sary, if we would come under the government of that principle which would lead us out of every thing that is evil, and every thing which has a tendency to separate us from the source of purity, and the author of our existence. "Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy; but I say unto you, love your enemies: bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you." Here is a precept which must put an end to all wars and fightings, yea to dissensions of every kind, among all those who come under its influence. There are a variety of other precepts, with which you are as well acquainted as I am. It was written and perhaps it is one of the most conclusive declarations of any to be found in the sacred writings-"Ye have heard that it was said, by them of old time, thou shalt not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Where, then, is the evil laid? Is it upon the act? No. Rather upon the thoughts or imaginations from which the actions proceed. Seeing, therefore, that these things have been established, not only on scripture testimony, but in

the line of each of our experience, I have desired that we may cease from a dependence on the works of man, whose breath is in his nostrils: and rest assured, that the enemies of man are they of his own household. They consist in those perverted dispositions, which have produced all the evil that there is in the world, which lead into all this variety of sentiments and opinions. I am not about to say that we should see all things in the same point of view, for this is an impossibility in the nature of things. This baptism, whereby we are initiated into the church of Christ, operates according to the diversities of our dispositions, many of which are rash, headstrong, fierce, proud, and cruel. All these must be brought into the depths of hell, and experience the depths of judgment. They will have to bear the furnace of affliction, when it is heated seven times hotter than it is wont to be heated. These dispositions want to be brought under the curb and rein of gospel discipline. These will view the Most High as a God of judgment. They must be led in low paths, lest they take their flight on the sabbath day. I can bear this testimony to the praise and glory of God, because herein is our safety, and we are not permitted to enjoy so much of that sabbath as others

who are differently constituted. But, my friends, wherever these dispositions abound, wherever the dispositions and passions are strong, there is a proportionable revelation and manifestation of the divine power, which lifts up a standard against them. Thus, according to our various circumstances and dispositions, the more we have need of the armour of strength to overcome every enemy, every adversary, and every devil, and to cast them out. But these will look on the Most High as a God of judgment. Their minds will be kept low in the depths of humility. I am persuaded of this, my young friends, for there was a time when I was young, as you are now, and when my mind was in a state of innocency; and when I was brought under the influence of this principle, I could testify of his mercy, and the joy and consolation that I experienced was great; and it enabled me to keep a rein over all my actions. But, notwithstanding this, I took my flight upon the sabbath day, after which I took full swing in acts of madness and of folly; and I can bear this testimony of laughter, that it is mad, and of mirth, what doeth it? I was separated far and wide from the paths of rectitude. I took the broad way that leadeth to everlasting destruction. But blessed be the name

of Israel's God forever, for he plucked me as a brand from the burning. He met me in a narrow way, where I had no way for escape; and this at a time when the grave was yawning before me, and when my soul was even expecting that it would soon be closed upon me. Now were my sins set in order before me. They appeared as mountains between me and my God. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter. I did mourn as a dove. Days, weeks, and months have I wandered by the way and in solitary places, in the depths of mourning. And thus it was, in one of those seasons when my soul was overwhelmed in the depths of affliction, that this language came to me: what ever shall I do? I saw no way; affliction was before me and behind me. I was surrounded on every side with the depths of trouble, when this language was begotten in me, and I believe it was a divine intimation: "What wilt thou do?-I have the words of eternal life." With this came a quietude, which I had not experienced for a long season. In this state of quietude there was a language spoken in my soul! And may my soul never forget the day in which I experienced this language: "What wilt thou do? I have the words of eternal life." But even until now I have not

so fully been made a partaker of the joys of that rejoicing, in which I took my flight upon the sabbath day. And thus an evidence was sealed upon my mind, that I should not be able to become a partaker of those sublime visions, because they are something in which these high and lofty dispositions fly away unto vain imaginations. Therefore I can bear this testimony: if you are thus proud, lofty, fierce, and ungovernable, you must be kept poor. But others who are low, desponding, and despairing,-these will have different views of the Most High, and of his dealings. They will be brought under the government of a different principle. A cup of consolation will be handed to these; they will receive of the divine nourishment; they will experience the power of the divine light, which will raise them up till the glory of the Lord shall cover all their soul, as the waters cover the sea. Here all crooked and perverse dispositions shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.

Now, my friends, seeing that we are differently constituted, and that the operation of this baptism differs, according to the object which it is to effect, we cannot, nor is it essential that we should, see through the same medium to view the same objects. And thus is fulfilled the de