for less zeal, less work, less liberality. That re proach has sometimes been cast at us: God grant it never come true! Rather let us seek higher degrees in grace: simpler faith in the Redeemer, and souls more filled with the Blessed Spirit of God. IV. THE FOLLY OF SIN.* 'The foolishness of man perverteth his way.'-PROV. XIX. 3. ND so here is sin traced to its right source. It is the foolishness of man that pervert eth his way. And I believe that to certain classes of sinners, this theory of the true origin of the transgressions that stain their daily life, is just the most disagreeable that could well be presented. A bad man would rather be thought a rogue, than a fool. He would rather you should hate him, than despise him. He would rather be the object of universal indignation, than of universal contempt. There are weak minds that see something grand and romantic about * Glasgow Cathedral: June 29, 1873. |