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 souls,  that  He  may  raise  up  our  men  from  their neglect or  unbelief. Pray, and  I  guarantee  we  shall again have  reason  to  cry  out:  "A  great  prophet  is risen  up  amongst  us,  and  God  hath  visited  His people."

Ex. : I.  The  spirit  and  the  letter. II. Origin of  liturgy. III. Human tendency.

I. Phariseeism:  i.  Religious  controversies. 2. Gods  remonstrance. 3. Pharisees'  practice.

II. Third command:  1. Pharisaic precepts. 2. Gloom  of sinners. 3. Joy  of  saints.

III. Gospel incident:  1. Christ and  His  enemies. 2. In spirit  and  truth,       The  first  places.

Per.: 1. Rational Sabbath. 2.  No  monopoly  in  heaven. 3. Substance  and  accident.

Brethren, in  the  spiritual  history  of  mankind  two phases of  religion  continually  present  themselves: the spirit  and  the  letter,  interior  sanctification  and empty externalism,  in  a  word,  religion  and  religionism. No student  of  Scripture  can  doubt  for  a moment  that  the  outward  forms  of  religion  have  their place and  their  usefulness  in  the  economy  of  salvation, for  from  the  earliest  times  they  have  been established and  insisted  upon  by  God  Himself. That God prescribed  a  ritual  at  all,  was  due,  no  doubt,  to the  exigencies  of  the  occasion,  for  man's  material  and