an evangelical object lesson to the spiritually poor." Oh, well will it be if we can answer thus, for the Lord will say: " Come, thou blessed of My Father, who was never scandalized in Me. Inasmuch as thou didst these things to the least of thy brethren, thou didst them unto Me. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Motives to Repentance.
"Preaching . . . penance unto the remission of sins." — Luke iii. 3.
SYNOPSIS.
Ex. : I. Jewish day of wailing. II. Parallel. III. Penitential motives.
I. Nearness of death : 1. Uncertainty of life. 2. Especially
for sinners. 3. Awful risk. II. Miseries of sin : x. Remorse. 2. Devil's lure. 3. The hour of death.
III. Final impenitence: 1. To-morrow. 2. Length of days. 3. God's justice.
Per.: 1. Baltassar. 2. Briton and Boer. 3. Forgiveness for all.
SERMON.
Repentance unto the remission of sins. Brethren, on every anniversary of their conquest by the Romans, the Jews of Palestine are wont to drape themselves in mourning garb, and marching to sad and solemn music through Jerusalem's streets they bewail with tears and lamentations their nation's downfall, their ruined homes, and the departed glories of their Temple. Be not scandalized, O sinful Chris-
