CONTENTS. 1 JOHN i. 3.-That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with JOHN i. 12.-But as many as received him, to them gave [Delivered at the Opening of the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons.] ISAIAH xxxv. 5, 6.-Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an heart, and the DISCOURSE I. a 1 JOHN 1. 3. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. We are assembled, my brethren, under very interesting circumstances. At a distance from our respective homes, we have met together in a foreign land for the purpose of mingling our devotions before the altar of our common Father. And while I would congratulate you upon an event so likely, I trust, to prove salutary to us all; while I would mention with thankfulness the kindness of our Christian friends, who thus generously furnish us with so convenient a place for worship; I should poorly discharge the duties of the sacred office, did I not call upon you to look B |