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mercy-seat, where intercessions will be made, where the hammer of the word applied by the Holy Spirit will break the stony hearts, where wounded consciences will be healed-where those who " SOW in tears will reap in joy"-where little ones will be led to Jesus, and aged men exclaim "Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for our eyes have seen thy salvation!"-here the waters will flow when the word of God is readwhen the Gospel is preached-and when the emblems of a broken body and of the outpoured blood are distributed to grateful recipients-here, minister and people will be blessing and blessed of God and each other.

Here above all things we are to rejoice, that the love of Christ will be proclaimed, and holy waters will bear that love upon their bosom to the sinner's heart-the love of Christ to the poor man and to the sorrowful the love of Christ to the husband and the wife, and to the seed of the righteous-here Christ is to be lifted up as having left heaven for our sakeswalking this visible world in poverty, and despisal, and then beaten, bruised, wounded, stabbed, crucified!—and here Jesus will be exhibited as a 'brother!' high and exalted honour! rich relationship! heavenly fraternity! let Christ find but one brother, one sister here, one penitent Peter, one convinced Thomas, one weeping Mary, and who will grudge the silver and the gold that reared the pile? who will take their eyes from the work which is yet to be done in rearing more temples for God's glory and man's good! the stream has gone forth, it has enriched Belfast, it has extended to Holymount, let it wend its heavenly way to Tyrella, Kirkcubbin, Castlewellan, Annaloug, &c.

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Love to ministers, love to churches, love to the brethren of our own household is strongly bounden upon us; the duty overlooked, perhaps because God's commandment is not understood; how few understand the text, Gal. vi. 8. in its special meaning, "He that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting," yet that verse from its context has special reference to what is due from us to our clergy and to our own brethren, of late years we have thought upon our Zion-let us build them in the strength of the Lord, for we are told in this same chap. 9th verse, "let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not."

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And now dear brethren, if the division of the text admitted of the simple question (with regard to the waters of life, flowing from the sanctuary of God) namely-whence? and whither? well may we apply the same series of questions to each individual. rate, the same company in all human probability never to meet again! whence? from the dust! whither? to the cares, or vanities, or pomp, or gain, or pleasures of life! they are nought-they will have an end-ask the aged man and he will tell you-ask the widow and she will tell you ask the lonely and desolate an

they will all testify how fugitive is all happiness save that which is found in communion with God!

Then ask God's dear children, what is their estimate of communion with God?' they will answer 'peace and joy in believing!'-may God touch our hearts— | and remembering for what end we were born (for eternal heaven-or eternal hell) may we be roused and stimulated to appreciate more and more the things that belong to our peace! may this place be a monument of mercy to all generations! may faithful pastors ever be found here, and praying people! may a blessing de

scend upon the noble individual who endowed, and upon the Society, the founders of this Church! for ever upon its walls be inscribed the words of the last verse of the last chapter of Ezekiel, "The Lord is there!" may he delight in this place—may it be holy of the Lord, honourable, and blessed to a multitude of souls and may all who have met this day here to do him honour, and to contribute their aid to his work, may they all meet in the heavenly sanctuary, and dwell for ever in the blessedness which God has prepared for them tha love him! AMEN.

THE CHRISTIAN IN HIS DEATH.

He is not so careful to keep his soul within his teeth, as to send it forth well addressed for happiness; as knowing, therefore, the last brunt to be most violent, he rouseth up his holy fortitude to encounter that king of fear, his last enemy DEATH.

And now, after a painful sickness and a resolute expectation of the fiercest assault, it falls out with him as in the meeting of the two hostile brothers, Jacob and Esau; instead of grappling, he finds a courteous salutation; for stabs, kisses; for height of enmity, offices of love. Life could never befriend him, so much as death offers to do: that tenders him (perhaps a rough, but) a sure hand, to lead him to glory, and receives a welcome accordingly.

Neither is there any cause to marvel at the change. The Lord of life hath wrought it; he, having by dying subdued death, hath reconciled it to his own; and hath, as it were, beaten it into these fair terms with all the members of his mystical body; so as while unto the enemies of God death is still no other than a terrible executioner of divine vengeance, he is to all that are in Christ a plausible and sure convoy unto blessedness.

The christian, therefore, now laid upon

his last bed, when this grim messenger comes to fetch him to heaven, looks not so much at his dreadful visage as at his happy errand; and is willing not to remember what death is in itself, but what it is to us in Christ; by whom it is made so useful and beneficial, that we could not be happy without it.

Here, then, comes in the last act and employment of faith (for after this brunt passed, there is no more use of faith but of vision) that heartens the soul in a lively apprehension of that blessed Saviour, who both led him the way of suffering, and is making way for him to everlasting glory; that shews him "Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right-hand of the throne of God;" that clings close unto him, and lays unremoveable hold upon his person, his merits, his blessedness. Upon the wings of this faith, is the soul ready to mount up toward that heaven which is open to receive it; and, in that act of evolation, puts itself into the hands of those blessed angels, who are ready to carry it up to the throne of glory.

BISHOP HALL.

"FELIX TREMBLED."

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He trembles when no foe is near, who, on the battle field
Has never known the pang of fear-had ever scorn'd to yield;
Not all the pomps of courtly rule, the panoply of state,
Nor yet the half deriding sneer of his guilt-harden'd mate,
To nerve his trembling hand, or steel his sinking heart, avail
His eyes are fix'd in stern amaze, his lips are ghastly pale.
Why does the Prefect tremble thus? has he—the ruler crown'd
Of all earth's lesser sov'reignties-has mighty Ceasar frown'd?
Or does some bold rebellious hand, against his sway conspire,
And kindle in the restless land, sedition's raging fire?
Or sees he, as Belshazzar saw, upon his palace wall,
Written in characters of flame, his sentence and his fall?

No, all is tranquil-round their lord, obsequious servants stand,
To guard his pride and luxury-to wait on his command;
And favor, from imperial hands, upholds his borrow'd power,

Nor mystic fingers have foretold destruction's coming hour;

But yet, behold! his anxious eye by terror charm'd, remains
Fix'd on a captive at his feet-a captive, and in chains.
Word of the living God, how bright its vast achievements are!
Beyond the deeds of human might, or conqueror's prowess far;
With force mysterious it can arm a mortal's feeble breath,
With life still springing up to life, or death producing death;*
It open'd Lydia's yielding heart, to hear her Saviour's call,
And makes a Roman tremble now, before a fetter'd Paul.
Yet 'twas an evanescent pang, and Felix' terrors cease,
And to his heart the guilty man has fondly whisper'd, peace;
The dazzling glory of a court shall chase these strange alarms,
And o'er him rule unrivall'd still, Drusilla's worthless charms;
"To-morrow come-in happier hour, these awful truths debate❞—
A long, a sad to-morrow comes--but tells those truths-too late!
A. H.

*2 Cor. ii. 16.

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"We preach Christ crucified

"Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."-1 COR. 1. 23. 24.

REV. JOHN LEVER.

SATURDAY, 4TH APRIL, 1840.

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THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE STATE OF THE JEWS.

A SERMON,

PREACHED IN THE CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE'S, TULLAMORE, Diocese OF MEATH,

ON SUNDAY, 8TH MARCH, 1840,

BY THE REV. JOHN LEVER, A.M.

Rector,

(Chaplain to the Earl of Charleville.)

MATTHEW, i. part of 21.

"Call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins."

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people," Israel! A shepherd to the lost and wandering sheep of that long loved house. Nay more," the Saviour of the world," so testifies the Samaritan believer. "A propitiation not for our sins only, but also for the sins of the whole world, so adds the beloved disciple,— "Salvation to the ends of the earth," repeats the evangelical Prophet, " for the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever!"

This is the voice of prophecy, where shall we find its fulfilment ? Let us examine the population of the world is computed at about 730 millions. (I do not vouch for the accuracy of the calculation, but the round numbers will suffice the purpose of my argument) Seven

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