distant corners of each hemisphere! We inay, as it were, daily mark the course of gospel truth, traversing our globe with silent, slow and certain progress, like the morning rays of the sun, whose rising creates our day, and whose beams enliven the face of nature. All these exertions cannot be ineffectual; they must be followed, ultimately, by some grand result. The circle of Christian influence will be enlarged, and in proportion to its enlargement, its motion will be accelerated, until "the knowledge of God shall fill the earth as the waters cover the face of the sea.

"And it shall come

Secondly. The effusion of the Holy Ghost. to pass, in the last days, (saith God,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out, in those days, of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy." Acts ii. 17, 18. These words of the prophet Joel, applied by Peter to the circumstances of the day of Pentecost, certainly have regard to a more distant period; for many predictions of scripture, like this, admit of a two-fold interpretation. The gift of the Holy Ghost is the peculiar privilege of the gospel dispensation. Hence, it cannot be doubted, that, as the kingdom of Christ advances, the Holy Spirit will reveal himself more copiously and more powerfully. Superior light and numerous gifts will be dispensed to the saints; while the effects of divine influence will appear in the zeal and labor of God's people. But does the present age afford any indication of these things? We may answer, Yes.

It is not a century since the revival of the doctrine of the work and witness of the Spirit in the heart. "What darkness must have covered the earth, and gross darkness the people," when, prior to this time, ceremonial trumpery and formal professions constituted the religion of the day, and when the internal presence and operations of the Holy Spirit were considered both as unnecessary and unattainable. But now, how altered is the face of the Christian world! This doctrine, so essential to vital godliness, is daily and rapidly gaining advocates among all denominations. We, as a people, have been distinguished, from our first origin, for an inviolable attachment to this tenet; but should this ever cease, our name shall truly become, Ichabod, "the glory is departed;" for nothing more certainly tends to fatal declension from every Christian grace and duty, than to undervalue and reject the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.

Another circumstance to strengthen our position is, that the propagation of gospel truths, and the labor of bringing souls to Christ, are not confined to ministers of the word alone; but pious and enlightened lay-members of the church engage in this work with a degree of

success, that proves it to be in the order of God, and one of the most effectual means of promoting the Redeemer's kingdom.

Having extended our observations on this subject to considerable length, we shall now conclude with a few reflections and inferences.

I. With what confidence may we offer this petition, "Thy kingdom come," indited, as it is, by the lips of Him, whose throne is founded in wisdom, power and goodness, and who, by inspiring this prayer, has taught us to expect its fulfilment; for every prayer, divinely suggested, has in its origin a sure pledge of a divine answer.

2. While, with lively expectation and laborious zeal, we hasten to the day of Christ, is there not some danger of our neglecting to receive or retain the kingdom of Christ in our own hearts? Strangely different from the wisdom of the gospel, is the wisdom of those, who in this day of Christian enterprise and exertion, are endeavoring to win souls to God, and are even employing a great portion of their time and substance, to send the word of life to the extremes of either continent, but who have never yet entertained that degree of anxiety, for their own spiritual safety and welfare, which constitutes the true penitent, and subjects the soul to Christ. It requires little or no religion to be zealous in a popular cause, especially if that cause be a good one; but much, very much, to suppress the tyranny of sin, and to yield up the entire soul to the dominion of holy love.

3. The true dignity of the faithful is discovered in their relation to the kingdom of Christ. For the kingdom, being of a heavenly nature, far transcends all earthly examples of pomp and power, and embraces in its grand and eternal scheme the saints of the Most High," of whom," in the words of the apostle Paul, "the world is not worthy." To superficial observers, neither the character of Christ, nor that of his followers, presents any thing comely or desirable; but in the light of inspiration, supreme dignity and excellence beam forth from the person of our Divine Head, and are reflected upon his disciples. And though obscured by temporal relations, as to their present worth, yet a future scene shall disclose it, when, honored and exalted by their master, "the righteous shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father."

4. Do we not discover in the millennium a direct answer to that once deistical but now universalian objection, "That, in asserting the dangerous state of the impenitent, we ascribe more power and success to Satan in the ruin of men, than to Christ in their salvation?" As things now are, there are, to all appearance, "few that be saved,”few, very few, in the way of salvation. The great mass of mankind lies under the dark and direful tyranny of the god of this world. But that this will always be the case, we will dare to deny. When Satan shall fall, as lightning from heaven, and his kingdom shall be suddenly and universally ruined, the gospel of liberty shall be proclaimed to

these captives, and the race of Adam, long oppressed, shall all come under the mild dominion of the King of kings; and what may we not expect to be the mighty gathering of souls to Christ, when the deserts of Africa, then fertilized by the dews of heaven; the vast plains of Central and Northern Asia, then warmed by the reviving beams of a more genial sun; when the immense and unexplored interiors of North and South America, together with all the islands of the ocean, shall teem with numerous millions, who, as with one voice, shall acknowledge Christ the Lord!

5. The practical influence which the prospect of this kingdom should have upon us, is finely expressed by the apostle Paul : "Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom that cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear." Heb. xii. 28. Other kingdoms may be dislodged from their foundations; but this is immovable and permanent. Contrasted with the perpetual change of human affairs, it exhibits the glory of its Founder, who is "the same yesterday, to-day and forever." And how forcibly does this reflection impress the mind, when, through the obscurity of ancient times, we trace the rise and ruin of mighty empires; when we survey those ponderous remains which, having survived the assaults of time, and of the elements, and of man, more destructive than either, seem like the productions of some superior race of beings; and when with these views we connect the convulsions of nations, the ravages of conquest, and the transfer of dominion from one people to another! Such has been the course of human events, and nothing appears to be perpetual but change. Thus also, in the lapse of time, the most illustrious kingdoms of the present day shall, in their turn, decline, and sink, and perish. But thy throne, Ŏ God, is eternal. No enemy can interrupt, no period terminate, thy reign. For thine is the kingdom the power and the glory, forever and forever." Amen.

SERMON XIX.

Delivered at the Welsh Methodist Chapel, Aldersgate Street, London, on Sunday Afternoon, January 22, 1832.

BY KAHKEWAQUONABY, OR PETER JONES,

A CONVERTED INDIAN CHIEF.

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." MATt. v. 8.

My Christian brothers and sisters, we are gathered together here this afternoon to worship the great God who is the Creator and Maker of us all. This great God now looks down upon every one of us, and sees what is in each of our hearts.

It behoves us, then, my Christian brothers and sisters, as we are' the creatures of this Great Spirit, to worship him in spirit and in truth, while we are before him, and to lift up our hearts and our prayers to him that he may come down and bless us with his presence this afternoon.

I am very glad to meet with you, my Christian brothers and sisters, and to worship with you the true and living God, who is your God and my God-your Saviour and my Saviour. I feel glad in my heart that the Great Spirit has given us one religion-one faith-one baptism; and that, although we may assemble together of different nations, of different languages, of different complexions, yet there is only one God-one Saviour-the Saviour of us all.

Before I proceed to make some remarks on this passage of the word of God, I think it necessary to tell you who I am and what the Lord has done for my own soul. You are all aware that I am from America. I was born and brought up in the woods of Upper Canada. It was there the Great Spirit gave me my being; and in early life I was taught in all the manners and customs of the people to which I belong. But it may be necessary, my Christian brothers and sisters, to inform my Welsh brothers and sisters belonging to this chapel, that I am in part a Welshman. On my father's side I am a Welshman,

but on my mother's side I am a Chippewese Indian. My grandfather, on my father's side, emigrated from Wales; he became connected with the natives of Upper Canada, and my mother was a Chippewese Indian of the Messissagwehd, or Eagle tribe. But I was not brought up in my early days in the Christian religion; my mother being a complete and perfect heathen, I was taught by her in all the manners and customs of the people to which she belonged. I did not begin to learn the English language until I was about fifteen years old, and that above fourteen years ago, when my father sent me to an English school. From that time I began to learn your language, and that is the reason that I am enabled to speak to you a little in the English tongue. But my labors are principally confined to my countrymen, the Chippewese Indians, and I preach to them in the Chippewese language. I only occasionally attempt to preach in the English language, and I believe I have spoken the English language more since I have been in this country than ever I did before in all my life.

Having made these few remarks, my Christian brothers and sisters, by way of introducing myself to my Welsh friends in this place, I will now proceed to make some remarks from the word of the Great Spirit written in the Gospel by St. Matthew, the fifth chapter and eighth verse: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

These words, my Christian brothers and sisters, were spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ himself when he was here upon earth, and they form part of that sermon which he preached upon the Mount. He spoke these words, my Christian friends, for the good of the people who were then present, and also for the good of all people who should hereafter worship him and keep his commandments. We have great reason, my Christian brothers and sisters, to be thankful to God that our Saviour ever delivered his sermon, which is called his Sermon on the Mount; for we find that the whole sum and substance of the Christian religion is contained in it. Here we find our duty to the Great Spirit as our Creator-how we ought to love him, how we ought to keep his commandments, and to worship him in spirit and in truth; and here we also learn our duty towards one another, how we ought to love one another, how we ought to pray for one another-how we ought to labor to bring our fellow creatures to the knowledge and love of the true and living God. The whole substance, then, of our Lord's discourse, is love to God and love to one another; which, if we do, we shall save our souls alive.

In making a few remarks from these words, you will be pleased to suffer me, in the first place, to notice the character of the pure in heart; and then to show, in the second place, how or in what sense they see God; for it is said, " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." And I hope, my Christian brothers and sisters, that you will pray for me while I attempt to speak to you; for in vain