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humane bosom by the further repetition of horrors which they who have read will never forget; and they who have not read will never be solicitous to know? But, my Christian brethren, let me seriously ask, if only to remove or even to abate horrid examples of the like atrocity, some small portion of your superfluous resources would not be excellently bestowed? And when you call to mind that the Saviour of the worldyour crucified, your generous, your exalted Redeemer, delivered His last injunction to His disciples in the most solemn terms and on the most impressive occasion; and commanded, that they should "go and teach all nations "-can you, dare you, spurn the necessities of those who obey them?

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, was originally incorporated in the reign of William the Third. It has since spread its invaluable missions over British America and India; and has so extended the sphere of its utility as to find itself unprovided with means for the further accomplishment of its philanthropic designs. Its funds are exhausted, and it appears, even, that only a necessary and scrupulous expenditure has occasioned a decrease of its funded property to the amount of nearly twenty thousand pounds! On the disproportion between its resources and the magnitude of its generous views, the Society rests its claim to

public benevolence. It believes, and I think rightly believes, that they who abundantly participate in the Bread of Life, and estimate befittingly its transcendent value, will not deny the same spiritual food to the craving multitudes whose moral existence is endangered by its want. "Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" "And the same authority," says Archdeacon Hamilton, "whose command it is, 'If thou hast much give plenteously,' has graciously added this encouragement also, 'If thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little!'" In every worldly point of view, like wise, it is most important; because the more that the instructions of the missionaries are regarded-the more that the Gospel prevails over the besotted and slothful ignorance of heathenism; the more will industry be aroused and the arts of civilised Europe be appreciated. Hence, directed by the indefatigable spirit of commerce, new markets for British manufactures have been opened, and new sources of honourable emolument been secured. And who can tell that the blessing of Providence will not be more bounteously dispensed to him who now, with liberal hand and philanthropic heart, exerts himself to aid the propagation of the Sacred Scriptures?

Who can deny, who, rather, can imagine?-that his mite will not be returned an hundred-fold into his bosom ?

In conclusion, permit me to make one appeal to those, whose hearts nature herself has formed to respond to every touch of feeling; to those, who, claiming to be the fairest workmanship of the Creating Hand in every outward adornment, ought to be so in inward worth; to those, who, if there be a tear sacred to compassion, or a sigh dear to sympathy, are the genuine depositories of both. To them do I appeal; and to them, an appeal of tenderness and of mercy-of suffering and of want, never can be made in vain! Why did Heaven implant in the female bosom a stronger susceptibility-more lively emotions-a deeper and a truer pathos, if it were not that they should guide the stern relentlessness of man, and melt it down to human pity? Why was the tear made to gush with so much greater readiness from the female lid, if it were not to bespeak the softer power of sympathy, and to teach mankind the noblest attribute of Heaven? My brethren, turn not away from that celestial emblem; let its pure and warm current flow effectively upon your hearts, frosted as they too generally are by the world's cold and selfish passions; and let it in its silent but eloquent career, remind you, that Christ was not the Saviour of one but of all; that

he bade his Gospel be preached not to one nation, but to all; and "finally," that he has commanded you, "to be all of one mind, having compassion one of another; to love as brethren, and especially to be pitiful."

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SERMON V.

HARDNESS OF HEART.

And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. Exod. v. 2.

THIS passage is the answer of Pharaoh to the demand of Moses, when he required the enfranchisement of the chosen people. The rod converted to a serpent; the rivers flowing with blood and swarming with reptiles; the domestic hearths transformed into cemeteries, and the cities into deserts, were, we might suppose, a sufficient exposition of the query, "Who is the Lord ?" The winged myriads of flies and locusts, spoke in a voice too distinct to be misunderstood. And when the king again inquired, Who is this that hath slain our flocks and herds, destroyed the fair promise of harvest, covered our bodies with ulcers, slain our first-born, and overwhelmed Egypt with darkness and lamentation? The answer was direct as it was terrible, "IT IS THE LORD." Eternal justice had laid bare its irresistible sword, and taught the impious rebel, Who that High God was, with Whom he

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