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where she beholds his glory and is changed

sees him as he is
into the same image from glory to glory.

And now may the Lord be graciously present with these mourning friends, the bereaved husband and children, and other relatives. You sorrow not as those who have no hope and no comfort. For henceforth you are to think of her who is taken from you, as present with the Lord. She has reached her home. She has, we trust, obtained all and more than all that her heart ever desired or conceived.

You will not forget my friends, that you have been highly favored of God in being blessed with such a partner, such a mother, such a friend- and in being blessed with her so long. How grateful should you be for this inestimable favor! And how heartily should you thank a merciful God, for what he was pleased to do for that dear friend of yours, who is here no more; for calling her early in life, as we trust he did, with a holy calling, according to his purpose and grace; for giving her such a measure of piety and peace; for sustaining her under her trials, and helping her in her spiritual warfare, and making her the instrument of so much temporal and eternal good to those connected with her. Let your mourning be sanctified by the mingling in of fervent thanks and praises to the God of all grace and

comfort.

And now, Christian friends, ponder well the present subject and the present occasion. God is speaking to you. "Arise, for this is not your rest." If you love Christ and enjoy his presence, you have a foretaste of heaven. But heaven is not here. Your portion is above. Jesus said to his disciples, "In my Father's house are many mansions- I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am, there ye may be also." He says the same to you. Think then of the place prepared for you above. Look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. Let nothing draw off your thoughts from your inheritance in the heavens. Jesus says, behold, I come quickly. Lift up your heads with joy, for your redemption draw

eth nigh.

Your time to die is near at hand; and death to believers is the gate of Paradise. Away then with all vain pursuits and distracting cares. What have you to do with the things of earth? Awake, Christian, heir of heaven-arise-put your house in order and put your heart in order; for verily I say unto you, to-morrow you shall be with Christ in Paradise.

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A SERMON

DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF SAMUEL NEWELL, ADONIRAM JUDSON, SAMUEL NOTT, GORDON HALL, AND LUTHER RICE, FIRST MISSIONARIES FROM AMERICA TO THE HEATHEN IN ASIA. SALEM, FEB. 6, 1812.

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Psalm 67.- GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US, AND BLESS US; AND CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON US. THAT THY WAY MAY BE KNOWN UPON EARTH, SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS. LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE. LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD AND SING FOR JOY. LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE, O GOD; LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE. GOD SHALL BLESS US; AND ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH SHALL FEAR HIM.

No intelligent Christian can be a stranger to the benevolent desires and pleasing anticipations here expressed. Every good man has a heart to feel for his fellow creatures, and endeavors to promote their temporal welfare. But, when he contemplates the value of their immortal souls, and what Jesus has done to save them from perdition, his tenderest affections are kindled; pure and heavenly love pervades and warms his heart. He longs for the eternal felicity of his kindred and friends, his country and the world. His desire and prayer is, that all human beings may forsake their evil ways and turn to the Lord. With this holy affection reigning in his heart, the devoted Christian presents himself a living sacrifice unto God; and counts it a privilege to do and to suffer anything for the advancement of his cause. He is ready

In this state, no
Stripes, imprison-

to "endure all things for the elect's sake." difficulty discourages, no danger alarms him. ment and death lose their terrors. Every degree of success attending the dispensation of the gospel yields him the purest pleasure. But this pleasure increases his pious desire. The progressive enlargement of the kingdom of Christ will constantly enlarge the benevolence of his heart. While there is a nation or tribe under heaven not subdued to Christ; the fervent Christian cannot rest. His unalterable object is, that the knowledge

of the Lord may fill the earth.

This, brethren, is the true spirit of our religion. This is the affection which glows in every new born soul. This is the principle which governs and animates the church of Christ.

On this new and interesting occasion, my desire is to excite your benevolence, and to persuade you by suitable motives, To

MAKE THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL AND THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD, THE OBJECT OF YOUR EARNEST AND CONSTANT PURSUIT.

My first motive is the worth of the soul. Man, a creature of yesterday, is made for immortality. The human mind will be ever active. No labor can exhaust it. No length of ages can waste its vigor. No pressure of guilt or suffering can destroy its activity. Such a mind, destined to exist and act forever, destined to the bliss of heaven, or the pains of hell, lives in every human being, in the savage as well as the citizen; in the heathen as well as the Christian; in the Hindoo, the Chinese, and the Hottentot, as well as the European or American. In the name of him who died on Calvary, I call upon you, Christians, to labor for the salvation of beings that will never die. Of what consideration is their color, language, education, or manners? Here all distinctions vanish. Learned and ignorant, refined and rude, honorable and base, are all on a level in point of accountableness to God and immortality of soul. Rise then above all the distinctions which misguide our judgments, and seek the salvation of this great family of immortal beings.

In some favored hours of divine illumination, have you not seen and felt the ineffable preciousness of your own souls? Have you

not cast away everything as dross, for eternal salvation? And has not the grace of God taught you to love your neighbor as yourselves? See the millions who dwell in darkness. Their souls are as precious as your own. The wisdom of God - the blood of the dying Saviour has so declared. Change places with them. Put yourselves in their condition, and them in yours. You are then spending your life in a land of darkness, ignorant of God, slaves to the basest superstition and most hateful vices. Moved by pity and love, they send a herald of the cross to preach salvation in your ears. He comes and speaks to you of Jehovah and his law; discloses your guilt, and points you to the judgment day. He preaches to you Jesus, the Saviour of sinners. With trembling, broken hearts you go to the Saviour, and he gives you rest. How happy your state! Would you not forever exalt the Redeemer's name? Would you not love and thank the messenger of his grace, and those who sent him? Now, if salvation, would be so great a blessing to you, why not to those who are actually in the condition here supposed? And if you would love and thank those who sought your salvation, why not secure to yourselves the same love and gratitude from heathens saved by your labors?

Imagine your children, parents, brothers, sisters this moment in pagan darkness. Would not your hearts leap for joy to see these dear young ministers going to teach them the way of life? Would anything be too precious to part with in order to animate their zeal, and help them to rescue from ignorance and ruin the objects of your love? But have not the heathen souls as precious as the souls of your kindred? - Nay, they are your kindred; allied to you by the ties of a common nature; children of the same family. In every human being you see a brother or a sister.

The second motive by which I urge you to seek the conversion of all mankind is the plenteousness of the provision which Christ has made for their salvation. Were there anything scanty in this provision, anything circumscribed in the offers of mercy, our zeal for propagating the gospel would be suppressed; the hand of

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