...its undertaking, and an instrument of salvation to many. Let them take up the prophet's resolution, " for Zion's sake will I not hold my peace; and for...and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." With a word to candidates for the ministry, we shall close. Let them consider that* two things are...

...fasted, prayed, and preached. Like the prophet Isaiah, he often exclaimed, " For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will...and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." It was * Allciue'a Life and Letters, page 166. . t Ibid. 170. not long before he saw the fruit of his...

...say with one of old, ' while I was musing, the fire burned' — therefore, for ' Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will...and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.' By what standard shall we estimate a man's worth ? Shall it be from the amount of good which he is...

...an appropriate and impressive discourse from Isaiah Ixii. T. " For Zion's sake I will not hold inj peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until...the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth ;" and Joel H. Linsley, Esq. delivered an inteiesting address. Both the sermon and address are before the...

...of which these words are a part. That was not the time fulfilled in the 2d verse of this chapter. " And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and...shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Ihe Lord shall name." That was not the time spoken of in the preceding chapters, with which this chapter...

...from whom we are born, at whose breasts we have been nourished with the " sincere milk of the word." " For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for...kings thy glory : and thou shalt be called by a new VOL. v. BB name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name." * Let us pray for its extension, for its...

...let my right hand forget her cunning ; peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy palaces ; for Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for...and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." The desires, the hopes, the expectations of the Church of God, shall not be disappointed. The purposes...

...hearts fired with the impulse, and obeying the impulse of the prophet,, when he uttered the text, " For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for...and the salvation thereof, as a lamp that burneth." We pass then, to the concluding portion of these remarks, which will be devoted to some considerations...

...trials, and habitually bear her interests on their hearts. The language of every one of them is — " For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for...and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth."* It follows of course, that the prosperity of the church will afford them much consolation, and excite...

...Daniel's prophecy ; whom you hid your faces from, were ashamed of, and spit upon. And in La. Ixii. ' The Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all...new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.' And is not this brightness, and salvation, and this righteousness, and glory, that the Gentiles and...