234 LECTURES AND ESSAYS [1870-1874 



innumerable company of angels, to 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, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh 

 better things than Abel. . . . Wherefore, we receiving 

 a kingdom that cannot be moved, let us have grace, 

 whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence 

 and godly fear : for our God is a consuming fire.&quot; 



