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

SERMON^irpjcf his provldeatbl admimilratioi ; And, humanlyfpeakiii;^, you have juft now a furor profpeil: of effectualand fp:;edy relisf than the Ifraelites had whenMofjs called upon them to leave Egypt : The reliefI mean is in the wide and pleafant fields of NorthAmerica, lately added and lecured to the dominionsof our mild and graciou-5 fjvereiei^n. And dare anyman fay tliat fuch a large acceiFDn of territory to theempire of Britain hath not been purpofely providedby divine providence to afford a comfortable habitationto thofe who are fo ill ufed and fo much bornedown in this country ? It was when the Ifraeliteswere compelled to make brick without ftraw, that thecup of the Amorites began to be full : It was whenthe rate of land in this country was rifing fo high thatlaborious farmers could not live by it, that the Godof war and peace provided abundance of room forthem in a different part of the worldiAnd every one who carefully reads the-holy fcripture,or takes notice of the ordinary difpenfations ofprovidence, will obferve, that oftentimes, v/hen either,.,individual perfons, or a v»'hole p-^iople, have beenbrought into difti*ef3, there is provifion made for theirefcape, and " a great door, and effeclual, is opened"unto them. When a people are in tliis condition,and like the Ifraelites cry for relief, God hath pity onthem. *^ Behold," fays he, " I am come down, todeliver them."— " Behold, I wiil allure her, and bringher into the wiiderneis» and fpeak comfortably to her:and I will give her vineyards from thence, and thevalley of Achor for a door of hope ; and (lie (hallfing as in the days of her youth, as in the div when{lie came up out of the land of Egypt."Iam very fenfible, that, from that fond attachmentmod of you have to the place you know or were bornin, you may think the relief I mention is hardly anyrelief at all. Some of you have never been twentymiles from where you were born, and you deriveR 2