RECRUITING SERMONS.
[TO SRI EDITOR 55 TRH "SritoTaToa."] SIR, —It is suggested in the Spectator of last week that a recruiting sermon should be preached in every parish on a given Sunday. A sermon preached lately in a, London church would serve as an admirable model for such a purpose. The subject, taken from Numbers xxxii., was the disinclina- tion of Reuben and Gad to help in the conquest of Canaan. "Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?" was the text, and the preacher reminded his hearers that it was in this connexion that Moses addressed those words of solemn warning pointedly to those who -put family and ease before their duty to their nation, " Be sure your sin will find you out." One would like to know if there was any result from the preacher's courageous effort.—I am, Sir, &o., J. 0.
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