forsake brother and sister, father and mother, all, for Christ. It was
a touching scene; and you thought you should never forget it. And, ah!
it never has been forgotten in heaven. The eternal Judge, and those
blest spirits who affectionately stooped to sustain and strengthen you
for the irrevocable vow, remember it.

Now have you acted up to this surrender of your all to Christ,
especially in relation to the duty of beneficence? In that impressive
hour, did you make a mental reservation, withholding certain sources of
private gratification,--the privilege of using your property as you
pleased, of seeing yourself and family supplied with the conveniences,
the comforts, and even the luxuries of life, ere you attended to the
cries of the myriads sinking to woes unutterable for the want of
Gospel light? Were you thus unfeeling? Did you think to deceive
the heart-searching Jesus? Oh, no! I cannot believe it; and you
are appalled at the suspicion. But what did you mean by those
all-surrendering vows? What do you mean, often as you renew them at
the sacramental board? Let the question come home to your conscience;
_what do you mean_? If they lead you not to hold your property at the
call of God, ought you not to tremble lest you never gave yourself away,
and are, therefore, with all your professions an heir of hell? Did
Christ once weep over covenant-breaking Jerusalem? Does he not now
weep over you, as he thinks of all his agonies to rescue you from
unquenchable fire; of your voluntary vows; your unfaithfulness; and your
mockery, as perhaps you have prayed that the kingdoms of the world might
speedily become his; while amid your numerous comforts, you have refused
to deny yourself scarce a convenience, or even superfluity, for the
salvation of those whom he died to redeem? How inconsistent! Well
might tears still bathe the Saviour's cheeks. Oh think, are these the
kind returns you owe for pardoning love? It is unreasonable that you