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I- T'. ■( MAY 20 1955 >•..« ■'» ,1 ► - ,».*■ _ '- • ' |-« • a_ . fs-i '^ '^ \.,<;o,\'^ * ■',«.'' >■ » \. ^"vipi -■"t---: ±.__. < > f \. ' : . r »■ Tvr^ft" m riimuim^L raiNciiW of the wm or : TBIMIIPSI^^iNiei S®(3IIST0SS. BIah wu faermid in the Imags of 0<>d. All the products of his hudd proclaimed the natural attributes — the wUdom andthepbiotfr of the'Creator,~>but fiMJi. distiu^ished by intelligence and spirituality, was espcoiaUr exalted by re- flecting the m4>ral perfections of lus Mpker*-his MintM and hve. He adored God in erery thing, and enjoyed every thinff in God. He was obedient and bencTolent, and therefore happy I But " how is the gold become dim, and the fine gold changed ?** His mind is alienated from God : he prefers sin to holiness, and idolizes snr. Brought to the standard of God's just-and reasonable requirement-^ i.oyB,-->8upreikie love to himseU; and love to allUs citation, it is evident that the whole bnmaa race oorae inuneasurably short of the glory of God. So tu from loving Hhn su- premely^they do not even <* like to retahi God in their knowledge ;'*^-they have mvented for thepiselves mnumer- able olfjects of fear and of love, ** worshiping and. serving the creAturejnorethtfn the Creator.*^ . 4 r — But man is not only awfully deficieat in lo?e> towards Go^, he is destitute of that love towards his fellow-man, which the leoond h%ad of the Isw demands. It is true theremav be fillings which ne^ to deiire the well lafo of others, and he may brafluenoed by various mothes to co-operate in promoting flw general good,-.^fltill it is but too evident that he is rea#, in many instances, to sacriflce the htppioMs of others, n^ only to his inter^t, but even to hu passioua. Man la/ radically selfish I Observe the world arouad you ;~ex«^(ihie your own oirde ; or descend into |roifr«r(f,-.4aad how wide-apreadj how oommandi^, how absorbing, will yon And the influence of se^- wtm over tho human heart! The fiwfris, that rin has usoiffaAized &e Worlds andintrodnced » tendency to uni- versal misanthropy. Instead of God bemg the oiiiti«, uniting all in one. hanoonious whole, each man seeks to make Atfn«e(f the centrfof attraction and of influence:— *iv :" /. himie^ the end, hit will the rewon of til he does. The defonnity, Mid eYen the Tery existence, of this principle may sometinies be unperceived, because it is but the over- growth of an elementary and allowable prineiple of oar original nature,— regard to our own happiness : but it is so enormous, vicious, and diseased an oveigrowth, as to be inoompaable with a just regard to the claims of God and man ; for while man looks upon kim9«lf as the mat and boId end of all he does, not only are the claims of beocTO- lenoe, and sometimes even of justioo disregarded, but God jttlisur is not recognized I There is no desire to magnify, to please, to senre Imn ! Where all is done finr telf, nothing . is ooiie for God I ^ . Now, ^before we regain that sUtion which it is alike onr :4uty and^ur happiness to occupy, this exdusiye, unlovely, and alMorbing care for self, must yield to niore Jost, more generous, more expanded sentiments. The frosen heart must melt, and must be made to gkiw with pure »^^* regard to God and man. We teust be brought cheerftiUy to acknowledge, and deeply to feel, that there Sw cla fans a;id interests, inconceivably bevond and above uu^iu^ that Wmust not only stand in abeyance, thajf we n^ adniit a brother" i cUimis, but must be annihilated^ that w^ may give glory to the. God of heaven. It was the gr^d object of the ministry of jChript to bring man back io Us original oonditi(m of peace with God, and his fellow ni^.^ The Most High might jnsUy have left us to reap the con- sequences of our lapostacy :— h« might have left m to toe unchecked operation of our wUd, and sel^h, and si^l passions ^-^to enmity, nnhapinii^ss, and ruin for ever, 'XI^ any messenger been s^t to us; from hb throne, it mij^ht -mfXi have been to proclaim unh|ealed discord between m|fi and man; and everiasting war between earth and heavwa. 3ut Jehovah sent his son to Mws, and not to curse, toe humaii race; to sow, and not to destroy;"— to heal tlM breaoh which sui had occasioned ;— to restore mm to spi- ritual healto and eternal life. 9at toe absence of God from the affections is, m iudf, an essential source of unbapdne^ even if no direct penal^ were attached to too violatimi of his law. There is an indissolublji ^connexion between i^^t and the K!)ection of God from thf affections r—to re-pvodme hmpmeu in a unM^jbcdng, i^onirea. ti>w«jM«» • ««n^ s^Ued to the inward disease 6#hi» ipm- Not only^mnst the claims of divine instioe be satisfied, but a neir s^ holy llalft: f^ th« affiBCtions mnst be tarodneed in maft. H« ean . The inciple e brer- of our It it U « tobe od and »t and »6aeT0> It God lagnify, nothini^ like oar ilo^ely, t, mora a bMurt ' ndtnif eerftiUy loUfana we nnj thAt^-'*v; « gpri^dV^V Ijto hii "^ he con-" *. IB to the dfinlkil 1 ni%lit )enm|n heavvatt; fse, the beal the I to 8pi< jkdfrom ^pin< tation •prodnee t remedy ity moat andhobr He ;>^i i" t be h^»p7 only as he regaina the divbe. image in the soul ;— aa hi^ will ia brought into a atate of eonforndty to the will of iOod i-^ the clainia of hi« Creator, and of hla feUow- mthat benevolent and aifeotionate regard to your fellbw-men, whidi wc are >ound to ei^oin upon you, appear to be inoonabtent with a prcMper regard to your own happlnesa >^ths daims of heaven and of earth mpltar to be at variance I But it ahould be^ remembered that originally jthey were one:^there ia no^ essential diaagieement between them. A regard for our own liappineaa ia the law of our being; an eaaential element of bur aentieni nature, aiid cannot'' be laid aaide: ftor does l^e Bible pik iw tb lay ^it aaiA/ iftvappeala to it; worka by It; attictiilea and atrengthena it It up* braida ua with folly and nudneaa when we do not aeriotuuy and rigbtly ojieriah it ; and it leada ua in the path In which , alone ita great oUect can be aeoured. Beaidea, God aeeka the happiness of his creatures in exjunction with hia owii glory: we^ therefore, in imitation of hhn« should seek our happineaa in oovOunction with his honoyr I , God aeeks hia own honour in imparting this :-^He mkiifeBta hia glory by diiRuihg holyliappiness through the cre«iion,— ii; therefbie, we seek this pure blessedness, we seek what God seeks i-^ thus our interests and God'a glory are made to blend and bebome oob. Let us not, t^en, imagfaie when we are called to obey 0od, that we are called .to awrraiMfor happi^ nesa :— op the contrary, we may be aaaored thai if we will not obey Him, we may aa well give up the pursuit of hlq>- pmess. God has inseparably blentled them; ai^d weshaU never ftnd obedience and happineaa apart from duih other e for lore to God cannot bat produce birth ; and ww^tkfve to BSnti misery is natural an4 inevitable. Thia Bupreme regard to Ged ia on^raaeh of the^ mental law of Christ's kingdom. IWe were in a st^ieof V ?.•> #* %' t^ I • 1 ■ ' ' enmity ;— but He c«me to restore loTe to Ood, and though thli lore wtf eqjofaied by the law of Bios^,' and by the prior law of nature, yet It may, with peculiar proprie^, bo ealled ** ths taw qf OaateT/' beeaufe he taught mof« elearly than had ^fer been done belbre, that this Is the &iklv Mo/tM which can render olir aotioos truly rirtuoua and aocepuble to Ood. Not only did he reprobate Impure ind selfish motives, bnt ei\fain§d, and provided fbrthe nroductlon •f, that only motive wMoh b heavenly and holv. " He died to secure us fWmi the cane of the law, whleh we had broken, that he might l>rhig u» under an irredstible oA>llM- tion to obey the hw which he enacted. He erected nia oraaa, and constituted It at once th« seat of legislation and the Utar of saoriflee.'* *' When Moses had spoken every preeept to all the people aoeor^ff to the law, he tprlnklea Vith blood both the book and ati the peo|^le ; saving, this la thelblood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto yon *' When Jeans had completed his oode of divine mo- raH^, he sprinkled it with his own most pre^ions blobd, saymg, ** If ye love me, keep my commandments. Greater lovohath no man than this, thataman lay down hbliibfer his Mends. Ye are «y Mends, if ye do whatsoever I comrnanA yoii.**\ It follows, then, as a necessary eonaequehoe, that if any of the commands of God be neglected, there ie a mani- fest want of love to Him :— for*** love will make our eheerftil feet, in swift obedienoe move." Let but fMi principle be fani^tedinthesonl, and we shall "ad«^6o »jf!bedto f Mola Wife .fen faidiA»«|it fettt^XI^ tiM^t nMtlher good nof etfl, tHit drcOmatanees might make H improper. If % IMMMI WtMie Hkely to be enoOoMMl ^ idobtry, or ft #(liil«l^aierihakeBhihUftltb,llMaet became ablame* cbiB Otle. Thti all Indiffbrent acta ^of be brbngbt, anJt M^Al to be brooght, nnder thli rale I'-ciramatattces may gl«« them a moral eharaeter and impdrtanoe, irMoh call for the aid of the fear and lore of Ood. And we do not act aa OhHftlMfe If we do not regidate oar common punuita by ^^^^^ priiMg' i—\t yitt do not aaV llhe (raUanee, and oMflolt the wi^fand leek the blesaing df God in etery engagement hi whfeh we embark onr property, oar bodiea/ or oar mtnda. How ^laln are the directions of the word of God In theM mattenl ** Go to now, ye that aay, Today or tomolTow wo will go Into inch a olty, and continue therf a year, aiikd buy and lell, and get again :~-ye ought to say, If the Lord wUl, we shall Uto, and do this, or that*'^ Janlee hr. 15— ^15. How would suqh a course of action aeeure and ennoble our conduct t By thus '* setting the Lord always before us," how should we be preserred from dogeneraoy! When a true ug^el'Vadlng regard to God eiefatee the entire existence, tflSrPmmon CldnM of lifo are consecrated^ and meaning and dignity ^ glv^ to what tfes least sipdilcant and worthy. Purely H u unnecessary to add aoY thing in proof of the importenco and excellenco of thte nrineiple. It will M be denied tbat love to God U the nobioM principle of fection; and ifait loVe to Him will lead us caremlly to jhvn whatever would not tiend to advalicO Ua glory. i ^ IM OS glance, then, at tho teeoud braiti6kMih9 flrndfe"^ mental law oi Christ's kingdom?— loys TOlTiAos otn raixoW-Mitir. It ia evident that our GreatTTeaoher sought, both by his precepts and example, to neutraJize the ma&na of tke world in fitvour of aelflshnesB and revonge ; and to drctulfete (ao the current coin of hia realm) the maxima of fbrgfveness and love. ** Ho would have it impressed on ua, that wis owe to ovety man a d^t of affecdon which is never diaoha^ged :-Hihat we owe it to hbn as one of our kind; and thifc no conduct of his, however penonally offensivo^ can ever release ua from the obligatibn of sooting his w^- ^.'^ We are to aim at tbo gendral good of the flm^'of which we fere bom and must ever oontmue itaemberk. How foreiUy b this ei^oined upon us by the Apostle, (1 Cor. x. 24) : Let no one seek the gratification Of hife own humour, or the advancement of What may seem to be his person4 — ^^- — A-8 — — \ \ InlerMt ;— but let twry on* puwue uiotber ■ wtlikra i endMfourinf to «ario)i all that ar« iround Dim In h o iliM ii and comfort. At • iplritual being, man It tha oftpaing ofOod; andafMau.PffopoaadtouabyCbrialaaaa^lM ofalfootion. By bringtnf bafora na mao'a origin, and ra- lationaMp to Ood, and lutura dattinT, ha raiaaa ua abova tha artifloial diatinctiona of aodatj :— iia makaa ua M »^ we «re made of one blood ; ar« intolVad in a common dangar ; are inTl^Mi to one daliTaranoa ; and ara hiateniag to ona tdbonal. From thli al^Tation ha makaa w Ma^^ tha latareata of $aeh ara oommlnffled and blaodad ^th tha walfiuv of the whole; and that Aa who would be happy, muat oheriah a benavolanoe like that which brought himaalf from heaven .—which ahall prompt ua, aa it did Wm, to " go about doing good," alWUting tha iorrowa. mulUply- iog the comforta, and labouring for tha salvation of all. ^^riia language of hia Apoatlai ia In parfoct accordance with thia— **Ue that loveth another hath AiUUled the law„ for all the law ia ftd^led in one word, thou ahalt k>ve thv neighbour aa thyaelf."— •• If ye ftilfll the roval Uw which liya, * Thou ihalt love thy neighbour aa thywU;' ye do well"—" Love worlteth no ifl io Wb fplghbour \ thata^ loveiathcftdfillingofthalaw." . • ,^ . Thi^, then, ia the flindamental law of Chriat's kingdom, Lovn I— Leva to Ood, which laada ua to aim at hb glory in all that we do : and Leva to Mak, which laada us to avoid whatever would in any way injure nim ; and to latln|f tampatt, oyer field* in Whloh miMlonariee have labourad for yaarai and which weni already " whiu nnto the harml.'^ Whan you lae it Uiua/ipreading miaery and crima around us ; when you, behold It ereeting itMlf m the moit (bnaidabVe barrier to the spread m the foapel at home and abroad, ean >e the weii^t tpTyour influence and eiaaiple to up* itinue to UM theae baneftil drinke^ or d be imuKtnif Whan fflbrta ar^ drinks fW>m eodety^ cigl «•• CjpiUli •uoh aflbHa, oV eten remdn neutral, and serioueiy lay, that your ot^Ject ia thtreht/ to promote the glqr^ qf God f I do moat affecuonately appeal to yon, my hearera,' wh«tner you are eotmmtr^ or vender $ of fermented Uqtiora : -~«onddering that their Inflii^oe upon the cause of reiigioii is so malign : — that erery Individutal who indulges in CTen the moderate use of them, exerts an influence wnich tenda to perpetuate the erila of intemperance ; — oate you coma unneeitatinffljf and koneetly^iio the conclusion, tliat by con- tinuing to use or vend th«i|i, you are really promoting tha glory of God ? Is your motive for continuing the practioa tha( which the Apostle says ought to be so, we may hereaft^ briefly shew ;-^ut the nomt n»m to be decided is thit .^-Taking all the evUp resultmg '■ •%- ■\ : ib V froni 'the cdmmon tuie <>f- Ibrk&ented Kdnort ^to. MHIbI #ttir, li itmorefvr ^ ffM'^ (Shit ^ itxmAXB, 1iMk tp. dii^Mime the mi^t ^SmI iM% *CM tiu>tlii^ dC t^ib^ &dhi^^ they liiye «yrt^ hKUItiiia TfiiapMBaoe WMsietlel^ dr«r^ telKiM th^ni y^ , ttl^ that jroii thonM cdi^iltliirf itiailUgMitiy tifilUt „ m$lb iHib ]ue thtu getiUiigf to rt|&6 taiebtbia d^gHidi^ tittn iid ihiMtyrftBd to ttidce iVedy i P0oi»le 0t«bMred fi^ . the IM t 1 6iiimot Inuijglliie ISttt i ib^eMlM^ (i«fiOasiy ttnii^e to not fttch )Mteifflpi no ioiplfrio^ ttStid eoiiid^nCb(taii4< It (MOjf'tMliiini, iheid, 'ii^aide^ nidi tfttt 6t o«r ttAleiit to ]«)QAittd>yttt^ "iMl tuil^ pia mk itoiiM to aii «fi%A(Mie(a(; •tfWihl*^ Jlrlt; taapr«^9^ (smvkHmtf thst to 6? fiiiiled (b |& o#n ignoncnee or niilttiLke ; fehioe n6 etH»^ hM; e^'woiUa in ta^ urajr he lij^onv an^ fo cft> ^Meveif his i-tendifntiy to i^ote his present and evcodurtlng well- . K^-^' V mismmm t Mitlo 'iia 4 .?M I Woe God. * V , i r M Mn^. It will be granted that a Cbristiaii is bomiiby the Uw of Christ to abstain, not onl7 tnm those things whi^ are known t6 be sinfal, but also tifom Hhom whiq^ are, i»' thenmaliftit ind^erentt when they might proye the means of stmnbUnir and ensnaring .others. Of this the Apos^ Paul was a noble example. Xet us look, then^ at ibe^grand prmcmU upon which he acted. In Bom* xi?.* haidiw led - ^hein badk to the great doctrine ofjj^ comftiaii iaiw,'— that we must aUstand bedore the JudMpnt «eat of Chriltt--^ h(B urges both upon fpif knd Oemiles iwo coii$efU€mi€$ whiolMMtivallj fblldwed: lit. That oenabriousne^ was ▼«ry ^beoomhigt stnoii we tl^us usurp the plaoe and prwo* gathre jcX our judge*: and,' 3d, That it is an undpubied and fanportint diity, npt to lay any stumbling Uock, or any oQciSto t6 fiptt. in our brother's way^ The two nouns here ujMd t^4brdbly, ai^d with peculiar propriety, siniify*^ .^'"TThfttever may be the oocauon of ensnaring another, or dra#h% him into sin aiid misehie£" He then^lUi^trateii the prittoiple by an example, (as he does also ^ 1 Cphtiii.), the Stem of which may be bne^ stated thus :^h]s oonsci^ ^ would hav^ pem^ted hiin to eat meat soldin the shambl-^ iHthout askmg whether it h^d, or had not, be^ prmioQi^ oflfered hi sacrifliee to iidols,|-HBtill, l^i he should enoouragt any oHo to Imitate his example m so doing, cofttirary to ma conticfii^s^ and thus be the occasion of his ulling into sin,-^ with a tolf^denial whidi all must commend, he says, " If meat make my brother to ofen^ I ipU eat na flesn whU^ th^ world standeth, least I inakct my brother to oifeiidk'* Kow^ with thiaprin^Ie^^f Christian duty, aijij il^ illuflr trl|iOii[ of the law of Cauist' s kingdom before us^thow ahoul^ we aot with regard to intcuda^^ug drinkp f £ren fiippop* in|r that what is oidled ' the moderate use of thom, is Aii^fH othen^eitdy are We tiot k9md io a^ttaim from them ^ the good of others ? Mn^ny aro eonvineed that it would bo sinfld fbr them to drink fuch liquors i if, t^iep^or^ our ui^ of tiiem shO^old in a^y dO||pree encourage silic^iiersonil!^ |iptake of them ; or if our use of them should Induce oihinff who Vive no sil^ples upon ^e matter, toiiiidtate our exuomli. #l3iejr}^^ andbyinaensibielm^. become drfOdpUrdlV—wlat ai^m able to give to ixiut iMt&t He Ins i^^nfy tanjj^ ;ii^^^^^^ .we da not fully discharge OHT refj^nnbiU^ % ii(nt ^^ ^usinff erih;^-^ a»*^ t^&o,m i|^^ we can tp "i^ip ^ How powerful the a^peak of ^ miibired wilbirj *'|f; by . ' A J ■'ik ^ ' »«'-*'«.> ^ Into fill, bow dbtt thou any longer walk aooordinff to that noble jprjlndple of x^vn wbicb is the grand tme of the Ohiittian lUe ?** Howerer innocent it may aeeqiil in itself^ '. wiH thou, if thon hast any compassion for Vm, ^r any re- giord to til/ Gre^ Master, "vHlt thou destr^ AcIr, 1;>y thy rash ito of sndi oarticular drin)^ for whom dnris^ not only submitted to selx-denial and reproadli, but died amidst. ihc agonies c^ the cross f Is the aratifieation to be derfrea th>m the uitf or the prqfit to be derived from the taU of such liauQirs, $o great a tiling to a Christian, that for the sake <^ It, an immortal toul should be endangered, and thet blood of Christ made of none effect ? Say not your Chrittk^ liberty is thus inVaded ! for what is Christian libarty,-— but a noble, a spiritual, a heayenly superiority to* all uiingB that would hinder the adT«noement of Christ^ kla^gdom in your own soul and in the world I'— JFVmlSpiM to db aU.UiiitgBAat skailprwnote the (fhrjf ojL Ood and the 'Wett'^befaBtf of man P Surely none Wm say flat eomcieftce farhidk fa& to abatafai from tliese things I ** For the li;ing- dbm of €k>d is not mcit and drink,** it neitherprohibits nor ei^Jfrfns such things as these, but e^jofais and promotes ^righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Splrit,**^- I. e., a cheeffol temper, supported by a consfdousttess ojT strict hitil^ty, established on principles of uniy<»rBal hrre^ and inmi^ by the SpMt of God. , " %Ai us ther^re pursue ttiti ihinffS which tend to peace, and mutual edifica". tion ;*Mnd indiuge not so mean a taitte as for tiie sake of a particular kind of drink to destroy thy brother, who Is the woik of God; whCm, therefore, thou art bound to.lbye; whose welfiure thou art bound to seekl Therefore it, is good'neitiier to eat any kind of flesh, nor to drink wine,^ tiKNigh Sn tile most mowrate degree, nor indeed to indulge In any thing else \if which thy brother is acandalized or Weakened,-— i. e., vf which be maYbe either ensnared, discouraged, or enda^|ered in his relmoUs course. Il^k ef tiie Vuue of the soul! Behold its itiue in tiie price jMid for its redemntioni and surely you wiU carerolly ayoid whateTer mignt, . in ike least de^^i endanger or iq}nrf ithe so^ of otiiers t 7ou will com^der no lidwur too |g no, sacnfice too costiy, by which the «alyation of the may be 'secured. .. \ Ferboa it may be tiioiu^lit by s^nie, ^i' th« liw , Chrlit*ii kingdom, ak thus flnistrated a^ enforce^ tiiough it demuidb the relinqidshiAenI of the tpe and tiie Bile of In^xicating dtlika, dees not mak« it oi^ duty to support ■•^^ '-%y U^ mm ■TCWMMp mmtSmt\ ' 7V}np«raiu^« 'SSocieties. Let u^ look, therefore, «t this qaettion for a moDMnt. If ioeietiet of thk kind wom o^ now formed, and their practical retulta, therefore, a merv matter of prodoMt cateuUUim, itill, the o^^ which theyi hare in view ia ao emkeiiay deeiraUei and the prohability of their doing good so graat, that we might reaeonably expect that erery linoere IbTfr of God and man would give them his cordial support. But the praoticaliilitjr and siie« ocM of such societidi is not probUmatkal. They have been Nnf;'— tried on a laige 8<»le:*-tried under vimy variety of ckoumstanoes^ ana among diffnrent classes of society^ and time would ^ were we to attempt a review of their results. Hundreds of thousands have joined them ; and mul^tudes who have not siven in their names as>dhei«nt8 to the cause, have adopted their prinGipleai--M that both in England and America, an important orange has already takeb place in the general habits of a laige portion of th« eommnnity. Thousands of drunkards have been recited 9rom vitee 'and misery ; and several' hundreds of these-^ (who vfere, be it remembered, b^ond the reaioh of th« ordinanr means of grace :-r-voluntanly excluded firom them Inr, habits which rendered them incapable of receiving Kli<' g^ous impressions i)-^wena hmdredt of these have been mitd^ nartakers of al( the comforts that flow from sobriety an4 religion fiow, and are ei^joying the hopes of a glorious UnmortaUtyi from which ilni drunkard must be' for ever eioliided:--while hundreds, who have thus been rescued from niih in both worlds, are now uniting with the hostsof the redeemed, in ascrilung praise, and honour, and gloiy to nim^ who bought and cleansed them wi& his own most precious Uoodll* IFAers cap we find oi^ oOer benevo« lent eBternrise that has produced results to be compared with this? Until, then, human ingenuity* or Christiait benevol^oe, can discover pUns more calcidated to stem the> torrent of wickedness, miseiy, and crime .'—until they can ad<^t som^ more eifectual method of raising man to his proper standitrd in the scale of creation as a tiiinking and >.* ^Xiim Cl^powclr of Ood aaio •iavii«iMi."-4rai w«db «r tlirt tli« adopCldii of 2 prlaelpto or Total AhrtiaoMOliM boon in haadNdi bf iattecci a^atntdtd t|M fiorlmw oBd woold not li«Tobo*aobtainod. , Wo do iM#piitToMMMl i| t^plww of tlM 6o«pol-«id our oppoaeoti kmc that «« iawSTatZ. llilittboyoiqrlaiowtt,aiidoitfArtol^^ »^w«ao noi, or «» # -1% -»^t.'^-.-.\-ist' ;|. j.;tii* '■/■ ■■?(- i4: I'lV MMmmtable beingt;— vntil thsy ma iftiM up * mote em- ■tolMt And tneoetiM httMnger to pr«p«r« the. way for th« QmpAt'-ht^to QodMd mum Menu impenttitely to reaoir*, that the ftiendf of humioity aad of religkm sh most eurvatea, tendei% and improving emotiona of which i •t>uli8:suscepnble. Christians! Let us seek to be more p p«red to give up etfery thing tibat would be pr^udidal tiie interest! df reSgion in ourselves or others, and w&shj redi^e ^e truth of the deolafttion-^*' He shaU restore^w^t you re8]ign-U>r jgrani vou Uesnngs more divine." ^ ; IVtth re«urd to aU fermented liquors, I would say to <^ery indlvuLtial, abstaim pbom tsbm ax.too«thbb, if it Ibe oSoty upon ^lowest principle we hitve adverted to— ^ regard io yciur oUm hapmnest ;— let your mind be disabused 0f the c^mmoa error, Ibat th^ are not only lau^uL but goid txid healthful beven^s for the ordmary us^ of life^ S^especiiUrfopsupporting the animal frame under &tigue, or tutoring » after eiduuspon. The foundation principle bpon wBcn we wbold lurgoe^ ^^ wiU not view llie suli^eet in the sdripiurdl 'B^^ht in which we have endeaf- .toured to plaoor it betwe you is this,~-and\it iii a fliet in k]^y^eal8<»enoe,th|iiSTmiii«ATiito IS not tlinKvarBsioMQ^ hlitixaibfi contrary i» tbeakenina and impairuig. Let thlf be^ilt OOkiw^k^^ understood, aiid then well considered in Itf ^niario^ app^^ons, and I have little doubt M to the result^ JChiOpi^cipal fiifetrence ili, that spirits, whether '«vaoftlietwo. lifoUowt it • oMtti^^tlMr ^MriBoe, that llw stttniiiMimi to t^ ^WlnuniT^miati of it (lft« tliflkfrfMiieiit qm of Mlomcl. *)U9a9lc*] niedibli^t, tin«tiii« of 0|»u2i^, &c.y is » jiWw and .^InUdlinii, btit ittre. MQPittf , juia iMw. of the citadel ef '1iMti^2DVe.4i|i|iQfiitt 9^ ^More dnilBiilt to l^bdloe in^ itmoret-r'Ofteti.slipiiMi^r 'm or efil^Vltotf ttti4>^b^itMing.it r—^o^ ^ fi^lM%fr ^b^rmscoone. 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