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

2 20 SERMONS.a man in here, yho is gaining nothing at all, and irf;the grcateft danger of lofing his fou! ! Surely GodAlmighty never intended that any of his rational offfpK-igfliculd be all their lives in m.iferable toil anddrudgery, and gain nothing to themfelves, nor haveany time to think of eternity. You fnould thereforebe alarmed, and ftirred up to adlivity : You fnouldexamine and inquire what is the befl means that providenceoffers for your deliverance : You fhould driveto efcape your prefent oppreflion, that you may " e-fcape the wrath that is to come."Thus it appears to be the duty of an opprefledpeople to improve the means which providence offersfor their deliverance. They fliould aft fo, in obedienceto the exprefs command of God,, and the eternallaw of felf-prefervation ; from a regard to theirchildren ; from compalTion to their fellow fufferersand to thofe who opprefs them ; and a regard to theirprecious and immortal fouls.I have now finiflied what I propofed. I havefhown, that the rate of land in this country is by fartoo high—have mentioned the caufes and means bywhich it Iiath been fcrewed up to fuch a heighthave fliown what eiFecls this high rate of lands dothand muft produce—that it is the duty of an affliftedpeople to cry unto God—that as the Ifraelites weredelivered out of Egypt by the arm of God, fo thepeople "who are opprelfed in this land have, by divineprovidence, an effectual means of being deliveredfrom tJie oppreflion they groan under-—and that itis the duty of an opprelTed people to purfue themeans which providence points out for their deliver^ancc.I am either deceived, or you have liftcned to mewith rather mere attention than you did to fome ofthe difcourfes which I formerly delivered to you. Iihall be forry if this difcourfe have no greater effeftthan niofl other fermons. I will rejcuce if it {hall ia