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as a magnificent but Utopian enterprise of enthusiastic spiritual knight-errantry, and not as the destined purpose of God the Father, secured by covenant to God the Son, and carried into effect by the mighty power of God the Holy Spirit. And the accomplishment of this decree and will of God is considered as a consummation which only the will and power of God miraculously employed can ever effect, and not as a result to be accomplished by Zion, on which Christ's throne is established; in which he reigns; of which he is the head; in which he dwells by his Spirit and presence; to which he has given the gospel, and the commission to go and preach it to every creature; and with which in the prosecution of this agency, and only in so doing, he promises to be always, to the end of the world.

The truth then is, that every man must be a subject of this kingdom of Christ, or perish with his enemies, and that every man who is a member of the kingdom of Christ is required by the decree and will of God to offer

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ENCE, THERE IS NOT FAITH.

Faith in God's will, which is the spirit of piety, is therefore the spirit of missions. Obedience to God's will, which is the life of piety, is the life of missions. And missions

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of the gospel is precious; but unto them that stumble at the word, being disobedient, this will of God is made a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, over which they shall fall into the destruction prepared for the devil, and for all God's adversaries.

Faith in this will of God leads, therefore, to that obedience by which it is accomplished, and not to believe both in the will and in the agency by which it is to be fulfilled is To believe and obey, itself disobedience. to disbelieve and disobey, are so essentially connected as cause and effect, as principle and practice, that they are often employed as synonymous. Unbelief is the source of all disobedience, just as faith is of all work. Faith casts down all lofty, self-opinionated, and proud imaginations, and brings the very thoughts, desires, and the will itself, into the obedience of Christ; and not to believe is, state of rebellion

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