rance, or plunged in the lowest vices, are both instructed and reclaimed; and thus many, who would probably have been diffusing around them the contagion of moral discase and death, are now rendered ornaments to the church; and in the relation of parents, or masters, or ministers, or magistrates, may become instrumental in propagating religion and learning to succeeding generations. These may be considered signs in our time, that the mountain of the Lord's house, is shortly to be established on the top of the mountains, and to be exalted above the hills, and that all nations shall flow unto it. All this stupendous and complicated machinery, which has been matured with so much wisdom, and has been rolling on from year to year with an accelerating motion, cannot be suddenly arrested. The zeal of the Lord of hosts for the accomplishment of his eternal designs, hath commenced the work, and the same zeal will perform it. From every Tract Society, from every Moral Society, from every Missionary Society, from every Bible Society, from every Sabbath School Society, from every Society instituted for the education of meritorious youth for the Ministry, some rays are emitted, which, concentrating, will constitute the morning of that day of glory, which has been so often predicted and promised from the foundation of the world: And great, ineffably and eternally great, will be their honours, who are most active in ushering it in. Near to confessors, and reformers, and prophets, and apostles, will be their seat with the Mediator upon his throne, and bright will be those crowns which thay shall receive, in the kingdom of their Father.

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a moment when such a combination of events occurred, to elevate the hearts of the righteous, and encourage them to persevere in their efforts for extending the Redeemer's kingdom. While prophecies, luminous and innumerable, assure us, that from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, his name shall be great, every movement of his Providence inspires a hope, that the period for their completion is at hand. Denominations of Christians, which had long stood aloof from each other, are now uniting their counsels and prayers and treasures for the advancement of the same general cause, Every art is now improved; every science is cultivated with more than ordinary attention and success: and it is a consideration, which renders this fact more favourable to the prosperity of Zion, that the arts, and the sciences thus improved, are consecrated to the best interests of man; to the elevation of his intellectual and moral character in this world, and for promoting his eternal honour and happiness in the next; nations, for ages hostile to each other, are now living in perfect harmony and peace. The intimate intercourse, which is maintained between the inhabitants of different and distant countries, is opening a thousand avenues for the distribution of that Gospel, which proclaims good will to men; and, as the path on the ocean is at present unobstructed, an opportunity is afforded for wafting the missionaries of the cross to the shores of every country. Modes of education are introduced, by which labour is lessened to the teacher, and knowledge may be acquired with greater facility, on the part of the scholar. By the institution of Sabbath schools in almost every part of the religious world, multitudes, formerly enveloped in igno

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Odfellow Christians, what joy inexpressible does it inspire, to look abroad not merely over this hemisphere, but over the world, and anticipate that moral change, which shall hereafter be effected! When we see everyl continent, and every isle, which has been marked by the foot of man, hallowed by the pure worship of our God; when we see the olive branch of peace blossoming where the purple banner had been formerly unfurled; and the harsh thunder of war succeeded by the soft acclamations of praise; when we see every settlement adorned with a sanctuary, and each sanctuary thronged with peaceful worshippers listening with rapture to that message, which the ears of the shepherds caught on the plains of Bethlehem; when we see every dwelling of man converted into a temple for the living God, with an altar erected, and the incense of devotion ascending in clouds as a grateful memorial to the mercy seat; when we see a copy of the sacred Scriptures in the possession of every family, read with understanding by the parents, and repeated with ecstacies of joy by their babes and sucklings; when we see the obstinate and long infatuated Jew, the ruthless Siberian, the shivering Icelander, the sullen Hindoo, the sottish Hottentot, and the roving inhabitant of our western woods, all reduced to habits of social and Christian order, loving God, loving each other, basking under the mild beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and exulting in the prospect of that glory which shall be revealed. Yes, fellow worshippers, every obstacle, which lies in the way of the conversion of the nations, shall recede; every valley shall rise, every mountain shall sink, the crooked places shall be made strait, the rough places shall be made plain,

until the messenger of peace has trodden the remotest limits of the earth, and has announced to the millions, who are scattered over its extended surface, that unto them a Saviour is born, even Christ Jesus the Lord. And when this mighty, magnificent work shall be accomplished; when the voice shall re-echo "from mountain top to mountain top," until it has reached the boundaries of the everlasting hills, that the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth; more especially, amidst the glories of the Judgment day, when the trump of the Archangel shall sound, and the nations of the redeemed shall assemble from the four winds of heaven, how must it swell our anthem of praise to recollect, that we had been employed even as humble instruments in promoting these interesting results! With what transports of joy, probably with mutual congratulations, we shall recollect the scenes of this evening, when, from different sections of country, and bearing different names as Christians, we convened in this temple to deliberate on the concerns of our Master's kingdom.

Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus; come quickly, and let the whole earth be filled with thy glory.