...principles of infidelity have now for some time spread their infection from the throne to the cottage. It is the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon day. The virtuous and rever* end Saurin, speaking of certain able men, snys, " I do not know one,...

...he pleaseth ; may He be your protector, and preserve you from " the arrow that flieth by day," and " the pestilence that walketh in darkness," and " the destruction that wasteth at noon day." May that " Saviour who is to receive Egypt as a ransom, and Ethiopia and Seha to himself"...

...as He pleaseth; may he be your protector, and preserve you from "the arrow that flieth by day," and "the pestilence that walketh in darkness," and "the destruction that wasteth at noon day." May that "Savior who is to receive Egypt as a ransom, and Ethiopia and Seba to himself"...

...trials. I do not now refer to the dangers of a stormy ocean, of rocks or of shoals, I do not refer to.the pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day, nor to the danger arising from savage beasts and venomous reptiles but to those trials which originate...

...heat of the sun, nor the dews of night will harm him ; he is secure from the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon day ; because he maketh the God of Israel his refuge ; is employed in His work, and fulfilling...

...means fertile — surrounded by a clan of ferocious barbarians, and constantly reducing in number, by the "pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon day." Had our ancestors landed where Pizarro, at the head of the Spaniards, first contaminated...

...heat 6f the sun, nor the dews of night will harm him ; he is secure from the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon day ; because he maketh the God of Israel hJs refuge; is employed in His work, and fulfilling...

...trials. I do not now refer to the dangers of a stormy ocean, of rocks or of shoals, I do not reff r to the pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day, nor to the danger arising from savage beasts and venomous reptiles: but to those trials which originate...

...road. I should not forget to mention also divine protection at home. Though we have been surrounded by "the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day," they have not been permitted to enter our dwelling. In my last, of July 1st, I mentioned the fact that...

...forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. Civil discord has not raged in our land ; our shores have not been invaded ; we have not heard the...