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people shall be my people, and thy God my 
God.' My brethren, we live in a glorious 
time. Never before was there such a simul- 
taneous movement made against the power of 
darkness. Multitudes who, a few years since, 
had never heard of a Saviour, now have the 
glad tidings of salvation by Jesus Christ 
preached, every nation in their own language. 
And tens of thousands from distant lands and 
isles of the sea, are still stretching out their 
hands, and saying to the Church of Christ, 
' Come over and help us.' Nor will they call 
in vain. Every year many holy men leave 
their country and friends to endure persecu- 
tion, famine, nakedness, and encounter even 
death itself, to unstop the deaf ears, to open 
the blind eyes, to turn the heathen from the 
power of Satan unto God, that they may re- 
ceive the forgiveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified by faith in 
Jesus Christ. ' This is the Lord's doing, and 
it is wonderful in our eyes.' 
" 2. A command. ' Let him that heareth 
say, Come.' 
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" Our blessed Saviour knew very well that 
the Church collectively, as a body, would 
always be anxious for the salvation of sinners, 
