The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

perience.SERMONS...Ib^'The lea-ports are and have been open, andyet the price of grain hath been riiing for feveralmonths 5 and what difinal effe(ft the continued fearcityor dearnefs of grain mud have on the manufacturesof the country is vifible to every perfon. Fromthe fame caufe alfo, people Mrho are rigorouf.y dealtwith lofe all concern for the welfare of the country.If they were allowed ta pafs their days in tolerableeafe, they would, like the children of Ifrael in Babylon,feek the good of the land where they dwell *, butif they are fqueezed, and their oppreflion be extreme,,they lofe, as I have faid, all attachment to a countrywhere they find themfelves fo rniferable. There muilneeds be bitter envyings and inteftine grydges wherethe wealth of a country flows into the hands of a fewIf thefe few are fuppofed not to have their minds enlargedwith knowledge, or embellifhed with thofearts which adorn human nature ; if, befides, they arereputed to be felfifh and rapacious, they may dependupon it, that, whatever outward refpe£t they meetwith, they are both^hated and defpifed. They havemuch of the property of the country, and feem notto deferve it j that country therefore will be weaklydefended againft the attacks of foreign enemies ; forno man will judge that to be his country, where heneither hath nor ever can have any property at ailnor will he defend the property of others with thatfpirit with which he is keen to fight for his own. Anopprefied people look upon themfelves as uiiconnedledwith the country, and ceafe to, have any anxietyabout its welfare. Tell them that the land is goingto be invaded by a foreign army, tliey are totally unalarmedvbeing wretched themfelves, they are perfectlyindifferent whether domeilic oppreflbrs or fo-^reign invaders fhail be fuccefsful ; they are like theafs in the meadow, and muft ftill bear their burdens.Would the Ifraelites, after they had been forced tomake brick without llrav/, have taken up arms to fight