or souls, of men, and to give them rules of virtue, and to make them happy. God anointed Jesus to be such a king; and therefore he is called Christ, or the anointed. I hope you will remember this. There are many grown people who do not know it; but a child may understand it when it is explained. Christ is the most common title of our Saviour, Jesus; and when we say Jesus Christ, we mean Jesus whom God anointed with goodness, and wisdom, and power, to be the king, or ruler, of the souls of men.

The other title of Jesus which is used in the text, is Lord. Lord means master, or one who has authority, whether the authority is greater or less. God is called Lord, because he is the Master of all things, and his dominion is over all. Jesus is called Lord, because he is the Master of Christians, and has authority over them, and gives them commandAnd you very well know, that men who have authority and dignity, are often called lords. But when Christians say, "our Lord," they generally mean Jesus Christ, who is their Master in an especial manner, and whose teachings and laws they mean to hear and obey.

ments.

I wish you now to remember carefully, that the words, "our Lord Jesus Christ," mean our Master,

Jesus, whom God made king, or prince, of our souls. Jesus is the name, and Lord, and Christ, are the two titles. And the name Jesus means a saviour, or one who saves.

There are several other titles by which Jesus is called in the New Testament, but those which I have already explained, are enough for your memory at present. And the reason of my explaining to you those, is, that when you hear them, you may be able to think of the important truths which they signify. Whenever you hear the name of " Jesus," think that he came to save men from their sins, by doing all that was possible to make them good and holy. Whenever you hear the title "Christ," think that he was anointed by his heavenly Father, with the spiritual oil of perfect goodness and wonderful power, to be the prince of the souls of men. Whenever you hear the title "Our Lord," think that the same Saviour and Prince is your Master and Teacher, whom you ought to love, and reverence, and obey, because his lessons are wise, and his laws are kind, and to obey him is the same thing as to be happy in your mind and soul, as long as you live in this world, and forever after in the world to

come.

If these are your thoughts when you hear the

name or the titles of Jesus, you will always use them yourselves in a serious and proper manner, and never in the very improper and profane manner in which you sometimes hear them used, I am afraid, by children, and even by men, who ought to know better. My children, the names of God, our Father, and of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, are holy names, blessed names;-and they never ought to be spoken but in solemnity and love, by children or by men. Is the name of God who made you, God who preserves you every moment, God who can make you die whenever he pleases, a name to be pronounced by you in thoughtless sport, or in wretched anger? I trust that it never will be. I pray that it never may be. And is the name of the kind and holy Jesus, whom God the Father sent to teach men their duty, and save them from their sins, and show them the way to heaven, and who loved men so much that he was willing to die, and did die, rather than not do every thing to save them— and who now lives with God in Heaven, and will be our Judge when we die—is his name a name to be used rudely or profanely? Surely not, you will say. I beseech you then, never so to use it. Never be tempted or provoked so to use it. Let his grace be with you, to keep you from such a sin.

Jesus loves little children, and little children should love him. Though God has exalted him to be greater than angels, he once was a little child himself. Yes, he once was a little child. He has been rocked to sleep, as you have been, in a mother's arms. He has been subject, as you now are, to parental authority. It is very interesting to me, and I think it must be so to you, to learn from the Bible, that our gracious and wonderful Saviour was once a little child; and in my next sermons, I intend to speak to you concerning the infancy and childhood of Jesus Christ. And I now pray, that his grace may be with you all, and at all times; in your childhood, to keep you innocent; in your youth and manhood, to make you virtuous and holy; and in the hour of death, to fill your hearts with peace and hope, and to prepare you for his presence, and the presence of his Father.

SERMON VI.

INFANCY OF JESUS.

AND THE CHILD GREW, AND WAXED STRONG IN SPIRIT, FILLED
WITH WISDOM; AND THE GRACE OF GOD WAS UPON HIM.

You will find those words, my children, in the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, the fortieth verse. They tell you how wise and how good Jesus Christ was, when he was young, and how much he was beloved. They inform you, that as he grew older, he grew wiser; that is, that his soul grew as well as his body.

There is but little said in those histories of our Saviour, which we call the Gospels, of his infancy and early life. Only two of the Gospels say any thing of that period. This is because the after part of his life was more important. But still the short