joyful news [Luke xv. 10.] of some sinners being awakened and born to God,
by reading or hearing this little book. O gracious God, do thou, by the
power of thy Holy Spirit, make it thus effectual to the salvation and
happiness of this people!

And now to this gracious Lord, and to his care and blessing, I commend
you. May he enable you to examine your hearts, principles, and
practice, by the standard of his holy word. If you are still ignorant
and careless, it is a proof that you are, as yet, in the state of
nature, which is a state of darkness, guilt, condemnation, and death.
Will you not pray to be delivered from it? You must, at least, allow,
that perhaps what you have read, MAY BE the truth. And even, of
a possibility of these things being true, they deserve your earnest
attention. For should they be found so at last, what will become of
you, if you live and die impenitent? Therefore, read this plain,
affectionate Address seriously. Read it a second, a third, and a
fourth time, till your hearts are affected by it. Remember, this is the
advice of a friend, of one who sincerely seeks, wishes, and longs for
your happiness. It is the advice of your minister, expressly appointed
to watch over your souls, and who must shortly give an account of his
mission to the Great judge of all. Whether I shall die amongst you, or
be separated from you while living, we shall, at last, meet before him.
Then I must answer for my preaching, and you for your hearing. Oh that
this awful day of judgment may be often, yea, always, present to your
thoughts, and to mine! that we may live in constant expectation of its
approach! So that when the last loud trumpet shall sound, we may
stand with acceptance and boldness in his presence, and be admitted as
believers in the great Saviour, into his heavenly kingdom, with a
'Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord.'[Matt. xxv. 23.]

This will be my daily prayer to God for you. I shall pray for your
eternal salvation, for your present welfare, for the preservation,
peace, and prosperity of this colony: and especially for the more
abundant and manifest success of the Redeemer's cause and kingdom,
and for the effusion and out-pouring of his Holy Spirit, not only
here, but in every part of the habitable globe. Longing, hoping, and
waiting for the dawn of that happy day, when the heathen shall be given
to the Lord Jesus for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the