that psalm; the absence of guile, and the absence of all fault. Of the guile the Psalmist says, “In whose spirit there is no guile” and of the fault he says, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity,” &c. Here, then, is the secret of being without fault before the Throne. Their transgression is forgiven, their sin covered, and their iniquity not imputed by God. Thus it is, that at the same time in the same person there may be the two apparent opposites; in yourself deep corruption, in the Lord Jesus Christ unblemished spotlessness. Before your own conscience you may be full of sin, and at the same time before the Throne of God perfectly faultless: in yourself humbled to the dust; in Christ Jesus reconciled, accepted, and beloved, and regarded as though you were absolutely spotless; for you are without fault in the righteousness of Christ. What, then, is the conclusion of the whole matter? What is the lesson to be learnt from the text? and what from the whole history of our honoured friend? What is the lesson that he would have drawn from it himself had he been here to speak to us this day? I believe he would have summed it all up in one word, _i.e._, CHRIST. This is what he taught in his family, and made the unceasing subject of his family worship. This is what he taught in the Sunday school, and pressed with a holy perseverance on the hearts and consciences of his class. This was the subject of his addresses in the schoolroom, as well as of all his visits in the cottages. In these visits he carried many a kind gift for the body, but he always remembered his one message, and was never silent on the free grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. And do you think he would speak less of Him now? Now that he sees that blessed Saviour whom he so long believed, and has himself experienced the actual joy of his presence? No, if he now were to speak to us I am persuaded it would be all of Christ. If he could give one more lesson to his class it would be to assure them that the half had never yet been told them, and that there is a joy in Christ of which he had known here only just the small beginning. If he were to speak to you young men he would tell you there is nothing that can ever satisfy your soul but Christ. Life may now seem very bright to you; but there are days of mourning before you as well as days of rejoicing, and there is nothing but Christ then can either save or satisfy your soul. And so, if He were to speak to you mourners it would still be the same thing to you. How would he tell of the balm of Gilead for the wounded heart, and of the great purpose of God, surely doing all things well for the eternal life of His chosen people! and once more, if he were to speak to those amongst us who are still unchanged, still unconverted, still without the new birth, still without Christ, how would he press upon you