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awful declaration that those who,
being frequently reproved, hai
den their necks, shall be sudden-
ly destroyed, and that without
remedy. To such persons, also,
a solemn passage in the first
chapter of Proverbs, is peculiar-
ly applicable: Because I have
called and ye refused; I have
stretched out my hand but no man
regarded ; but ye have set at
nought all my counsel, and would
none of my reproof; I also will
laugh at your calamity; I will
mock when your fear cometh ;
when your fear cometh as desola-
sion, and your destruction cometh
as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you.

The reasonableness of an immediate Repentance.

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gion where the attention of people is excited to seek after salvation, the common and earnest prayer is, that serious things may not wear off from their minds, and that they may not relapse into their former stupidity and deadness. They are convinced how unspeakably great their danger was while they remained secure in sin; and their greatest fear now is, that they shall be left to their natural hardness of heart, and blindness of mind. They recollect, with sensations of astonisment, their former obduracy, and the light views which they had been wont to enterain with respect to 8. Upon this naturally arises eternal things; and they see a consideration which might that it is of God's rich mercy justly be esteemed important by that they have now any sense of every sinner, and which the bi- | the madness and danger of sin. ble teaches to be of the greatest But those persons who feel at importance. I allude to the ease for the present and expect danger of being suffered to go to attend to religion at some on according to the inclination of more convenient season, are not a hard and impenitent heart. in a less dangerous situation It is a truth which can be because they are insensible of abundantly proved both from their danger. their danger. They are travelscripture and experience, that ling that dismal road, with their the heart of man is exceedingly eyes shut, in which thousands prone to sin; and it seems have gone before them to deequally evident to every think-struction. To such the following mind, that the way of sin is the way of misery, and that all they who hate wisdom, love death. At least these truths must be believed by all who believe the bible; and therefore it seems proper that the consideration of being left to the native wickedness of the human heart should fill the conscience with alarm. The man who has a just sense of the plague of his own heart, and the wickedness of his past life, deprecates, above all things, the being left to his own froward inclinations, and his own evil habits. So in all revivals of reli

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ing passages of scripture may
well be addressed. Therefore
shall they eat of the fruit of their
own way, and be filled with their
own devices. And it shall come
to pass at that time, that I will
search Jerusalem
with candles,
and punish the men that are set-
tled on their lees; that say in their
heart, The Lord will not do good,
neither will he do evil.

9. Again, let persons who are inclined to procrastinate in these all-important concerns, cast their eyes upon those who have heretofore given place to the same inclination, and they must

be awakened unless they are the subjects of a most dangerous infatuation. How few, alas, of those who in their youth flattered themselves that in old age they should repent, have ever been permitted to see that period. While in the midst of their worldly schemes, perhaps while just entering upon a vast round of business, which was to be accomplished before they could attend to religion, they were taken from the earth, and obliged to give an account of all the deeds done in the body. How ill must they be prepared to render the reasons of their continuing in impenitency and sin! But even suppose they have reached the period of old age; that period which in their confused imaginations they had intended to devote to the service of God, what is their situation? With hands which have labored in the service of Mammon; with hearts which have been filled with the lusts of this vain and corrupting world, how can they perform a service acceptable to God? Can those eyes which, for a long series, have gazed with satisfaction upon the temptations which surround them, be raised toward Him who dwelleth in the heavens, in humble adoration!

Can the tongue which has been long accustomed to profane the name of its Maker, be suddenly brought to praise the Great Benefactor, and turned in old age to the voice of melody? Far otherwise. The man who has lived to old age without religion, is in a state little less than hopeless. Is he avaricious? His whole soul is more and more engrossed with | the love of riches; death is entirely excluded from his thoughts; and he acts as tho'

he was secure of living forever here on earth. Is he sensual? His mind becomes still more the seat of unlawful desire, and he not unfrequently acts the part of a pander to his young relations and acquaintance, not content with offering himself as a victim on the altar of intemperance and brutism. Is he ambitious? The desire of fame gains new vigor the longer it is indulged, and a man is never more fond of popular favor than in his dotage. In short, whatever worldly thing maintains dominion in the heart of man to the exclusion of religion till old age, it takes away even all seeming excellence, and deadens the subject of it to all considerations, except those which belong to this vain and deceitful world. C. Y. A.

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ORDINATIONS.

ON Wednesday the 23d of May, was ordained at Kingsborough, (Johnstown,) the Rev. ELISHA YALE, to the pastoral care of the Church and Society in that place. The Rev. Charles | McCabe, of Milton, (N. Y.) made the introductory prayer. The Rev. Nathan Perkins, D. D. of West-Hartford, (Conn.) preached the sermon, from 2 Cor. iv. “We preach not ourselves,

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but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." The Rev. Coanrod Ten Eick, of Mayfield, (N. Y.) made the consecrating prayer; during which Dr. Perkins, and the Rev. Messrs. Ten Eick, McCabe and

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Shepard, imposed hands. The Rev. Samucl Shepard, of Lenox, (Ms.) gave the charge. The Rev. Charles McCabe gave the right hand of fellowship; and the Rev. Dr. Perkins made the concluding prayer. A peculiar solemnity, during the whole service, was manifested by a numerous auditory convened on the interesting occasion.

ON the 4th instant, the Rev. DAVID DICKINSON, was inauwas inaugurated to the pastoral care of the Church of Christ in Meriden, State of New-Hampshire. The public solemnities of the occasion were performed according to the following method of arrangement. The Rev. Joseph Blodget, of Greenwich, (Ms.) made the introductory prayer. The Rev. Thomas Holt, of Hardwick, (Ms.) delivered the sermon, from Colossians i. 28."Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in CHRIST JESUS." The Rev. Asa Burton, of Thetford, (Vt.) made the consecrating prayer. The Rev. Eden Burroughs, of Hanover, (N. H.) delivered the charge. The Rev. Jacob Haven, of Croyden, (N. H.) gave the right hand of fellowship. And the Rev. Joshua Crosby, of Greenwich, (Ms.) made the concluding prayer. The profound attention of a numerous assembly of spectators exhibited evidence of their

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QUESTION.-An explanation is desired, by one of our readers, of a passage in the 8th chapter to the Romans, from the 19th to the 23d vr. inclusive.

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