him take hold of My strength,” &c. “When shall I come and appear before God?” How many present have never reflected upon the subject; and though always surrounded by God, have never derived comfort from His presence! Without hope, without God—awful thought! 1. How great must be the Being who possesses such an empire! These are His attributes; these are not limited. A wing that never tires: an eye that never sleeps. 2. How melancholy the reflection that the great thought that occurs to the sinner