did he do this? By crying out, by telling them plainly and so as to be understood, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Shake off all your sins, bid farewell to every wicked thought, word, and action: resolve to walk no more in the ways of sin, and in the paths of wickedness, and come to Christ, the beloved of the Father, believe in him and obey him, and he will wash you from your sins, he will plead with his Father for your pardon, he will give up himself to death to save you, and he will raise you up into heaven.

Such was the saying of John, the forerunner of our Lord, to the people, who flocked to hear him, who came to him, as we read in the Bible, to be baptized by him, and to be prepared for that kingdom, which he said, was at hand. Repent ye, he told them, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. It is as if he had said, Jesus Christ has come into the world to make a new kingdom, not such as you hear of on

this earth, where kings can do no more than govern and protect you in this life: he comes to form a kingdom, which shall last for ever, a kingdom, into which those only can come, who repent them truly of all their sins-a kingdom of joy and peace, where all, who obey the Lord Jesus Christ, whether blacks or whites, slaves or free, shall be happy, happy as far as God can make them for ever and for ever.

Into this kingdom I now invite you all, for this kingdom, I now, in the name of Jesus Christ, would most earnestly entreat you to prepare yourselves. I would say to you, as John did to his hearers, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent ye, for the time is come, when ye shall call on the name of Christ, who never heard of him before, when ye shall be made Christians, who once lived in ignorance and darkness, when salvation is to be preached to you, who before did not know that a Saviour had ever appeared on earth.

Come to Jesus Christ, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and he will give you rest. Take his yoke upon you, and learn of him, for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. He will wash you from your sins, he will present you before the throne of your God. But you cannot come to him unless you repent of your sins, and are sorry for your wickedness. Oh! then I most earnestly entreat you, I beseech you, in the name of Jesus, to shake off all your past sins. Let the drunkard resolve to shake off the vile habit of drunkenness: the liar, shake off the vile habit of lying; let the swearer say, I will swear no more; let him that stole, steal no more: let him who hates another, resolve to love him, as Christ loved you: bid adieu to every wrong thing. Some of you, perhaps, have been guilty of many bad things: all are sinners in the sight of God. Some things I can scarcely name from this sacred place: I must leave ' it to your own hearts to tell you what I mean, but whatever your heart tells you

has been wrong, oh! my friends, do it not again. When you feel yourselves tempted to sin, instantly pray to God, and say, oh! God deliver me from this sin! and if you strive yourself, he will give you strength to conquer it. But never forget to pray to God, and to pray to him for Jesus Christ's sake. Breaking out into passions, using bad and wicked names, gaming, idling, quarrelling and fighting, returning evil for evil, doing ill-natured and spiteful things, to those of your own colour, as well as to others, are all wrong, though some may not think so. Of all these things you must repent, if you wish to become Christians, and if you are not Christians, you cannot be with Christ in heaven, when you die. After repenting, in order to become Christians you must believe in Christ. This I shall tell you more of the next time we

meet.

But let me beseech you as your friend and well-wisher, to lay to heart what I

have told you this evening. Which of us can tell, whether we shall live to see another day? To-morrow's sun will rise; but it may not rise on some of us: some of us may be cold and stiff before his bright beams appear. Let us then resolve this night, before we quit this place, to repent of all the past, and say, with God's help and assistance, which I pray for, I will sin no more, I will take Christ for my Lord and King, I will follow his holy laws, and I will live as one, who has been pardoned and forgiven by my God.

My friends, may God give you his grace so to act, may he guide you with his Spirit here, and, at your deaths, receive you into heaven.

And now to God, &c.