You will perceive the drift of what has been spoken, and recognise that it amounts to a declaration that CHRIST is the Believer's only satisfying portion: the only thing which can satisfy the desires and longings of the human heart. You will see that the text wraps up, and contains within itself, this great secret: much in the same way as a single corn of wheat contains the fulness of a future harvest. This is the truth which we have been labouring to illustrate the one thing of which we desire that God Almighty may convince all our hearts! : : Let us not suppose that we know this already, if we are quite contented with this life and this world, and desire nothing beyond either if the sight of Sin, in any form, offend us not. Or, on the other hand, if worldly trouble and anxiety weighs us entirely down. Or, if again we feel much, but do little allow ourselves in slanderous words and uncharitable thoughts, impure desires, unholy imaginations, and the like. No. Let us not be deceived. He only understands, by experience, the matter of our present Sermon who tries to live in the World without being of the World: who makes it his whole business to build his nest, and lay up his treasure in Heaven: who, in the midst of sorrow can think upon GOD with comfort; and, like Hope amid billows, anchor his soul upon Him. Who craves nothing so much as the knowledge of GOD and of His perfections: who makes it the great business of his life, to be holy! JESUS stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.' May He who spoke those blessed words, bring home their heavenly teaching to the hearts of all! Lift us up above our trials, and comfort us with His abounding Love, and fill our souls with heavenly Light, and make us abound in every Christian Grace!..... May He keep us in constant remembrance that here below the moth and rust corrupt, and the flower fadeth, and nothing satisfieth, and the flesh is weak: but that it is not so in Heaven where He is. Yea, in this life will He come to us, and with supplies of His Grace will quench our thirst. But the Christian's hereafter is far more glorious; his portion, I mean, in that great City, the Holy Jerusalem,' which the disciple whom JESUS loved saw 'descending out of Heaven from GOD; having the glory of GOD; and her light like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal'.' For there shall the Saints of GOD 'hunger no ' Rev. xxi. 10, 11. more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them; and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and GoD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes!' Rev. vii. 16, 17. Trinity Sunday. THE SUGGESTIONS OF TRINITY SUNDAY, PSALM XC. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom. : THIS day sets a crown on the Christian Year, by rehearsing the mystery of the glorious and undivided Trinity. The seasons which we observe as members of CHRIST'S Church are not reckoned in the same way as the seasons which the World observes. The World begins its year with January; and reckons by months, and days of the month but the Church begins her year with Advent; and reckons by the events in the Life of her LORD. And thus it happens that the Sacred Year begins in the Winter, because our LORD was born in the Winter; and ends in the Summer, because it was then that the last events recorded in the Gospels took place. Advent and Christmas, Epiphany and Lent, HolyWeek and Easter and Ascension-Day,-these are the great Festivals by which the Church takes note how Time is going. Now all these have reference to the second Person in the glorious Trinity. But we learn from the Acts of the Apostles, how that ten days after our LORD had ascended into Heaven, the HOLY GHOST, (the Third Person,) descended, to dwell with believers for evermore. Accordingly, last Sunday we commemorated the descent of the HOLY GHOST and on this day, we gather up the whole mystery of so many Sundays into a single commemoration, and call the day Trinity Sunday. It is obvious to notice how the services for the present Festival all point in one direction. The first lesson describes the work of Creation, in which we find the Three Persons of the Trinity mysteriously associated. In the beginning, GOD created the Heaven and the Earth :'-there, the FATHER is mentioned. 'And God said:'— there, the Son is spoken of; (for 'by the Word of the LORD were the Heavens made a'). the SPIRIT OF GOD moved upon the face of the waters.' That completes the mention of the Holy Trinity. And surely it is a striking fact that the three first verses in the Bible should contain so express a notice of this lofty Doctrine! At the end of the second Lesson, a Voice proclaiming the mind of the FATHER is heard a Ps. xxxiii. 6. 'And |