GOSPET, - The Gospel Magazine

TITE POTTER AT\D HIg ELAY. 529
bad rtampcd upon the rnintl and taken arvny, and it is a merey that the 6gure
does not iail a;I;- r;i;;'eii,'u to that which is [oo,l; *r" i'f,un'f;i;-i.li;'-;?;;
attempts to put him into a forrn rvhich is good, seerns 6ften to possess akind of
On:uipotency to resist him; but in refereuce fo God he is but a |iece of vielding
clav,-this rnay be illustratetl :-There is a litrle rnorh intent upon flyine into rhe
saarlle, and there are hundreds of litrle rnr-rtlrs flyirrg alrout afier it, aiid tryirrg
ttr kecp it out, but thevcannrrt; it seerr,s to bc-ornrri|ofentl:n rel,rtirn to thei,
but rvhat is that rnoth beneath the fist of a man! So rvesometirnes see ttre
godless clrilrl pursuinq that course rvhich must issue in destruction both of
soul antl body; its purents gather around,.and pray, aud rveep, and rvaru, and
entreat; fliends gather ar.ouud arrd advise, hut all in vaiu ; horv stron{ tlre
clrild eeems to destroy it$elf. But rvlren God speal