—after a sermon from I Cor. 3:22; and another,—
How vast a treasure we possess,
—enforced his text, “All things are yours.” The hymn,—
Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain,
—was, as some say, suggested to the writer by a visit to the abattoir in Smithfield Market. The same hymn years afterwards, discovered, we are told, in a printed paper wrapped around a shop bundle, converted a Jewess, and influenced her to a life of Christian faith and sacrifice.
A young man, hardened by austere and minatory sermons, was melted, says Dr. Belcher, by simply reading,—
Show pity Lord, O Lord, forgive,
Let a repenting sinner live.
—and became partaker of a rich religious experience.