The movements towards redemption have been universally felt and even now traces of its history are found where their import is forgotten. No tribe of men has yet been discovered, where some ideas did not exist, which were evidently borrowed from revelation; and symbols of the fall of manthe deluge-of a Trinity, and an incarnation, have been detected in their songs and traditions, or seen glaring on the grim countenances of their idols.

These works of providence record a great event. They present all worlds and all events in the attitude of pointing to one centre; and, like the star of Bethlehem, while they settle over one place, they seem to acknowledge that the object which lies there is worthy of all their worship.

But the work of redemption is not yet consummated. Would we enter into the estimation of its highest value, we must follow its triumphs down the track of time, to the the millenium, and to the resurrection of the just. Oh for Isaiah's spirit, or the elevated height where Moses stood to contemplate this glorious consummation! Oh, to take one clear and believing glance across the vale of wintry years, and to see redemption's recreating triumph! Great God! what a vision of blessedness do I see ! The whole earth is quiet and at rest: light has dissipated every cloud of prejudice and passion, and there is no more war : religion, pure and undefiled, has melted the kindred nations and sectaries together-and the church is one: the poor pagans are visited-and the cry of blood, and blasphemy, and agony, has ceased through all their millions: the curse is lifted from the earth: and the wilderness and the rock blossom-the memphitic swamp is a garden_and Zaharah bubbles with pools of water ! "Weary, worn out tempests" die away: the prince of the power of the air is dethroned: sinners, from earth's remotest ends, come bending to Christ: Judah's scattered sons are remembered in mercy: the prodigal children of Islam return to their father's house: the earth's countless tribes are congregating under a heaven of bending benificence, to bless the common Creator!

I see all this: I see it for a thousand years : But I follow the world to its last agonies : I trace the children of redemption through the gulf of death and the shock of a ruined world. Lo! I see them rising from its ruins, triumphant over the grave, and shining through the smoky columns of the last day! I

behold ten thousand and ten thousand glorious bodies presented to their Lord-entering heaven-commencing their everlasting march of glory: and then, and not till then, I hear the shout go up the shout that never smote heaven's canopy before-Redemption is completed!

A few remarks of direct application will close what we have further to say on this subject. And

1. Let us learn to respect ourselves. The soul is incalculably the better part of man; and estimated by this standard, we cannot respect ourselves too highly. Oh, is it not too much, hearers, that a being of etherial origin and nature-to whom all worlds do reverence_and for whom Christ diedshould debase and content itself upon low pursuits upon the fodder of sense, and the filth of debauch! Do justice to your natures, brethren: listen to the remonstrances of the soul: respect yourselves, and turn away from vice and gross indulgence, as infinitely beneath you.

2. Is the soul thus exalted? is redemption thus valuable ? then let us show some corresponding care for its welfare. My hearers, are we doing this? are we giving that attention to this great subject which its importance demands? are there not some who give less attention to the soul's redemption than is given to almost every other subject ? I fear there are-I am distressed with the apprehension, that this neglect will continue, and they will loose their souls forever ! Loose their souls! But oh, what a loss will this be! what act of treason, of oppression, of murder or cruelty, could equal it? How will a man answer it to God? what will he say when that Being demands of him an account of his soul? I committed it to thee, (it would be said,) for thy safe keeping: you knew something of its origin and nature : you heard what I had done for it: its redemption was precious, and everlasting blessedness was reserved as its portion, had you but been found faithful. And have you lost it after all, sinner? is it gone, gone beyond the reach of recovery, to groan and blaspheme with devils forever ? Oh, what criminality can match this! what weight or duration of punishment shall pay the penalty of neglecting the soul's redemption !

You must awake to this great subject, sinners: you must believe that your souls are in danger-and you must conceive of your guilt in neglecting them, or they will never be saved

And so must we awake, christians, or wear the brand of alarming inconsistency. We cannot have looked at the value of redemption without feeling that we do nothing, almost nothing, correspondent to this great subject. Permit me to say, it is the object of the present remarks, to elevate our minds, if possible, to a higher standard of duty : and permit me to tell those especially for whom these lectures have been prepared, that their hope and highest reward will be lost, if they do not help you to grow in grace and the knowledge of the high mysteries of redemption.

What, then, are our attainments, and what are we doing that corresponds with the dignity of this high subject? Do we venerate our souls as we ought? do we love to follow after divine knowledge? do we look high enough for the seat of our eternal dwelling? do we cultivate, as we might, our friendship with angels ? do we pant after the full image of God? do we prize the cause of religion above every other cause? and do we labour, and pray, and make sacrifices, to carry its destined influence over the whole world?

Oh for more of the spirit of Martyn and Brainerd, in this great cause! Oh for more