kiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Israel. For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments. And the Lord was with him : and he prospered whithersoever he went forth," &c.

Let us now look into II Kings, chap. xiii. verses 2 and 3,-" Jehoahaz did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, he departed not therefrom. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael, king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, all their days."

The same system of rewards and punishments is dealt out to the nations of the

earth now, quite as much as when David, the shepherd-boy, slew the formidable Goliah.

When a nation puts its trust in the Lord, it is at peace, and a religious and moral government will always make a religious and moral people. It is the duty, it is the interest of a government to seek to make moral and happy subjects: the better the subject, the better will the sovereign be served and obeyed. Were there a law prohibiting the gin-shops and ale-houses being open on a Sunday, the people would be better acquainted with their religious duties. But at present, their Sundays are spent in the publichouse, instead of the house of God. Were there fewer gin-shops, there would be fewer paupers in the land. What shall we say of the higher classes? Why, that

presumptous man will not accept of God's pardon, unless he be admitted into his councils, and made equally wise with Him, whose wisdom is infinite.

But let such unhappy men peruse the Scriptures, and there they will see the record which God hath given of his Son: "He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life."

From Genesis to Malachi, this is the language of Scripture; all teem with the types and prophecies concerning the promised Redeemer. The Cross of Christ is the fulfilment of all those types and prophecies, the accomplishment of the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.

Though Jesus was really and truly man, that he might be capable of suffering and dying; yet all the fulness of the Godhead

dwelt in him; for. to make full and ample atonement for the sins of the world, it was requisite for the sufferer to be God. God was manifested in the flesh, and suffered for us, to reconcile us to himself. The divinity of the blessed Jesus, and his atonement for sin, must stand or fall together. Those who deny the one, must of necessity deny the other; for man, could not redeem himself. The entire subject of the Gospel is, God the Son died for man, and rose again for his justification. We cannot mention one individual branch of the sacred Gospel which stands unconnected with the cross of Christ.

We would beg leave to ask the infidel, whether there is any doctrine except that of the Christian, which can teach man how to obtain happiness in a future state? No such creed exists, nor ever did exist.

Revelation alone teaches man how to please God in this life, and secures the certainty of eternal happiness in the world to come. Yes, but says the Infidel: "I cannot think that God will punish man for not embrac ing a doctrine which he cannot bring his mind to believe." But does this infidel ever seek for a spirit of belief? Is it fair to expect that belief will seek him? As well might the lover of mammon hold his purse open, and expect the sovereigns to drop into it, as that any one can have faith without seeking after it. The Christian life is active, we are to work out our own salvation: the atonement will not benefit us without our own cooperationfor otherwise we reject it, and throw away the graces bestowed upon us in our baptism-our will must be concerned, we must will our salvation, and take an inte

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