A _provision_ is ready; rich in inexhaustible supplies of _strength_ for the weak, of _wisdom_ for the ignorant, of _medicine_ for the diseased, of _consolation_ for them that mourn, of _bread_ of life for the hungry, of _water_ from a never-failing spring for the _thirsty_; and all in Christ, free for his people as the air they breathe, and deep in boundless fulness as the ocean. John, i. 16. The _Spirit of holiness_ is ready; to change the desert of the human heart into an Eden, and to make springs of grace arise, where streams of bitterness and pollution flowed before; to take of the things of Christ, and shew them in all their riches to the poor and contrite; to form the new creation, and take away the heart of stone. Isa. xxxv. 1. Ezek. xxxvi. 26. The _promises_ are ready; to attest the truth of God; to seal the salvation of Christ; to give encouragement to the weary and heavy laden to cast their burdens on him; and to delineate his all-sufficiency: in him they meet: in him they are all yea and amen: from him they derive their preciousness, and every one of them is as unchangeable as the God that spoke them. 2 Pet. i. 4. Mat. v. 18. The _Father_ of mercies is ready; to receive the returning prodigal, to blot out his rebellions, and love him freely. The _Son_ is ready; to plead the purchase of his blood, and carry the sheep that was lost into the fold of his flock. The _ministers of the gospel are_ ready; to preach deliverance to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to instruct the ignorant, and guide their feet into the way of peace; and to rejoice in seeing the fruit of the travail of Christ’s soul in the salvation of sinners. _Angels_ are ready; to take up their harps of gold, and tune them to notes of the sweetest harmony; to make the heaven and the heaven of heavens resound with praises to Emmanuel, and with joy over one sinner that repenteth. Oh! that they may repeat that anthem to-day, which they have had occasion to sing, whenever souls have been brought home to Christ! These blessed spirits watch with eagerness the effects of the gospel-message; and when any one sinner obeys it, they fly with the good news to the realms of light, and diffuse fresh joy through all the spirits that surround the throne. But if angels could weep, surely they would drop a tear, with sorrow and surprise, to see sinners spurn a feast, which their Creator prepared, and to which they themselves would have been proud of an invitation.