had the delight, too, of seeing some of those they love and esteem, begin to reflect on the subject of religion. Amongst these is Mr. Lornton, who is now a regular attendant at Mr. Percy's church; and who has been observed to shed tears, when that clergyman spoke of the glory of His character, who condescends to ask the heart -the love of fallen man. There can be no half-measures in religion. We are not religious-we know not what it is--we deceive ourselves, if we suppose we do, unless it is the subject that occupies our most serious and most anxious thoughts; unless all other subjects seem trifles compared to it; unless we see that we would gain nothing if we gained the whole world, and lost our own souls. We do not love God, and have no authority from Scripture for supposing we do, unless He has a place in our souls and affections different from, and superior to, and altogether unlike the place any human being holds there. We do not know Christ, unless he has so manifested himself to our souls, as to make us feel that He is supreme in all that attracts the love and adoration of the heart and soul: "Whom," as the apostle says, "having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice, with joy unspeakable and full of glory." END OF THE DECISION. PROFESSION IS NOT PRINCIPLE; OR, THE NAME OF CHRISTIAN IS NOT CHRISTIANITY. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new."-2 Cor. v. 17. INTRODUCTION. In the following pages, an attempt has been made to delineate the effects that necessarily follow the introduction into the soul, of a principle characterised as that "which overcomes the world;" and which is declared to have its origin direct from God. It is not surprising that such effects should appear extravagant to those who are unacquainted with the powerful principle from whence they proceed; or that they should regard them with aversion, as the proofs of a state of mind utterly at variance with their own. important question, however, is,-Which is indeed the right state of mind? In attempting to answer this question, the delineation of character has been chosen, as most likely to convey that answer with force and interest to the reader. Those who are acquainted experimentally with the all-powerful principle alluded to, will per The |