miniftration of righteoufnefs to exceed in glory. "Yet once-it is a little while" and I will shake all nations-and the DESIRE of all nations fhall come" and in this place will I give PEACE" and I will fill this houfe with GLORY,' faith the LORD of hosts. WHERESOEVER thou art, O God, thou art worthy of adoration. Since thou wilt not disdain to dwell in us, be thou ever worshipped in us. From the altars of our hearts let the incenfe of holy meditation, of fervent prayer, of chearful thanksgiving, afcend, and find acceptance. Let the pure lights of faith and godly converfation fhine before thee and before men, and never be extinguifhed. Let our fouls be refreshed and strengthened by the bread of life-let us treasure up thy facred laws, and the unfading promises of thy gofpel. Speak thou comfortably to us from thy mercyfeat, thou that art the propitiation for our fins. Suffer nothing to enter in that is unclean. Sanctify us to thyfelf, and be thou ever fanctified in us! XXXV. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. THE great lights of heaven are not intended for obfcurity. The fame of Solomon's wifdom is diffused throughout the world-all nations are full of admiration and praise. Even fo, O thou everlasting King of peace, thy name is great among the heathen-thy found is gone out into all the earth, and thy words unto the ends of the world. Thou art a light to lighten the Gentiles, as well as the glory of thy people Ifrael. No doubt, many from all coafts came. to behold this prodigy of wisdom. Among the reft a fovereign princefs, herfelf distinguished by a variety of endowG4 ments, ments, travels from the far-diftant feat of her dominion to Jerufalem, that she may hear, and learn, and wonder. Many are known to cross the feas from motives of curiofity-fome few philofophers have travelled far in purfuit of Sciencemerchants repair to foreign climates for wealth-and princes send their ambassadors to other regions on their affairs of fate-but that a rich and great queen fhould travel from the remote Sheba to hear the WISDOM of Solomon, and be instructed in the doctrines of his religion, is an occurrence unexampled in the history of mankind. Why fhould we then think any labour too great, any difficulties too formidable, to hear one greater than Solomon? How juftly fhall the queen the fouth rife up in judgment with this generation, and condemn us, who, when Wisdom crieth in the ftreets, do not, regard the heavenly voice? not, of will DISSATISFIED with the learning, and probably difgufted with the worship, of her own country, fhe betakes herself to the oracles of GOD. It is good, that in matters of fuch confequence we should examine for ourselves; and happy are we, when we obtain the fatisfaction we defire. The mind, which takes all upon trust, will be destitute of knowlege-the mind, which is always perplexed with doubts, will know nothing as it ought. A proper fpirit of enquiry animates us in the pursuit of truth-conviction establifhes us in the truth, when we have found it. It were mifery and difquiet to doubt, did we not look forward to that period, when all doubt fhall be removed. Thoughts of this nature must not dwell too long upon the foul. They may be useful as paffengers-they are dangerous as inmates. Happy are we, if we can find a Solomon to remove them. Now we know in part; but a time fhall come, |