I will in no wise cast out." O pleasing, delight"O ful words, in no wise cast out: though your sins exceed the number of the stars of heaven, or the sands on the sea shore, he will not refuse you a pardon for them: come then, my dear young friends, to Jesus, and he will not send you away. O that you may seek him early, and find him precious to your souls. Remember, there is no other, either in Heaven or earth, that can save you, but Jesus: trust in him, plead his merits, his sufferings and death, and trust in him for the salvation of your souls, for a place in Heaven, and an unfading crown of glory.

Your hearts are bad, they are deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: he that trusteth to his own heart, says Solomon, is a fool; therefore, trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding. Keep your hearts with all diligence, for out of them are the issues of life. Your hearts of stone must be changed to hearts of flesh.

"True you are young, but there's a stone,
Within the youngest breast,

Or half the crimes that you have done,
Would rob you of your rest."

While you have wicked hearts, you cannot do any thing that is good; there is none that doeth good: all your actions will be sinful, you will not love God; you cannot bear to hear of death or judgment, heaven or hell; every thing

that is serious will be disagreeable to you; but without a new heart, without you are made new creatures, without holiness none shall see the Lord.

Another important truth is, that you cannot change your own heart; you cannot be good of yourselves; God must make you good, and he can do it, and will do it, if you pray to him; he will give you his Holy Spirit, if you ask him for it. Therefore remember, that the Holy Spirit alone, can renew your hearts he can make you see what great sinners you have been against God. Remember, that the eye of God is always upon you; that you are accountable to him, for all you think, say or do; he has taken notice of your conduct while you have been in this house, "Keep thy foot, says Solomon, when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil." God knows all the lectures you have heard, all the hymns you have sung, all the instructions. you have received; he knows ail the sermons you have heard: yes, for ever word that you have heard, you must give an account at the. last day. God will judge the secrets of men, he will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

II. As this is the last time, I will endeavour to give you some advice, which I hope you will remember.

Hate sin of every kind, in every shape: flee youthful lusts: abstain from the very appearance of evil. O think of the consequences of sin; it caused God to deluge the world with a flood of water; sin brought hell out of Heaven, and caused God to rain from heaven, fire and brimstone upon the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed all the cities of the plain with a firey flood; sin opened the bottomless pit, and kindled those flames which will never be quenched; but, what is more still, sin was the cause of all the sufferings of the Son of God: sin will ruin your souls and plunge them into eternal misery.

Begin and end every day with prayer to God. Pray frequently, earnestly, and sincerely in every trial and distress, seek the Lord by prayer, pour all your sorrows into his bosom, cast your burden upon him, for he careth for you. How can you go out in the morning, without prayer to God? you cannot protect yourselves from danger; you cannot preserve your souls from sin. Never lie down in your beds, before you have begged the protection of him, whose arm is almighty. How can you close your eyes to sleep, when you know not but that you may not wake, before the morning of the day of judgment.

Always speak the truth. Do not tell a lie, even in jest remember the punishment of Gehazi; think of the awful death of Ananias and

is wife Sapphira: God could strike you dead,

ty, make it your companion in all your travels, never make a voyage on the water or a journey on land without that precious book, remember, that the Bible is full of truth, it is excellent in all its parts.

"Precious Book, of books the best,
Dearest gift of God but one,
That surpasses all the rest,

Gift of God's beloved Son."

Read it for instruction; it contains heavenly wisdom; the Bible will impress your minds, renew your hearts, enlighten your understandings, regulate your conduct, guide your actions, influence the choice of all your companions in life; and it will encrease your happiness here and hereafter; the more you read it, the more you will love it; it will be your support at death. O then, my dear children, do not forget to search the scriptures, for they show the way to eternal life through Jesus Christ, and bear witness that he is the only Saviour of sinners.

IV. As this is the last time, I will mention some blessings which I hope you will enjoy. The best of all blessings, is a new heart. This God will give you if you ask him; without this blessing you cannot be happy; without a new heart you cannot enter Heaven.

The next blessing, which I hope you will enjoy, is the teaching of the Holy Spirit; if you have him for your Teacher, you will be happy indeed.

Another blessing is, the love of Christ; if you love Jesus he will love you, God will love you, angels will love you, good men will love you if you are made the partakers of the grace of God, and taught by the Holy Spirit to see the evil of sin, and your need of a Saviour, then I hope you will enjoy the pardon of sin: God is able, and will pardon them all for Christ's sake. Then, instead of a guilty conscience, instead of being afraid to die, you will long to go to Heaven, and dwell with God and Jesus Christ, with all the holy angels, and all the good children that are there, forever and

ever.

O that you may enjoy all the pleasures of early piety; that you may seek the Lord early and find him; you will never repent of begining to serve the Lord too soon.

"You can't too early serve the Lord,
Nor learn too soon his fear;

Nor prize too much his precious word,
Or love his name too dear.".

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Now is your accepted time, now is the day of your salvation. The ways of the Lord are ways of pleasantness, and all his paths are paths of peace." O that you may enjoy all the blessings of the gospel, all the comforts of religion while you live, and eternal glory in the world to come. If therefore you wish to be happy, let me entreat you to be good: think of