296 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
Church Prayer-book, are their chief rules of 
guidance; their motto, ' One Faith, one Lord, 
one Baptism.' And when I, their pastor, took 
a sorrowful leave of them, about three months 
since, they were strong in faith, giving glory 
to God. That they, and all who hear me this 
day, may be included in that most precious 
invitation, ' Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world,' may God of 
His infinite mercy grant, for Jesus Christ's 
sake. Amen." 
The same sermon was preached by Mr. 
Nobbs in St. Mary's Chapel, Park Street, 
Grosvenor Square, on Sunday morning, De- 
cember 12th, 1852, and was printed at the 
request of several members of the congre- 
gation. 
On the occasion of a wedding sermon, 
preached by Mr. Nobbs in Pitcairn Church, 
four young persons having, on the same 
morning, entered into the holy estate of 
matrimony, he took his text from Eph. v. 22, 
&c. : " Wives, submit yourselves unto your 
own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the 
