till ON EXCITING THE DEVOUT AFFECTIONS. tants to know and enjoy. There, and there only are such immediate and rich profusions of divine love, as the heart of man in this mortal state, is neither pure enough to par- take of, nor large enough to conceive. We must die, we must die out of this world, to learn perfectly what those pleasures, are : nor can we know them but by enjoyment. Missionary angels could not make us understand them, nor a visit from departed saints. Earthly languages were not made to express the fulness of these celestial sensations : The ideas of paradise demand unutterable words ; nor are spirits dwelling in flesh, either fit or able to hear them. We must die then, to learn how these blessed ones love God, and howGod loves theblessed. O when will the happy day arrive? When will the hour shine upon us, and thebright momentappear ? It is coming, it is com- ing, as fast as time can roll away, and the sun and moon can finish their appointed periods. Come, my soul, rouse thyself from thy dull and lethargic temper : shake off the dust of this earth, that hangs heavy upon thy better powers. Hast thou not been longweary of such cold and frozen devotion, as is practised in this earthly state ? Hast thou not longcomplained of loving thy God so little, and of tast- ing so little ofhis love ? Come raise thyself shove these dull and despicable scenes of flesh and sense, above all that is not immor- tal. Lift up thy head with cheerfulness and eager hope ; look out with longing eyes, beyond the shadowy region of death, and salute the dawning of thy eternal day : Stretch out thy arms of intense desire, and senda flight of devout wishes across the dark valley, to meet the approaching joys of immortality. END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. Edward Baines, Printer, Leeds.
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