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gtoomy «till, axkI cometh up wUb moi^l bidents terror. Oh, brethren, money-offcringA will not remedy llie»e evib! the Lord must enlre^tod with manv prayer«, And with man' tears. And ye must be witne^Aes for him a^nj thcAC decloDsions of the land, which vft this day mourn orer; and of tho^e sins, whereof in aHH places wt arc experiencing ihe «ad and mofmwfiif" calamity, sUnd id your plac^ and testify : declare Ihe truth, and be not ashamed. And if yon hare gone in the way of the muhitudo uflcr the gpiritj of gaiiu ye mtist repent ond turn into the way of" ihc Spirit of truth. Ye are the salt of Ihc earth, ta preserre it from corrupting; but if iheaalthiv^A Wl hi* ^iivuur, u-hercwiih nliall it l>e malted T it ii thenceforth good for Dotbin^, neither for the Add, Dor for tbc dunghill ; but tnu«t be east out and trodden under tho foot of man. There ii<ivcr was a time at which the earth was haMening so rapidl;r to diMolution ; and surely there never wa:*; a time at which th« people of the iMrd should be to inttant to fttuy its dis^lute coittve, by the media- lion and inicrce«*lon of their prayer* and suffor- in^fs. Thcreforo, in spirit, be separate from alt their wEckednesK, but. in word and deed, mingle ia their atT^ln mod admoniF^h (hem of evil, and leach them ill riglueou^neiK, nnd waiu them of the wrath to come. " Ye are tlie light of the world ; a city tliat is set on a hill cannot be bid ; neither do mea light a candle and put it under a buahel, but upflo a candlestick, and it gireth light to all that are ii the botkse. l^t your light so shine before tneo, tijat they, s^^tinj^ your good works, may glorify your PailicT which ia in heavea." Thia ii our DfieQ» dearly beloved brethren, mir oHiee vT A IIIL] OOD'llCOKTItOrERST WJTU THE LAUD. 943 thankfulness to him who hath called us out of darkiiriti, our ofiiccof obi:clicDcc to Lis Fath^T aud OUT Father; the o6ice for which the Holy Spirit doih qualify and :i}>])uint us. It is aUo the otBce «f love and charity towards out brethren, of pa- triotism towQids our country; and thereby wc shall save our own souls: for to those who ac« knowledge mjt Oud*K |)ruviilence hi uU things, and d^?clur<T not his glory at all times, it is vain lo fLttxpect the aalt^tioo of Christ. We cannot be subjects in respect of Grace, and rebels in respect of Providence. Those duties fulfil for the Inbour- itiff and diUresj^ed fttate; thevve dnUe^ I'ulfii fur Ihe poor people, famished in bmly and boqI : and as tho firs! fruits