undying worm, and the dark and frightful abyss of hell, and the bitter howlings, and woeful wailings, and weeping, and gnashing of teeth; and all these dire woes without end?  Deliverance from these after death there is none; neither is there any device, nor contrivance, for escaping these bitter torments.  But now it is possible to escape them.  Now, then, while it is possible, let us recover ourselves from our fall, let us not despair of restoration, if we break loose from our vices.  Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.  “Oh, come, let us worship and bow down,” let us weep before him.  His word, calling us to repentance, lifts up its voice and cries aloud, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”  There is, then, a way to be saved, if we will Death has prevailed and swallowed us up; but be assured, that God will wipe away every tear from the face of every penitent.  The Lord is faithful in all his words.  He does not lie, when he says, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”  The great Physician of souls is ready to heal thy disease; he is the prompt Deliverer, not of thee alone, but of all who are in bondage to sin.  These are his words,—­his sweet and life-giving lips pronounced them,—­“They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.  I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”  What excuse, then, remains to thee, or to any one else, when he utters such language as this?  The Lord is willing to heal thy painful wound, and to enlighten thy darkness.  The Good Shepherd leaves the sheep who have not strayed, to seek for thee.  If thou give thyself up to him, he will not delay, he in his mercy will not disdain to carry thee upon his own shoulders, rejoicing that he has found his sheep which was lost.  The Father stands waiting thy return from thy wanderings.  Only arise and come, and whilst thou art yet a great way off he will run and fall upon thy neck; and, purified at once by thy repentance, thou shalt be enfolded in the embraces of his friendship.  He will put the best robe on thy soul, when it has put off the old man with his deeds; he will put a ring on thy hands when they have been washed from the blood of death; he will put shoes on thy feet, when they have turned from the evil way to the path of the Gospel of peace; and he will proclaim a day of joy and gladness to the whole family of both angels and men, and will celebrate thy salvation with every form of rejoicing.  For he himself says, “Verily I say unto you, that joy shall be in heaven before God over one sinner that repenteth.”  And if any of those that stand by should seem to find fault, because thou art so quickly received, the good Father himself will plead for thee, saying, “It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this my daughter was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.”