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THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AND THL
GLORY THAT SHOULD FOLLOW.

Pkkached on ■Monday Morning October f)Tn, 1837,

AT THE

* OAKVILLE CAMP MEETING,

BY THE REV. J. E. SANDERSON, B. A.

OF MONTREAL,
AND PUBLISIIKD DY REQUEST.

The Camp Meeting at Oakville, C.W., opened on Friday even-
ing, Oct. 2nd, with iniicli promise. On Saturday large companies
gathered in and the work fairly began. On Sabbalh the congre-
gations were innnense, and the services clVeclive. The word was
spoken " in demonstration of the spirit and of power." The
saved of the Lord were many. Never can that day of battle and
of triumph be forgotten.

The services of Monday opened with a morning prayer meeting
at G o'clock. At 9 o'clock the company present entered joyfully
into a fellowship meeting. Many and hearty were the testimonies
borne to God's mercy and saving power.

When an hour had been spent in this engaging exercise, and
additional numbers had arrived from the surrounding country,
preaching was announced.

The Preacher having waited until the fellowship meeting could
be brought to a close, said —

** We are right in giving these social services due prominence
among our many and diversified religious means. In olden times
* tUcy tJint feared the Lord spake often one to ano'.livr.'* Let
us maintain the time-honored usage. Tl.ank the Lord for Fellmv-
sJi?p Meetiriiis. Preachers love to hear the people bear bold and
experimental testimony to the great salvation preached. It greatly
fctrengthens our hands, and end)oldcns us to ' preach the word,'
when wc know that it is believed — when we can pi>int to multitudes
of converted witnessing Christians, and say, ' \ e are our epistles,
known and read of all men.' Our Icllowship meeting niij]^ht cuw
tinue and increase in interest throughout the foreutjon, but wc me
summoned now to other exercises."

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iM us nog tbe 385th Hjrmn. 8's. & 7*8.

1 . Lore Divine, all loves excelling,

Joj of heaven, to earth come down.
Fix in us thy bumble dwelling,

All thy faithful mercies crown :
Jesus, thou art all compassion ;

Pure, unbounded lore thou art ;
Visit us with thy salvation ;

Enter every trembling heart.

3 • Come, almighty to deliver,

Let us all thy grace receive ;
Suddenly return, and never.

Never more, thy temples leave ; .

Thee we would be always blessing ;

Serve thee as thy hosts above ;
Pray, and praise thee, without ceaaing,

Glory in thy perfect love.

I. Finish then thy new creation,

Pure and spotless let ua be ;

Let us see thy great salvation,

Perfectly restored in thee :
Changed from glory into glory,
^ Till in heaven we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise I
Let us praj.

Our Heavenly Father, we thank thee that we are permitted to
i^pear before thee this morning. We rejoice in thy goodness —
the voice of joy and gladness is heard in our tabernacles — tbou art
greatly blessing us, and we will adore tbee.

We would remember and devoutly acknowledge thy goodness to
ua throughout the past Sabbath. For aiding thy servants in preach-
ing thy word — for rendering that word effectual in the awakening
and conversion of many sinners, we now unitedly and thankfully
praise thee. Thy people also thou hast blest, and gladdened
their hearts by rescuing and saving immortal souls. And now,
O Lord, we humbly and earnestly ask that thou wouldst establish
and extend thine own work. Be mindful, we beseech thee, of the
Iambs brought into thy fold. Many who have been made to rejoice
in thy love — who have felt the burden of guilt give place to peace
and joy in the Holy Ghost, have necessarily returned to their homes
and friends and lawful duties there. Oh God, preserve thou them
in the good way wherein they have begun to walk ; they walk amid
dangers — snares and temptations beset them round about. Some
of them have gone from amid thy people, and the holy and
engaging services of this leafy temple, to worldly duties — to min-
gle with ungodly companions — into the bosom of prayerless
families and formal ckurdies. Many will breathe a chilling
atmosphere — be met, perchance, with indifference or opposition

from nearest friends and relatives. Maj thine arms of loTe en-
circle and defend them ! Maj the fire of thy love ever warm
their hearts and embolden them to bear the cross ! Keep their
feet upon the rock, establish their goings, and through their light
and good works may many be led to glorify thee.

On that the holy leaven may spread — that wicked companions
may be arrested — ungodly households converted, and formal, power-
less Churches revived and spiritualized!

Hear our prayers for the universal prosperity of Zion. Refresh
the waste places with " showers of blessings" — build up thy people
in the true faith of the gospel. May all the churches be truly
Lights in this dark world, and be rendered more successful than
ever in bringing lost sinners to God.

Let thy enriching blessings, O Lord our God, descend upon the
nations. Christianize Christian nations — convert and save those
who rule over them. May our own nation and all who are in au-
thority over us, be graciously remembered. Preserve, we beseech
thee, the life, and establish the throne of our rightful Sovereign.
Let the righteous flourish in her day — and through her reign may
thy name be greatly exalted. Send out thy truth and let all flesh
see thy salvation.

We adore thee that thou art maintaining thy cause and extending
thy kingdom on earth ; and that in many places, as here in our
midst, thou art making known thy power to save.

Before thee now are many convinced of sin, and praying for redemp-
tion. Save now O Lord, we beseecii thee ! this very morning —
even while we are bowed at thy feet, let captive souls be set free —
let troubled spirits be comforted — let the voice of mourning be
changed for the song of gl^ "mss. And we pray thee awaken the
impenitent, convert the ungvt' .y. This day may many yield to thy
love, renounce their idols, abandon their sins, and render thee their
hearts. Grant us the light and quickening power of the Holy Spirit
while we speak and hear thy word. It is thine to give the increase.
Gtve it to-day, we implore thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy king-
dom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our
debtors, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil ;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever.
Amen.

Our morning Lesson is the 40th Psalm. " I waited patiently for
the Lord ; and he inclined unto me and heard my cry," fcc.

Three versei of the 3S4tb Hymn.

I know that mj RedMm«r Mrtn
And ever pravt for m9" Ac.

SERMON.

Wo ask the Axi^istance of your prayers for the lijjht and influcDoe
of the Holy Spirit, while we meditate upon —

"The Sufferings of Christ, and the Glory that should
FOLLOW," 1 Peter, i. 11.
You win see the connection when I read from the 9th verse —
" Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

10. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you :

1 1 . Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow."

May I ask you to bear in mind the services of yesterday, and
especially the evening sermon from — " Let this cup pass from me."
You will not wonder that texts which speak directly of Christ, and
the atonement he made for our sins, are favorites with Ministers.
We feel assured that they embody the essential truth, and will
strike home somewhere. The Apostles began and ended their
ministry preaching " Christ and the rcswrectioiiy St. Paul
had no time, no ambition for any subjects of discourse " save Ja^us
Christ (191(1 him crucified.'''' And no marvel that when the full-
ness of gospel blessings came — blessings Avhich had for long gene-
rations been the burden of promise and of hope — that he should
be wholly absorbed therewith.

'* Testified beforehand."

My friends, the blessings we enjoy to-day — our sitting together
in hearenly places, and our joy in these delightful means, the bles-
sed experience we have of religion, the " jieace'^ which has come
to many of you during the past two or three days — and the '• sal-
vaUoriy' to which you have borne joyful testimony this morning, were
long ago subjects of prediction by the Spirit, and are the purchase
of our Saviour's sufferings.

Some wonder at our meetings — stand amazed at the change we
feel and the happiness we experience when converted to God.
They deem such experience non-essential, unscriptural, delusive.
The spectators sit Pentecost had similar thoughts and misgivings,
when they heard the preaching of the Apostles and witnessed the
conversion of the first thousands. But Peter declared that the
words they uttered were scriptural ami true — and that the works
wrought and the changes experienced were the legitimate and
promised operations of the Spirit.

Thank the Lord that there were prophets who spake beforehand
of this " salvation," and " the grace that should come unto you"
— who boldly proclaimed the farts wliich the Spirit dictated ; not-

withstanding ^'.lat the time and the manner of their fulfilment were
alike hidden in the obscurity of future years.

The word of God and the converting power of the Spirit have
never been withdrawn from the church — from the world ; and,
'' until the end be," we are authorized to expect the scripture-
marked, the self-attesting, and God-honored operations of both the
one and the other.

The doctrines you have heard preached on this camp-ground, and
the conversions you have witnessed, the blissful experiences you
have heard and which many of you have felt, stand among the
facts that were * signified by the Spirit' — that were spoken of by
prophets — tliat wore subjects of anxiety to the ancient fathers, and
" things into which the angels desired to look." But I am anticipa-
ting, and shall have occasion to recur to these thoughts hereafter.

St. Peter places prominent among all subjects of prophecy and
hopeful solicitude, these two central and inexhaustible themes —
(1) " The sufferings of Christ and (2) the glory that should follow."

]. The Sufferings of Christ.

The solemn and earnest thoughts presented last evening, on this
subject, will be my apology for dwelling at less length on this first
part, than T otherwise should have done ; and will permit, what I
much desire, the more full consideration of the second, and the
faithful ChrisUfUi j^rcictice it involves.

(1.) The S?#e?e/-— Christ.

He is called the " seed of the woman," the " Lamb of God,"
the " only begolten of the Father." In nature and character he
was " holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners."

Feebly and imperfectly had the Eternal Son, the Saviour of
men, been prefigured by the meek, innocent, unblemished Lamb.
Yet was this the fittest type our sinful earth could supply, of Him
who should ' bear our griefs and carry our sorrows.' Inspiration
tells us of his eternal glory — that " being in the form of God he
thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; but made himself of
no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men ; and, being found in fashion as a m^n,
he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross."

On earth we behold him as " God manifest in the flesh" — " Em-
manuel, God with us." Fellow sinner, behold thy Saviour laying
his glory by, vailing his divinity with the " likeness of sinful flesh,^
and visiting our earth to become " mediator between God and
man." As the Son of God, he maintains the claims of Divine
justice, and is possessed of the power to atone and make reconcili-
ation ; while, robed in humanity, " made like unto his brethren,"
he i^ fitted to represent our cause and act as our Mediator.

Here, like St. Paul, beholding the splendor of gospel dajs and
gazing upon the many glories that stud the Christian firmament, we
discover one central orb, gilding all others with his rays, shedding
down upon us his healing beams, and rejoice that we '' are cume to
Jesus the mediator of the new covenant."

We have seen Christ in his ghr?/ with the Father ; Christ
promised as the Saviour of the world ; Christ given and clothed
with humanity, preparatory to the groat atonement. It yet
remains for us to behold him accomplishing the sacrifice — treading
the wine press alone.

(2.) The sufferings — of Christ.

The bright shining of his glory was eclipsed as ■' He who was
rich, for our sakes became poor." You mark the darkening shades
of the night of sadness falling around him as he traverses the earth,
'' a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."
Not by might nor by power.

You would have thought, had you seen him * going about doing
good,' attesting, by deeds of mercy, his compassionate regard for
man, and in acts of power displaying his sovereign authority ; as
you saw him place his hand on the fever, and the leprosy, and free
their captive ; as you heard him command Death to unloose his
grasp and let go his prey, you would have thought, that by words of
authority and by acts of vengeful power he would hurl from his
usurped throne the Prince of the power of the air, and thus rescue
1^8 enslaved sons of men. But no —

He dies to save!

He has undertaken our cause, he must pay our debt, atone for
our sins, satisfy divine justice, obtain honorable redemption, and so
take the prey from the mighty. " Without the shedding of blood
there is no remission." Having freely undertaken the self-sacrifi-
cing work, he becomes " obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross," '< that through death he might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is the devil ; and deliver them who through
tear of death were all their life time subject to bondage." — Heb.
ii. 14, 15. His path to triumph and to the throne of mercy lies
through Gethsemane and Calvary — the garden and the cross. And,
in or^r to his becoming the captain of our salvation, be shrinks
not from being '' made perfect through suffering."

The whole scheme of redemption was founded on the hypothesis
''that Christ should suffer." The promises that went before, the
types that followed after, uniformly pointed to the bleeding Lamb.
The plan was divine — the only plan of infinite wisdom. *' Oh mj
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me," but " if this
eup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be
4ioiie."

Full proof of his Messiaship had been given ; thirty-three years
of humiliation passed, and now, *' despised and rejected of men, a
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," he comes through th«
dark valley, the lonely garden, bearing our sins, enduring the
Father's wrath, to be " wounded for our transgressions and bruised
for our iniquities."

Brethren, Sisters, Saint, Sinner, raise your eyes to Calvary ! Be-
hold the cross, the victim. The promises, the prophecies, the ex-
pectations, spread over many thousand years, are contracting to a
span. The paschal Lamb, the scattered ashes, the sprinkled blood
— all the types, the shadows, the figures of ceremonial days are
converging to a point — are receiving their fulfilment in the dying
Lamb of God. Amid the reproaches of men and the exultation
of fiends, in the darkness of a shrouded sun and the deeper black-
ness of a Father's hidden face, he suffers alone ; cries '< it is fin-
ished," and commends his spirit to his Father. The hour is dark,
disciples scattered, the faithful few stricken to the heart with grief.
Could angels weep — they weep now at grief so sad, an hour so
dark. Yet is it but the dark hour that brings in the early dawn,
the fierce combat that presages glorious victory. " Thus it was
written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer." The redemption
price is paid, the debt discharged, justice divine satisfied, and wrath
turned aside. The day dawns ; we are permitted to lift our eyes
and gaze upon —

II. The glory that should follow. ^

Here mark the connection between " the sufferings" and " the
glory." The glory is produced as an effect, follows as a result.
It was the goal to be attained. As saith St. Paul, " Who for
the JOY THAT WAS SET lirpoRE HIM, endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Heb. xii. 2.

The first glimpse of this glory is seen

in Christ's Besurrection.
Herein he proves himself the mighty conqueror, and despoils Satan
of all his boasted laurels. His re-appearance on earth confounds
his enemies, wipes from his name the scandal of having died as an
imposter and blasphemer.

He has the joy of cheering his friends, re-assuring their hearts,
re-establishing them in the faith, and of afresh comnussioning tbam
to proclaim salvation through his name.

The glory increases

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when he aseends,
and re-entering heaven, receives the welcome of his Father and is
seated upon the mediatorial throne amid the aeclamations of th«

heavenlj host. " God also hath liighlj exalted him aud giren him
a name which is above every name."

Other. Sources of Glory.

But however great the Saviour's joy may have been in his per-
sonal triumph and re-ascension, the sympathy and benevolence of
his nature compel us to look for sources of glory, yet more abound-
ing, in the work he had accomplished in behalf of others.

*' He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied : bv
his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many." — Isaiah
liii. 11. " For even the J^on of Man came not to be ministered unto
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." — Mark x.4 f).
In glory himself, he awaits the results of his death — " from hence-
forth expecting." It was an article in the covenant witli his Father
" that the heathen should be given to him for his inheritance and
the uttermost parts of the earth for his possessions." The promise
to Abraham *' in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed"
yet awaited fulfdment. Isaiah's bright visions of the Messiah's reign
are yet to be realized. What *•■ kings and prophets and good men
desired to see," but died without the sight, must yet be seen,
possessed, enjoyed, when the earth should be " full of the knowledge
of the Lord."

Let us gaze for a moment upon successive

Waves of this Sea of Olory.

Throughout his career on earth Christ was impatiently anxious until
salvation should be perfected. "■ I have a baptism to be baptized
with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished."

Scarcely had the Apostles become convinced that Christ was
really amongst them again when he said unto them " (to ye into
all the world aud preach the gospel to every creature." And his
last parting words, " Ye shall be witnesses unto mc both in Jeru-
salem, and in all Judea, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" —
evince the same rulhig desire, that, since the ransom price had
been paid, there should with all speed be made

The Free Offor of Life to All.

The world was enveloped in darkness — the nations *' perishing
for lack of knowledge ;" the contagion of death marching onward
with fearful strides of dread devastation ; and the black book of
the lost swelling its millions hourly — until they should be pointed
to the Saviour, " lifted up" upon the cross; and believing, should
have life through his name.

The great Physician, speeding from the court of heaven, cried,
" 1 am come that ye might hn/ve lifc^'' and continues, " Look
unto mSf and be ye saved f all tlie ends of Hie earthy

" Salvation ! let the echo fly

The spncious earth around ;
While all the armies of the sky

Conspire io raise the sound."

The apostles and disciples partook their master's love, and soon
500 tongues, touched with the hallowed lire of his zeal, are spreading
the savor of his name. No sooner is the promise of the Spirit
fulfilled, tiie promised power imparled, than the apostles are found
boldly testify ini( to Christ's death and resurrection.

And now while Christ rejoices in salvation perfected, and pardoa
freely ofl'ered, he begins to see of the travail of his soul,

in sinners repenting.

And does the Saviour rej^ce while man weeps — weeps bitter tears
of penitential grief? Ah. yes ; for this is '• the weeping that en-
dures but for a night" — *• the godly sorrow for sin that never needs
to be repented of," and betokens the return of wandering prodi-
gals to their father's house.

Sinners repenting ! mournful, yet blessed sight. Last evening,
after witnessing the many scores who were bowed at these forms,
crying for mercy, brother Jones said, '^ I thought I never saw a
more glorious scene ; and t! e thought occurred to mo that, should
a convoy of angels, winging their way through intinite space, pass
over this camp ground, and perceive this multitude of penitents,
they would rest upon their pinions to gaze ar.d admire."

Yes, glory be to (!od I beloved, "there is joy in the presence
of the angels of (lod over one sinner that repenteth."

It mr.y be a small matter among 7?ien that a fellow sinner is
repenting ; thousands may pass by without one thought of concern
or feeling of sympathy— or pause, if to hear a penitent pray they
would pause at all, only to pronounce him a fool or mad. Yea,
thousands such whose only wisdom is to • wonder, despise and per-
ish.' But those who have themselves repented can *• weep with
those who weep," and rejoice to see them sorrowing unto repen-
tance. Angels approve ; and as.suredly Christ, who is '' exalted
a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance and remission of
sins," rejoices unspeakably more than either men or angels at this
fruit of his death.

" With joy the Father doth approve

The fruit of bis eternal love ;

The Son with joy looks down and sees ,

The purchase of his agonies.

The Spirit takes delight to vinw
V The contrite soul he forms anew ;

And saints and angols join to ping
The growing empire of tho.ir king "

The day of Pentecost yields 3,000 as an earnest of the gospel
harvest ; 2,000 more are quickly numbered with them, and '' the
Lord added unto the church daily such as should be saved."

But the joy which the Saviour and wliich his people feel, over
sinners trembling beneath the shafts of conviction, and smarting
under the harrowings of a guilty conscience, is necessarily a mingled
feeling — of thankfulness, that they are turning from the error of
their ways ; and of hope and anticfpation, restrained and pent up,
to burst forth into the full tide of realization, as those penitents
emerge from contrition and sorrow into

the peace and joy of faith.

Mourning penitents, take courage. The work of salvation is
begun, is progressing within you. " Blessed are ye that weep
now, for ye shall laugh." The confessing and forsaking of sin
precede the finding of mercy, just as the race precedes the prize,
or the battle the victory. *' Come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy ladened and I will give you rest." Christ is
exalted to give " remission of sins " as well as repentance. *' If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins."

Ijet the songs of praise and the voices of triumph, that re-echoed
through this leafy temple yesterday and this morning, strengthen
your faith and encourage your hope.

Again, glory redounds to Christ from the personal

faithfulness of his people.

" Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life."
Some run well for a season, but become weary and faint on the
way. Many ' receive the word with gladness, but when tribulation
or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by they are
offended.' iSome are washed, but return, like the sow, to their
wallowing in the mire. In all such, Christ has no delight — they
prove enemies j " they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh
and put him to an open shame." They " bring no fruit to perfec-
tion," but stain and dishonor the cause of God. But if we become
*' established in the faith ;" if we " grow in grace and in the know-
ledge and love of God daily," he takes pleasure in our stability,
happiness, safety and usefulness.

Christ has made possible, and will receive much glory from

the holiness of his people.

" Be ye holy, for I am holy," saith God. Mark it, my dear
friends, we are to '' 6<?" — to liv«* holy. We believe that "God
is fiiithrnl and ju>t to forgive our sins," and more than this, " to
cleanse us from all unrighteou^!)^>^'s." It was the hope and ambi-
tion of the Apostles that they might " present every man perfect
in Ch)i.«t .'r-us.'' With whM anxiety did .Tcsus pray that hi«

people ** might be kept from the evil.'' The safety and triumphi
of the church are inseparably connected with the glory of Christ
in this particular. Oh how shall it swell the rising tide of our Sa-
viour's joy to see " every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from all iniquity," and to see the church, the bride " with-
out spot and blameless" — her " garments washed and made white
in the blood of the Lamb."

Brethren and sisters, shall the Lord have joy in us^ or shall he
be ashamed of us, when he comes in the glory of his Father t
Shall we be clothed in the " wedding garment" — * the white rai
ment" — *• the righteousness of saints" — and so enter into the mar-
riage supper? or, destitute thereof, shall we be hurled into outer
darkness t Oh let us wash and be clean ! " The blood of Jesui
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." — I John i. 7.

But not only for the future happiness of God"'s people is holiness
essential, but equally so to

their present fruitfolness,

and the glory of God therein. " Herein," saith Jesus, ** is ray
Father glorilied that ye bear much fruit." — John xv. 8. And St.
Paul — " Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by
.Tesus Christ unto the praise and glory of God." — Phil. i. 1 1. And
again — '* Bnt now being made free from sin, and become servants
to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
life.'' — Romans vi. 22.

It is conformity to the world, and complicity with the ene-
mies of God, that keeps the churches, and the individual members,
jxnverless for good, and that renders them nerveless in Jehovah's
battle. Let us sincerely pray, as did David, " Create in me a
CLEAN HEART, O God, and renew a right spirit within me," and
our assurance of success shall then equal his—'' Then will I teach
transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.'*

Personally, and as churches, let us " come out from the world
and be separate," and " cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." — 2 Cor.
vii. L Then shall Christ have a twofold source of joy — in th«
purity, zn^ the assurance which that will give of

the oeaseleai trinmphs of the Churok,

and the universal extension of his kingdom.

Thus far, my dear hearers, you have given me your patiert atten-
tion j let me a!>k it especially to the thoughts on practical, e^irc-
tive Christianity, which I have now to offer.

The first proclamntion of s:ilvation through faith in Christ Jesus
was attended with glorious success — a success no* too signal nor
triumphant, however, to be ri^girded as a f»ir sample and le^^itimate

hi«

first fruits, of the harvest that the church would have been garner-
ing ever since, had the devotion and faith and zeal of her members
proved equal to their privileges.

True, the j^ood seed has been widely sown, and it has brought
forth fruit. There have been many happy conversions, many pow-
erful revivals and reformations, that have yielded millions of tro-
phies to the iledeemer. Italy, and Germany, and Switzerland,
and England, and Scotland, and America, with other lands, show
the footprints of great and good men who "lifted up their voice
like a trumpet, showing the people their transgressions," and call-
ing upon the nations to " Repent and believe the gospel."

WyclifTe and Luther, Knox and Chalmers, .lewell and Fox,
Wesley and Whitfield, with other messengers of God, broke up
the sterile ground of Christendom and scattered far and wide
gospel seed that is yielding fruit to-day. A Heber, Carey, Mor-
rison, Coke, Duff, and others, have carried the torch of Christianity
into the thick darkness of heathendom, and summoned benighted
millions lo behold the brightness of the Sun of lliihteousness.

Churches have been built. Sabbaths observed, the gospel preach-
ed; individuals here, multitudes there, have heard, believed and
rejoiced. Scenes, such as we are now witnessing, of sinners by
hundreds asking " what must we do to be saved" — of multitudes
" inquiring their way to Zion with their faces thitherward" — have
become even common and well known facts in gospel times.

But even yet, what has been really accomplished 1 Has the
Redeemer seen of the '• travail of his soul ' so as to be " satisfied" ?
Has He, who " would have all men to be saved" — who offers par-
don to " every one that believeth," has he received returning sin-
ners enough to reward his sufferings — to " satisfy^'' his longing
soul ?

How stand Christian nations, and how the world ? Of profess-
edly Christian nations it is supposed that not more than one person
in ten, and probably not more than one in twenty, is truly con-
verted to God ; while of the entire world it is computed that but
one in a hundred is yet saved !

Oh, Fellow Christians! is it so? But one in ten of our nation
saved — nine of every ten unconverted ? Behold these ten persons
seated on that form. Think of only one saved — 7iine lout ! Yet
look throuj^h our most favored nations, and thus, on an average, it
yet appears to be. Oh can He who exults to save ; to whom it is
{he y^ry qniiifessence of bliss to deliver souls from going down to
death — can Ih- be *• satisfied" while so many are perishing — so few
*aved ! And where rests the re.sponiibility ? Christ died, " finish-
♦•d" his work, and says, " All things are ready" — ** Go ye out and
cumpel tbcm to come in.*' .

Individual responsibility.

Brethren, Sisters, Fellow Christians of every name, loe have a
work to do — a respon.-iibility to bear in this matter. We believe
that Christ " died lor all," and have no sympathy with the doctrine
that the atonement was made lor a favored few, while others were
left to unconditional damnation. What Christ bouoht he expects
to have ; the souls he redeemed he waits to save. The quickening
Spirit has been sent. The Church — the Bride, is to invite lost
sinners to liod ; not ministers only, but the people are to invite.
" The Spirit and the Bride say come, and let him that hcareth say

come

Individual effort.

St. James closes his epistle saying, " He that converteth a sin-
ner from the error of his way, shal/ scire a soul from denlh,^^
Would you not covet, my brother, my sister, to be the instrument
of savinu your child, your parent, your brother, your sister, your
friend, your neighbor J would you not? And such an instrument
you may be. Do like Andrew : >' He first findeth his own brother
Simon and saith unto him, we have found the Messias, the Christ.
And hr brought him to Jesi/s.^' Bring your friends ; yea, evea
your enemies, to Jesus. This is a bible principle ; and this way
of each one uoikin<z would do very much towards filling up the
fold of Christ and saving the world.

lirethren, individual respotnibility in this work is * not trails*
fercdjie?

Now let me ask, what have you done, my dear fellow Christian,
for Christ, as a ' co-worker with him for the salvation of the world 1'
Ah ! how 1 fear the experience of that sister who spoke this morn-
ing, suits many of us. '• I have been," said she, 'twenty years a
professor of religion and 1 do not know that 1 have been the means
of savini:^ one soul !" How shall we render our account to God,
how free our skirts from 'he blood of the multitudes who are sink-
ing down from our hearths and our altars to the bitter pains of
eternal death ! What is bcius: done in our churches in the real
work of ^Gid-uixing f We have many churches and much
preaching; how many are .^aj-fv/ ? Many condenm our camp meet-
ings and our preaching the gospel out here in the woods ; many,
who never witness, and perchance neither expect nor desire to wit-
ness, the W'VCisi')!! of sinners. We are willing to go everywhere
preaching the gospel ; as willing to preach in the wilderness as m
the chapel, or church, or cathedral, if thereby more souls may be
saved.

Will you tell me, my dear friend, how many have been converted
in your church during the last week ? the last month ? the last
year ? How many ? And what have you done towards bringing

about the conversions that have taken place 1 Forget not that ihe
Bible, the guide of our faith and practice, contemplates our labor-
ing, and with success, in this work. " He that winneth souls is
wise." — Prov. xi. 30. " They that turn many to righteousness
shall shine as the stars for ever and ever." — Dan. xii. 3.

Now in.struinej)t.al|y, with the direction and aid of the Holy-
Spirit, what might wo reasonably hope to accomplish? Would
it oc an overestimate of our duty, or our privilege, to suppose that
in the course of tirclve months we could persuade one sinner to
turn to God ? Many of you will say, " surely not ; that would be
very little. I've read of this and the other good man and woman
who have brought many to the Saviour in less time than a year.*
Well but even this may be more than ive have done hitherto. One
every year, that would be ten in 10 yedivs, ffty in 50 years ; one,
two, or three score, in a life time I Oh how we should rejoice
when we arrive at home with them, saying, " Here am I, with those
thou hast given me ;'' giving all the glory to our Father, that we
have been permitted and enabled to do good to others.

Some of you have read *' Young* s suggestions for the conver-
sion of the world." Let us use one of his thoughts, applying it to
our circumstances. We have in Canada about 40,000 church
members. There are very many truly converted persons in other
Christian churches. But suppose for the sake of calculation that
we stood alone as a church, with 40,000 members. Now should
each one of us be instrumental in the conversion of one soul during
this year, next year we should number about 80,000 ; our little
classes and the entire

Chnroh doubled!
Oh how would our President and our Chairmen rejoice ; how would
all our hearts leap for joy ; yea, what joy would there be *• in the
presence of the angels of God." Let each of the 80,000 labor
with similar success, and the next year our mimbers would be dou-
bled again. Let the same ratio be continued for six years, and.

Car whole coiiutry
the two and a half millions of our Icllow subjects, would be
converted to God. Now when we have, in addition, the help of
50 many other Christians and chmches, tvhy shou/d not, this great,
yet. feasible y and infinitely desirabft to-rrk be accomplished ?

It is individual eftort, under an abiding conviction of individual
responsibility, coupled with a firm, unyielding faith in God and belief
in the converting power of the Holy Spirit, that must be brought
to bear in this great and glorious work.

Let the ratio of conversion^ to which we have referred, be raain-
taiaed and in fifteen years should we see

thfi whbto vorld evangeliMd and laved. ^^ \

}

And not before that grand consummation can we believe
that the Saviour of the world will be " satisfied." But mark
the contrast ! Let the work of evangelization and conversion pro-
ceed at the rate it has done during the eighteen handred years past
and nioje than a Juuidrcd /.homw/d yrius must elapse before the
world is converted to God. Yet is Christ awaiting " the heathen
for his inheritance and the uttermost part of the earth ior his pos-
session." Oh ! th >t the church were afresh baptized for the work
of winning souls. Engrossed with worldly things, we neglect the
purposes of our being. While we are slumbering in carnal secu-
rity the world is perishing. Let us awake, arise, and gird on our
armour afresh. We may yet go forth to glorious victory. iSinners
are not so hard to be conquered and won as we sometimes are ready
to suppose. They know

•' They must be born again,
Or die to all eternity,"

and they tremble at the thought. Many are anxious to cast away
the arms of rebellion and return to allegiance; they stand halting
upon the very borders of Christ's kingdom, longing to become sub-
jects, waiting to be received. Christians ! up and gather them in.
They wait your invitation, your sympathies, your prayers.

Sister Palmer told us of one who resolved to obey the impulse
of her newly cleansed heart, and work for Jesus. While a com-
pany were singing,

" We are a band of brethren dear,

Come and be in this band, halleliiia," Ac,

She observed a young person standing thoughtfully by, hearing but
not singing. Addressing him she said, " My friend, why are you
not singing ?" " O I do not belong to the band," he replied.
" And why don't you," said she. A little reasoning and persuasion,
and he resolved there and then to seek religion, and knelt to be
prayed for. To another bystander she said, " Will you pray with
this young man 1" " Oh no," he replied, " I don't enjoy religion."
" What a pity," said she, " why don't you 1" Presently he felt
his condition, saw his privilege, and knelt, praying for mercy.
Others, through her instrumentality, were added to the number,
and soon afterwards several rejoiced together in a sweet assurance
of pardon and acceptance.

Another was spoken of who, in a few months, was the honored
instrument in the conversion of fourteen persons. These are but
instances of what, with the blessing of God, some Christians do ;
and of what all may do.

If we may not, like Wesley or Whitfield, like Knox or Chal-
mers, succeed in leading thousands to the Saviour, yet let us strif •
to induce hundreds, or scores, or tens j ind our labor shall not be

in vain in the Lord. The souls won shall be to us a " crown of
rejoicing" when our Lord shall appear.

\\ itht'Ut dwelling upon Millennial t^lory, T have but just time
to say that another source, and tli(3 last I shall inontion, of that
joy set before our >aviour, and of that glory which bhould^follow
his sutl"ering>, ivdl bo

in mesliag tlie redosmed at his coming,
" without spctt' and •' lilatnclos," thi'ir *' gariiient!* washed
and niade white;*' and in hcaiing the -'new song'"' bur.-ting
iVoni the Iip!> of the redeemed ho it iuid swelling in niighly, trium-
phal cadence throughout the Cajjital of heaven.

Who shall fathom the joy thut shall eternally well up in the
bosom of '• llim that liveth and was dead,"' as lit: shall gaze upon
these countless ttop'ivs won from death and hell — lu.ciiientoa of
his lowly vi>it to earth — gems in the tiara of glory that shall for
ever encirc le His brow.

My brother, my sister, Jesus is expecting 7/o« to be there. Your
absence will cast a cloud over the brightness, and mar the rejoicing
of the Lamb's bridal day. '"^o it would seem ; but yours will be the
bitterest cup of that bitter disappointment. Your families are
expected--parents, children, brothers, sisters — all! 'Come thou
and all thy house " And your neighbors, and your friends ; all
you that are yet out of Christ. Our loving Jesus would have all
men io Le S'lvn/J*^

Soon, very soon, shall the last loud trumpet sound and the dead
awake; soon, very soon, shall Jesus *■ come to he glorified in
HIS S.\INTS and to be admired in all them that believe;" but, as
Judge, '' be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flam-
ing fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." — 2 Thes. i. 8.

thinner! by thy I fe. or by thy death, Christ shall be glorified.
Redeemed, saved, glorified, thou shalt reflect the glon/ of his
grace; or, lost, banished, damned — the flames of the lake of fire,
fed by the body's flesh, fanned by the spirit's groins, shall eternally
display the uniinjie iclnh/.c ju'-ticc of thy d'od !

Oh. '• turn ye. turn ye, for why will ye die?" The Lord help
all present to *• seek him while he may be found and to call
upon him while he is near." May the spirit of wisdom and of a
sound mind be granted unto each one of us, that by timely repen-
tance and hearty turning unto the Lord we may obtain his favor,
escape his wrath, and finally partake bis glory. Amen.

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