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l and spiritual capital that was then ac* cumulated into the storehouses of our institutions. We were worn out and exhausted, our knees &Uing, our hand^^ hanffing down, when the Lord hath holpen us willi a littJc help. The last thirty years have been years of grace unto us. When the time of trouble came» the Lord had mercy upon us, and his Spirit hath been vcr)' busy seal- ing coajiy tribes, an^l tits name is greatly to bt magnified; and I do rejoice with his church,! rejoice with his inheritance, because their souls have been refreshed. But the nation, the poor of the nation, the limbs and sinews of the nation, are still unstrung with auy Divine vigour. Their pauperism and spirit of dependence, their discon- tent with their superiors, their inability to pro- vide honestly for themselves, their torpor and apathy, their animal delights, their vegetative existence; all these things arc upon the increadc rather thou ihe dt^creasp-, and therewithal their niisery, their discontent, their rcadines-H for i:h<mge, and every other evil quality which is burdensome and irritable to the common wcaK 1 pity while I aOD*B COVTftOTSEST Tim TOE LAHV, iDu. blsmc ; I bment while I expose tbe eril ; ** far people, taith tfae Lord, art JgiUoytd Icr lack knowledge/' Wiiererar the pfgacfaipg of Gocpc) comctii aoKMigil them, Tcrduie b«g^ appear, tad the fragrance ct ri^Uoiuocn is er^ Aaled aii around : wickedoeaa ii fiuigcd, and i^teth agaiittt the truth, but ia fiua to yield be- Ibre the nliant witoeu of the troUi e» it is ni Jestts. Bot, alas t these are the rery truths, and tho«e yrlio prcocb them are the very okeD, wfc»m HI our high placcfi thcj' hold cbe^ and make a ■wckery of; yea, hate and hioder what they can by the <rxcrtue of thai very power vrhicb wai grren for the comfort of Christ's merabers, and which will be judged at the great assize by an inquc5t boldco tipoo it, whether it bath com* ibrted tbcin in sickness, vi&itcd them in prtsoo, clothed thcro io nakedness, (cd them in hunger, and given them cupfulU of refreshing water in their thbst. It is notbing to tell me of the respecta- bility of our clergy, both in the North and tha ^uth : 1 am not iu quest of the respect of mea. or the friendship of the world : it is spiritual preacbifig, waters of life, which 1 waot. Do tb^ ftoiile the rock in the thimty parched land ? Do they break the bread of life in the hungry wilder* ness t tianf^ they out the fiery cloud in the howl* ing desert ! What to tnc is their lo^mmg (though certcs that be scant enough), or their