It may be, added, with evident propriety, that _calling upon the name of the Lord so as to be saved,_ implies doing it, penitently, believingly, and through the mediation and atonement of the son of God. Without true penitence, or godly sorrow, without a Gospel faith--without offering all our desires and requests to heaven in the name of Christ, we cannot be saved. What are the sacrifices of God--such sacrifices as he will be well-pleased with and own! The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, he will not despise.--To whom does he look with a propitious smile? To the humble--the penitent--the believing--the poor and contrite in spirit. We are to seek the Lord while he may be found--to call on him while he is near. We are to ask in faith. We must go to a prayer-hearing God in a believing manner.--We are to seek the needed blessings, both temporal and spiritual, in the name of Christ. _And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the father by him._ All our prayers--petitions for mercy--confessions of sin--and thanksgiving must be in his name, on his account, and through his sacrifice and mediation. Our father who is in heaven, can hear us only through him. The prayers of faith will be heard--and when heard, answered in that time and way, which, upon the whole, shall be best, most for the divine glory and our good. In all our wants and distresses divine favourable interpositions may be hoped for, if sought in faith. Our Lord himself says, _Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name believing, ye shall receive_--receive in such a manner--and such measures--and at such times, as infinite wisdom sees meet; if not the very identical or individual mercy sought, still what, all things considered, is best. Christ, farther, informs us in regard to the duty of prayer in these most encouraging words, _Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the son._--Again, _If ye shall ask any thing, in my name, I will do it:_ that is, all your prayers shall have a gracious audience and acceptance. That shall be done for you, by a wise and merciful God, which shall be most for his glory and your good, though, at present, painful to you, or even ever so contrary to your wishes or hopes.----