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was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God! A day in thy courts is better than a thousand." It would do your heart good to see our good minister go up the pulpit stairs; he looks like a man that is going to plead with God on behalf of his people. After he has offered up a silent prayer, he looks round upon the congregation with so much affection, that you would think we were all his own children. He is always upon the one grand subject, as he calls it—Jesus Christ, and him crucified. That was his first text, when he first came to us. - "I am determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." 1 Cor. ii. 2. And he has kept good his determination ever since.
Wm. I think I should not much like your minister. According to your account, he is always harping upon one string.
Rob. Harping upon one string! Yes, truly; it is a string on which he plays a thousand delightful tunes. Christ, and him crucified!—Why, man, this is the music of heaven, and no wonder it should gladden the hearts of sinners upon earth. I could listen to it for ever. Let me tell you, Bill; you and I are sinners, and we stand in need of a Saviour: we are great sinners, and we need a great Saviour: now, just such a Saviour is Jesus Christ, as St. Paul says—“this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief." (1 Tim. i. 15.) It is the blood of Christ that takes away our sins; it is the righteousness of Christ that justifies us before God; it is the
