Ar the request of a number of the members of the Outer High Church, the Publisher applied to the friends of the late Rev. Dr. BALFOUR, for the privilege of reprinting the following Sermons, with a Portrait of the author; this was readily granted, and they are now offered to the public, in one volume. SERMON I....Preached in the High Church of Edinburgh, before the Society in Scotland, for propagating Christian knowledge; at their Anniversary meeting, 5th June, 1789.-SERMON II....Preached before the Glasgow Missionary Society, 14th April, 1796.-SERMON III. ...Preached before the Missionary Society in London, 10th May, 1798. "The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,—And caused me to pass by them round about; and behold there were many in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.-And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answer- ed, O Lord God thou knowest.-Again he said unto me, shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.-So I pro- phesied, as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.-And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied, as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they SERMON I. LIBERAL CHARITY STATED AND RECOMMENDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL. 2 COR. IX. 6.-LAST CLAUSE. He which soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully. THE Scriptures abound in a great variety of the most beautiful images, and figurative allusions. These are sometimes employed as the only fit conveyance of spiritual truths to our minds; sometimes as apt and affecting illustrations of known truths; and sometimes to press them more forcibly upon our attention, and allure us into a more cheerful compliance with their design. In this and the preceding chapter the apostle urges the Corinthians to be charitable to the poor saints. By the most insinuating address he takes possession of every avenue to their hearts, and puts them under the pleasing necessity of yielding to B |