Sorrows, begone, no longer well deplore,

Our Lord is risen, and we must sigh no more:
See him, on Tabor, his deciples meet,
With doubtful trembling joy they kiss his feet.

CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD.

What love, what awe, what majesty and grace !
Dazzling his form, ineffable his face;-
Go then, for thus I your commission sign,
Disciple all the world, and make them mine.

"THE angel said, He is risen. And go quickly, and tell his disciples, that he is risen from the dead, and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him; lo, I have told you." (Matthew xxviii. 5, 7.)

Our blessed LORD renewed his choice of the eleven as his apostles, and commissioned them to go into all the world to preach his Gospel to every creature and he solemnly commanded his apostles to go forth among all nations. But they were still so much under the influence of Jewish prejudices, that they did not understand this as authorizing them to preach to the

Gentiles, till a considerable time after the descent of the Holy Ghost. The apostles, when first sent out, were forbidden to go into the way of the Gentiles, but now they were sent to all nations. Salvation by Christ is offered to all, and none excluded who do not, by their unbelief and impenitence, shut themselves out. The salvation they were to preach, is a common salvation; whoever will, let him come and take the benefit; there is no difference or respect of persons with Christ Jesus.

The general nature of baptism has been noticed (page 25); we have here that institution appropriated to the Christian dispensation. The apostles were commanded to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. This is undeniable proof of the doctrine of the Trinity; of the Godhead of the Son, and of the dis

tinct personality and Godhead of the Holy Ghost. To be baptized in their name, implies professed dependence on those Persons jointly and equally, and devoting ourselves to them. This cannot be accounted for on any other principle, than the mysterious unity of three coequal Persons in the unity of the Godhead.

Christianity is the religion of a sinner who applies for salvation from deserved wrath and from sin; he applies to the mercy of the Father, through the person and atonement of the incarnate Son, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit; and in consequence gives himself up to be the worshipper and servant of the triune Jehovah, in all his ordinances and commandments.

Baptism is an outward sign of that inward spiritual grace; a washing, or sancti

fication of the Spirit, which seals and evidences the believer's justification. When our Lord had appointed this ordinance, and directed the apostles to teach their future converts to observe all things whatever he had commanded them, he said, Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.

Let this lead us to turn the promise into a prayer for ourselves, and for every part of the church. Even so, Lord Jesus, be thou with us and all thy people; cause thy face to shine upon us; "that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee." (Psalm lxvii.)