sum for preaching, and it is said it was every dollar he had at the time. I presume that no one who had enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with this great and good man, who heard him in the pulpit, and felt his genial influence in the private circle, has forgotten his fine face, or his bright cheerful manner. When we look back at the great work which this faithful man accomplished, as well as the fine Christian influence he exerted upon those around him, we can but regard him as one of the great lights of the reformatory movement of the nineteenth century.

In conclusion, my brethren, I have for more than fifty years been a member of the church of Christ; and knowing that I must shortly put off this my tabernacle, I will endeavor to admonish you, that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance, "for ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, the general assembly and church of the first-born which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new Covenant." Therefore be

CHAPTER VII.

THE OFFICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN CONVERSION.

Romans, viii: 14, 15, 16, "For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God, for ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."

I

HAVE selected this portion of the word of God

that we might for a short time consider the office of the Holy Spirit in conversion and sanctification; a subject which we should all understand, and why it is shrouded in so much darkness and obscurity is strange, as scripture makes it as plain as any subject I could call your attention to. I suppose it is because persons will not go to the word of the Lord to see what it teaches upon this important subject, yet we should have more confidence in the divine teaching than in all the uninspired men on the earth, yet men will differ from us for they will not hear what the Spirit saith to

churches.

It is frequently the case, that when our oppos