Having  long  felt  the  yoke  of  religion  galling  to  their
inclinations,  they  burst  the  bonds  and  let  loose  the
reins  of  lust,  and  to  ward  off  reproof  and  keep  them-
selves in  countenance,  they  aftect  to  treat  all  religion
with  contempt,  raking  together  the  faults  of  pro
fes,sing  Christians  as  an  excuse  for  their  own  iniqui-
ties. Such  ch;rracters  are  commonly  the  worst  of  all
and  the  most  dangerous  to  .society;  nor  do  I  recollect
any  instance  of  their  having  been  '  renewed  again
unto  repentance;'  'twice  dead,'  they  seem  doomed
to  be  '  plucked  up  by  the  roots.'  In  them  is  verified
what  our  Lord  speaks  of  a  man  out  of  whom  should
be  cast  an  unclean  spirit,  which  goeth  forth  in  search
of  a  new  habitation,  seeking  resjt  but  finding  none,


and  at  length  resolves  on  a  return  to  his  old  abode.'
'And  when  he  cometh,  he  findeth  it  empty,  sweptand
garnished.  Then  he  goeth  and  tuketh  with  him  seven
other  spirits  more  wicked  than  himself,  and  they
enter  in  and  dwell  there,  and  the  last  state  of  that
man  is  worse  than  the  first. '

' '  With  respect  to  dejected  tnindu,  let  it  be  observed,
that  no  person,  let  his  crimes  have  been  what  they
may,  if  he  be  grieved  at  heart  for  having  committed
them,  and  sincerely  ask  forgiveness  in  the  name  of
Christ,  needs  to  fear  that  he  shall  be  rejected.  Sucli
grief  is  itself  a  proof  that  he  has  not  committed  the
sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost,  beciiuse  it  is  a  mark  of
that  sin  to  be  accompanied  with  a  hard  and  impeni-
tent heart.  Such  characters  maj'  feel  the  remorse  of
a  Cain,  a  Saul,  or  a  Judas,  but  a  tear  of  godly  .sorrow
never  dropped  from  their  eyes."

Upson,  Anson  Judd,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  is  the
eldest  son  of  Dana  Judd,  and  Mary  F.  (Clarke)
Upson.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Novem-
ber 7th,  1823.  At  the  death  of  his  father,  he  Wius
removed,  at  an  early  age,  to  the  home  of  his  maternal
grandfather,  in  Utica  N.  Y.  Receiving  his  prepara-
tory education  at  the  Utica  Academy,  he  entered  the
Sophomore  class  of  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.Y.,
and  was  graduated  in  1843,  with  one  of  the  highest
honors  of  his  class.  Immediately  after  graduation
he  began  the  study  of  the  law,  in  the  office  of  Messrs.
