word was in mine heart AS A BURNING FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay." What next? His words were as hammers, and as balls of fire, he exclaiming, "The Lord is with me as a mighty and terrible one." And God himself speaks out now to the encouraged prophet, saying, "Is not my word like as a FIRE, and like a HAMMER that breaketh the rock in pieces?"-Jer. 23:29. Glory be to God! So it is now. Fire and hammers are going, and the rocks are breaking in pieces on every side of us. Hallelujah! Bear this in mind. all of you who have ears to hear,the offence of the cross has not ceased. St. Paul would have questioned his call to preach, had it been so under his ministry. Hearken! Gal. 1:10.—"Or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Some do preach so as to please men, CARNAL PEOPLE, so as to avoid persecution, and get their good word; -"A very fine preacher, eloquent, learned and graceful, both in gesture and elocution; that is the preacher for me; he shall have my support, and all the money he wants; there is nothing too good or too much for such a man." Just so. Such instances are by no means rare in large towns and great cities, where such temptations are great. But is it the GOSPEL that they preach? The thing seems scarcely possible, if preached as it ought to be preached. That is my opinion. We have seen it was Paul's also. Luther thought just so,- spoke it right out. In his commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians [which was delivered to his congregations extempore, and reported] I met with the following sentiment: "It is not the Gospel that is preached, if it be preached in peace. Gal. 5: 11. As long as the church teaches the Gospel, it must suffer persecution. It cannot but be that as long as the Gospel flourishes the CROSS and the OFFENCE thereof must needs follow it; or else truly the devil is not rightly touched, but slenderly TICKLED; but, if he be rightly HIT, he resteth not, and begins horribly to rage, and to raise up trouble everywhere." These sentiments, I am well aware, will be very unpalatable when reported elsewhere, to such preachers as Lord Byron mentions, who won more hearts than souls. We fear not; neither myself nor the ministers who stand by me here fear; only report me correctly, and we fear nothing. Do not, I pray you, neither, whisper in the ear of a certain great preacher, who is "somewhat in conference," - Gal. 2: 6,- that I preach whole sermons without once naming the name of Christ, and then have it echoed all over the kingdom! Let the ocean forget to graduate its tides on England's shores; or the moon, in her season, forget to look at the sun and the sway ocean; the sun forget the moon or the earth; let the star forget its evening, or heaven forget its God, ere I can so forget thee, O Jesus Christ, my Lord! - let Once for all, let me tell you, you cannot stop this revival. It is quite out of your reach. At the beginning I do not say what you might or might not have done, when we seemed to have little help from above. A small cord will hold a SHIP lying quietly in dock, and perhaps aground. But let her get fairly under weigh, and she would drag the mightiest anchor, or snap the cable that would violently stay her. The church of the living God is now in motion. Satan may assist you in writing epistles and twisting your cables, but none so strong as to stay her course. Arrest to-morrow's rising sun, if you can; or stop the earth in its motions; roll back the tides from your Humber, or end the ocean's throbbings in your Thames, sooner than say to this work of God, Thus far shalt thou go and no further, and here shall thy waves be stayed; at least, while we are faithful to the Gospel. Oppose it, and it may sweep you from the earth; or, what would be better for you, bear you as a trophy into the arms of Redeeming Love. Your old river Thames rushes upon the sea as if he would drive it out of his channel forever. But what becomes of the Thames when he leaves his intrenchments to fight with the SEA?"lost and undistinguishable in the vast immensity of waves." I was present, some time since, when old ocean and old Thames grappled, set on by a hurricane,― and surely the commotion like to have sent our Wilberforce steamer to the bottom; one or two fine ships were dashed on shore; but the Thames had to "knock under" and disappear forever, just there. But such is human opposition to the work of God,—to the tide of God's power, and the hurricane-like influences of the Holy Spirit, when that prayer of the church is being answered. "Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce, Let it opposers all o'errun ; And every law of sin reverse, That Faith and Love may make all one.” Human nature may oppose for a little, but it must change, assimilate, or perish. The former will be best for all you who still remain in an attitude of defiance. This is about all I have to say, just now. With Christ within, the hope of glory in my soul, my heart lodged in the tree of life, a cross on my shoulder, the sword of truth in my hand, souls for my hire, and a crown of glory for my reward,—through the alone merits of Christ my Lord, I advance for VICTORY, in defiance of earth and all the powers of hell! "I have a SHIELD to quell their rage, And drive the alien armies back, I dare believe in Jesus' name." "the shield of My shield is a double one,-- Eph. 6,– faith." Ay, but a shield can protect on one side only at the same moment. But my soul has another shield. The Lord God is a shield to those who walk uprightly, says the Bible. I feel him to be such to me. And hearken to a verse in the fifth Psalm: "For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou COMPASS him, as with a SHIELD. Wonderful shield that, which encompasses one all around! Satan would not honor it with the name of a shield, in Job's case, but called it a "hedge." Any name you please, Satan; but it was high enough and strong enough, all round about Job, to keep thee out, till the Lord, for his glory, permitted thee to make a gap in it, and with little credit to thyself eventually. Amen. CHAPTER XXIV. MORE PENCILLINGS OF THE REVIVAL. We now resume our selections from the more personal portions of Mr. Caughey's journal. Feb. 6.- INDIFFERENCE is gone from the public mind, and remembered only as chilly waters gone by; — gone, as the darkness of the night, or the clouds of the morning. Opposition and success are onward together. Be it so. I have not changed my preference between indifference and persecution. No,- willing to bear anything for success in soul-saving. But my health is giving way; - bad cough, and repeated attacks of hoarseness. But But my soul rejoices, and is glad and lively in the Lord. me, I will praise him; and when ill with me, I will praise him. The well with me calls for thanksgiving, and the ill, -and, O, how little of that have I had from my Lord! But, while it magnifies his justice, it may insure my holi ness. When it goes well with Ever since the temperance meeting in the Philosophical Hall, I have been ailing,- inclining to hoarseness, cough and debility. Was not prudent in speaking on that occasion, or exposed myself to some chill in coming out of so warm an atmosphere. If this be a rod in my Lord's hand, O for a hymn of praise to fill my mouth, and adoring love to |