All the sin that ever will be taken away out of the sight of Jehovah, was taken away when Christ made his soul an offering for sin; all the sins which God will pardon to eternity, were freely and fully pardoned when the Lamb of God expired on the cross. I have been trying twenty years to make myself perfect, and am no better than the first moment that I attempted it. A believer should look on the bible as wrote on purpose to encourage his faith in Christ. You cannot glorify God more than by believing his record concerning his Son. It is not the most complaining person that is the most humble person. I am not come here to-night to tell you you must leave your sins, and amend your lives, and give so much to this charity, and God will love you the better, and bless you the more, and give you a higher seat in heaven; but I am come to tell you what a precious Christ the bible reveals, and that the vilest of you are welcome to him, if the Lord the Spirit make you willing. You that are believers, God sees you in Christ, and loves you with the same love he does him; God sees no more sin in you than he does in Christ, as he beholds you in him; and give me leave to tell you, you no further hate sin, and love God, than as these truths enter into your experience. In heaven, a sight of what you are saved from, and saved to, will endear Jesus Christ to eternity. You are not called upon to believe that Christ died for you, and that your sins are pardoned, but you are called upon to believe this matter of fact, "that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners," and in your believing this, the Holy Ghost will give you to know your personal interest in Christ, and enable you to say, our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Christ Jesus. You go on mourning and complaining, and you neglect praying to the Holy Ghost, as a distinct person in the Godhead, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, whose covenant office it is to take the things of Christ and shew them unto you; this you neglect, and are praying to get better in yourselves, and from thence to be able to conclude your interest in Christ, whereas it is the Holy Spirit's work to reveal Christ to you. The knowledge of the common affairs of life is from above, even to plow and sow. "This also cometh forth from Jehovah," Isa. xxviii. 29. The point is, are you willing to take Christ for your Saviour, and to rely on his righteousness alone to make you just at the Father's bar? Do you rely alone on his blood to cleanse you from all sin? Then Christ is yours; his fulness yours. Live on him to do all for you, and all in you. Blessed are they that fear Jehovah always. He will preserve them whithersoever they go; if they go to war, he will be the Captain of their salvation; if they return home, he will enable them to walk with a perfect heart; he will bless their going out, and their coming in for evermore. 66 You must first have faith in the virtue of Christ's blood for the pardon of your sins, before you will ever get them subdued. When we have preached Jesus, and preached well, we must come to this, there is no end of his greatness," no end of his love, it was from eternity, and it reaches to eternity. No end of his righteousness, for it is an everlasting one; no end of his goodness or power, for both his power and goodness shall be put forth, for the comfort and safety of his redeemed, while time and eternity endures. Those desires which the Holy Ghost forms in the soul, he will, in his own time and way, fulfil even to the saint's utmost satisfaction. If we lived upon God for spirituals and temporals, and put all our cases into the Lord's hands, we should be free from disquietude of mind. Do not go away and say, "how shall I know my interest in Christ?" but go away and live upon Christ, as though he was your Christ. This is the best way of knowing your interest in him. I once was enabled to utter the Lord's prayer without a wandering thought, and it was the worst prayer I ever offered, it made me as proud as the devil. The priests under the law, were not to minister and bless in their own name, but in the name of Jehovah Jesus, whose types they were, and through faith in whom all their ministrations were rendered useful. Their brethren, the Levites, were appointed by David in their courses, to assist the priests, and they waited in their succession till another priest arose after the order of Melchisedec, who was not called after the order of Aaron. The Levitical service was entirely typical of Christ. music and songs of the Old Testament church more directly treated of him; they were to celebrate his glory. It is said, that they were to give thanks, and praise Jehovah, this was the one subject of sacred poetry. The All the money in the Bank of England hath been told, but the riches of our Lord Jesus Christ are unsearchable. David received the pattern of the temple, and of its every ornament and smallest vessel from divine inspiration, in the same manner as Moses had the model of the tabernacle, for the design of both was the same, namely, to be an example and shadow of heavenly things till Christ should come in the flesh, and by his obedience unto death should fulfil the whole ceremonial and moral law. When the temple was finished, and the furniture set in order, then they opened the service with sacrificing to Jehovah, and while the priests were blowing the trumpets over the sacrifices, triumphing in the Lamb, who was by the one offering of himself to take away sin, then the glory of Jehovah filled the house, which was an evident sign that God would come and dwell among men, and that they should see his glory tabernacling in flesh. (To be concluded in our next.) THE GOSPEL IN THE FORESTS OF UPPER CANADA. OUR Christian friends will, no doubt, hail with great satisfaction, the following statement of the gospel, now being preached in the forests of Canada, lately received from a young settler; and those who know by happy experience, the blessings of hearing glad tidings of good news, every returning Sabbath will, it is hoped, lend a helping hand in the good work, by contribution to the gentlemen at the bottom. MIDDLESEX COUNTY, LONDON DISTRICT, UPPER CANADA. At a meeting, held on the 26th January, 1837, at the house of Mr. G. T. Claris, and numerously attended by the settlers on the newly projected road, leading from St. Thomas to London (distant about twenty miles, the greater part of which being now located) to take into consideration the propriety and practicability of establishing the means of public worship; the proposition was received with the greatest satisfaction and cordial support. A gentleman of the Scotch church well known in the vicinity, was unanimously invited to become their pastor; and it was resolved and agreed, in lieu of a salary for the first year, a loghouse should be erected for the reception of himself and family, and so be made use of for the preaching of the gospel, till a more commodious building should be raised; and as Mr. G. T. Claris's land seemed the most central situation, he offered gratis about three acres of it, for the erection of a chapel and burial ground. By the greatest exertion, Mr. Claris, and Mr. La Batt, have collected about two hundred and ninety-five dollars, or seventy pounds: but the land having to be cleared, and it being a great work for both body and mind, they earnestly solicit their beloved countrymen on this side the Atlantic, to assist in this most desirable undertaking. Such christian friends who know the blessing of a preached gospel, and will consider how severe the trial is, of being placed in the destitute situation of a Canadian Backwoodsman, and of the benighted Indians, by whom they are surrounded, without the means of grace, will sympathize with them, and appreciate this earnest appeal to their liberality to further the above object. The following gentlemen will thankfully receive subscriptions: John Whitmore, Esq. Clapham Common. Mr. Claris, Stock Exchange. Mr. Kell, 34 per cent office, Bank of England. Mr. F. Witherby, 7, Throgmorton Street. Mr. E. Palmer, 18, Paternoster Row. LITERARY NOTICES. Shortly will be published, Numbers 10, 11, and 12, of "The PRECIOUS JEWELS of the CHURCH, rescued from the hands of Spoilers." By the REV. CHARLES DRAWBRIDGE. Just published, CHRIST a CHRISTIAN'S LIFE; by the Rev. JOHN GAMMON, a new Edition, with Recommendatory Preface by the Rev. Joseph Irons, 18mo. Also, WALWORTH HYMNS, with a short Essay on Social Order and Worship; by the Rev. JOSEPH SWAIN, Author of Redemption, a Poem, &c. 32mo. In the press, APPENDIX to the ERRORS of IRVINGISM EXPOSED, or Modern Popery Unmasked, exposing the private workings of this wide spreading and awful delusion. THE Spiritual Magazine; OR, SAINTS' TREASURY. 1 John v. 7. "There are Three that bear record in heaven; the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST; and these Three are One." "Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."-Jude 3. MAY, 1837. BREASTS OF CONSOLATION: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN STEPHANAS, ARISTARCHUS, AND EPAPHRAS. Step. Good morning, Aristarchus, my valuable friend and brother, I have long wished to see you, that we might have some conversation concerning the best things, and the trials we meet with by the way. Aris. I can assure you, that it gives me equal pleasure to meet my brother Stephen; and, though I am often absent in body, yet present in spirit, nor are you forgot by me, when I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Step. It is some months since we have met together, though at a throne of grace, as you observe, we remember each other. How have you been since we met at Epenetus's cottage, with the most excellent Theophilus. I heard you have been lodging among the tents of Kedar, and sojourning in Mesech, where God knows, I often am; for I am truly feeble, weak, and silly. Aris. It is true, I have been in the tents of Kedar, and a sojourner in Mesech, until I was as black as a coal, and more like unto a miner, than an inhabitant of Zion. Indeed, when there, my soul was bowed down within me, nor could I rest in my spirit day or night; and the smoke of their fires, beat into the tents, that it affected my breath and eye-sight very much. Step. What poor creatures we are, the subjects of sorrow, temptation, and every affliction: my path is thorny, my experience, if it may be called an experience, is to me often a paradox, and my life often hangs in doubt, whether I am right, for my knees are so feeble, and my heart so faint, that I am as a man who has no strength, and am at times for giving all up, considering what changes attend me within and without. Aris. All the family must pass under the rod, trials and |