the Lord led me into the truth, as it is in Jesus, and gave me to see he had blest me with the Bible evidences of my eternal election of God. I saw from the Word that election was a _sovereign_, _holy_, _wise_, _gracious_ act of Jehovah, before all worlds; that Christ’s election was first, as head, and the church was chosen in him, that the head and the body were alike chosen, loved, and viewed as one—and this choice was for the glory of God, for the glory of Christ, and for the holiness and eternal happiness of the church. God chose his people that they _might_ be holy, not because they were so, but that they might be so; and he predestinated the same people to enjoy his presence, love, and glory, to all eternity. They are set apart _for himself_, predestinated _to himself_. “This people have I _formed for myself_.” And must not that man be a fool and a madman that does not _desire_ to know that he was chosen to _be_ holy, and predestinated to the enjoyment of God for ever? Let such oppose this precious doctrine: but— “O, may this Bible truth inspire My soul with sacred bliss; And lane me safe in mansions where My chosen Saviour is.” _Lyndal’s Hymns_. Would not professors be better employed in attending to God’s Word, which so dearly states this matter, and praying for the enjoyment of the evidences of it in their own souls, than cavilling against it, seeing they never can overthrow this ancient mountain, this eternal hill? The Lord not only opened my eyes to see it, humbled my heart to receive it, but gave my soul the Bible evidences of it. For— “Though God’s election is a truth, Small comfort there I see; Till I’m assur’d, by God’s own mouth, That he has chosen me.”