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eAearecxampleft of thedorlrine wliftcfa wc have dntwii out and defended above; but in ckiinaDcy they come not near to this which in our day hath fallen out. It is idle to make an ar- gumCDt of what addresses itself not to reason only, but to instinct. You could not behold a person die at your door for want; ask chanty and find none ; beg a morsel of breiui, and have it rtrfused ; a cup of water, and bave il denied, then stagger and fall upon your threshold, and breathe his spirit into the more merciful hands of lits Maker! What a bill would that spirit present a^inst you at the judgment seat ! Could you any longer look for showers of providence frooi an indignant God; any longer locJc for mercy from a Saviour t And forjudgment, what better have ytiu to expect than thai of the rich msii wtio so treated Lazarufl, and after death lifted up his voice in hell, being in toi> mcnt, and asked a drop of water to cool his tongue ! Christian principle teaches u«, that Dothing is our own; that all is consigned to us from God; and that wv are stewardi^ for the Ivehalf of the poor and tbe helpless. Christian fueling softens the heart, and makes it full of tendeme&s and pity to the distressed. Christian self-denial teachce us to mortify our own tastes and extravagances, that wo may have wherewith to bless our neighbourhood. Christian retribution frowns terrors upon those who feed not the hungry, nor clothe the naked, nor comfort ihe dliitressed ; " Inasmuch as you did it not unto the lea^t of these my brethren, you did it not unto me/" Now, Chriatians, can you tell me howmany of Christ's members, whom he hath purchased with bis blood, arc this day pining and =1 toT ptea AM COI>S C0MTltOVEni>%- WITH TMft LAMD. [Du', perishing in thiaauSering hnd; we knowing ic» we liuving to spare, wc bavitig an open choc of commuDication. we living in luxury, pcrba ID fipleiiiloiir, while they are peristiiug for xraut This suits cot wtth tlie chamcter of Him wfao^ tbou|;h rich» for our ^akes became poor, that throu-;h liis imvcny might bc<K>nic neb : DOit doih it fiuit with his declaration, that *' it is m blessed to give than to receive ;" nor with that of tlic wise man : ** He who gireih to the poor, lend eth to ttie Ixrrd; and that which lie hatli givecL wilt he pay him again,*' But^ away from the bumaoizinfr influonce Christian doctrine, it is not in nature, in u oewed nature it is not, to lead a deaf car to an outcry of want : hundreds of thousands without food, almost without cloUiing. without any thing to ch