THE SWORD OF THE LORD OVER CHRISTLESS SOULS. BY THE LATE REV. R. M. M'CHEYNE, "A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: Should we then make mirth? It contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree."-Ezek. xxi. 9, 10. DUNDEE. WILLIAM MIDDLETON. 64 HIGH STREET. MDCCCXLVII. THE SWORD OF THE LORD OVER CHRISTLESS SOULS. "A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: It is sharpened to make a sore slaugh ter; it is furbished that it may glitter: Should we then make mirth? It contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree."-EZEK. xxi. 9, 10, From the second verse of this chapter, we learn that this prophecy was directed against Jerusalem-"Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel." We have already told you that Ezekiel, while yet a youth, was car |