Transcribed from the 1822 R. Thomas edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Public domain book cover] THE _GLORY OF GRACE_ Effected by weak Means: BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A SERMON, PREACHED ON THE DEATH OF SAMUEL CHURCH, _Aged Twelve Years_. On SUNDAY Evening, APRIL 14, 1822, BY J. CHURCH, At the Surrey Tabernacle. * * * * * And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the Child.—1 _Sam._ iii, 8. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy Children shall come again to their own Border.—_Jeremiah_ xxxi, 17. * * * * * SOUTHWARK, PRINTED BY R. THOMAS, RED LION STREET, BOROUGH. 1822. * * * * * _A SERMON_, _&c._ Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. _Psalm_ viii, 2. WHEN David had his mind most divinely elevated and filled with holy thoughts of the person, work, and glory of the dear Redeemer, he burst forth in holy admiration, joy, and praise, in this adoring language: I will extol thee, my God, O king! I will bless thy name for ever and ever! One generation shall praise thy works unto another, and shall declare thy mighty acts: and surely the most wonderful and astonishing act, is the everlasting salvation of lost, ruined, guilty man. This is a greater act than the formation of worlds, either heaven or earth. The salvation of one poor sinner is a more marvellous display of God, than the creation, with all its wonders. This salvation we are to speak of to others, both ministers and people; and in proportion as we see our interest in it, so are we to declare its greatness, because it is the highest act of God, as the God of all grace, and Why should the wonders he has wrought Be lost in silence and forgot? But babes, men, and children, let them praise the name of the Lord.