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bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity as Simon 

 Magus, and Judas Iscariot.' Let labourers go 

 into the vineyard, with apostolic determination, 

 " to know nothing among men, save Jesus 

 Christ, and him crucified," and preach the truth 

 of his solemn declaration, that except a man be 

 born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God, 

 and the general current of the Divine Promises 

 is, that the most substantial good, and the 

 most important happy effects shall follow in 

 the lives of men, under the influence of this 

 doctrine — " The wicked man will turn from his 

 wickedness" and live in the obedience of God's 

 commands, and a shouting will be heard from 

 the tops of the mountains, while the vallies 

 will echo with the exclamation, " How beau- 

 tiful are the feet of them that preach the 

 gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 

 things." It must be acknowledged that preach- 

 ing is the most efficient method of spreading 

 the knowledge of Divine Truth ; and it is to 

 itinerant preaching, however many may under- 

 value it, that we owe our freedom from the 

 shackles of popery, in the success of the refor- 

 mation. Christianity was first promulgated by 

 it, and revivals of religion have taken place at 

 different periods, through its powerful means, 

 as in the days of Whitfield and Wesley, in their 



