I WAS this morning (though unseen by you) present at your sermon on the _public_ worship of God, and sat impatiently, expecting and longing to hear that name mentioned, by which alone cometh salvation. Surely, thought I, when all his heathen and moral motives are done, I shall at last hear him urge that _best_ and _most_ prevailing motive to our joining together in the praise of God, the exceeding riches of his mercy to us in Jesus Christ. But alas! How were my expectations frustrated? And how did my heart sink when the sermon was ended!――If there is any faith to be given, either to the words or behaviour of man, you are a _Christian_. But what did you say _here_, more than _Socrates_ might …
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