He read
out his text from the Prophecies of Ezekiel, which consisted of
these singular words: "I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it
shall be no more, until he come, whose right it is, and I will give
it him."
"'From these words he preached such a sermon as never was
heard by human ears, at least never by ears of Auchtermuchty. It
was a true, sterling, gospel sermon--it was striking, sublime, and
awful in the extreme. He finally made out the IT, mentioned in
the text, to mean, properly and positively, the notable town of
Auchtermuchty. He proved all the people in it, to their perfect
satisfaction, to be in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity,
and he assured them that God would overturn them, their
principles, and professions; and that they should be no more, until
the Devil, the town's greatest enemy, came, and then it should be
given unto him for a prey, for it was his right, and to him it
belonged, if there was not forthwith a radical change made in all
their opinions and modes of worship.
"'The inhabitants of Auchtermuchty were electrified--they were
charmed; they were actually raving mad about the grand and
sublime truths delivered to them by this eloquent and impressive
preacher of Christianity.
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