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,[3h.arity . Sermon, March 95, the Fehzizle Penitc‘rit‘i>i‘i'1fy;fiiDo2:set9stree;. M
' I Q L TEX:I‘,. BPH. v.-v. 1.’ I ‘L H H I
“ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear Children.” ,. v‘
MR, Mathias, as an orator, stands‘ in ‘the foremost rank of ‘ our
evangelical preachers. s -His" delivery is ‘solemn and impressive-his ‘
language ‘elevated-and the arrangements of his discourses perspi-
After a suitablc’cxordiuIn,- Mr. 'llIathias dwelt: much on our be- 1
ing l“. Children ‘of. Godfiif-ll’e:piverel"Children’ ‘ofi“.Go<I'A’g by. creation. . 1
..God' originally “ made man in‘ his own image."-Adam was thus 2
created’ but Adam fell-:-‘-Godfs image fell, and in; him the image ‘ I
of: God‘ became debased the wholegi hiuman? ra‘ce."VHe"n”ce'i’crimes !
were introduced by the sin of the first man, and‘ have spread ‘among ‘ ;‘
his'oH”spring in'ev.cryA‘dir.ection.' ” I f i ' ’ ;
But we were children of God by"thc redemption wroughtpby our
Lord Jesus Christ.-'sOurs were the blessings, the privileges of ' ‘:9
ties enjoined by the Gospel.is‘to. snatch sinners afrorni the paths of
'destructi0nI To that great" end this institution is peculiarly adapted.
It affords a place of refuge to fifty-two ‘lost, wretched, abandoned
females. It administers’ to fheirtiideartlily wants, and he was happy
to say, in almost ‘every’ instance, ,2; complete reformation of ‘charac-
ter had (underpthe blessing of Almighty God) been etfectedfur ) '
‘Mr. Mathias mentioned, in warm ‘terms of commendation,
conduct of the apothecary, who‘ charged nothing fqrhis attendance,
and only the prime cost for medicines.-A rare instance,"axnong; p
the medical tribe!‘ '. 1 . d -i '
The preacher‘ related several anecdotes of females who belonged: ‘
to the charity, Among others, he mentioned the daughter L
spectable family near, town, who, after seven years.’ of jnfau1y,:
was reclaimed by means of this institution :-so con1plete‘,wa:f.ptlA1f3, .
reformation ‘in this penitent--so exemplary WEB l1er‘conduct, (.
several of the governors of the charity attempted’?-11‘1i “t‘l“-St
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