Brethren and Sisters, you will find these words in 2 Peter, 3rd. ch. 10, 11 vs:

I am not like other men; my mind is continually occupied with the business of the day, and I have to depend entirely upon the living God for every thing I say on such occasions as these.

The great thing for us to know is to comprehend what God did institute before the foundation of the world. Who knows it? It is the constitutional disposition of mankind to set up stakes, and set bounds to the work and ways of the Almighty.

We are called this morning to mourn the death of a just and good man— a great and mighty man. It is a solemn idea that man has no hope of seeing a friend after he has lost him; but I will give you a more painful thought; it is simple; for I never design to communicate any ideas but what are simple, for to this end I am sent. Suppose you have an idea of a resurrection &c. &c., and yet know nothing at all [HC 5:529] of the Gospel, nor comprehend one principle of the order of heaven, but find yourselves disappointed— Yes, at last find yourselves disappointed in every hope or anticipation, when the decision goes forth from the lips of the Almighty— would not this be a greater disappointment, a more painful thought than annihilation?

Had I inspiration, revelation, and lungs to communicate what my soul has contemplated in times past, there is not a soul in this congregation but would go to their homes, and shut their mouths in everlasting silence on religion till they had learned something.

Why be so certain that you comprehend the things of God, when all things with you are so uncertain. You are welcome to all the knowledge and intelligence I can impart to you.

I do not grudge the world of all the religion they have got; they are welcome to all the knowledge they possess.

The sound saluted my ears, we are come unto Mount Zion, the city [p. 1689]