Conclusion. beautiful, undying. The grave must be your sleeping-place; but do not fear it; the power of God shall open it and bring up your dust into life. This world must be burned up; but do not fear; the power of God will rear up another, more beautiful and more perfect than this. That bright sun must go out; but do not fear; God will make eternity take the place of time, and his own face shall be our sun for ever! All will All will go and perish; but you, little ones, you may take hold of the arm of God, and that arm will lift you over every snare, and lead you up to a world which is full of joy. Amen. LECTURE VIII. TRUTH OF GOD. Honest men and knaves not alike-Truth very important-What if God be not true?-A wish for these children—God a being of truth-First proof-A deceitful father-How we are made-The argumentContinued God a being of truth - Second proof— May men ever deceive? - Boy about to be killed— Why may he not deceive? - False balance-God a being of truth-Third proof-The Flood-Rainbow -Summer and winter-The Dead sea-Pass-overSin and misery connected-No dishonest man happy - Story of a dishonest man—Every sin makes us unhappy-God a being of truth-Fourth proofAbraham-David-Captivity-God a being of truthFifth proof-Gehazi-Story of the three robbersLying despised-Lying brings certain ruin-How God views lying-God a being of truth- Last proof — When men deceive-How men are tempted-Change views-Men have prejudices-Men deceive because poor-God above all want-God sincere-One single (301) 26 Honest men and knaves not alike.. Truth very important. inference - The angel-One great pillar-Men' in trouble-Paul-Stephen the martyr!- The little child-The storm-The grave-Feeling sins-Short prayer. SOME men are honest, and just, and sincere; some are knaves, and cheats, and liars. Would you suppose that God, who loves justice and truth, would let these men be equal in this world? He does not. The honest man speaks the truth at all times, and this is the wisest way, even for this life. The knave don't see this, and so he tells lies. This point of true wisdom is hid from the bad man, and so he is not equal to the good man. God has hid it from his eyes. If truth be so important between men, how vastly important is it between What if God be not true? God and men? For all our hopes, which reach beyond the grave, rest upon the truth of God,-and this we call an everlasting foundation. Suppose it were so, that God is not a being of truth, then must every hope perish like a withered rose. This life may not be real,-only a dream, and all beyond the grave, looks dark and fearful, and full of despair. If he be not a being of perfect truth, then all we have read about him in the Bible is false, all we have read about Christ is false, and all we have read about sin, and repentance, and salvation, is false. There is no heaven for the good, no hell for the wicked, no judgment to try men. Who would try to live for heaven, |