allery. change of thought and feeling, and countenance, which took place on that occasion! What movements! What operations! It is a resurrection day, or the changing of the shadows of death for morning light. Bright - signs of life are seen through all the camp. See how the maidens iun, some with cups, and sone with pitchers, which they quickly fill and crisl, and hasto away to their respective tents to qucrch the thirst of the sick, the aged, and the little ones-joyfully exclaiming, o children! Plenty of water! Drink abundantly--there are rivers still behind. In a short time we see thousands of orch, and asses, and sheep, and goats, approaching in haste, to take the drink of life. Neither were the feathered tribes inactive--the turtle doves, the pide cons, the swallows, the spurows, the robin-reclrcast, and the litile wren, scent the water, and with their little bills drink tu satiety. Look back to the day of Pent: cost, and sce the wators vf-eternal life flowing through the twelve channels of the twelve apostles. What mighty and marvellous revolutions of thought, fueling, ad conseience and what change of countonane:s took place with thellsands on that day. They had the faces and hearts of profane and wicked men in the morning; but they felt the power of the resurrection batteri lit. Ticy became thirsty, and found the vessels of faith and re. · pentance to rain waters fiem the frustain of pardon. They experienced life for the dead! O, what a glo. rious siglt will be presented to the church, when the fulness of Jews and Gentiles, in the Millenial age, shall come in, and shall drink of the well of salvation, according to the measure of their faith! The water followed the camp of Israel. It rose up with them every morning, and kept pace with them through the day: opening its way into the ground, it
abode by them through the night. The little children, In a word, the spiritual blessing of the death of 1. The Enmity of God, and Mcdiatorial Office of Christ. Tim. 1; 2: 5. - - - - Glory of God. Tim. 1; 1: 11. - - 21 the Son of God. Matt. 28; 6. - - 53 Source of Peace and Comfort to the Sainte. John, 16; 33. - - - - - 19; 23, 27. - - 232 VII. The Kingdom of Christ. Dan. 2; 44, 45. 105 3; 21. - - - - - - 130 Zech. 3; 9. . . . . - 144 Luke 2; 11. - - - - - 172 Restoration to the favor of God. Rom. 5: 15 181 John 11; 16, 17. - - - 207 Holy Spirit, in the Salvation of Sinners. Jolun 16; 13, 1.1, 15. - - 220 XX. On Sanctification. Thess. 5; 23. - 281 - .. 316 Acts 4; 11, 12. - - - - 329 Ways. Isaiah 55; 8. . - - 351 with the Blood of Sprinkling. Heb. 12: 24. 364 Cor. 10: 4. - - - - 396 303 |