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 each one's deserts: for "He who soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap of blessings."

The pastor, therefore, will not only move the faithful to a desire of arriving at this happiness; but will frequently remind them that, infallibly to attain it, they must possess the virtues of faith and charity; they must persevere in the exercise of prayer, and the salutary use of the sacraments, and in a faithful discharge of all the good offices which spring from fraternal charity. Thus, through the mercy of God, who has prepared that blessed glory for those who serve him, shall be one day fulfilled the words of the prophet: " My people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence and of wealthy rest."