Easter Sunday morning.—Blessed with spirituality, though a little indisposed in body. Preached on the Seven Resurrections, but enlarged on our resurrection state in Christ, from _Romans_ vi. Afternoon.—Preached on _Habakuk_, iii. 2. “Wilt thou not revive us again.” In the evening, a funeral sermon for a beloved friend, whose life was spiritual, and whose death was blessed; the text _John_ xi. “I am the resurrection,” &c. But alas! how flat and insipid I felt, yet God blessed the word. I look back with gratitude on what the Lord has done for me, and rejoice that amidst the many changes I experience in body, soul and circumstances, in the Church and in the world, he is the same yesterday, to day and for ever; in his love, in his purposes, in his covenant, in his word, and in his faithfulness. Oh, could I know and love him more. “For Lord I would be thine alone, And wholly live in thee; Take all that I possess below, And give thyself to me.” I only send you this as a short specimen of a few memorandums I wish you to make and keep by you; you will often find the benefit of reviewing them.—Hence the order, “Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps.” These memorandums are as Gilead, an heap of witnesses, and ye are my witnesses saith the Lord. Yours, J. C. LETTER XXV. “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.” To — The work of God, Father, Son, and Spirit, was ever opposed by satan and his emissaries _in_ all the grand displays of his favour to his dear people, _in_ the open manifestation of his love, _in_ the accomplishment of our redemption, _in_ the proclamation of pardon and mercy in the gospel, and _in_ the operations of the ever-blessed Spirit on the hearts of his chosen. It is the last point I now beg you to notice; there are greater and more mischievous foes to this work than to any other, because this opposition generally comes from a quarter where one would hardly expect it; _some_ profest Christians deny it entirely; _others_ admit it in part only, as an assistant to the creature. The apostle has addressed such characters in this pointed speech. “Beware, lest that come on you which was spoken by the prophet, ‘Behold ye despisers and wonder, and perish, for I work a work in your days; a work in which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.’” You may talk to many about the works of creation and redemption, and they may give credit to it; but if you talk to them about the work of God the Holy Spirit on the heart, they will hiss like a serpent, and soon manifest their enmity to you and the work itself. But, my dear friend, although God has been pleased to begin, and is actually carrying on this work in our hearts, have we not more formidable foes within: are not our inward enemies worse than every outward foe? Let me appeal to your conscience. Do you not at