them before his bar. He has power to blot out the stars, to quench the sun, to burn the world. He knows where every child of Adam sleeps, on the land, or in the sea. He knows the place of every grave yard, of every battle, of every city, overwhelmed by earthquakes, or volcanoes, by floods or fires. Patriarchs and prophets, kings with their subjects, generals with their armies, Adam and all his children, are caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

Consoling is the thought to the lamb of the Redeemer's flock, to the babe in Christ, trembling at the splendours of the great day. This Judge is his friend, the friend of sinners, his Saviour, who took little children in his arms, who healed the sick and comforted the weeping widow. He, who pardoned sinners, who spent his life to reform and save sinners, who died for their redemption, is their Judge. He knows our weakness, sympathizes in our infirmities, and does not need that we should make a splendid show of our piety, by praying in the corner of the street, by multiplying our sabbaths and our new moons, or other ordinances of our invention, to prove our goodness or sincerity. He, who sees our hearts, and will duly notice every benevolent wish, every secret whisper of devotion, and every cup of water given to a disciple, is our. Judge. The doctrine is full of hope and encouragement, to the humble, trembling spirit, oppressed with a sense of unworthiness and guilt.

When every one has given an account of himself to God; when the examination closes, the gracious Judge will say; (oh may we all hear the joyful declaration,) "Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit

the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world."

To those on the left, "Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels." Down they sink, while the heaven and earth have been kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. The Saviour with all the righteous ascends to his Father and their Father, to join in the hallelujahs of angels; -"Glory, and honour, and immortality to Him, who sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, who was slain, for ever and ever." AMEN.

SERMON ́ V.

ISAIAH ix, 6.

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.

THAT mankind are in a lapsed state, that the proper course of their passions is disturbed, that they are guilty and miserable, are truths, which have been extensively acknowledged in every age of the world. Another wonderful fact, equally attested is, that from the most early records of time, the nations, or the more enlightened of them, from Europe to China, have expected some mighty Teacher and Saviour, to deliver the world from its ignorance, crimes, and miseries. Their precise view of this august Personage have been various; but all have agreed in the opinion. of his wonderful goodness, wisdom and power. This desire of all nations is evidently the person of the text. He is also the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the Prince of Peace. He is also man. The terms child and son are literally applicable only to man. The same may remarked of the term born. Angels are not born, human beings alone are born. It is doubtless the

you same person spoken of by the Angel. "Unto is born a Saviour who is Christ the Lord." The object of this discourse is to show that Jesus Christ is literally and truly MAN.

I. All the information and propehcies concerning him, previous to his being born, naturally led the world to expect he would be a man. This would be inferred from the manner in which he is first mentioned in Scripture. "The seed of the woman, it shall bruise thy head." What could the seed of a woman be but a man? But a remarkable peculiarity is here observed. The father is not mentioned. As a man, he was to be exclusively the son or seed of the woman. The history of the event confirms this construction of the prophecy. In the fullness of time, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman. A son had been born but he was the child of a woman. The Lord appeared unto Abraham in the plain of Mamre; but what was his form, his appearance? It

was the form of a man.

as a man.

"And he looked, and lo! three

men stood before him. And he said, My Lord!" As far as he had any apprehension, any conception that this was his Saviour, must he not have considered him Does not this fact now indicate to us, that he who is our Deliverer, our Saviour, must be a man? He did appear, as a man. In the same manner did he apppear to Jacob. "There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day." Though Jacob said that he had seen God, and though the angel implies the same,-"As a prince hast thou power with God," yet he is also called man. He appeared as a man, he was a man.