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His anger

ever to punish sin.

then, that I would

Beautiful prayer.

Do you wonder, persuade you to

break off from your sins,—from all sin, lest he come in his wrath, " in flaming fire, with the holy angels, and punish you with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power."

Let us offer this beautiful prayer together before we close.

"O Thou, who redeemest the weak one at length, And scourgest the strong in the pride of his strength

Who holdest the earth and the sea in thine hand, And rulest Eternity's shadowy land

To Thee let our thoughts and our offerings tend, Of virtue the hope-and of sorrow the friend,— Let the incense of prayer still ascend to thy throne,―

Omnipotent-Glorious - Eternal, alone."

AMEN.

LECTURE IV.

GOD IS EVERYWHERE.

"Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord."-JER. xxiii. 24.

A question-How know we are here-How men see things-How God sees things-First proof-that God is everywhere -Abraham-Joseph-David—Jonah-Daniel-The Furnace-African desert-Sailorboy-The poor soldier-Thomas Paine-The mountain-top-Second proof-that God is everywhere Bible proof-Clouds-Storms-Mind-Sinning heartYoung raven's cry-God in heaven-God on earthIn all parts Special presence - First exampleSecond example-Third example-The wind, the fire, and the earthquake-Fourth example-AWFUL MURDER- Mr. White-Beautiful description of it-The chamber-The blow-The deed done-The secretSecret not safe-The anguish of spirit-ConscienceGod in the conscience-First thing taught by this Lecture-The eye that sleeps not-Story of Lafayette

A question...

How know we are here.

-The eye-Second thing taught - How God sees every where — The little cabinet- The last thing taught The little seed-God present in troublesGod with the poor-The orphan child-Conclusion.

SUPPOSE on going home to-day it be asked you, "who was in the pulpit?" You would at once answer the question. But suppose it be asked again, how you know that I was in the pulpit? You would say, because I saw him, heard his voice, heard him say some things with which I was pleased, and some which were not so pleasant.

How do I know that I am present? Because I can see every part of the church, look on every face, and hear every noise.

But you see at once that I can look only at one place, or on one face, at the same moment; -that I can hear

How men see things

How God sees things.

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only one noise, and can think only one thought, at a time.

So I might stand on the top of the high mountain, and look off and see other mountains rising up all around me, might see clouds rolling below me; might see rivers and lakes, cities and villages; but I could see only one object at a time, and if that was at a distance, I should see it very dimly and poorly.

Now this is not what I mean when 1 say, that God is everywhere present, at all times, and in all places; but I mean, that he is so present everywhere, that he sees all that can be seen, and knows all that can be known.

Ascend up into heaven, and God is there; lay your guilty head down in

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First proof, that God is everywhere.

hell, and he is there; fly away on the wings of the morning light, to the end of creation, and he is there;-say to the thick darkness, be thou a covering, and behold it will be light round about you, for there is no place where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves from God.

I am now going to prove that God is everywhere present, and then I am going to make the subject teach you some good things.

There are two proofs which I shall offer.

1. All men, in all ages, believe that God is everywhere present.

When Adam was in the beautiful garden of Eden, he heard God walking there in the cool of the day; and long

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