saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you. In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or at thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, In as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.—And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal," Matth. xxv 31—46.
What a solemn scene, Reader, is here set before you! Not the invention of the fancy of man—but pronounced a reality, on the authority of God. This day is called in scripture 'the day of God—the day of the Lord—the day of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God—the last day—and to mark its peculiar importance—that day,'—as of all times that can be thought of, the most solemn and interesting.
From the passage of scripture which you have just been reading, you perceive who is to be the Judge on that day—'The Son of man'—JESUS, who, when in this world, was despised and (illegible text)-
