On CHAPTER XXVIII SERMON PREACHED IN PRINCETOWN, P. E. I. , IN i 860 BY REV. ROBERT LAIRD . Col. iii. 11, last clause: "But Christ is all, and in all." It has been well said that the sum and substance of the entire Bible is Jesus Christ crucified to save lost sinners. This is the great subject of revelation; the grand theme of divine inspiration to ignorant, erring, yet intelligent, responsible human beings. In visions of futurity, prophets predicted the coming Messiah. They delineated his character; they fore¬ told his sufferings and death as the Lamb of God , the all-sufficient sacrifice for lost sinners. Inspired historians related his advent, sketched his life, de¬ scribed his death and recorded his ascension. Apos¬ tles commissioned by Heaven preached none but Christ Jesus , and him crucified, and directed sinners to believe in him for their salvation. Distinguished among these was the Apostle Paul. He was as reso¬ lute as any in his determination to know none but Christ among the people, and to preach none but him crucified as the Saviour of the soul. This was the absorbing subject of his meditations, and the grand theme of his discourses. The epistle to the Colossians forms no exception to this rule. It is fra¬ grant with the odor of the Saviour's name, and full 271