opposing the morality of infidelity to that of Christianity! Yet, a blind adder can sting, and a mad Martin can consign York's beautiful Minster to flames. The more ignorant, the more impudent, the more vicious, the more reckless a man is, the more mischief of a certain kind he can effect. Hunters so desperate can find plenty of game. So many myriads grow up destitute of all parental or pastoral instruction, that they fall an easy prey to those who "hunt for souls." When hell opens its cathedral, vice publishes its code of morals, the roaring lion becomes the pastor, blasphemy composes the sermon, and laughter makes the music, numerous will be the flock. For broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many are there that go in thereat. They who love to sneer rather than to argue, to blaspheme rather than to pray, and to indulge their passions rather than to subdue them, will think infidelity a better religion than Christianity. To him who lives the life of a fiend, it will appear a privilege to die the death of a dog.

But while, with our Saviour, we weep over those who seal their own doom; knowing the terrors of the Lord, we would persuade men. We would save them with fear, plucking them out of the fire, even at the hazard of scorching ourselves in the attempt. For the patience of God will not always wait. Justice, though she has a leaden foot and moves slowly, advances surely, and treads heavily. The arrow of vengeance is on the string, and the longer the bow is in drawing the mightier is its spring, and the more suddenly shall the object of its aim fall, pierced

to the heart.

able to say,

It shall be some consolation to be "their blood is not on my head." Whatever may be the result of this contest, I shall have delivered my own soul, and the young of my own flock will "know the certainty of the things wherein they have been instructed."

But I have evidence that this labour has not been in vain. I have, during the course of the lectures, received more than one letter, and obtained various information of their effects. Infidels have owned themselves ashamed of their champion. Of others I may say, "the shew of their countenances has witnessed against them," that, if they persist in infidelity, it is on other grounds than those of argument. The more secret and sober infidel, who was ashamed of the party, has avowed himself convinced, and is now ashamed of the cause.

If justice seize the victims who are tottering on the verge of the unpardonable sin, the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost; mercy will carry off her trophies, and prompting them to confession, will induce them to devote the life snatched from perdition, to undo the mischief, over which they could weep tears of blood. One such instance has recently occurred. A person who had figured as an author, by writing atheistical tracts, has been convinced of the existence of God. It now comes out, that the author was a mere retailer of the sophisms of Mirabeau; for the works of modern infidels are composed, not by pens, but by scissors. All they can do is to cut leaves out of other men's books, and publish them as their own. Almost every thing that wears

the appearance of argument in Paine's Age of Reason, is stolen from the works of former infidels, or of Christians, whose difficulties he has quoted and suppressed their solutions.

For with a boastful parade of learning the grosse st ignorance is betrayed. Plain unlearned men suppose that where there is a grand display of hard words, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, there must be something wonderfully wise; and if they cannot. understand it, the cause lies in their own ignorance. But they may comfort themselves with the assurance that all this pompous parade is as unintelligible to the learned too. The Hebrew that presents such a face of erudition is false. Those who know Hebrew better than he who has paraded it in opposition to religion, know nothing of his Hebrew. But, O! it is horrible, to see an accountable creature playing these pernicious tricks. For he must know, either that he is ignorant of what he pretends to teach, or that he is wilfully perverting knowledge to deceive the ignorant. I say this before the world; that it may be reported to those whom it concerns, and that the unwary may be delivered out of the net in which the deceiver is attempting to entangle them.

It is, indeed, a mere spider's web, which even a fly of ordinary strength might break. But, alas! there are too many who love to be deceived, and of whom justice might say, "then let them be de

ceived."

But fain would we see mercy interpose. Let me entreat those who are tainted with infidelity, to retire from the clamour of a Rotunda, to the silence

of the closet. There, take the Bible, and prostrating yourselves before the Father of lights, implore his illuminating grace. Search and compare. If you meet with difficulties, neither refuse to examine them, nor immediately reject the book on account of them. You know there are difficulties in many things which you equally know to be true. Be not afraid to find the Bible true, lest you should be compelled to forsake your sins. Death will soon tear you from them. But how terrible will that death be! What you have heard of the evidences of revelation will then come to your remembrance, and plant thorns in your dying pillow. Flee, while there is hope, from your sins to your Saviour, and be not deterred by the despairing thought, "God will not forgive me now;" "Christ himself cannot save one who has reviled him as an impostor." This is the voice of an enemy who, when you have broken the snare of blasphemous presumption, would bind you in that of murderous despair. "All manner of sin and transgression shall be forgiven to them that believe in the name of Jesus."

London:-S. Bagster, Jun. Printer, 14, Bartholomew Close.