gifts unto us as a church; which ought never to be forgotten, and which I desire, as your mouth, devoutly to acknowledge unto Christ, the great Head of the church, and unto the God and Father of all the dispensations. While remembering, and recording, and devoutly acknowledging, these the gracious gifts of our God and Saviour, let us not forget the visible monument of our gratitude as a church, which we have these five years been labouring to build up, and which we have now almost finished. They who have laboured in this work for the Lord's sake, will not lose their reward. They who have given of their substance in its behalf, will know themselves no poorer. They who have given their time, and their counsels, will not find their own affairs less prosperous, or less wisely advised. Thankfully do I acknowledge the debt which my people owe to all such generous benefactors. My conviction is, dearly beloved brethren, that many trials and many sacrifices abide us. The spirit of the church, and the spirit of the nation, grows worse and worse. The times are both perilous and evil. This city is the place in which the church will have to abide a fearful struggle. We are not unknown, nor unnoticed, by the enemies of Christ. Satan owes us many a grudge; and he will come; and whatever he hath in us he will wrench THE LAST DAYS: A DISCOURSE ON THE EVIL CHARACTER OF THESE OUR TIMES: PROVING THEM TO BE THE "Perilous Times" of the "Last Days." BY THE REV. EDWARD IRVING, A.M. MINISTER OF THE NATIONAL SCOTCH CHURCH, REGENT SQUARE. "The vile person shall no more be called Liberal. ISAIAH XXXii. 5 LONDON: PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE; AND SOLD BY L. B. SEELEY & SONS, FLEET STREET; J. NISBET, BERNERS STREET; A. PANTON, OXFORD STREET; W. OLIPHANT, AND WAUGH & CO., EDINBURGH; AND W. COLLINS, GLASGOW. MDCCCXXVIII. |