SEití1. FArTfi TIDE WAY TO SAí.NA'T1ON 3133 HYMN FOR SERMONS .XVI. AND XVII. ,--.. THE GOSPEL THE POWER OF GOD TO SALVATION. LONG TIHAT shall the dying sinner do, That seeks relief for all his woe; Where shall the guilty conscience find Ease for the torment of the mind ? How shall we get our crimes forgiven, Or form our natures fit ter heaven ; Can souls all o'er defil`d with sin, AI.rke their own powers and passions clean? In vain we search, }n vain we try. Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh : 'Tis there such power and glory dwell, As saves rebellious souls from hell. METRE. This is the pillar of our hope, That bears our fainting spirits up : We read the grate, we trust theword, And find salvation in the Lord. Let men or angels dig the mines, Where nature's golden treasure shines; Brought near the doctrine ofthe cross, All nature's gold appears but dross. Should vile blasphemers with disdain, Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain; I'll meet the scandal and the shame, And sing and triumph in his name.. SERMON FAITH THE WAY TO SALVATION. Rom. i. 16. ---The gospel of Christ, it is the power ofGod unto salvation toeveryone that helieveth, to the Jew fast, and also to the Greek. SAL.Y.TIQN is a fregl ent and familiar word in the mouth of all who call themselves Christians. It is a sort of asseveration or oath among the looser and meaner part of mankind; As ï, hope to be saved. But little do they know what salvation means. All the notion they have of it is this, that they .would be saved from going down to hell, a place of fire and torment, and that they would go up to heaven when they die, to some fine unknown shining place above the skies, where they shall be free from all pain and uneasiness, This is the utmost point to .s:llich their idea reaches, and I think i have hit their sense exactly in this description. Alas ! poor ignorant creatures! They have no thought of being saved from sin, of having their hearts madg holy, their sinful incli- nations rectified, their passion:: su.Ldued or refined, their 5
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