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know that our blessed Redeemer preached a gospel of purity and 

 self-denial, how do they see those virtues practised ? They know 

 that an incarnate God offered himself as a sacrifice for sin; the inno- 

 cent for the guilty; that he died an ignominious death, to redeem 

 unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works; instituted 

 the eucharist in commemoration of his dying love, and before his 

 awful sacrifice, said, " do this in remembrance of me." The In- 

 dians perform the sacrifices enjoined them; they well know their 

 typical and sacramental meaning: what judgment must they form 

 of our obedience to this divine ordinance? 



The East has been the scene of wonders from the earliest 

 ages; the nursery of art and science; true religion there first shed 

 her glorious rays; and there, I trust, she will again become a " lioht 

 to lighten the gentiles, and be the glory of the people of Israel \" It 

 should also be remembered, that the hand-writing upon the wall 

 appeared to an impious monarch in the east, when rioting with his 

 princes and nobles, his wives and concubines, on the night the 

 Chaldean monarch}' was destroyed by Darius, the predecessor 

 of the Persian Cyrus. The awful example of that night, in which 

 ihe glory of Babylon was lost for ever, concerns every individual 

 on whom the light of truth hath shined, whether in a cottage or a 

 palace: each has respective duties to fulfil, an example to set a 

 circle to influence. All therefore should seriously reflect how far 

 the mysterious Tekel is applicable to them ; " Thou art weighed 

 in the balance, and art found wanting!" 



I have been asked by many natives of India, whether we 

 really believed the truth of our own scriptures; when our general 

 conduct so little corresponded with their divine injunctions. What 



