Or, what a melting consideration is this! that out of Christ's agony comes our victory; out of his condemnation, our justification; out of his pain, our ease; out of his stripes, our healing; out of his gall and vinegar, our honey; out of his curse, our blessing; out of his crown of thorns, our crown of glory; out of his death, our life; if he could not be released, it was that we might. If Pilate gave sentence against him, it was that the great God might never give sentence against us. If he yielded that it should be with Christ as they required, it was that it might be with our souls as well as we can desire. Little sins are the natural sins of man's life—that do of themselves tend hell-ward; but when greater, grosser sins join with them, they hurry the soul with swift and rampant motion down to hell.—Hopkins.
In consequence of ill health we shall leave the Office for a few weeks, and design visiting the brethren as the way may open. But little, however, can be expected of us at present in the line of public speaking. We now design spending Sabbath, December 30th, with Bro. Hall in Pennsylvania.