"And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel," Numbers 25:1-3. Having introduced our subject at length last Lord's Day evening, and having discovered the nature and extend of the drift away from our former allegiances, we come now to the substance of our text. It will explain to us why the drift within the political and religious affairs of Northern Ireland, away from the old paths long proclaimed by those now involved in and promoting the new philosophy, has taken place.