and the trump of God; and shall I be condemned before this awful, this solemn tribunal, from which there is no appeal? Oh! whither shall I fly, in that dreadful day, from his presence! Where shall I hide my guilty, my ungrateful head! I shall then call in vain to the rocks to hide me, or the hills to cover me. While then it is yet in my power, although weary and heavy laden with my sins, let me go to him, and he will give me rest!

It is impossible to imagine how great the anguish of their minds will be, who, for the sake of the sinful gratifications of this present life, shall have swerved from their duty, have become rebellious against Christ, and thus forfeit those hopes of eternal happiness which he had purchased for them by his blood; and instead of the crown of glory that fadeth not away, instead of the reward which will be given to the servants, the prophets, and the saints of the Lord God Almighty-instead of entering the heavenly Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads, shall inherit eternal fire, and, blotted out of the book of God, possess a miserable state of immortality, in the midst of weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

It is vain that we assume to ourselves the appellation of soldiers of Christ, except we walk even as he walked, except we endeavour to be perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. The Christian warrior should examine his own heart. If he is conscious to himself that he has crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts; that he lives in the Spirit; that the fruits of the Spirit are manifested in his life and actions; if he is conscious to himself that he not only avoids the actual commission of sin, but flies from it with horror, and dreads the very approach to it; that he abstains from all appearance of evil; that he never supports or countenances it in others; and that he heartily repents of all his past sins, and prays to God to enable him, by his grace, to remain steadfast in every holy purpose and resolution; then indeed he is a faithful soldier of Christ, and may go forward with confidence to fight the good fight of faith.

Finally, brethren, endeavour, by the grace of God, to prove yourselves faithful servants and soldiers of God, in patiently enduring every affliction for his sake, by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the

word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ever remembering that the time of your sojourning here is but short; "that your light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while you look not at the things that are seen, but to the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal."

It is vain that we assume to ourselves the appellation of soldiers of Christ, except we walk even as he walked, except we endeavour to be perfect, even as our Father which is in is in heaven is perfect. The Christian warrior should examine his own heart. If he is conscious to himself that he has crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts; that he lives in the Spirit; that the fruits of the Spirit are manifested in his life and actions; if he is conscious to himself that he not only avoids the actual commission of sin, but flies from it with horror, and dreads the very approach to it; that he abstains from all appearance of evil; that he never supports or countenances it in others; and that he heartily repents of all his past sins, and prays to God to enable him, by his grace, to remain steadfast in every holy purpose and resolution; then indeed he is a faithful soldier of Christ, and may go forward with confidence to fight the good fight of faith.

Finally, brethren, endeavour, by the grace of God, to prove yourselves faithful servants and soldiers of God, in patiently enduring every affliction for his sake, by pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the

word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, ever remembering that the time of your sojourning here is but short; "that your light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while you look not at the things that are seen, but to the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal."