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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: The Numbering of the People - A Sermon in conjunction with the census of 1861 preached in St. Thomas' Church, Islington, on Sunday Evening, April 7 - - -Author: George Allen - - - -Release Date: March 20, 2021 [eBook #64876] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE*** - - -Transcribed from the 1861 B. Seeley edition by David Price. Many thanks -to the British Library for making their edition available. - - - - - - “THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE.” - - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - A Sermon - - IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENSUS OF 1861, - - PREACHED IN - - ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH, ISLINGTON, - - ON SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, - - BY THE - - REV. GEORGE ALLEN, - _Theological Associate_, _King’s College_, _London_, - INCUMBENT. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - B. SEELEY, ISLINGTON GREEN; - SEELEY, JACKSON, & HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET. - - * * * * * - - The profits of publication will be devoted to the purchase of the new - Organ recently erected in the Church. - - - - -TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF -ST. THOMAS’, ISLINGTON. - - -MY DEAR FRIENDS, - -THIS Sermon was not written with a view to publication. I have consented -to its being printed at the earnest request of several of the most -experienced members of the congregation, to whose judgment, I felt it -would be but false modesty not to defer, when they assured me that they -considered it might, under God, be the means of doing good, and that its -publication would be a source of pleasure to you generally. - -The Sermon—prepared amidst the pressure of parochial duties—is printed by -desire exactly as it was delivered from the pulpit. I must therefore -crave your indulgence for whatever imperfections may be found in it. - -With all its faults, however, I dedicate it to you as an expression of -warm affection and gratitude for the many kindnesses I have received at -your hands; and earnestly praying that the Almighty will graciously -vouchsafe His blessing to this feeble, but I trust sincere, endeavour to -promote His glory and your spiritual good, - - I have the happiness to subscribe myself, - Your faithful Friend and Minister, - GEORGE ALLEN. - - * * * * * - -_Upper Barnsbury Street_, _Islington_, - 8_th_ _April_, 1861. - - - - -A SERMON. - - - NUMBERS i. 1, 2, 19. - - “And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the - tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, - in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, - saying, take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of - Israel . . . As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the - wilderness of Sinai.” - -THE reading the words of the text, dear brethren, will make it obvious, -that I desire this evening, to direct your attention to thoughts -connected with the great national act now taking place, the numbering the -people, _the census_. Whilst the preacher of the Gospel should be -exceedingly careful, not to allow the things of time and sense to form -the burden of his ministry, yet there is much wisdom and profit, in -making use of those temporal matters which are engaging men’s thoughts, -as vehicles for reminding them of spiritual and eternal verities. By -such a course a fitting direction is given to the minds of _believers_; -their contact with worldly duties is made a means of promoting their -spiritual life. By such a course also the attention of the _still -unconverted_ is arrested, and those startling truths which tend to the -awakening of the soul, find sometimes, by God’s blessing, a lodgment in -the memory, because of their association with topics of worldly interest. -I pray that my endeavour this evening to improve the occasion of this -important national act—the taking of the census—by suggesting a few -thoughts in connection with it, may be blessed of the Holy Spirit to the -honour of our God, and the good of our souls. - -I would classify my remarks, because I wish them to form the material of -much afterthought on your parts, under these divisions:— - -1st. The propriety and uses of a national census, and our duty with -regard to it. -2nd. The thoughts which arise from the questions of the census paper. -3rd. An omission in the census paper suggesting an important line of -thought. -4th. The final census. - - * * * * * - -(I.) The propriety and uses of a national census, and our duty with -regard to it. - -Enumerations of the people, more or less complete, have found place in -almost all nations. They seem an obvious necessity in all collections of -men pretending to a national existence. Without them all legislation for -the internal welfare of a country and for its external defence must be -mere hap-hazard work. Those to whom is committed the heavy burden of -ruling a great people such as this, have I think, a positive right to all -that information from the governed which may help them in the discharge -of their onerous and responsible duties. It is not patriotic, to use no -loftier term, to look upon our government with the jaundiced eye of -suspicion, more especially when it exercises no undue inquisitiveness, -and pledges itself, as the government of our day does by the terms of the -census forms, that “The facts will be published in general abstracts -only, and strict care will be taken that the returns are not used for the -gratification of curiosity.” - -Of course, dear friends, I am not qualified to speak fully of the uses of -a national census—a statesman only could do this, yet it is self-evident -that everything which tends to the amelioration of public evils and the -furtherance of the public good, must be subserved by the statistics so -gained. Not only distinctive legislation, but also all our schemes for -the extension of education and the promotion of the work of Christ’s -Church can only find arguments, exactitude, and adaptation from the -knowledge to be gained by a national census. I could enter into some -details, were it necessary or desirable in this place, to illustrate and -prove these points: but I think you will all be prepared to admit at once -that it is self-evident, that the plans of our rulers, and the efforts of -the philanthropical among us to do good in their day and generation, must -be very greatly facilitated by the information the census papers, if -faithfully filled up, will afford. - -It seems strange that a measure so obviously proper and useful should -have had so many difficulties to contend with, and that these -difficulties should not have wholly disappeared before the boasted -enlightenment of the nineteenth century. Prejudice must have been -intensely strong in days gone by; for it would seem to have to bear, -deservedly, the chief blame for past neglect in seeking the important -information which can alone be obtained through this channel. It was not -till 1801, I believe, that the first actual enumeration of the people of -England and Scotland took place, although an imperfect attempt to -ascertain the number of the population had been made in the previous -century. Since 1801 the census taking has become more general in the -United Kingdom. England and Scotland were again enumerated in 1811, and -since then at the decennial periods of 1821, ’31 ’41 ’51; Ireland has -also been included in these latter census takings, and we may hope that -as the people become more accustomed to the matter, and more thoughtful -as to its uses, all remnants of the antiquated prejudice which hindered -it so long, will die out. I would help towards this desirable end by -noticing for a passing moment the most prevalent _objection_ urged -against the census. - -It is not in a few quarters that you hear, and probably in still more -quarters the notion is held, that the census is unscriptural, and -therefore will bring down upon the nation a curse and not a blessing. -Whence does this notion arise? From a mistaken interpretation of -Scripture. Do you not remember, says the objector, in a tone which -implies that he thinks he is about to demolish your case at once, Do you -not remember that David sinned in numbering the people, and that in -consequence a pestilence slew thousands of his subjects? Yes, I remember -well the Scripture fact. David sinned in numbering the people, but that -does not therefore prove that numbering the people is an act in itself -wrong. David sinned because he did a right thing from a wrong motive. -Shall we say that almsgiving is sinful because some give from ostentation -and pride? Surely not. David numbered his people to gratify his pride, -to see his way to the carrying out designs of ambitious conquest, -concerning which, because he knew he was doing wrong, he took not counsel -of God. And if we now number the people in this vain-glorious, -God-neglecting, proud, self-reliant spirit, then we too sin. But surely -to number them with the view, under God, of furthering the internal -welfare of the kingdom and securing the defence of the precious -privileges God has given us to guard, is not to act in David’s sinful -spirit. Let us pray for ourselves and rulers, my friends, that God may -be recognised in this census taking, that thanks may be given to Him for -any increase and progress in our nation this census may discover, and -that as He has cared for us in the past, we may make all our plans for -the future under the direction of His teaching and in dependence upon His -blessing. - -But in truth, dear friends, this objection from Scripture is fully met -and controverted in Scripture itself. God can never be the author of -evil, yet you will notice in our text, and you will find the same thing -in the 26th chapter of this book of Numbers, that God himself, at the -commencement and close of Israel’s journey in the wilderness, commanded -the numbering of the people above a certain age. What God has once -commanded cannot in itself be wrong, else were God the author of evil. -The right thing becomes a wrong thing in us, when we do it in a wrong and -sinful spirit. - -And now, dear friends, if you are satisfied that the taking the census is -not only not contrary to, but sanctioned by Scripture, and that its uses -are most important to the welfare of the state, bear with me if I urge -upon you your duty with regard to the paper you will deliver into the -hand of the appointed enumerator to-morrow. _You are bound to fill up -that paper carefully and faithfully_. - -I might urge a _selfish_ motive to induce you to do so; the future -welfare of the state,—politically, socially, religiously,—depends in a -measure upon the exactitude of the returns—the interest of each is bound -up in the interest of all—what furthers the public weal will enhance your -private benefit. - -I urge again this duty upon the ground of _your obligations to your -neighbour_. To the discharge of this care for his good, religion binds -you; and so also your position as a citizen of this country. You have no -right to say you will do, and have a right to do, as you please in this -matter. You receive great and unspeakable benefits from being a member -of an organised and governed society, where might is not right, but all -are under the protection of the law; and for these benefits you give -up,—are bound to give up, a portion of your individual liberty, else were -all government at an end, and submit yourself to such ordinances as those -who have public authority given to them in this realm consider to be for -the common good. - -And further, I urge a yet higher motive. You are bound to see to the -filling up of this census paper carefully and faithfully, without any -wilful deceit, _as a duty to God_. “The powers that be are ordained of -God; he therefore that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of -God.” That is a false, dishonest, ungodly axiom which finds place in the -world, that men may act, nay are rather to be applauded for acting -towards government, in a manner in which they would be ashamed to act -towards their fellow men. To rob and deceive government is no less -robbery and deception, in the sight of God, than robbery and deception -practised towards private persons. Public conscience, methinks, needs -this lesson in many a particular—in none more than in the matter of -withholding legal dues, and thus defrauding not only the public purse, -but also our fellow countrymen, our friends and neighbours. - -This duty then is before us. _The census paper should be filled up -carefully and faithfully_, because it is a duty to self, a duty to our -neighbours, a duty to our God, so to discharge a work which has Scripture -warrant, and on which the material, political, social, religious welfare -of our country so much depends. I do not think, dear friends, that I am -acting contrary to my ministerial office in thus speaking, for I remember -I am the teacher of the religion which says, “Submit yourself to every -ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as -supreme, or unto governors as unto them that are sent by Him for the -punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well;” the -religion which says “Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. -Honour the king.” - - * * * * * - -(II.) And now, dear friends, let me invite you to ponder over a few -thoughts which arise from the _questions_ of the census. - -The census paper lies before us, and as we glance at its headings, we -cannot help feeling that it makes a certain _stand-point_ not only in the -national, but also in our personal history. It bids us cast our eyes -back upon the past. It cries to us, in no hesitating tones, as to the -present, “Man, know thyself.” It compels us to look forward into the -all-undefined future, and wonder what shall be. - -As the questions bid you write concerning yourself and others, surely -they bid you ponder over personal and relative duties. Have they been -fulfilled in the past? Are they being fulfilled at the present? How -will they be fulfilled in the future? - -You write in _your own name_,—your _Christian_ name. Is it a cheat, or a -true outspeaking of your character? - -_You write your age_. How long have I lived?—ten, twenty, thirty, forty, -fifty, sixty, seventy years. The past, the past! the things of which God -requires, how spent? How long have I to live? When the next census -comes, will my name be enrolled in it? There must come a time when it -will cease to be entered in human records. How soon? Some died the very -day of the last census; some the day, the week, the year after. It may -be thus with me this time. Am I ready to die? How long have I to live? - -You write _the name of your wife_. She sees you write it. Are not both -reminded of solemn vows plighted in the presence of, and in dependence -upon the strength and blessing of God? Have those vows been fulfilled or -broken? Are they being now fulfilled? Are ye helpers or hinderers of -one another’s salvation? - -You write _the names of your children_, ‘the heritage and gift which has -come to you from the Lord.’ A fearfully responsible stewardship! By -lip, and life, how have you trained them? How are you training them? -How will you train them? Is it in the nurture and admonition of the -Lord? Is it for time or eternity,—for mammon or for God,—for hell or for -heaven? No man liveth to himself. You must influence their present and -eternal state. How? - -And, _young people_, I have a word for you. Your father and mother call -you, and you stand by their side as they enter your names and ages in the -census paper, and so record you as their sons and daughters. Is it not -well for you at such a time to pause, and think, and ask, Have I loved -and obeyed the parents God in mercy has given me, as I ought to have -done? Have I honored my father and my mother according to the first -commandment with promise? Have I copied His example, of whom, though He -was Lord of All, it is written concerning His conduct as the Son of Man -towards His parents, “He was subject unto them”? - -The next heaviest curse to the curse of those despising the Saviour, is -the curse awaiting those who set light by father or mother. See to it, -my young friends, that that curse light not on you. - -You write in _the names of your dependents_. Think, do you obey the -Scripture injunction, “Masters, give unto your servants that which is -just and equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven”? Think, -will any of them be able to present against you the condemning -accusation, “No man cared for my soul”? - -Your names are being written in, _ye servants_. Should not the question -arise in your minds, Am I a servant such as God would approve, ‘obeying -in all things my masters according to the flesh; not with eye service, as -men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God: whatsoever I do, -doing it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the -Lord I shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for I serve the Lord -Christ’? - -You write _your occupation_. Is it a calling you are ashamed to write? -We will suppose it is a lawful one. Arises not the question, How -fulfilled? With industry,—with honesty? Am I free from the deceits and -trickeries so common in profession and trade, labouring to have a -conscience void of offence towards God and towards man? Do I remember, -God would have me “diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the -Lord”? - -Have I _ceased to have anything to do with the busy avocations of men_? -Is it that sickness has removed me from the active labours of life, or -that prosperous circumstances enable me to live at ease, apart from the -vexations and cares of business? How is the leisure,—how are the means -spent? Both are talents for which account must be given. What account -shall I be able to render, when the Lord comes to reckon with His -servants? - -This census paper,—_ten years_ have passed since the last came. Ten -years! How quickly flown: and yet a seventh portion of that span of -life,—the allotted term, to the end of which so few, few reach. Ten -years! how many _sins_ have the moments which composed them witnessed! -Multitudes forgotten by me; not one unregistered in heaven. Will they -appear against me? Have they been cancelled? Have I sought pardon, -where alone pardon can be found for them, in the cleansing fountain of -the Saviour’s blood? - -Ten years! How many _troubles_ have they witnessed! Troubles,—ah, but -how many _mercies too_! Think of THESE. Troubles and mercies,—which -were most in number in the ten years passed? You can count your -troubles, can you count your _blessings_? Are you willing, in the next -ten years, to make this exchange: to let the troubles of the past ten -years be the measure of your mercies in the next ten years; and to let -the mercies of the past ten years be the measure of your troubles in the -coming ten? - -“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His Holy -Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” (Psa. -ciii.) - -Yes, the past of national mercies and personal mercies, calls for -hallelujahs of adoring thanksgiving. And that _past_ we ought gladly to -hail, as the _pledge_ of continued blessing in the _future_. Let us -enter on that future,—the way we have not passed by heretofore,—singing, -“Ebenezer, hitherto the Lord hath helped us.” “The Lord will provide.” - -But this thought of God’s mercies leads me to notice a connected topic, -viz. the _propriety and expediency of making special offerings_ to God on -this solemn epoch in our history. It was suggested to me by a respected -member of the congregation, that _we_ should have special collections -to-day; and the suggestion was urged by the most forcible of all -arguments, an appeal to Scripture. Exodus xxx. 11–16 was referred to. -It is written there,— - - “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, When thou takest the sum of - the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every - man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; - that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This - they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, - half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty - gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. Every one - that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and - above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. The rich shall not give - more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they - give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. - And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, - and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the - congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel - before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.” - -In connexion with these verses, I have read the following remarks in a -letter in the public press: “There has never, to my knowledge, been in -England,” says the writer in the religious periodical, “such a national -offering as is here indicated; but there has been on three occasions a -remarkable and progressive coincidence of calamity: thus after 1831, -cholera; after 1841, blight, influenza, cholera; and after 1851, cholera, -murrain, war.” - -I deeply regret, my friends, that such words as these have ever appeared -in print; none could well be more mischievous, because none could well be -more likely to encourage the mistaken notion I met, and I trust -controverted, at the beginning of my sermon. The writer seems to imply, -that these calamities followed because an offering was not made. It is -God’s, not man’s province to trace such connections. I believe he has -misconceived the teaching of Exod. xxx. 11–16, and would make a temporary -injunction of permanent force. I state what I believe to be the true -meaning of the passage, in the words of a most able biblical scholar: -“This tax is not in Scripture mentioned in connection with any other -census” (save the one recorded in the first chapter of Numbers), “and we -are of opinion that it was only a _temporary_ measure to raise funds for -the making of the tabernacle.” - -The suggestion therefore kindly made to me, I have not adopted, because I -did not think the Scripture proof adduced was sufficient to make it -imperative, and I was not willing to press upon your liberality by having -a formal collection. Still I do feel the _spirit_ of Scripture would -teach, that this is a very fitting season for making thank-offerings to -God, for His love in the past, and for the blessing of continued life. -You who so feel with me can act as your consciences dictate. Would you -devote your offerings to the service of this tabernacle of God, the boxes -at the doors can receive them. Would you rather aid some special -religious work, missionary or otherwise, I shall be happy to become the -medium of conveying your gifts to the proper persons. - -This census paper. Ten years have passed since the last census. How -many _changes in the family_ have taken place since then? Some joyful, -some sorrowful. Some _joyful_ surely: names that were missing then, are -found now; divided families have become united; little ones, blessed -sunbeams from heaven, have been sent to cheer and gladden the home; and -poor prodigals have come back again to the early loved threshold, and -found peace in a loving father’s embrace, happy, if not only in an -earthly father’s, but in a Heavenly One’s too. - -But _sorrowful_ changes also, have those ten years seen; and as surely -will the next ten. Another name than that entered at the last census, is -now recorded under the division, “Write the name of the head of the -family.” “The head of the family!” He sleeps in the silent tomb. And -where is now the wife’s, the mother’s, the child’s, the brother’s, or the -sister’s name? ’Twas written in the census paper in 1851; it must not be -written in the census paper of 1861. Their names are written on the -churchyard stone, the clods of the valley are sweet to them. Ah, did we -love them as we ought to have done? Did we love them as we wish now we -had done? Happy, happy, those families, who, united not only in the -bonds of nature but of grace, can look forward to the time when, through -faith in a living Saviour, they shall meet in that land where partings -are unknown; that land where there shall be no more death. - -_Sorrowful changes_ have the past ten years seen. Some filled up the -last census paper in a mansion who will fill up this one in a garret. -Riches have taken to themselves wings, and flown away. Ye who are -prosperous now, remember the fleeting character of earthly possessions. -Some entered then the names of children who have since dashed their cup -of hope to the ground, and who will this time find entry, not in a -father’s home, but in a felon’s prison house. Well, in heaven you will -bless the stroke which taught you this is not your rest, and bid you seek -that abiding rest which remaineth for the people of God. Aye, and even -here, amid gloom and sadness, light shall break in upon your darkness, if -ye rest, believers, upon the promise, “ALL things work together for good -to them that love God.” - -This census paper! Ten years _have passed_. Ten years of the time given -to work out my salvation with fear and trembling. Have I gone forward, -or have I gone backward in religion? Am I nearer to, or further from -God? Answer,—am I more like, or more unlike my Saviour? - - * * * * * - -(III.) These questions are not asked of me in the census paper. No, my -friends; and the _omission_ of all reference to _religion_ in that paper, -is just the very point which I think may suggest a most important line of -thought. Mind, my friends, I find no fault with the census paper for -this omission. One perhaps could wish, that statistics as to the numbers -of the various religious bodies, and the number of worshippers, could -have been obtained; but I doubt not, there were great difficulties in the -way; and temptations to unfair returns, and indulgence of angry passions, -may thus perhaps have been avoided. And, after all, though I will not -yield to any man in regret at, and condemnation of, the sad schism and -division which exist in Christ’s Church, yet I cannot help feeling, that -the absence of distinctive classification of religious bodies in the -census, is just what will find place at LAST. Then the question will not -be, were you Episcopalian or Nonconformist? but, Did you love the Lord -Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth? And, with the Apostle, I say, may -grace be with all those who do so. - -But, my friends, although the census paper asks you not this year about -your _professed_ religion, remember God is always taking His census, as -to the state of your REAL religion. In the never-failing memory of God, -your name, age, dwelling, and true description, are all noted down. He -is spying out all our ways. We cannot keep any secret from Him. “All -things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to -do.” In His census taking, He makes two grand divisions,—foes, -friends;—not in His Church, in His Church;—unbelievers, believers;—lost, -saved. Now, my friends, if you could see under which division God has -written your names, think you, would it be among the lost or saved? Nay, -you may know that _now_, for a certainty. Listen to the Word of God: -“_Except ye repent_, _ye shall all likewise perish_.” Have you repented? -Do you repent? “_He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life_, -_and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life_, _but the wrath of -God abideth on him_.” Now have you believed in, do you believe in Jesus -for salvation, pardon, acceptance, peace, glory? “_Without holiness no -man shall see the Lord_.” Are you fighting against sin, are you striving -to be holy? - -Oh my friends, it is, methinks, a proud thing to have one’s name -enrolled, by means of this census, as a citizen of free happy England; -but ’tis a far prouder thing to have it enrolled as a citizen of Heaven, -of the kingdom which shall know no decay. - -Oh see to it that you make sure work of your state before God. It is a -blessed thing to think, that though God may have had your name for many, -many long years in His census book among the list of the lost,—His foes; -He is yet willing, nay is longing to transfer it, upon your repentance, -faith, obedience, to the list of the saved,—His friends. See to it, I -say, that the name you bear as your description, _a Christian_, be a true -name, witnessed in your occupations of penitence for sin, trust in Jesus, -holy living to God; for remember, remember, the - -IV. FINAL CENSUS will ere long be taken, which shall consign each one of -us to irretrievable woe, or usher us to inconceivable blessings. Yes, -presently, angels will play the part of enumerators. They will not -indeed seek information of you, for God knows them that are His, and them -that are not. Then before the great white throne you will stand, and all -your life will be told. There an assembled world must meet,—not one -missing; and then the angels will play their part in the great, the final -census. Then will they discern between the righteous and the wicked; -then will they separate between the just and the unjust, the believers in -Jesus, and those who have not believed in Him. Then will it be declared -whether my name, and thine, my friend, be written or not written in the -Lamb’s book of life, and on that issue will depend whether we be -registered in the book of Eternity as citizens of hell, or as citizens of -heaven. - -Brethren, now is the time to decide which it will be. The choice, under -God, is in our hands to-day, to-morrow may be too late. - - “There’s no repentance in the grave, - Nor hope of pardon there.” - -And _there_, in the grave, you may be, I say not before another census -taking comes, but before another day dawns. The names of some of those -who are at this moment written in the census-paper as among the living, -will have to be withdrawn, erased, before that paper be handed to the -enumerator to-morrow morning, and entered in another register, the -register of the dead. It may be so in the case of some here to-night. -With which one shall it be so? 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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: The Numbering of the People - A Sermon in conjunction with the census of 1861 preached in St. Thomas' Church, Islington, on Sunday Evening, April 7 - - -Author: George Allen - - - -Release Date: March 20, 2021 [eBook #64876] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE*** -</pre> -<p>Transcribed from the 1861 B. Seeley edition by David -Price. Many thanks to the British Library for making their -edition available.</p> -<h1>“THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE.”</h1> -<p style="text-align: center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>A Sermon</b></p> -<p style="text-align: center">IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENSUS OF -1861,</p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">PREACHED -IN</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center">ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH, -ISLINGTON,</p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">On</span> -SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 7,</p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY -THE</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>REV. GEORGE ALLEN</b>,<br /> -<span class="GutSmall"><i>Theological Associate</i></span><span -class="GutSmall">, </span><span class="GutSmall"><i>King’s -College</i></span><span class="GutSmall">, </span><span -class="GutSmall"><i>London</i></span><span -class="GutSmall">,</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">INCUMBENT.</span></p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">PUBLISHED BY -REQUEST.</span></p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">B. SEELEY, ISLINGTON GREEN;<br /> -SEELEY, JACKSON, & HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET.</p> - -<div class="gapmediumline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">The profits of publication will be -devoted to the purchase of the new<br /> -Organ recently erected in the Church.</p> -<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>TO THE -MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF<br /> -ST. THOMAS’, ISLINGTON.</h2> -<p><span class="smcap">My dear Friends</span>,</p> -<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Sermon was not written with a -view to publication. I have consented to its being printed -at the earnest request of several of the most experienced members -of the congregation, to whose judgment, I felt it would be but -false modesty not to defer, when they assured me that they -considered it might, under God, be the means of doing good, and -that its publication would be a source of pleasure to you -generally.</p> -<p>The Sermon—prepared amidst the pressure of parochial -duties—is printed by desire exactly as it was delivered -from the pulpit. I must therefore crave your indulgence for -whatever imperfections may be found in it.</p> -<p>With all its faults, however, I dedicate it to you as an -expression of warm affection and gratitude for the <a -name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span>many kindnesses -I have received at your hands; and earnestly praying that the -Almighty will graciously vouchsafe His blessing to this feeble, -but I trust sincere, endeavour to promote His glory and your -spiritual good,</p> -<p style="text-align: right">I have the happiness to subscribe -myself,<br /> -Your faithful Friend and Minister,<br /> -GEORGE ALLEN.</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p><i>Upper Barnsbury Street</i>, <i>Islington</i>,<br /> - 8<i>th</i> -<i>April</i>, 1861.</p> -<h2><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>A -SERMON.</h2> -<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span -class="smcap">Numbers</span> i. 1, 2, 19.</p> -<p>“And the <span class="smcap">Lord</span> spake unto -Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the -congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second -year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, take -ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel . . -. As the <span class="smcap">Lord</span> commanded Moses, -so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.”</p> -</blockquote> -<p><span class="smcap">The</span> reading the words of the text, -dear brethren, will make it obvious, that I desire this evening, -to direct your attention to thoughts connected with the great -national act now taking place, the numbering the people, <i>the -census</i>. Whilst the preacher of the Gospel should be -exceedingly careful, not to allow the things of time and sense to -form the burden of his ministry, yet there is much wisdom and -profit, in making use of those temporal matters which are -engaging men’s thoughts, as vehicles for reminding them of -spiritual and eternal verities. By such a course a fitting -direction is given to the minds of <i>believers</i>; their -contact with worldly duties is made a means of promoting their -spiritual life. By such a course also the attention of the -<i>still unconverted</i> is arrested, <a name="page6"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 6</span>and those startling truths which tend -to the awakening of the soul, find sometimes, by God’s -blessing, a lodgment in the memory, because of their association -with topics of worldly interest. I pray that my endeavour -this evening to improve the occasion of this important national -act—the taking of the census—by suggesting a few -thoughts in connection with it, may be blessed of the Holy Spirit -to the honour of our God, and the good of our souls.</p> -<p>I would classify my remarks, because I wish them to form the -material of much afterthought on your parts, under these -divisions:—</p> -<p class="gutlist">1st. The propriety and uses of a -national census, and our duty with regard to it.</p> -<p class="gutlist">2nd. The thoughts which arise from the -questions of the census paper.</p> -<p class="gutlist">3rd. An omission in the census paper -suggesting an important line of thought.</p> -<p class="gutlist">4th. The final census.</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p>(I.) The propriety and uses of a national census, and -our duty with regard to it.</p> -<p>Enumerations of the people, more or less complete, have found -place in almost all nations. They seem an obvious necessity -in all collections of men pretending to a national -existence. Without them all legislation for the internal -welfare of a country and for its external defence must be mere -hap-hazard work. Those to <a name="page7"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 7</span>whom is committed the heavy burden of -ruling a great people such as this, have I think, a positive -right to all that information from the governed which may help -them in the discharge of their onerous and responsible -duties. It is not patriotic, to use no loftier term, to -look upon our government with the jaundiced eye of suspicion, -more especially when it exercises no undue inquisitiveness, and -pledges itself, as the government of our day does by the terms of -the census forms, that “The facts will be published in -general abstracts only, and strict care will be taken that the -returns are not used for the gratification of -curiosity.”</p> -<p>Of course, dear friends, I am not qualified to speak fully of -the uses of a national census—a statesman only could do -this, yet it is self-evident that everything which tends to the -amelioration of public evils and the furtherance of the public -good, must be subserved by the statistics so gained. Not -only distinctive legislation, but also all our schemes for the -extension of education and the promotion of the work of -Christ’s Church can only find arguments, exactitude, and -adaptation from the knowledge to be gained by a national -census. I could enter into some details, were it necessary -or desirable in this place, to illustrate and prove these points: -but I think you will all be prepared to admit at once that it is -self-evident, that the plans of our rulers, and the efforts of -the philanthropical among us to do good in their day and -generation, must be very greatly facilitated <a -name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>by the -information the census papers, if faithfully filled up, will -afford.</p> -<p>It seems strange that a measure so obviously proper and useful -should have had so many difficulties to contend with, and that -these difficulties should not have wholly disappeared before the -boasted enlightenment of the nineteenth century. Prejudice -must have been intensely strong in days gone by; for it would -seem to have to bear, deservedly, the chief blame for past -neglect in seeking the important information which can alone be -obtained through this channel. It was not till 1801, I -believe, that the first actual enumeration of the people of -England and Scotland took place, although an imperfect attempt to -ascertain the number of the population had been made in the -previous century. Since 1801 the census taking has become -more general in the United Kingdom. England and Scotland -were again enumerated in 1811, and since then at the decennial -periods of 1821, ’31 ’41 ’51; Ireland has also -been included in these latter census takings, and we may hope -that as the people become more accustomed to the matter, and more -thoughtful as to its uses, all remnants of the antiquated -prejudice which hindered it so long, will die out. I would -help towards this desirable end by noticing for a passing moment -the most prevalent <i>objection</i> urged against the census.</p> -<p>It is not in a few quarters that you hear, and probably in -still more quarters the notion is held, that the census <a -name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span>is -unscriptural, and therefore will bring down upon the nation a -curse and not a blessing. Whence does this notion -arise? From a mistaken interpretation of Scripture. -Do you not remember, says the objector, in a tone which implies -that he thinks he is about to demolish your case at once, Do you -not remember that David sinned in numbering the people, and that -in consequence a pestilence slew thousands of his subjects? -Yes, I remember well the Scripture fact. David sinned in -numbering the people, but that does not therefore prove that -numbering the people is an act in itself wrong. David -sinned because he did a right thing from a wrong motive. -Shall we say that almsgiving is sinful because some give from -ostentation and pride? Surely not. David numbered his -people to gratify his pride, to see his way to the carrying out -designs of ambitious conquest, concerning which, because he knew -he was doing wrong, he took not counsel of God. And if we -now number the people in this vain-glorious, God-neglecting, -proud, self-reliant spirit, then we too sin. But surely to -number them with the view, under God, of furthering the internal -welfare of the kingdom and securing the defence of the precious -privileges God has given us to guard, is not to act in -David’s sinful spirit. Let us pray for ourselves and -rulers, my friends, that God may be recognised in this census -taking, that thanks may be given to Him for any increase and -progress in our nation this census may discover, and that as He -has cared for <a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -10</span>us in the past, we may make all our plans for the future -under the direction of His teaching and in dependence upon His -blessing.</p> -<p>But in truth, dear friends, this objection from Scripture is -fully met and controverted in Scripture itself. God can -never be the author of evil, yet you will notice in our text, and -you will find the same thing in the 26th chapter of this book of -Numbers, that God himself, at the commencement and close of -Israel’s journey in the wilderness, commanded the numbering -of the people above a certain age. What God has once -commanded cannot in itself be wrong, else were God the author of -evil. The right thing becomes a wrong thing in us, when we -do it in a wrong and sinful spirit.</p> -<p>And now, dear friends, if you are satisfied that the taking -the census is not only not contrary to, but sanctioned by -Scripture, and that its uses are most important to the welfare of -the state, bear with me if I urge upon you your duty with regard -to the paper you will deliver into the hand of the appointed -enumerator to-morrow. <i>You are bound to fill up that -paper carefully and faithfully</i>.</p> -<p>I might urge a <i>selfish</i> motive to induce you to do so; -the future welfare of the state,—politically, socially, -religiously,—depends in a measure upon the exactitude of -the returns—the interest of each is bound up in the -interest of all—what furthers the public weal will enhance -your private benefit.</p> -<p><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span>I urge -again this duty upon the ground of <i>your obligations to your -neighbour</i>. To the discharge of this care for his good, -religion binds you; and so also your position as a citizen of -this country. You have no right to say you will do, and -have a right to do, as you please in this matter. You -receive great and unspeakable benefits from being a member of an -organised and governed society, where might is not right, but all -are under the protection of the law; and for these benefits you -give up,—are bound to give up, a portion of your individual -liberty, else were all government at an end, and submit yourself -to such ordinances as those who have public authority given to -them in this realm consider to be for the common good.</p> -<p>And further, I urge a yet higher motive. You are bound -to see to the filling up of this census paper carefully and -faithfully, without any wilful deceit, <i>as a duty to -God</i>. “The powers that be are ordained of God; he -therefore that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of -God.” That is a false, dishonest, ungodly axiom which -finds place in the world, that men may act, nay are rather to be -applauded for acting towards government, in a manner in which -they would be ashamed to act towards their fellow men. To -rob and deceive government is no less robbery and deception, in -the sight of God, than robbery and deception practised towards -private persons. Public conscience, methinks, needs this -lesson in many a particular—in none more than in the <a -name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 12</span>matter of -withholding legal dues, and thus defrauding not only the public -purse, but also our fellow countrymen, our friends and -neighbours.</p> -<p>This duty then is before us. <i>The census paper should -be filled up carefully and faithfully</i>, because it is a duty -to self, a duty to our neighbours, a duty to our God, so to -discharge a work which has Scripture warrant, and on which the -material, political, social, religious welfare of our country so -much depends. I do not think, dear friends, that I am -acting contrary to my ministerial office in thus speaking, for I -remember I am the teacher of the religion which says, -“Submit yourself to every ordinance of man for the -Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as supreme, or unto -governors as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of -evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well;” the -religion which says “Honour all men. Love the -brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p>(II.) And now, dear friends, let me invite you to ponder -over a few thoughts which arise from the <i>questions</i> of the -census.</p> -<p>The census paper lies before us, and as we glance at its -headings, we cannot help feeling that it makes a certain -<i>stand-point</i> not only in the national, but also in our -personal history. It bids us cast our eyes back upon the -past. It cries to us, in no hesitating tones, as to the -present, “Man, know thyself.” It compels us to -<a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>look -forward into the all-undefined future, and wonder what shall -be.</p> -<p>As the questions bid you write concerning yourself and others, -surely they bid you ponder over personal and relative -duties. Have they been fulfilled in the past? Are -they being fulfilled at the present? How will they be -fulfilled in the future?</p> -<p>You write in <i>your own name</i>,—your <i>Christian</i> -name. Is it a cheat, or a true outspeaking of your -character?</p> -<p><i>You write your age</i>. How long have I -lived?—ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy -years. The past, the past! the things of which God -requires, how spent? How long have I to live? When -the next census comes, will my name be enrolled in it? -There must come a time when it will cease to be entered in human -records. How soon? Some died the very day of the last -census; some the day, the week, the year after. It may be -thus with me this time. Am I ready to die? How long -have I to live?</p> -<p>You write <i>the name of your wife</i>. She sees you -write it. Are not both reminded of solemn vows plighted in -the presence of, and in dependence upon the strength and blessing -of God? Have those vows been fulfilled or broken? Are -they being now fulfilled? Are ye helpers or hinderers of -one another’s salvation?</p> -<p>You write <i>the names of your children</i>, ‘the -heritage <a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -14</span>and gift which has come to you from the -Lord.’ A fearfully responsible stewardship! By -lip, and life, how have you trained them? How are you -training them? How will you train them? Is it in the -nurture and admonition of the Lord? Is it for time or -eternity,—for mammon or for God,—for hell or for -heaven? No man liveth to himself. You must influence -their present and eternal state. How?</p> -<p>And, <i>young people</i>, I have a word for you. Your -father and mother call you, and you stand by their side as they -enter your names and ages in the census paper, and so record you -as their sons and daughters. Is it not well for you at such -a time to pause, and think, and ask, Have I loved and obeyed the -parents God in mercy has given me, as I ought to have done? -Have I honored my father and my mother according to the first -commandment with promise? Have I copied His example, of -whom, though He was Lord of All, it is written concerning His -conduct as the Son of Man towards His parents, “He was -subject unto them”?</p> -<p>The next heaviest curse to the curse of those despising the -Saviour, is the curse awaiting those who set light by father or -mother. See to it, my young friends, that that curse light -not on you.</p> -<p>You write in <i>the names of your dependents</i>. Think, -do you obey the Scripture injunction, “Masters, give unto -your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that ye also -have a Master in heaven”? Think, will <a -name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>any of them -be able to present against you the condemning accusation, -“No man cared for my soul”?</p> -<p>Your names are being written in, <i>ye servants</i>. -Should not the question arise in your minds, Am I a servant such -as God would approve, ‘obeying in all things my masters -according to the flesh; not with eye service, as men pleasers, -but in singleness of heart, fearing God: whatsoever I do, doing -it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the -Lord I shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for I serve -the Lord Christ’?</p> -<p>You write <i>your occupation</i>. Is it a calling you -are ashamed to write? We will suppose it is a lawful -one. Arises not the question, How fulfilled? With -industry,—with honesty? Am I free from the deceits -and trickeries so common in profession and trade, labouring to -have a conscience void of offence towards God and towards -man? Do I remember, God would have me “diligent in -business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord”?</p> -<p>Have I <i>ceased to have anything to do with the busy -avocations of men</i>? Is it that sickness has removed me -from the active labours of life, or that prosperous circumstances -enable me to live at ease, apart from the vexations and cares of -business? How is the leisure,—how are the means -spent? Both are talents for which account must be -given. What account shall I be able to render, when the -Lord comes to reckon with His servants?</p> -<p><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span>This -census paper,—<i>ten years</i> have passed since the last -came. Ten years! How quickly flown: and yet a seventh -portion of that span of life,—the allotted term, to the end -of which so few, few reach. Ten years! how many <i>sins</i> -have the moments which composed them witnessed! Multitudes -forgotten by me; not one unregistered in heaven. Will they -appear against me? Have they been cancelled? Have I -sought pardon, where alone pardon can be found for them, in the -cleansing fountain of the Saviour’s blood?</p> -<p>Ten years! How many <i>troubles</i> have they -witnessed! Troubles,—ah, but how many <i>mercies -too</i>! Think of <span -class="GutSmall">THESE</span>. Troubles and -mercies,—which were most in number in the ten years -passed? You can count your troubles, can you count your -<i>blessings</i>? Are you willing, in the next ten years, -to make this exchange: to let the troubles of the past ten years -be the measure of your mercies in the next ten years; and to let -the mercies of the past ten years be the measure of your troubles -in the coming ten?</p> -<p>“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, -bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget -not all His benefits.” (Psa. ciii.)</p> -<p>Yes, the past of national mercies and personal mercies, calls -for hallelujahs of adoring thanksgiving. And that -<i>past</i> we ought gladly to hail, as the <i>pledge</i> of -continued blessing in the <i>future</i>. Let us enter on -that future,—the way we have not passed by -heretofore,—<a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -17</span>singing, “Ebenezer, hitherto the Lord hath helped -us.” “The Lord will provide.”</p> -<p>But this thought of God’s mercies leads me to notice a -connected topic, viz. the <i>propriety and expediency of making -special offerings</i> to God on this solemn epoch in our -history. It was suggested to me by a respected member of -the congregation, that <i>we</i> should have special collections -to-day; and the suggestion was urged by the most forcible of all -arguments, an appeal to Scripture. Exodus xxx. 11–16 -was referred to. It is written there,—</p> -<blockquote><p>“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, When -thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, -then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the -Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among -them, when thou numberest them. This they shall give, every -one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel -after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) -an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. Every one -that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old -and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. The rich -shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a -shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an -atonement for your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement -money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the -service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a -<a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span>memorial -unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement -for your souls.”</p> -</blockquote> -<p>In connexion with these verses, I have read the following -remarks in a letter in the public press: “There has never, -to my knowledge, been in England,” says the writer in the -religious periodical, “such a national offering as is here -indicated; but there has been on three occasions a remarkable and -progressive coincidence of calamity: thus after 1831, cholera; -after 1841, blight, influenza, cholera; and after 1851, cholera, -murrain, war.”</p> -<p>I deeply regret, my friends, that such words as these have -ever appeared in print; none could well be more mischievous, -because none could well be more likely to encourage the mistaken -notion I met, and I trust controverted, at the beginning of my -sermon. The writer seems to imply, that these calamities -followed because an offering was not made. It is -God’s, not man’s province to trace such -connections. I believe he has misconceived the teaching of -Exod. xxx. 11–16, and would make a temporary injunction of -permanent force. I state what I believe to be the true -meaning of the passage, in the words of a most able biblical -scholar: “This tax is not in Scripture mentioned in -connection with any other census” (save the one recorded in -the first chapter of Numbers), “and we are of opinion that -it was only a <i>temporary</i> measure to raise funds for the -making of the tabernacle.”</p> -<p>The suggestion therefore kindly made to me, I have <a -name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 19</span>not adopted, -because I did not think the Scripture proof adduced was -sufficient to make it imperative, and I was not willing to press -upon your liberality by having a formal collection. Still I -do feel the <i>spirit</i> of Scripture would teach, that this is -a very fitting season for making thank-offerings to God, for His -love in the past, and for the blessing of continued life. -You who so feel with me can act as your consciences -dictate. Would you devote your offerings to the service of -this tabernacle of God, the boxes at the doors can receive -them. Would you rather aid some special religious work, -missionary or otherwise, I shall be happy to become the medium of -conveying your gifts to the proper persons.</p> -<p>This census paper. Ten years have passed since the last -census. How many <i>changes in the family</i> have taken -place since then? Some joyful, some sorrowful. Some -<i>joyful</i> surely: names that were missing then, are found -now; divided families have become united; little ones, blessed -sunbeams from heaven, have been sent to cheer and gladden the -home; and poor prodigals have come back again to the early loved -threshold, and found peace in a loving father’s embrace, -happy, if not only in an earthly father’s, but in a -Heavenly One’s too.</p> -<p>But <i>sorrowful</i> changes also, have those ten years seen; -and as surely will the next ten. Another name than that -entered at the last census, is now recorded under the division, -“Write the name of the head of the family.” <a -name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>“The -head of the family!” He sleeps in the silent -tomb. And where is now the wife’s, the -mother’s, the child’s, the brother’s, or the -sister’s name? ’Twas written in the census -paper in 1851; it must not be written in the census paper of -1861. Their names are written on the churchyard stone, the -clods of the valley are sweet to them. Ah, did we love them -as we ought to have done? Did we love them as we wish now -we had done? Happy, happy, those families, who, united not -only in the bonds of nature but of grace, can look forward to the -time when, through faith in a living Saviour, they shall meet in -that land where partings are unknown; that land where there shall -be no more death.</p> -<p><i>Sorrowful changes</i> have the past ten years seen. -Some filled up the last census paper in a mansion who will fill -up this one in a garret. Riches have taken to themselves -wings, and flown away. Ye who are prosperous now, remember -the fleeting character of earthly possessions. Some entered -then the names of children who have since dashed their cup of -hope to the ground, and who will this time find entry, not in a -father’s home, but in a felon’s prison house. -Well, in heaven you will bless the stroke which taught you this -is not your rest, and bid you seek that abiding rest which -remaineth for the people of God. Aye, and even here, amid -gloom and sadness, light shall break in upon your darkness, if ye -rest, believers, upon the promise, “<span -class="smcap">All</span> things work together for good to them -that love God.”</p> -<p><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 21</span>This -census paper! Ten years <i>have passed</i>. Ten years -of the time given to work out my salvation with fear and -trembling. Have I gone forward, or have I gone backward in -religion? Am I nearer to, or further from God? -Answer,—am I more like, or more unlike my Saviour?</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p>(III.) These questions are not asked of me in the census -paper. No, my friends; and the <i>omission</i> of all -reference to <i>religion</i> in that paper, is just the very -point which I think may suggest a most important line of -thought. Mind, my friends, I find no fault with the census -paper for this omission. One perhaps could wish, that -statistics as to the numbers of the various religious bodies, and -the number of worshippers, could have been obtained; but I doubt -not, there were great difficulties in the way; and temptations to -unfair returns, and indulgence of angry passions, may thus -perhaps have been avoided. And, after all, though I will -not yield to any man in regret at, and condemnation of, the sad -schism and division which exist in Christ’s Church, yet I -cannot help feeling, that the absence of distinctive -classification of religious bodies in the census, is just what -will find place at <span class="GutSmall">LAST</span>. Then -the question will not be, were you Episcopalian or Nonconformist? -but, Did you love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and -truth? And, with the Apostle, I say, may grace be with all -those who do so.</p> -<p><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 22</span>But, my -friends, although the census paper asks you not this year about -your <i>professed</i> religion, remember God is always taking His -census, as to the state of your <span -class="GutSmall">REAL</span> religion. In the never-failing -memory of God, your name, age, dwelling, and true description, -are all noted down. He is spying out all our ways. We -cannot keep any secret from Him. “All things are -naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to -do.” In His census taking, He makes two grand -divisions,—foes, friends;—not in His Church, in His -Church;—unbelievers, believers;—lost, saved. -Now, my friends, if you could see under which division God has -written your names, think you, would it be among the lost or -saved? Nay, you may know that <i>now</i>, for a -certainty. Listen to the Word of God: “<i>Except ye -repent</i>, <i>ye shall all likewise perish</i>.” -Have you repented? Do you repent? “<i>He that -believeth on the Son hath everlasting life</i>, <i>and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life</i>, <i>but the wrath of -God abideth on him</i>.” Now have you believed in, do -you believe in Jesus for salvation, pardon, acceptance, peace, -glory? “<i>Without holiness no man shall see the -Lord</i>.” Are you fighting against sin, are you -striving to be holy?</p> -<p>Oh my friends, it is, methinks, a proud thing to have -one’s name enrolled, by means of this census, as a citizen -of free happy England; but ’tis a far prouder thing to have -it enrolled as a citizen of Heaven, of the kingdom which shall -know no decay.</p> -<p><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 23</span>Oh see -to it that you make sure work of your state before God. It -is a blessed thing to think, that though God may have had your -name for many, many long years in His census book among the list -of the lost,—His foes; He is yet willing, nay is longing to -transfer it, upon your repentance, faith, obedience, to the list -of the saved,—His friends. See to it, I say, that the -name you bear as your description, <i>a Christian</i>, be a true -name, witnessed in your occupations of penitence for sin, trust -in Jesus, holy living to God; for remember, remember, the</p> -<p>IV. <span class="smcap">Final census</span> will ere -long be taken, which shall consign each one of us to -irretrievable woe, or usher us to inconceivable blessings. -Yes, presently, angels will play the part of enumerators. -They will not indeed seek information of you, for God knows them -that are His, and them that are not. Then before the great -white throne you will stand, and all your life will be -told. There an assembled world must meet,—not one -missing; and then the angels will play their part in the great, -the final census. Then will they discern between the -righteous and the wicked; then will they separate between the -just and the unjust, the believers in Jesus, and those who have -not believed in Him. Then will it be declared whether my -name, and thine, my friend, be written or not written in the -Lamb’s book of life, and on that issue will depend whether -we be registered in the book of Eternity as citizens of hell, or -as citizens of heaven.</p> -<p><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -24</span>Brethren, now is the time to decide which it will -be. The choice, under God, is in our hands to-day, -to-morrow may be too late.</p> -<blockquote><p>“There’s no repentance in the -grave,<br /> -Nor hope of pardon there.”</p> -</blockquote> -<p>And <i>there</i>, in the grave, you may be, I say not before -another census taking comes, but before another day dawns. -The names of some of those who are at this moment written in the -census-paper as among the living, will have to be withdrawn, -erased, before that paper be handed to the enumerator to-morrow -morning, and entered in another register, the register of the -dead. It may be so in the case of some here to-night. -With which one shall it be so? 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