ed with pious parents who fear God, you enjoy advantages far above others; listen to their instructions, and follow their good example; seek to know the true God, and to be acquainted with the only Saviour, and then you will be secure and blessed indeed.

There was a little boy who had a very pious and good mother, but his father was a very wicked man: The good instructions and frequent prayers of his mother were so blessed to the soul of little John, that he was converted to God, while very young; little John had a remarkable gift in prayer, so that his mother caused him to pray in the family. His father overheard him while he was engaged in this duty: He was struck with remorse and shame: He heard a little boy, his own child, not more than twelve years old, perform that important exercise in his house, which he himself had neglected. This was followed by a deep conviction of his lost and miserable state, so that under the blessing of God, it was the means of the salvation of his soul.

See here my dear children how important it is to know God and to seek him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind. You may save the souls of your parents, you may do good to your companions and school fellows, while other children are losing all their time in trifles and play.

2d. I will tell you what you ought to know. What did David say to Solomon?"Know thou

the God of thy father," till you know God you know nothing: Till you know God you have no religion. This is true religion, to know God in his real character, and the way of salvation through Jesus Christ; till you know this you cannot be happy: Know thou the God of thy father; know him as a spiritual God, for God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must wor ship him in spirit and in truth; know him as the eternal God, the same yesterday, to day and forever; know him as the unchangeable God, for with him there is no variableness nor sha dow of turning; know him as a powerful God, able to do all things: He is great in power and as able to punish you for sin, as he was the children of Sodom and Gomorrah, upon whom rained fire and brimstone; know him as a God that beholds you at all times, that knows all you do, and hears all you say.

"There's not a sin that you commit,

Nor wicked word you say,

But in God's awful book 'tis writ

Against the judgment day."

Know him as a wise God, he knows better what is good for you than you do yourself; know him as a just and holy God in whose sight the wicked shall not stand, who hateth every sinner, and who is angry with wicked children every day; know him as a true and faithful God, faithful to his promises and true to his threatenings-God cannot lie; know him as a

good, gracious and merciful God; he supplies all your wants, he is gracious and merciful in sending his son Jesus to die for you, Christ the Son of God came down from Heaven to save you from your sins and from God's anger. His goodness is infinite, God is good to all, he delighteth in mercy, his mercy endureth forever; "as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." Know him as a God of love and compassion; know him as your creator; it was God that formed your curious and wonderful bodies. David says, that you are fearfully and wonderfully made: It was God that made your hands to do his will, to be lifted up to him in prayer: It was God that made your feet, to run in the way of his commands, that they might bring you to the house of God. It was God that made you a tongue to pray and praise him. It was God that gave you an ear to hear his world, and eyes to see all the works that he has made. The sun and the moon were made by God, the sky and the stars are the works of his hands, the sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land; it is God that hath made us and not we ourselves.

"In heaven he shines with beams of love, With wrath in hell beneath;

'Tis on his earth you stand or move, And 'tis his air you breathe;

"His hand is your perpetual guard,

He keeps you with his eye;

Why should you then forget the Lord,
Who is forever nigh."

Know God as your preserver, know him as your redeemer, Jesus the Saviour of sinners, Jesus the Friend of little children, Jesus the Shepherd of Israel, Jesus the Lamb of God, Jesus the Mighty God, Jesus the Prince of Peace, Jesus the eternal Son of God, who came down from Heaven to redeem your precious souls. God so loved the world, that is, the people that were in it, that he sent his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him might not perish, but have everlasting life.

But my dear young friends, do you know God as the God of your fathers, or as the God of your parents; if so, then the parents and the children may both kneel at one throne of grace. Is there not pleasure in the thought that you know and love your fathers' God; that God who has preserved them and watched over them for good, will do the same for you.

Hear what your parents say, My child know thou the God of thy father; he has been my God, and he will be yours; he has been my best friend, and he will be yours also; he has been my father, and he will be yours also; when we are taken away by death, then the Lord will take you up. That God, who pardoned the sins of parents, is able and will pardon the sins of the children.

But there are some children who know not the God of their fathers, because they have no other God but the God of this world, the Prince of the Power of the air. There are some children who are entirely ignorant of their fathers' God, they have followed after strange gods. All the good instructions they have received, and the good examples they have beheld, have been in vain to them. Happy the parent and thrice happy the children who serve the same God; let the children praise him, let them sing for joy, for Jehovah is the God of their fathers, and therefore they will exalt him.

Those children are the wisest that know most of God, but those children are the best and wisest of all that know him as the God of their fathers.

"My son know thou the Lord,
Thy father's God obey;

Seek his protecting care by night,
His guiding hand by day."

But it is time, 3dly, to direct you how to serve the God of your fathers: and the text says, it is to be "with a perfect heart and willing mind;" two things are necessary, first, sincerity of heart Second, willingness or cheerfulness of mind.

1st, Serve him with a sincere or perfect heart. Seek, my dear children, that the Spirit of God may assist you when you worship him; remember it is the heart that God beholds; it is the heart that he requires. Surely you would