Designed to assist the Labour of Missionaries and other Instructors of the Ignorant.
BY THE LATE REV. JOHN LOVE, D.D.
(Concluded from page 23.)
FIFTEENTH ADDRESS.
“LET God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice before God, yea, let them exceedingly rejoice!”
Inhabitants of Otaheite, the great Jehovah is in the heavens, and this whole earth is under His feet. He, by Himself, is stronger than all the multitudes of mankind, stronger than the deep foundations of the mountains, stronger than the vast roaring ocean, stronger than the lofty pillars of the heavens. Yea, before Him, all nations are as a drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance. Jehovah is infinitely bright and glorious. He created the whole of this great world; he hath been holding it up, as in the hollow of His hand, for ages; His glory should have been shining through it all; the spirits of all flesh should have been constantly fearing, loving, and praising Him; every corner of the earth should have been full of His honour and His excellency.
But it hath been a world of darkness and of wickedness: men have forsaken Jehovah, they have fought against Him, they have polluted His world, they have surrendered it, and themselves, to the vile spirits of hell. Jehovah will not suffer this world to continue: He abhors it; He will shake it to pieces; He will consume it with fire; His book declares its doom. Come, ye people of the great sea, hear the voice of the oracles of Jehovah, the Almighty. There shall come a day when a mighty angel shall descend from heaven, and setting his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth, shall lift up his hand to heaven, and shall swear by Him that liveth for ever, that there shall be time no longer! Then shall the wheels of nature stand still, incapable of moving further; strange confusion shall seize the luminaries of heaven; the earth, formerly so firm, shall reel hither and thither; its bowels shall roar and be convulsed; and all shall travail as in birth, to bring forth the immense display of the glory of Jehovah, and the boundless day of eternity.
Then there shall be a profound, awful darkness all over this earth; for the sun, moon, and stars, once so fair and glorious, shall lose all their lustre, and die away. Amidst the horrid gloom the wicked then living, throughout all places of the world, shall mourn and howl. Some of them will wish they could repent, and pray to Jehovah; but after that darkness commences, none shall pass through the second birth, none shall receive forgiveness. But the righteous then living shall be roused up to faith, hope, and love; and the Holy Spirit, dwelling in their souls, shall strengthen and enlighten them, so that, while the wicked are dying away with terror, they shall fear nothing amidst that terrible darkness, that confusion of the universe. In a little while, the ears of all them alive on the earth, shall be struck with a sound such as never was heard since the creation, bearing some resemblance to the sounds we told you of, at the burning mountain of old. The great trumpet of Jehovah shall be blown, as if it would rend this earth in pieces, and the shout of the voice of a Man shall be heard like the roaring of many waters.
Then the righteous, lifting up their heads, and looking upwards through that horrid darkness, shall discover, from afar, as it were, the sparkling light of the morning star. They will see the light becoming brighter, and spreading itself over the gloom, as the splendour of seven suns. They shall behold an immense train of bright angels in glorious forms; and, in the midst of them, reclining as it were with majestic ease on a bright cloud, Jesus the Man who is Jehovah. The splendour of His countenance, bright with the beams of Deity, and the majestic sweet lustre of His eyes, burning like a flame of fire, will fix the joyful, enraptured, looks of the righteous.
Besides the holy angels, there will come forth, around the throne of Jesus, the spirits of all the righteous that ever died in this world. They will come, ye people of Otaheite, longing to re-enter
those bodies which they once inhabited. “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,” at the mighty call of Jesus, their bodies shall rise from all places of the earth and ocean; and, filled with their glorious spirits, they shall shine each of them as a sun. The righteous who are alive shall see this and shall immediately, without their souls being at all parted from their bodies, feel their whole frame changed into the same brightness and glory. They shall instantly mingle with the righteous raised from death; and the whole vast assembly, which no man can number, shall be arranged in the air, near the person of Jesus, on His right hand. Then the voice of Jesus shall call aloud for the bodies of the wicked, to come forth from the dust of the earth, and from the waters of the ocean, and meet their wicked spirits, which shall be all present, accompanied with the black multitude of the angels of hell. They shall not be able to resist the call of Jesus. Immediately, while the righteous are looking on, there shall be a heaving and trembling over the world, and there shall start up clusters of ugly forms, in every corner. The wicked shall then appear, an amazing assembly, every one pale with terror, his teeth shivering, and his eyes bearing the ghastliness of death. They shall remain low upon the earth, on the left hand of Jesus, the glorious Man who is Jehovah.
Dear brethren and sisters, you seem to be much concerned, and you inquire what is the work to be done when all the wicked and righteous are thus assembled, together with the worlds of good and bad angels? It is the work of judgment. Jesus appears the Judge of the universe. Then the holy commandments of Jehovah, which were written on the consciences of all men, and were proclaimed aloud to the Israelites, shall be brought forth, and, clothed with light, power, and authority, shall enter into every soul; they shall shine like the sun, and disclose all that ever was transacted by each particular person. Also the whole book of Jehovah shall be brought forth, containing the record of salvation. And the light of Jehovah shall shine in every soul with irresistible clearness and energy. Every man and woman shall then feel that Jesus is Jehovah, “he that searcheth the reins and the hearts; and who giveth to everyone according to his works.” Amidst that amazing assembly of worlds, not one that ever breathed shall be overlooked; but every one shall feel as though there were not another to be judged besides himself, and as if the eyes of Jesus, and of the whole multitude, were fixed on him alone. Among the righteous this judgment shall go on with great solemnity, but with joy and pleasure. They shall see the evils which they committed before and after they had passed through the second birth; but they shall see the glorious obedience and sufferings of Jesus swallowing up all those evils, and making their persons clean and righteous before Jehovah. They shall see, also, all the good things which they ever did, or wished to do, from the time of their new creation and Jesus will sweetly smile upon them, and will say, “Well done good and faithful servants!”
But among the wicked there shall be universal horror and dismay. Their forgetfulness of God their Creator, their ingratitude and enmity against him, their wicked stifling the inward light of conscience, their contempt of the book of Jehovah and the blood of Jesus, their hatred of the righteous and of one another, their vanity and pride, their sensuality and impurity, their false, vain and wicked words, their cruelty and murders, yea all their inward thoughts, all their words and actions, shall be made naked, and shall appear polluted and hateful before God. They shall shrink back from each other with horror, they shall look with terror at the wicked angels who deceived them, they shall weep and gnash their teeth when they behold the righteous so glorious and joyful, and each one of them shall feel the wrath of Jehovah burning like an intolerable fire in his breast, a fire which cannot be quenched, a fire from which he cannot flee.
The judgment shall come round to the people of Otaheite, and the other islands of this great sea. Then the eyes of Jesus, and of the whole multitude, shall be turned towards them. There will appear a vast crowd of the wicked who have formerly lived in these islands. And it will be as though the whole circle of these skies were now covered with bright faces looking towards you, Jesus shining like the sun in the midst of them. It will be said around the throne of Jesus, what multitude is this? It will be answered, these are wicked people, who once lived in Otaheite and other islands. But some among them will appear with peculiar blackness and ghastliness. It will be said, who are these who stand by themselves, and from whom the others try to keep off? It will be answered, these are some wicked persons who lived in Otaheite at the time when the people of Britain brought thither the word of salvation; but they hated it, and would not regard it. Then it will be inquired, did none regard the word of Jehovah, brought to them from such a distance? Immediately there will appear on the right hand of Jesus, near us who now speak to you, a great multitude, we hope, shining in radiant glory, so that all the righteous looking at them will love them. It will then be whispered among the righteous, who are these who shine so fair and beautiful, and whence came they? It will be answered, these are the people of Otaheite and the other islands, who listened to the words of the people of Britain declaring to them the way of salvation; and that long train of shining forms behind them is the multitude of their posterity, who lived in the fear of Jehovah long afterwards.
At length, the whole procedure of judicial inquiry being accomplished, a deep silence shall take place all through the worlds of men and angels; and every eye shall behold Jesus, the Man who is Jehovah, when brightening into sevenfold lustre and sweetness, He shall turn His face towards the great assembly of the righteous, and stretching towards them those hands which once were nailed to the cross, shall say to them, “Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” He shall turn round to those on the left hand; and while he is turning round, his visage shall be changed from love to wrath, and its glories shall assume a fiery lustre.
Then, looking down on the great multitude of the wicked, stretched out to an amazing extent upon the earth under him, while the righteous also are looking down upon them, He shall speak thus: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” Immediately, flames shall burst the earth asunder at their feet, and there shall be a universal blaze around them; and wrapt up in blackness and fire, accompanied with the evil angels, they shall sink lower and lower, till they come to the abysses of hell. At the same time, Jesus, and the whole multitude of the righteous, full of love and joy, and singing with the holy angels, shall ascend into the heaven of heavens, and take possession of the paradise of God.
What shall then follow? ETERNITY! ETERNITY! everlasting light and joy in heaven: everlasting sorrow and anguish in hell!
Dear brethren and sisters, you have heard these things, and it is now to you the day of salvation. Where do you choose to stand at the coming of the Lord? Do you wish to be found among the righteous at the right hand of Jesus? Seek for the new birth of the immortal soul. Come now to Jesus; cast yourselves down at His feet; cry to Him day and night till He save you, and give you light and joy in your minds. “How shall you escape if you neglect so great salvation? We call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that we have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your children may live. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh! Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.—And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.—He who testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
The Press and Mr. Redmond’s Bill.—The attitude of the daily papers of London towards the Bill was simply deplorable, and goes far to justify the Rev. Joseph Hocking’s warning as to Romish influence on the daily Press. Not one daily London paper, so far as I have seen, condemned Mr. Redmond’s Bill as a whole. The comment of the Times was the best, but on several points it was unsatisfactory.—Protestant Observer.
Uileam Ames air an aon Salm deug thar da fhichead.
AN dara Leasan thar an fhichead. Far am bheil gras fireanachaidh no maitheanas pheacaidhean air a thagradh ann an rathad ceart, bithidh ann an sin mar an ceudna a ghnath a lathair, aig an aon am, iarrtuis dhurachdach as deigh grais naomhaichidh agus ath-leasachaidh-beatha air gach cor: tha an daimh ‘tha eadar an 10 amh rann agus na roinn ‘tha dol air thoiseach air sin, a’ nochdadh so, do bhrigh agus gu bheil an athchuinge mu thimchioll cridhe glan agus spiorad ceart a’ leantninn ann an dlu cho-cheangal ris na h-ath-chuingean ‘tha dol air thoiseach air sin mu thimchioll maitheanas pheacaidhean, agus a’ ghairdeachais ‘tha sruthadh o’n sin. Tha iarrtus as deigh cridhe glan ‘na ni aig am bheil suidheachadh ‘tha lan aontaichte agus ann an comh-cheangal riu sud. Oir a thaobh maitheanas pheacaidhean, ‘se ‘thoradh e; agus a thaobh gairdeachais, ‘se is aobhar ‘cur air aighaidh dha e.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil aonadh nach gabh ‘cur eatorra eadar fireanachadh agus naomhachadh. 1 Cor. i. 30, a. vi. 11.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil foillseachadh agus cinn-teachd air fireanachadh an comhnuidh ‘an crochadh ri naomhachadh, mar ris an ni sin gu’r h-e comharradh sonruichte fireanachaidh e. Rom. viii. 1.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus, gu bheil am fuath sin do’n pheacaidh ‘tha air a ghabhail stigh ann am fior aithreachas, ag iarraidh as deigh ‘cur as do’n pheacaidh ‘thaobh bith a’ pheacaidh, cheart cho cinteach agus tha e ag iarraidh ‘cur as do’n pheacaidh mar do’n ni sin ‘tha ann an ceartas ‘toilltinn peanais.
Aobhar. 4.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil eud airson gloir Dhe ‘tarruing na h-inntinn ni’s ro mho ann an aghaidh olcas agus truaillidheachd a’ pheacaidh na ann an aghaidh cionta a’ pheacaidh. Oir tha ‘cur as do chiont a’ pheacaidh ag amharc direach ri ar math fhein, ach tha ‘cur as do thruaillidheachd a’ pheacaidh ag amharc direach ri gloir Dhe.
Aobhar. 5.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-eigin gu’m bi taingealachd a thaobh Dhe airson maitheanas pheacaidhean (ni as eugmhais gu bheil sinn mi-fhiughail air gras) a’ tarruing comhlaadh ris eud airson ath-leasachaidh beatha.
Aobhar. 6.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil e ‘na ni a bhuineas d’ur maith is mo, nach buanaicheamaid anns na peacaidhean sin a dh’aidich sinn agus airson an do dh’iarr sinn maitheanas. Oir cha bhiodh ann an sin ach a bhi a’ deanamh magadh air Dia, agus a’ d’ublachadh ar cionta fhein.
Aobhar. 7.—Do bhrigh agus nach ‘eil Dia a’ gealltuinn trocair ach a mhain dhoibhsan a threigeas am peacaidhean.
Feum 1.—Airson ditidh, ‘nan aghaidh-san dha’n cleachdamh
‘bhi ag iarraidh maitheanais am peacaidhean ann an rathad faoin’ gun rùn shuidhichte idir a bhi aca mu an caithe-luatha a, leasachadh.
Feum 2.—Airson seolaidh, chum agus gu’m bitheadh iarritus airson an dà ni so, eadhon airson fireanachaidh agus airson fior naomhachaidh ‘dol air aghaidh comhladh, ceum air cheum, ann ar n-inntuinean.
An treas Leasan thar an fhichead.—’Se toiseach naomhachaidh cridhe ‘th’air a dhealachadh o pheacadh agus ‘th’air thoirt suas do dhiadhaidheachd, r. 10, Cridhe glan agus spiorad ceart. Oir le cridhe glan tha sinn gu bhi a’ tuigsinn an glanadh sin o aingidheachd, o smal, o eas-onair, o lochd, a tha ‘comhsheasamh ann an aicheadh, ann an treigsinn, ann an dealachadh, ann an teanndadh air falbh o’n pheacaidh. Le spiorad ceart tha sinn gu bhi a’ tuigsinn toil sheasmhach ann a bhi ag iarraidh as deigh na h-uile maith.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-ann anns na nithe so tha marbhadh an t-seann duine, agus beothachadh an duine nuaidh a’ comhsheasamh: agus is iad an da phairt sin ‘tha deanamh suas fior naomhachadh.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil coguis mhath, agus an solas a ta a’ leantuin o’n sin, a’n crochadh ris an da ni ud.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil umhlachd nuadh iomlan a’ sruthadh, mar gu’m biodh dhe fhein, o na freumhan so: eadhon seachnad h uile o chridhe glan: Salm xxiv. 4; agus leantuin as deigh maith o spiorad ceart. Gn. xi. 23; Col. i. 10, 11; 1 Tes. iii. 13; a. 2 Tes. ii. 17.
Feum.—Airson seolaidh. (1) Chum agus ann ar sireadh as deigh naomhachaidh gu’m bitheadh ar prionh churam mu thimchioll ar cridheachan. (2) Chum agus gu’m bitheadh curam oirne an comhnuidh airson gu’n aomadh ar cridheachan gus an rathad sin anns am bitheadh an tuilleadh agus an tuilleadh teichidh o’n pheacadh, agus gu’n dluthaicheadh iad ann an doigh nì’s neoghluasadaiche ri Dia.
An ceathramh Leasan thar an fhichead.—Tha an naomhachadh cridhe so ri a bhi air iarraidh o Dhia, v. 10, Dhia cruthaich annam.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-e h-ann todhlac o Dhia. Seum. i. 5, 17, 18.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-e h-ann obair eagsamhail le Dia. Eph. ii. 10; 1 Tes. v. 23.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-e h-ann an togail suas a’ chridhe gu diadhaidh gu Dia, anns an togradh so, cleachdamh naomhachaidh a rainig ann an tomhas air a’ chreutair mar ‘tha, agus gu’r h-e h-ann meadon sonruichte airson gum bitheadh tuilleadh dhe’n gras so air a comh-pairteachadh ri, a’ chreutair, agus gu’r h-e h-ann geall ro-chinnteach air an da ni dhiubh sin.
Feum.—Airson earaile, ionnus agus le urnuighean dhurachdach, agus gun sgar, gu’n nochdamaid an t-iarritus so ‘an lathair Dhe.
An coigeamh Leasan thar an fhichead.—Chum agus gu’m bitheadh an naomhachadh so air tus air a chomhpaireachadh,
agus mar an ceudna air aisig air ais, d’ur tha e le peacadh air a bhristeadh sios, agus air saltairt air, tha feum air gu’m bitheadh ‘leithid sin do chumbachd Dhe air a chur an gniomh agus ‘bh’air a chur an gniomh ann an oibir a ‘chruthachaidh, r. 10, Dhe, cruthaich annam. Tha ‘leithid sin de dhoigh labhairt air a coinneachaidh rithe gu tric anns na sgiobtuirean, mar tha ath-bheothachadh, togail o’n mairbh, ath-ghinnhuin, atharrachadh, iompachadh, aomadh, tarruing, tionndaidheadh, ath-nuadhachadh, timchioll-ghearradh, sgiobhadh lagh air cridhe agus, a dh’aon fhocal, mu ‘bhi a’ deanamh duine nuadh, ‘bhi a’ deanamh na h-uile ni nuadh.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus mar a bha ‘thaobh a’ chruthachaidh, gu’r h-ann mar sin a tha ‘thaobh naomhachaidh tha e air a chleachdamh mu thimchioll neoni: do bhrigh anns an duine gun-ath-ghinnhuin nach’eil ni tha dhe gne toiseach (no princípal) tha ag aomadh ri beatha spioradail. Eph. ii. v.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil moran de nithe anns an duine ‘tha calg-dhireach ann an aghaidh na h-oibre so; agus cha robh an leithid sin de bhacaidhean a’ seasamh anns an rathad ann an aghaidh na cruthachaidh nadurra. Mat. xix. 23-26.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus gu’m feumadh gu’m b’e ‘bhitheadh anns an neart agus a’ chumbachd leis am bheil obir dhiadhaidh air a’ deanamh, neart agus cumhachd a ta o Dhia. 2 Cor. iv. 6.
Aobhar. 4.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil ath-nuadhachadh agus coimhlonadh na h-oibre so an crochadh ri ath-nuadhachadh, agus buanachadh na h-eiseachd cheudna leis an d’robh an obir air a’ toiseachadh an toiseach.
Feum 1.—Gu ‘cur ‘an aghaidh na muinntir sin ‘tha lughdachadh agus dorchachadh eifeachd grais Dhe, ‘nuair tha iad g’a fhagail an crochadh ri toile neo-eifeachdaich an duine, agus is gann gu’m bheil iad ag aideachadh eifeachdachd air bith eile grais ‘tha os ceann sin ‘tha a’ comhsheasamh ‘ann an teagasg, agus ann a bhi a’ cur impidh air daoinibh, agus uime sin ‘se an inntinn a th’aca nach’eil cainnt dhe an t-seorsa ‘tha an Salmudair a’ cleachdamh an so ag amharc ri cumhachd an ni ‘tha ag aobharachadh an atharraichidh, ach a mhain ris a’ bhuaidh no ris an ni sin a ta a’ teachd gu crich. Bha aig Daibhidh teagasg, impidh, gealladh, agus eadhon toile air a h-ullachadh, agus gidheadh tha e ag iarraidh o Dhia cruthachadh cridhe glain.
Feum 2.—Chum seolaidh air eagal gu’n sochraicheamaid anns na nithe so air ar neart fein, eadhon anns an tomhas is lugha, ach gu’n aidicheamaid gu’r h-e h-ann a bhi toileach, a bhi comasach, a bhi a’ gniomhachadh, gu’r h-e ann an toiseachadh, ann an cur air aghaidh, ann an crochnachadh na h-oibre mhaith, tiodhlac o Dhia. Phil. ii. 13.
An seathamh Leasan thar an fheichead.—’Siad na h-uile sin a ta a’ bacadh naomhachaidh, eadhon ‘call comuinn ri Dia troimh an Spiorad Naomh a bhi air a thoirt air falbh, dhe na h-uile olc, cuis-uamhais is mo, r. 11. Tha tilgeadh o sealladh Dhe a’ ciall-achadh call co-chomuinn ris, agus call solais uait. Ier. vii. 15,
a. lii. 3; agus ‘se ‘toirt air falbh a’ Spioraid Naoimh am meadhon leis am bheil an call sin a’ gabhail aite, do bhrigh agus d’an taobhsan o’m bhiel an Spiorad Naomh air a thoirt, nach’eil aca gras slainteil air a chomhpaireachadh riu le Dia, agus nach mo na sin tha iad comasach air ni ‘sam bith a chur air chois a bhitheas taitneach do Dhia no a ghabhtar le Dia, agus cha-n’eil e mi-chosmhuil nach robh aig Daibhidh, agus e air a chrith le coguis airson mortaigh, fa chomhar a shula gniomh agus peanas Chain am mortair, oir bha Cain fo’n dearbh ainm sin air a thilgeadh a mach o aghaidh Dhe. Gen. iv. 14, 16; agus mar an ceudna dh’fhaodadh gu’n robh eisimpleir Shauil, a bha cho dluth dha, a’ cur eagail air, oir thug Dia spiorad rioghail air falbh uaithe san: 1 Sam. xv. 15; agus mar sin chuir Daibhidh a smuaintean, anns an robh e a’ guidh nach tachradh na nithe so dha fhein, sios air an doigh so. Cha-n’eil aobhar, airson so, a bhi a’ co-dhunadh gu’n robh na briathan so aig Daibhidh ag amharc ris na breith-eanasan sonruichte a thuit air Cain agus air Saul mar nach bitheadh iad ag amharc ri ni ar bith eile.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil ar beannachd a’ comh-sheasamh ann co-chomunn ri Dia. Salm xxvii. 4; a. lxv. 5.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil call a’ chomh-chomuinn so a’ toirt leis a’ comhladh ris an truaigh is mo. 2 Tes. i. 9.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus gu’r h-e h-ann an toirt air falbh a’ Spioraid, agus a’ ghrais a thugadh seachad ann an doigh agus ann an tomhas sonruichte breitheanas a tha a’ nochdadh gu cinnteach fearg Dhe air a lasadh ann an rathad sonruichte. Mat. xxv. 29, 30.
Feum.—Airson cronuichidh ‘nan aghaidh-san aig am bheil an ro bheag curam, ma tha curam ‘sam bith aca mu thimchioll co-chomuinn ri Dia, lathaireachd a’ Spioraid, agus a bhi a’ deanamh feum dhe na h-orduighean diadhaidh a chuir Dia air chois.
An seachdadh Leasan thar an fhichead.—O mhothachadh ar co-chomuinn-ne ri Dia tha gairdeachas brighmhor a’ sruthadh a mach. Coimeis r. 12, agus an rann ‘tha dol air thoiseach. Tha iad so air an toirt agus air an dioladh air an ais comhladh.
Aobhar. 1.—Do bhrigh agus gu’m buin do ghairdeachas a bhi a’ sruthadh o lathaireachd agus o shealbhachadh a’ mhaith a ghradhaichte, agus a mhiannaichte: tha ‘leithid sin de lathair eachd ni maith ann an sinn a bhi a’ sealbhachadh co-chomuinn ri Dia.
Aobhar. 2.—Do bhrigh agus am maith ‘tha sinn a’ sealbhachadh anns a’ cho-chomunn so, nach h-e ni aotrom, no ni ‘tha gu h-aotrom a’ diogaladh ar n-inntinn le aoibhneas falamh a tha anns ach aoibhneas spioradail, bhrighmhor, agus ro-mhor.
Aobhar. 3.—Do bhrigh agus gu bheil e ag oibreachadh direach chum so ionnus agus gu’n tilgeadh e a mach gach amhghar, is cradh, agus gu’n tugadh e stigh togail suas, iolach, seadh farsuinneachd cridhe.
Feum.—Airson seolaidh, ionnus agus gu’n iarramaid gairdeachas dhuiinn fhein anns an t-slighe so.