No matter how far they may have wandered in the mazes of crime; no matter how deep they may have sunken into the horrible pit and miry clay of moral pollution; no matter how closely round them they may have drawn the sable pall of spiritual death; they are still within the compass of that holy and saving influence, which can _reclaim_, _elevate_, and _quicken_, the most hopeless of the human race. It is a blasphemous libel upon the grace of God to exclude, either _speculatively_ or _practically_, from its redeeming power, _any part of mankind_ on account of their _superior sinfulness_; for the faithful saying, which is worthy of all acceptation, is, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save the very _chief_ of sinners. Did he not confer the boon of pardon and salvation on a dying _thief_? Was not one of his most faithful friends, while he abode on earth, she out of whom he had cast _seven devils_? And among the bright stars of heaven which rose from earthly climes, does not the eye of faith dwell with inexpressible delight on _Menasseh_, _Bunyan_, _Gardener_, and _Rochester_? Who then dares to point to any individuals, or to any class of fallen man and say--_There is no hope in their case_? Remember that he who came to seek and to save that which was lost, was also commissioned to say to the _prisoners_, "_Go forth_," and to them that _sit in darkness, "Show yourselves_"; to preach "_deliverance_ to the _captives_," and the "_opening_ of the _prison_ to them that are _bound_;" to lead "_captivity captive_," and receive gifts _even for_ "_the rebellious_."