Mr.Weston was one of the audience.

Alice's sickness had become serious; Miss Janet and her mother were detained with her.

The negroes sung one of their favorite hymns, "Life is the time to serve the Lord," their fine voices blending in perfect harmony.

Mr.Caldwell took for his text the 12th verse of the 2d chapter of Thessalonians, "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and his glory." He explained to them in the most affectionate and beautiful manner, that _they_ were called unto the kingdom and glory of Christ.

He dwelt on the glories of that kingdom, as existing in the heart of the believer, inciting him to a faithful performance of the duties of life; as in the world, promoting the happiness and welfare of all mankind, and completed in heaven, where will be the consummation of all the glorious things that the humble believer in Jesus has enjoyed by faith, while surrounded by the temptations and enduring the trials of the world.