnuwH. '•W«)<h> not iiiliind mrthly thiiiKH tlmy h(iv»i n<»t 
 th«i up|)«>rinoMt pliico in our hmrtH -th<7 havn not th« ntaHtory ovor un, 
 lM(oauM« w«) i'xjM'ct hy-and J»y to hv*^ J«'«uh, iho holy anil the JumL 
 cotning in tin* o1ou«1h of Jimvt'n invibihU^ and glorious nianifi'sta- 
 tion. Thn jHmont H,ljod« of ChrUt in hruvtvn. VVh«n nnirinK tin* end of IIIm 
 (!tirthly MiiniNtiy, and the dark Hhadfs of the clminj^ Krene wvrfi ^atherinj^ 
 around llini, in tim constMousncHs ni th» fylt and faithful jliHehar^e of tho 
 truHts tomniitt«Hl to ilihi, He exdwiniH " I hav« kIoHHimI Thee upon the 
 earth, I have HniHhed the Work which Thou ^aveHt nie to do, and now, () 
 Father, glorify Th(»u nu) with the^lory which T had with Thee before the 
 world was." John xvii, 4, 5. The anno4in«ement to his ditieiples, '• 1 am no 
 m(»re in this world," filled tlM'ir heartM with sorrow. Hut He tt^lU them for 
 their comfort that this shouhl be for their ji^n'ater advantage, and that they 
 ought rather to rejoice because He waH going " t() the Father." He tol<i 
 them of His death, an<l to them the prospect was very dark ', but He sus- 
 tains their drooping s|)irits with the asMurance that the sepulchre sluiuKl not 
 h)ng be His prison house He shalL rise again. This pronuse was made 
 good. The discipl(Ns saw Him again, and were rejoiced at this new epiphany. 
 He was seen (>f them f*»''*3^|^«j.- Hti^'ngthening them, an<l instructing them 
 in the thiivgs pertaining toMplcingflom of heav»;n ; and at hist, when they 
 brought home to their un(lW"#tanding, and their hearts the sources of ghwl- 
 ness which He had before mentioned, and were fully (|ualiHed to bear wit- 
 ness of His r<isurrection, they were vouchsjifed the unspeakable privilege of 
 witnessing His aKcensicm. "While they beheld He whs taken up, and a 
 clort< I received Him out of their sight." ' Amazing denumstration that He 
 was the Hon of (Jod ! (ilorious c<msummation of the ministry of sorrow. 
 (iran(i conHrm;|.ti<>n of all his assertiims and all his chiims. Htable founda- 
 tion for the faith and hope of his xlisciples then and now. He has borne 
 above Kin glorified body, an«l sits Isrnfehroned ami<lst the splen^lors of the 
 skies. He lives, He reigns, He subdu^ss all things to himself, He intercedes, 
 "He bends on earth a brother's .£^" and tho sorrows an<l fear? of His dis- 
 ciples then and always are quiet^Xft^ their hopes contirraed by the assurance 
 that "He has gone into th'e Heavens^ ttiere to appear in the presence of God for 
 them." Christ will come again from heaven. The ,wnndering disciples at 
 Bethany, the-vei-y (lepths of their souls following their eyes after their re- 
 ceding Lord, must be prepared for a new marvel. A heavenly messenger 
 renews to them the prdmi.se of their beloved Master that this was not the 
 last time they should see Him. " Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing 
 up into heaven ! This same Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven 
 shall sO come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven " Acts 
 i. 11. The time, indeed, is not revealed, but the event is sure. He forgets 
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 H«( WHH MHUi \ty f«iw ; " imw «v«ry fly« Hhall m«w Him." TIhmi Ui^ np|MMtr(Nl 
 in tl>vu huiiiiliiition ; now in «l»ry, with ii nMiiiuo of tli«i «ng»*lif honlM. 
 FncmlH /mil iMn'ini«'H iilikn hIiiiII " M«« Him hn ll« in thi»y who lovwl hii«1 
 Uifjy wl>o pinniMl Him," Mh(«l«liii« U|Mni i\w foriimr th« li^ht of «xi*|tiition 
 and ti-iuMiph, luul ovcrwh«'hniruj ihv luttnr with <'onMt«*nuition ami di^pair. 
 (Mien (li'spiwd ami rcJMctttil ; now coming in i\w olou«U with jMiwor and ^rtwit' 
 j(loiy, Oiu'C lK>rn in n Htabh', contltAtnniMt hy ur\iuMt Ju(ifir«H and naiUnl to a 
 <roMH ; now Hitting U|M»n the throniv of hin j^lory, and Kath<»rinK lM'f«»r« Him 
 all nationM. "(IikI hiitli appointi'd a day in which Ho will JudK" tli»< world 
 in rinhtouHUOHH hy that man whom Hn hath choH«n, of which H« hath K'V*" 
 aHsuranct' unto all m«m in that, H«" has rainod Him from th»»«|»'ud." " H»» wa» 
 nncK otVorod to hear t\w Hinn of many, and to thoni that look for Him hIuiII 
 Hm apiH'ur th« wocond tim»> without sin utito wilvation." <'onHi«Uir^tho Htat« 
 of tlio CIllistian'H mind in n'tjard to thonmi^ng of ChriHt. Ho •' l«M»ks for 
 Him ;" ho oxpocts Him. Ifo fools suro of His <>ominK, Tho intidol askH with 
 uni'inn'i'ilo I contompt, perhaps with a hroad snoor «>f doriHioiiT, " WHon^ in 
 the promiso of HiH oominK? Ar« not tho Htahility of tho worlil, tho uniform 
 action of niituro's laws, sumuior and wintor, sood tin»o ami harvost, all thinjjK, 
 as they wcro from tho bof^inning of tho onuition, a stjindinj^ rocord against 
 tho rovolutions which yim pr<»dict ? And iM it not tho nu«r»!st dolusion U) 
 spoak of a Man rojoctod and put to doath by tho mon of his own timo.s, ro- 
 a[)poarinjit cm th(? sconos of his formor dofoat under pn^tonco of l)alanoinj? iho 
 ino(jualti«'s of oaitli and righting all its wrongs? Tho H<'of!or, somotimos Im'- 
 Hott«d by his lusts, Hhut his oyos to all moral di.sttTictions, and oxolainiH 
 •• Lt>t us oat aiXfl <liink, f«»r til morrow wo <lio." Or, in his prido <»f heart 
 floats as ho imagines, in tho soreno heights of mind far away from tho shades 
 of .Hup<M'stition, above the visionary h<»p«8 of rew/inl, and the vulgar fears 
 of wrath. Oospol history, (Jospol prophecy, apostolic authority, mira(MilouH 
 contirmations are with him merely prltjstly in venftons, tales and fal)loi}. 
 With th<» Christian the <lospel " is not the Won I of Man, but indeed and in 
 truth the Word of ('o<l.". The woinls ofChris^the conlirmati(ms of the 
 apJistles, are to him not matters of. speculation dr conjecture, but of. mor/il 
 cortJiinty. "He knows of tho doctrine that it in of OfxL" The persuasion 
 of Christ's coming flwolls in his mind, riot as a traftsient thought, but as an 
 abiding presence. Ho do<!S not say that Christ may possibly come, but that 
 He will come. His faith, the substance of things hoped for ; the evidence of 
 things not seen, enters into tnat within the veil ; realizes the last grand 
 ,Bcene, the mashalling of the heavenly hosts, and the glorious secontl descent, 
 / Wmong the clouds of heaven, of the great God, his Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
 (4.) The character under which the Christian waits for Christ, '* from whence 
 we look for the Saviour." This was the signiiicant name given Him at His 
 birth. " Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from 
 their sins." The portion of the great work belonging to His abmle on earth 
 h«8 been finished, and the heavenly priesthood, the intercessory dispensation 
 hos now reached its limit. When He ascendetl upon high He led captivity 
 captive, and purchased gifts for men ; and now, when the " voioe of the 
 archangel and the trui^ of God shall sound the knell of time," He comes 
 
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 u/inauunmU^ '• th« now h«ftr«UK luul th« n«w «iirth," t» eotn|.l«t» tlio lriv««ti. 
 turn of tho r«.hM>iiH«l with th« iiiHiKnui of tli«ir n.yiil pn.<HtluMHl, iiml to |.riK - 
 oluim th« K'»tl""-i««K toKoth.-r int.. <.n« of th«^ ohil.lrfn of ()ti<l, yf Ml iwitioiu 
 ami of nil tiin««. Th« Hiiviour to «rowu MU work niul to hmkn tlu' Iwluivor 
 n.|i.»l.ilitHt.Ml UI..I ,M.rf.n.t...l, u Hlmn^r of IIU gl.Ty. H« will Hp|M.,u' for 
 tho triumph of llin p.H»plt« hihI for thf utt-r ilof.nt ml*l <h«Htru.tiori of lli^ 
 t>nmum, to prououiic« th« irn.v,K^Hhle »wiit«Mi«r..H to tho f..rin«r, "(omoyH, 
 bl«iiH.«l of my Kuth.^r, inhorit th« KiiiK-Uim pn-pur...! f<A- you from th.^ fouiul- 
 Ation of th« worl.l ;" «n.l to th.^ hitter, " lMp'"-t '«•«•"' "»"• >" •"^■''"'' !"*" 
 «vorl.iHtin5< tlr«. \m^y^rM for tho l)«vil iia-l hin ii»K«U. th« «ohHumm.MJ<.iH 
 of exiHt<m««, etoHial Kuin or t^trnml Umn. Th.» .lioriMhinK «.f mj,!, ••x^tn- 
 tioiiH muHt ho pnHhictiv.) of th.'ir prop««r .'mM'ti*. Thry mu »mi ri*tioi»illy 
 «iit«rtaii.o.l only in roniu'ctiori with tho lifo of ftmlliiM.HH. Wo uro in pxjk^o 
 tiitiou of tlio iirrival ..f a holov...! friomi or a iliHtinKuish.Hl ^mHt, an.l a prop- 
 «r HonHO of tho olaims of frion.lnhip an.l tho ilutios of lumpitahty InulM us to 
 mako .luo pivparatiorm for his rorrpti.m an.l ontoHatnuioMt. lM««»f »w«» 
 niul «ui.l.'H rh.^ moral porr..pti..nH, an-l m<.u|.lH an.l p.'rf.H't« iho «'h'^««<'<;' 
 an.l if our h..|i.if in th.> .'.niiinK ..f Christ bo an appi^..prmtinK h.«irt « h..|i^f 
 ftn.|n..ta n.oro tl.mtinK i.k«a or a .Iroum, it mu^t an.l will .»poia«o to tlho 
 iwtraint ami sul.jUK'ati.m <»f thoso passionn whioh art. at vanan.-o with H\« 
 puritv ikn'l ..PI«»«"<I t.. his will. Th.* anticipati.m oi .».-arn.'s. t.) Hon wh.. k 
 holy "harmlo.srt, an.l un.l.«tilo.l, tlio .U'sir.; t.. ho in .Mo^.-r (•on.niun...n, aro .it 
 once tho in.li.y.ti..n,s ..f th.- |.r«sonoo of tho sanu^ min.l that ih In hun, an oy.^ 
 ■ pr«H«ni, provmlin-. siim-tifyinK p.)Wor. Tho pors.mn-f with wh..iu tho h.^ 
 li«.v.M- .'xiuotH t.. mo.a, an.l t.. ass.u'iato, ih n..t an onhnary friond, oi^ 
 m.nolv a 'UsLinK.iiHlio.l mm. Mo is tho L .nl of (Hory, th.^ Kin« .,f Wm^n, 
 th.. rul.M- ni tho univor.e;tho .ju.l«.v.^f tho world, ami •»;»'»; '<''I".it...n ..t is 
 i„e«M..oan.l.s..cioty tho Christian slmp.-s his cmrno amUnn.l.-s us lit.;. Uio 
 nominal ( -hriHtian may pirton.l that ho h...ks for th.' .•..min« ..t (Jirist, ami 
 that Mo will bo his w..l.;omo Ruost. Hut whilo "ho min.lH oarthly things, 
 or "ah)rioH in his ahaims" .»r sleeps, or tritlos, or smiU-s his f..ll.)w-sorvantH, 
 oreatsimrt.WnkH with the .Irunkon, the roality^of his pn-tonsums is m.)ro 
 than ..il..stionablo- nay, -hoKives ra.mt express contradutiont.. »•>*',";*** 
 plausnWo pr«fe8.si..na. The infidel, the scoffer, is just as wel <Sntitlo<l to 
 claim the riirhts ..f .ntizemhip as he. The true believer waits f.)r tlie coming of 
 the bni.l.'irtxMmi with his loins girt and his lamp, burning. He seek? to have 
 the weihling garment, th.it he may be prep.ire.l to go m as a welcome guest 
 ttfthe iriarriage supper of the Lamb. He is ^liligentthat he may be^.uiul 
 ' of the MKstor in peace. He looks £.)r the blesso.1 hope and the gh.rious ap- 
 pearing ..f the great O0.I an.l our S>iviouP Jesus Christ, in the true spirit ami 
 . under the pbwer of the Hontiment that JesUs gave himself for us " that he^ 
 might redeeni us from all ini.iuity and purify to himself a peculiar pe.>ple 
 zealous of gpo.1 works." T)ie trye expectation of the Christian and his cluir- 
 acter as a wholy person must ever be co-ordinate, recipn)c,il, and cftncurrent, 
 III The" last argument or consideration here presented to show the necessity 
 1 of lioliness, and to urge the Christian!^ to, its cultivation, is the tmnRform 
 fttion which 8h.iU Ultimately pass u^ti his physical constitution, and the Al 
 mighty agency to effect this great change; " Who shall ehahge our vile body 
 
 
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 tlmtit tnay be faHhioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working 
 whereby he is able to gubiue all tilings unto himself." The distinction thus 
 awaiting the Ixxly, as well as the soul, is the great inducement to treat it 
 properly now, and to rescue its members from being the instruments of un- 
 rightej.usness unto sin, and yielding them to be instruments of righteousness 
 untoholiness. Rotii. vi. Ist. The subject changed is "««r iJi7« /W//." This 
 wonderfully ^and fearfully constructed frame, the medium for the outward 
 expression an«l manifestation of thought, volition, emotion, affonis striking 
 evidonees of the wisdom and beneticenc^ of the Creator. Yet it is the i7r/« 
 ^jy^yj-" the body of our humUi(tf/i<m" It connects us with the soil out of 
 which it was formed, by the products of which it is sustained, ujmn which it 
 walks and into which it falls ami moulders. Whatever may be the soul's 
 progress towards its high destiny— its commonwetilth in Heaven— the body 
 keeps us in; constant physical connection with the earth. It limits in- 
 .tellectual power, impedes spiritual growth, is soon fatigued with the spirit's 
 activity, arid contains the seeds of disease and pain and death. It is an 
 animal nature. It is cljegraded by the P'all, and is prostituted to the puqjoses 
 of sin When we- think of the .soolidness of its appetites and jntirmities ; 
 when we look at it under [lainful and loathsonje diseases ; and when the 
 spirit has lied, and all that is left, however valued and loved in life^ becomes 
 soon so intolerable that we are compelled to bury our dead out of sight ; and 
 when we look into an open grave and witness the utter degredation of our 
 nature, we recognise the striking propriety with which it is called a " vile 
 body." Yet, this body is not to be annihilated ; it will only be changed. 
 " So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is rais- 
 ed in inqorruptioii. It is sown a natural bo<ly, it is i*aised a spiritual b«xly." 
 It shall be raised, and revive<l, and fitted for a glofi«u,s and undying life. 
 2hd. Consider the model to which this vile body shall be conformed. "That 
 it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body." Incomparable honor; 
 like Hi$ glorious or glorified body. Not His body in the days of His abode 
 on eartli, but the body now enshrined in the light and! glory of the Eternal. 
 On earth. He took upon Him the form of a servant, without sin, but in the 
 likeness of sinful flesh, exposed to the wants and privations of humanity, ajiid 
 subject to death. It is the body of His resurrection tHat is presented to us 
 hei*ei. AH is changed ; and everything which renders that body which He 
 bore about with Him here subject to Hunger an4'' weariness and p^in has 
 passed away for ever. We know not all the attributes ^f this glorious body, 
 but we are privileged even now to look at sb^ne of them from a distance. 
 On the Mount of TransBguration before the brightness of His countenance 
 the solar spiendoir f)aled,» and His robes rivalled the whiteness of the snow. 
 On the road to Damascus His glory dimmed the mid-day sun, and before the 
 grandeur of the symbolic manifestation in Patmos the desciple who had lain 
 on His^som fell on his face as dead. His glorious Ixxly lost some of its 
 earthly properties even before He a,scended and now is invested forever with 
 unfading splendours of the heavenly world. This is the model. The Christ- 
 ian's body is reserved for a high and holy destiny. It shall be like the body 
 of Christ. The brightness of heaven does not oppress him, \neither shall it 
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 of the fear of death in broken. Lock down into the < lark chambers of the 
 jrraveand disiniHs your apprehensions. The coin jueror has ^one int(» its 
 dread recesH«.s, and despoil it of its prey. Christian, the' t.lumph is yours. 
 . "I am the resurrection and the life, ho that believeth in nu; though he wer., 
 dend vet shftU he live, and he that liveth ami believeth in me shall never 
 die " •> Here is the great source of comfort tf» those mnurninff the removal 
 of pious "relatives and friends. Your parent, bnither, sister, child, " is not 
 dead but sleepeth." "I would not have you to be ignorant, bi(!thren, con- 
 cerninc them that JiH) asileep, that yesorrow not as nthers who have no hojKN 
 for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so also tliein who sl.'ep 
 in Jesus will God bring with hiin." " Wheref..re. comfort oiu^ anotl«^r with 
 these wonls." 3. The great question for all to answei' i,s, MVIiat relation 
 do we susUiin to the great consuminaticm^th.e resurrectu.n ] One day t he 
 (.uestion cannot be eva.led. I> is the part of wisdom to answer »t >iow Ihe 
 ' isurrection, as an event, is universal ; as a privilege, it is limite.1. All that 
 ure in their graves shall come forth, they that have done good, t.. tlie resur- 
 rection of life, and they that have done evil to the resurrection ot dainimtion. 
 Let it be ours, dear brethren, so to appreciate our privileges, our liigh call- 
 in.' our glorious prospects, that we shall cultivate nearer and nearer ac- 
 (umintance with Christ now ; that our communi.ui sluill be ii.ore nn<l more 
 Avith the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ, in that ourCinstinn graces 
 may be ever increasing in brightness, as the shining light which shineth more 
 and more unto the perfect day. And then, when He, _ who is our hope, shall 
 appear, we shall be ready to meet him with sOngs of triumph, and g<. m along 
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 Fathei-s and Brethren— I submit these few thoughts with all humility. 
 You neetl them not for any putpose of instruction. It is well, however, to ' 
 be reminded now and then of our relation to these great themes, from what- 
 ever quarter the remainder may come. An old divine gives Us a^ treatise 
 upon last things ; but last flings cannot well be (Uscusstd apart from^the 
 present In the Gospel Scheme, ultimate destiny and the life that now is— 
 revelation, privilege, responsibility, reward, or retribution, are mseparably 
 conioined. We shall then, rightly discharge our otMce as ambassadors ot 
 ■ Christ when we present the messages with which we are entrusted in their 
 fullness and harmony, ami in due proportion. While we poinfemen to heaven 
 as the goal of their ambition and the rest of the soul, we ought not to omit 
 telling them that by nature they have forfeited all right to that glorious 
 habitation, and that by themselves that right could never be regained. 
 While we direct them to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the, 
 world we must not forget to call them to repentance and to turn from dead 
 works' to serve the living God, and while we proclaim that it is the grace of 
 God that bringeth salvation, not\to neglect sitying that that grace does not 
 defeat its own purposes— that it tfejiches men to deny ungodliness and worlfl- 
 Iv lusts, and to live soberly and i^ighteously and godly in this present evil 
 world In one word, that the road heavenward is not some obscure, unil- 
 luminated by-path, but the King's highway— the way of holiness; that there is 
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