day in seven as his own property. The charter or title deeds which give him a claim to the full enjoyment of the Sabbath for twenty-four hours, were signed by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The great seal of heaven is upon them. They are inscribed on the bones, muscles, nerves, brain, heart, lungs, and digestive organs of the human constitution, and were solemnly proclaimed by Jehovah himself amidst the thunders of Sinai. No work, except what can be shown to be absolutely necessary, must be done on the seventh day: and he who deprives the servant, operative, or labourer of this sacred claim to rest from toil, is both a robber and murderer, and will be treated as such at the great day. You, my Lord, must enter eternity as a child of Adam, and not as a nobleman; and you will be acquitted or condemned accordingly as you observed or violated the ten commandments. As a sinner you may trust in the merits of Christ, but at the bar of God your faith will be tested by your observance of the decalogue. “Faith without works is dead,” and cannot justify the soul. You will there have no ancestry to plead, no titles to wear, and no wealth or influence to bribe. Death, as to all these advantages or disadvantages of your earthly existence, will leave you as bare and naked as Lazarus. Nor will forms and ceremonies be admitted as a substitute for the “weightier matters of the law.” Baptismal regeneration, sacramental grace, the repetition of forms of prayer, going to church once a day, the _half_ observance of the Sabbath, and zeal for tithes and offerings, will not stand in the place of obedience to the law uttered on Mount Sinai. You must obey, or be excluded from Paradise. Your obedience also must proceed from faith and love; not a deed must be done to merit the kingdom of heaven, but every act of piety and devotion must proceed from pure gratitude to HIM who died to procure eternal life for all who believe with a practical faith.