But alas,- one says, -I see grave cause for sorrow, even for sorrow like the lamentation of Jeremiah at the gates of Jerusalem,for in these days many have departed from the faith, and the Truth of God lies in the streets bespattered.- Alas, it is tobe confessed that it is even so. False teaching is varnished with fair words. Lies long exploded are brought into the Churchagain. Error is taught in our pulpits-covered over with new phrases-and heresies that were once slain have had a resurrectionand are living among us. You see in one Church rampant popery-popery maintained by men who eat the bread of a Protestant Church-You see in another place every doctrine of our holy faith practically denied by men who occupy the pulpits of the old Puritans.-We have certainly fallen upon evil days in this respect, nor do I think it would be possible for a man to be too censoriousin the statement of this fact. The times are dark and ominous, and thick clouds are gathering. But for all this there is noroom for fear-there is no place for trembling. Put not your hand upon the Ark of the Lord, like Uzzah, for God will preserve it-it is safe in His keeping. Look back to the pit where we have been dug. There have been eras and epochsin which gross heresies spread a contagion through the entire Church.