,transcribed from the #ahej edition by  
,david ,price1 email  ccx#jgdpglaf4org  
,,the ,,believer ,,not ,,ashamed ,,of   
,,the ,,gospel4                         
99 99 99 99 99                          
,,the ,,sixth ,,anniversary ,,sermon    
,,of ,,the                    ,church of
 ,england ,young ,men's ,society1       
,,preached ,,in ,,st4 ,,bride',s        
,,church1 ,,fleet ,,street1             
,,on ,,tuesday ,,evening1 ,,april #bc1  
#ahej1                                  
,,by ,,the                              
,,rev4 ,,edward ,,hoare1 ,m4,a4         
,,incumbent ,,of ,,christ ,,church1     
,,ramsgate4                             
99 99 99 99 99        8,for ,i am not   
ashamed of the ,gospel of ,christ3 for  
it is the power      of ,god unto       
salvation to every one that             
believeth40--,romans i4 #af4            
99 99 99 99 99    ,,there is nothing    
more strange than human nature4  ,it is 
afraid where no  fear is3 yet bold in   
the midst of danger4  ,it is ashamed    

where there is  no disgrace2 and yet    
shameless1 when it ought to be abased1  
even to the  dust4  ,it is proud of     
things which do it no honour1 and yet   
ashamed of  gifts which are the wonder  
and admiration of the saints in heaven4 
,if a  man is possessed of great        
intellectual attainments1 he is never   
found to  be ashamed of them6  ,if he is
 successful in the accumulation of      
wealth1  he is never known to be ashamed
 of that2 if he is remarkable for       
worldly  wisdom1 he is never tempted to 
be ashamed of that2 nor1 if he deduces  
his  pedigree from a long line of       
ennobled ancestry1 does he show any     
tendency  to be ashamed of that4  ,but  
if1 on the other hand1 he be made       
partaker of  the highest gift that the  
world has ever known--the gift of the   
grace of  ,god in his heart--the most   
blessed and glorious gift within the    
reach  either of man or angel--then1    
strange to say6 such is the folly of    
human  nature1 that he is strongly      

tempted to be ashamed of that2 ashamed  
of the  deep emotions which the ,spirit 
of ,god has kindled within his soul1    
ashamed of that which1 in the secrets of
 his own heart1 he acknowledges  to be  
his hope1 his joy1 his salvation1 and   
his glory4    ,now this is no new thing 
in the church of ,christ1 and the words 
of the  text are a clear recognition of 
its existence in the days1 and even in  
the heart1 of ,st4 ,paul4  ,he was not  
8ashamed of the ,gospel of ,christ40    
,but the temptation was there2 the sense
 of shame did arise in his  heart1 and  
did struggle there2 but the grace of    
,god overcame it4  ,so  that in allusion
 to this victory1 he makes the          
declaration of the text4  ,now what does
 this declaration imply8 and what is the
 full force of the  sentiment contained 
in it8  ,clearly that he was not ashamed
 of confessing  ,christ1 and of         
acknowledging1 before both ,jew and     
,gentile1 that his whole  life was wrapt
 up in ,christ4  ,nay1 more6 that he was

 not ashamed of  preaching ,christ1 of  
consecrating his every power to the holy
 work of  proclaiming ,christ before the
 world4  ,the text1 therefore1 appears  
well  suited for an address to the      
,church of ,england ,young ,men's       
,society1 as ,i  trust it may be said of
 the great body of young men composing  
it1 that  they are not 8ashamed of the  
,gospel of ,christ20 not ashamed of     
confessing  ,him before men1 nor of     
uniting together1 as a holy band of     
faithful  labourers1 in the earnest     
endeavour to spread ,his ,gospel through
 the  world4    ,let us examine1 then1  
into the reasons why ,st4 ,paul was not 
8ashamed of  the ,gospel of ,christ10   
and we shall find three especially      
mentioned in  the text--the ,divinity of
 its origin1 the blessedness of its end1
 and the  magnificence of its terms4    
99 99 99 99 99    ,i4  ,the ,divinity of
 its origin4  8,i am not ashamed of the 
,gospel of  ,christ1 for it is the power
 of ,god40  ,by which he means that it  

is no  human system1 but a ,divine      
scheme1 divinely planned and purposed2 a
  scheme contrived by no human wisdom1  
nor carried into effect by any human    
power2 a scheme ,divine in its plan1    
,divine in its execution1 and ,divine   
in its application to the soul4  ,the   
purpose was ,his1 arranged in ,his own  
eternal counsels2 the execution was     
,his1 and ,his alone to perform the     
vast work by which atonement and        
mediation could be provided for the     
sinner2 the application again is ,his1  
for who but ,himself can really  bring  
home the ,gospel with appropriating     
power to the soul1 can really  touch the
 hard heart1 and soften down the        
rebellious sinner into the  humble and  
believing child of ,god8  ,the whole1   
therefore1 is ,divine2 from  first to   
last it is the work of ,god2 and thus it
 stands out1 far above  every other     
system1 as the most marvellous          
combination1 which the world  has ever  
witnessed1 of ,divine wisdom1 ,divine   

love1 and ,divine  omnipotence4         
,there are many practical lessons to be 
learned from such a fact4    ,it should 
teach us1 in the first place1 the proper
 limits of human  inquiry with reference
 to the ,gospel4  ,we must never forget 
that the  human understanding has its   
own most important sphere of action1 and
 that  its enlightened exercise is      
essential to the right reception of the 
truth  of ,god4  ,we are not at liberty1
 for example1 to shut up the            
understanding1 and deliver ourselves    
blindfold to the guidance of any  church
 which may call itself infallible1 but  
we are bound as thinking men  to examine
 the credentials of its assumed         
infallibility4  ,and so with  reference 
to the ,word of ,god itself1 it is our  
manifest duty to study  well the proofs 
of its inspiration1 and the careful     
examination of  scriptural evidences is 
a legitimate and noble theme for the    
diligent  exercise of an enlightened    
understanding4  ,then again the         

understanding  must be employed in the  
patient study of the contents of the    
inspired  ,book4  ,having learned that  
it is the ,book of ,god1 we must next   
inquire  what it teaches1 and being     
satisfied that it contains the truth1 we
 must  proceed to examine what the truth
 is which it contains4  ,but this truth 
being once ascertained1 the             
understanding must immediately give     
place to  faith1 and the inquiring      
spirit must simply believe what the     
inspired  ,word is found to teach him4  
,the ,gospel is the power of ,god1 and  
therefore the human mind must be        
prepared to find in it many things      
altogether beyond its range4  ,if it    
were the work of man we should of       
course expect to find the whole within  
the compass of man's intellect2  but as 
it is the power of ,god1 ,his own plan  
and ,his own purpose1 we must  be       
prepared to meet with deep and          
unfathomable truths1 bearing some       
proportion to ,his infinite and         

unfathomable attributes4  ,thus1 for    
example1 our finite minds are unable to 
comprehend the great mystery of  the    
incarnation1 or how one person can be at
 the same time both ,god and  man2 but  
such a difficulty is no stumbling-block 
to the believer1 for  though by reason  
he cannot understand it1 yet he finds it
 written in the  ,scriptures1 and by    
faith he receives it1 for the ,gospel is
 the power of  ,god4  ,it was the       
neglect of this principle that led to   
the error of the  ,sadducees1 as we are 
taught by our ,lord in the twenty-second
 chapter of  ,st4 ,matthew1 and the     
twenty-ninth verse3 8,ye do err1 not    
knowing the  ,scriptures1 nor the power 
of ,god40  ,they had not employed their 
understanding when they ought to have   
done so1 namely1 in the  investigation  
of their ,bibles1 but they had employed 
it where it could  give them no safe    
guidance1 namely1 in vain speculation on
 fancied  difficulties in the plans and 
purposes of ,god4  ,to avoid a similar  

error  we must bear in mind that the    
,gospel1 being ,divine in its origin1 is
  likewise superhuman in its            
arrangements1 and we must adhere        
strictly to  the great principle of     
diligent investigation when we want to  
know what  ,god has taught us1 and of   
simple faith when we have once          
discovered the  vast truths revealed to 
us by ,his ,spirit4    ,again1 the fact 
that the ,gospel is the power of ,god   
should fill our  hearts with hope in    
every effort for its extension2 and we  
find it so  employed by the ,lord when  
,he taught us in ,his prayer to urge it 
as an  argument for the speedy coming of
 ,his kingdom4  ,we may observe that the
  spread of the ,lord's kingdom has     
always required men to make attempts    
apparently beyond the reach of human    
power4  ,nothing1 for example1 could    
have appeared less probable eighteen    
hundred years ago than that the  whole  
of civilized ,europe should be more or  
less controlled by the  preaching of    

twelve ill-educated fishermen on the    
shores of ,galilee2 but  so it is2 and  
for the simple reason that 8the ,gospel 
is the power of  ,god40  ,it would have 
appeared at first sight next to         
impossible that such  an one as ,william
 ,tyndale1 a private tutor in a         
gentleman's family in  ,gloucestershire1
 should break down the barrier which    
,rome had raised  against the           
circulation of the ,scriptures1 and     
force the ,new ,testament  into this    
country in spite of the united powers of
 ,henry1 of ,wolsey1 of  the nobility of
 ,england1 and the hierarchy of ,rome4  
,but the ,gospel was  the power of ,god1
 and the humble private tutor triumphed4
  ,nothing could  have appeared more    
hopeless to all human calculation than  
the mission of  ,mr4 ,marsden1 when he  
first landed among the cannibals of ,new
 ,zealand1 and  saw lying stranded on   
the shore the hull of a vessel whose    
unfortunate  crew had been recently     
devoured by the islanders2 but he landed

 there in  faith1 and because the       
,gospel is 8the power of ,god10 the     
island has been  won to the sovereignty 
of our ,queen1 and a noble church       
gathered out to  the glory of the ,lord4
  ,so in all our present efforts we must
 ever bear  in mind that our weapon1 the
 simple ,gospel of the ,lord ,jesus1 is 
not a  human but ,divine                
instrumentality1 and we must endeavour  
to go forth to  our work in the same    
spirit in which ,morrison went to       
,china1 of whom it  is related1 that1   
when asked on one occasion1 8,do you    
expect to convert  the ,chinese80 he    
replied1 8,no1 but ,i expect that the   
,lord will40  ,there  may be many       
hindrances1 for example1 in the way of  
the ,jews' conversion1  and much to     
dishearten the devoted labourer in the  
dense masses of our  manufacturing      
population1 but who need be discouraged 
when he strives to  preach a ,saviour1  
and remembers that his simple message is
 the mighty  power of an omnipotent     

,god8  ,and so with reference to the    
great  principles of the ,reformation1  
those principles so inexpressibly dear  
to  the heart of every scriptural       
believer1 there may be much to alarm in 
all  we see around us2 in the many      
adversaries1 some open1 and some secret2
  some in undisguised opposition to the 
truth1 and some professing it1 it  is   
much to be feared1 for the unhallowed   
purpose of betraying it4  ,yes6  there  
is much to be feared2 but there is much 
more to be hoped for by the  ,christian2
 for our weapons are ,divine2 our trust 
is in the ,word of ,god1  the truth of  
,god1 the grace of ,god2 and therefore  
we may go on our way  fearlessly1       
peacefully1 hopefully1 joyously1 for we 
know where our  strength lies1 in the   
,gospel of the ,lord ,jesus1 which is   
the power of ,god  unto salvation4      
99 99 99 99 99    ,,ii4  ,we may pass on
 then to the second reason why we should
 not be  ashamed of the ,gospel of      
,christ1 namely1 the blessedness of its 

end4  ,it  is the power of ,god 8unto   
salvation40  ,now what is meant by this 
salvation8  ,it must not be limited to  
one particular act of ,god or to        
another1 but includes the whole work of 
,divine grace in the soul1  commencing  
with the new birth1 and about to be     
perfected at the glorious  appearing of 
our ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ4  
,when a man is accepted  in ,christ     
,jesus1 and born again of ,god the ,holy
 ,spirit1 then is that poor  sinner     
declared in the ,scripture to be saved4 
,he is saved1 for he is  adopted into   
the family of ,god1 and he no longer    
stands condemned as a  guilty1 sinful1  
child of wrath2 8to as many as received 
,him to them gave  ,he power to become  
the sons of ,god1 even to them that     
believe on ,his  name40  ,he is saved1  
for he has a new life bestowed on him1  
which all the  powers of death shall    
never be able to extinguish1 for he is  
8born again  not of corruptible seed1   
but of incorruptible1 by the ,word of   

,god1 which  liveth and abideth for     
ever40  ,he is saved1 for he is born to 
be a  conqueror2 so that although there 
may be a deep struggle in the secrets   
of his heart1 and many a strong         
temptation alluring him from his course1
  and exerting such a power over his    
soul1 that he trembles at times lest  he
 should be plunged again into the abyss 
of sin2 yet through it all he  comes    
forth a conqueror1 and the ,scriptures  
are proved true1 which  declare without 
reserve1 8,whatsoever is born of ,god   
overcometh the  world40  ,nay1 more6    
,he is saved1 for he is adopted into a  
coheirship  with his ,lord4  ,he passes 
through life like other men1 engaged in 
interests1 afflicted by its sorrows1 and
 partaking of its joys4  ,you meet  him 
in society1 and you observe no marked   
distinction1 except in his  character4  
,but all the while the hidden seal is on
 his forehead1 the  ,father's name is   
written there1 and the quiet1 humble    
believer1 with  nothing here to attract 

attention1 is in the sight of ,god a    
child of ,god2  and is destined to reign
 triumphant in the approaching kingdom  
of his  ,lord3 8,if children1 then      
heirs1 heirs of ,god1 and joint-heirs   
with  ,christ40    ,but this is merely  
the first step in the great salvation4  
,the living  believer1 though saved1 is 
in the midst of his warfare4  ,he may be
  confident of victory1 but he dare not 
lay aside his armour4  ,we must look    
forward therefore to the time when his  
struggle will be over1 and his  victory 
perfected in ,christ2 when his ransomed 
spirit shall take its  place in the     
great multitude1 who stand in the       
presence1 and behold the  glory of the  
,lord4  ,how many are there that have   
stood beside the open  grave1 grieving1 
and bitterly grieving1 for the loss of  
those over whose  remains it was about  
to close6  ,but how would that grief be 
soothed1  could we only see beyond the  
veil1 and there witness the joy of the  
new  born spirit1 no longer struggling  

against sin1 nor bowed down by its      
heavy burden2 no more contending against
 its subtlety1 nor compelled to  confess
 its power2 but welcomed there to       
uninterrupted blessedness1 a  spotless  
spirit in the joy and presence of the   
,lord4    ,but even this is not all4    
,it is enough to fill our hearts with   
gladness  to know that the departed     
spirit rests in perfect peace before the
 throne  of ,god2 but there are         
blessings richer still in store for all 
the saints  of ,god4  ,there is a time  
coming when there shall be no division  
in the  family1 nor any great gulf      
between the brethren assembled before   
the  throne1 and the brethren still     
struggling upon earth2 but when the     
whole  of ,god's elect shall be         
gathered2 when the ,jew1 the ,european1 
the  ,african1 and the ,new ,zealander1 
will all be assembled into one company1 
to bow before one throne1 to speak one  
language1 and to join in one  universal 
hymn of praise to the one ,author of    

their eternal life4  ,then  again each  
individual will be perfected4  ,there   
will not then be merely  the spirit in  
separation from the flesh1 but it will  
be reunited to the  risen body1 as pure1
 as spotless1 as incorruptible as       
itself4  ,and who  can realize the joy  
of that wonderful day1 when all shall be
 gathered1 so  that no single individual
 of the whole family shall be absent1   
and all  shall be perfected1 so that    
throughout the whole multitude there    
shall  not be found a single spot or    
stain of sin--when the whole corruption 
of  our nature shall be gone1 the whole 
effect of that corruption gone          
likewise1 and the whole church of ,god  
created anew in the perfect  likeness   
and image of the ,lord8  ,such is the   
great1 the complete  salvation4  ,and   
the present means for compassing this   
mighty end is the  simple preaching of  
the ,gospel of the ,lord ,jesus4  ,men  
go forth with  stammering lips1 and     
multiplied deficiencies2 but ,god is    

blessing their  message for the         
ingathering of ,his own elect1 and the  
final completion of  ,his own glory4    
,so that notwithstanding all defects1 we
 may look onwards  to the great result1 
and say with ,st4 ,paul--8,i am not     
ashamed of the  ,gospel of ,christ1 for 
it is the power of ,god unto salvation40
                                    99  
99 99 99 99    ,,iii4  ,but1 following  
the guidance of the text1 we are led to 
a third  reason why we should not be    
ashamed of the ,gospel1 namely1 the     
magnificence of its terms4  8,it is the 
power of ,god unto salvation to  every  
one that believeth1 to the ,jew first   
and also to the ,greek40    ,it is in   
human nature to admire anything that is 
grand and glorious4  ,the  heavens1 the 
sea1 the mountains1 command our         
admiration by the beauty of  their      
appearance1 and the vastness of their   
scale4  ,but in the whole  range of the 
works of ,god1 there is nothing to be   
compared in grandeur  with the ,gospel  

of ,christ4  ,it is the most perfect    
display of the most  perfect and holy of
 ,his attributes4  ,if it be inquired   
which is the  greatest of all ,his holy 
attributes1 it will not be found to be  
,his  omnipotence or ,his omniscience1  
but that in which all the rest are      
summed  up by the inspired ,word1 when  
it says1 8,god is love40  ,and if1      
again1 it  be inquired how this crowning
 attribute has been most abundantly     
exhibited1 we shall not find our answer 
either in creation or in  providence1   
but in 8the height and depth and length 
and breadth of the  love of ,christ1    
which passeth knowledge40  8,herein is  
love1 not that we  loved ,god1 but that 
,he loved us1 and sent ,his ,son to be  
the propitiation  for our sins40    ,now
 this love is displayed in the ,gospel1 
according to the language of  the text1 
both in the extent of the offer1 and the
 freedom of its terms4    ,in the extent
 of its offer2 for there is no          
limitation of any kind  whatever1 but   

the door is thrown open to every one    
that believeth1 to  whatever nation it  
may be his portion to belong4  ,it is   
8the power of ,god  unto salvation1 to  
every one that believeth2 to the ,jew   
first1 and also  to the ,greek40  ,there
 is none excluded1 nor any who possesses
 a peculiar  interest in the promise4   
,it is1 indeed1 preached first to the   
,jew2 but  he has no exclusive interest 
in its blessing1 for the ,greek1 or     
,gentile1  is accepted on the same      
terms1 and made partaker of the same    
inestimable  gifts4  ,it is well1       
therefore1 that we should strive to stir
 up each  other's hearts in the work of 
missions1 both to the ,jews and to the  
heathens2 to the colonists in distant   
lands1 and to the great masses of  our  
uninstructed countrymen at home4  ,the  
,gospel is the same power to all        
classes and in all lands4  ,the ,jew may
 long strive to work out a  salvation   
for himself1 and rest content in his own
 most sinful  righteousness2 but let the

 grace of ,god touch his heart1 and he  
will find  the ,gospel to be the power  
of ,god unto his salvation1 while he    
kneels1 in  faith and deep humiliation1 
before the throne of his crucified and  
risen  ,lord4  ,the manufacturer may be 
for a time lost in the midst of the     
dense  population with which he is      
surrounded1 having his mind soured by   
the  preachers of sedition1 and his     
heart estranged from ,god through the   
deadly teaching of the ,chartist and the
 ,socialist2 but let the earnest  pastor
 convey to him in his own home1 or      
preach to him in the church1 the        
life-giving ,gospel of the ,lord1 and it
 is found to be the power of ,god  unto 
his salvation2 so that the bold         
blasphemer becomes the meek1 the        
humble1 the believing child of ,god4    
,so again with our colonists4  ,they    
are a class of persons for whom we      
should feel the most tender sympathy4   
,many of them are compelled to leave    
their country on account of poverty2    

and then1 settling in some distant      
settlement1 are wholly cut off from     
their wonted enjoyment of the means of  
grace4  ,many who once loved the  house 
of ,god at home1 now rarely hear the    
voice of the minister2 and1 if  ever    
they enjoy the blessing of the          
communion1 can only hope for it after   
the long interval of many years4  ,but  
the ,gospel is the power of ,god unto   
their salvation2 and it is delightful to
 realise the joy felt by  multitudes of 
thirsting souls1 when the faithful      
missionary arrives on  his long-expected
 visit1 and sets forth1 in rich         
simplicity1 the  unsearchable riches of 
,christ4  ,so again to the poor         
,african1 the unhappy  captive of that  
wicked slave-trade1 torn from his home1 
his wife1 his  children1 his all that is
 dear to him on earth1 is the same      
,gospel  brought home with the same     
power4  ,it is a shame that the heart of
 every  ,englishman is not moved to its 
very core1 by the awful miseries        

inflicted  by that most guilty traffic2 
and1 while we look at the apathy of the 
,christian church upon the subject1 we  
may well exclaim1 #8,where is the       
spirit of ,clarkson and ,william        
,wilberforce1 of ,buxton and ,zachary   
,macaulay8'  ,why are we not all        
stirring heart and soul to remove such a
  curse from human nature8  ,there is a 
joy1 however1 in placing the happy      
peace of the believing ,african1 in     
bright contrast to the dark horrors of  
the abominable traffic1 and in following
 the liberated captive on his  way1 till
 we find him in one of the ,sierra      
,leone churches2 a holy  believer1 a    
living1 happy1 triumphant1 witness that 
the ,gospel of the  ,lord ,jesus is the 
power of ,god unto salvation4    ,but   
the real beauty of the ,gospel consists 
in the freedom of its terms1  as        
expressed in the latter part of the     
text3--8to every one that  believeth40  
,these words show that salvation is     
granted freely without  any preparatory 

qualification in the sinner2 and if this
 one feature in  it were changed1 it    
would at once be stripped of all its    
excellence and  power4  ,suppose1 for   
example1 that the text were otherwise   
expressed1 and  that it were said1 8,the
 ,gospel is the power of ,god unto      
salvation1 to  every one that           
repenteth30 we could never then have    
laid hold on a  ,saviour's love1 until  
we had ascertained a clear evidence1 in 
our own  soul1 of a repentance so       
perfect as to be satisfactory before    
,god2 or1 in  other words1 we should    
have been for ever cut off from mercy4  
,or suppose  it had been written1 8to   
every one that loves30 we must then have
 turned  our thoughts inwards for a     
strict scrutiny of our own affections1  
and  although we desired with the whole 
heart to love the ,lord1 we should have 
found there so much of cold apathy1 that
 we should have been compelled to  the  
conclusion that the great salvation     
could never be for us4  ,or  suppose    

that the common low standard of the     
world had been adopted1 and  the text   
had been written1 8to every one that    
does all in his power to  deserve it30  
where1 we ask1 is that man who has even 
fulfilled this low  requirement1 and who
 would not through his manifold defects 
and  deficiencies1 be for ever excluded 
from the covenant8  ,but thanks be to   
,god1 the text says1 8to every one that 
believeth60  ,now faith is the act  of  
the lost soul in laying hold on ,christ4
  ,the ,gospel therefore requires  no   
preparatory fitness1 it does not bid us 
wait till we repent enough1 or  till we 
love enough1 or till we have endeavoured
 enough2 but it does bid  us trust1 as  
we are1 to the ,saviour who died for us2
 and it does assure  us1 because ,he    
made a perfect atonement for the whole  
of our sin1 that  8whosoever believeth  
on ,him1 shall not perish1 but have     
everlasting  life40  ,this one great    
truth is the very key-stone of the      
,gospel2 and let  any poor1 guilty1     

brokenhearted sinner only learn through 
,god's grace  what it is to accept that 
free pardon in faith1 and then it will  
be  strange1 indeed1 if he cannot enter 
into the spirit of the apostle1 when  he
 declares1 8,i am not ashamed of the    
,gospel of ,christ3 for it is the  power
 of ,god unto salvation40    ,now let us
 thank ,god that there is in this       
metropolis a body of young  men1 to the 
number of about #a1bjj1 and in other    
parts of the country to  the number of  
about #a1bjj more1 who are not ashamed  
of the ,gospel2 not  ashamed of the     
broken heart1--not ashamed of being     
called saints1--not  ashamed of uniting 
together heart and soul in the earnest  
endeavour to  spread the glad tidings of
 a free salvation through the world4    
,may the  ,lord prosper their work1 and 
give them all an experimental knowledge 
of  the ,gospel which they strive to    
spread6  ,if a man look on it merely as 
a  theory1 he is very likely to be      
ashamed of it2 but if he know the joy of

  an abiding and soul-saving union with 
his ,lord1 then may we hope to see  him 
take his stand1 as an earnest and       
unflinching witness for ,christ4  ,it   
is the deep sense of ,divine love that  
must move all hearts to labour for  ,his
 kingdom4  ,so may ,god grant us all    
grace to labour till the day when  all  
toil shall cease in the joyful presence 
of our reigning ,lord6  ,how  shall we  
then feel1 if you and ,i are permitted  
to meet on that day1 on  the right hand 
of the throne6  ,what triumphant praises
 will then burst  forth from the whole  
company of ,god's elect6 what joy will  
thrill through  every heart1 to whom the
 ,lord shall in that day be pleased to  
say1 8,well  done1 good and faithful    
servant2 enter thou into the joy of thy 
,lord60  ,let us labour now with that   
bright end in view2 remembering that we 
are  nothing and thanking ,god for the  
knowledge of our nothingness2 but       
remembering1 likewise1 that ,christ     
,jesus is our all1 our life1 our peace1 

our joy1 our hope2 and that1 therefore1 
it is our delightful privilege1         
although we be nothing1 to cast that    
nothing before ,his throne1 and         
consecrate all with entire simplicity to
 ,his service4                          
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