400 John Bachman. 



ivatchman unto the house of Israel" " When I say 

 unto the wicked thou shalt surely die, and thou givest 

 him not warning, the wicked man shall die in hi* 

 iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand. But 

 if thou warn the wicked and he turn not from his wicked- 

 ness, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered 

 thy soul" You perceive then, my dear brethren, 

 how solemn, how awful are our responsibilities. 



Think not, my dear friends, that your Pastor, who 

 has endeavored to discharge his duty, however im- 

 perfectly, to your forefathers, to your fathers and to 

 you, has been actuated by personal feelings against 

 you when he spoke of your neglect of duty, or de- 

 sired to find favor in your sight by palliating your 

 short comings. You have heard his authority for 

 the reproof of your errors, and his encouragement 

 for leading you in the path of truth and of duty. 



Young man, young woman, as yet you have only 

 been permitted to pluck the blossoms of Spring, still 

 you have been long enough in this garden of the 

 world to learn to discriminate between the pure, the 

 fragrant, and the wholesome, and that which is 

 poisonous and malevolent. 



Ye middle aged, have ye not heard the oft-re- 

 peated assurances of the punishments that will be 

 reaped by sin, and the rewards secured by integrity, 

 uprightness and piety. Ye aged, have ye not had 

 time enough in your probation, to learn that tlr. 

 hoary head is ct crown of glory but only if it be found 

 in the way of righteousness. 



I desire most earnestly to see the work of grace 

 abounding in the hearts and lives of my people. 

 Often and often, for many years past, has the Spirit 

 of God visited us very recently some who had 

 waited long, surrendered their hearts to God. One 

 who had resolved to be among us was cut down 

 suddenly before the opportunity was afforded him 



