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DEATHS IN INFANCY. time to eternity. Before the fall, that is, amongst the race of beings, whose quality and character are represented by Adam in paradise, one may imagine that few, if any, died in childhood; for then society was comparatively perfect, and free from disease. There was no disease until there was sin, and without disease it is probable, that there would be no deaths in infancy. Even the advance we have made in outward civilization has made a perceptible diminution in the deaths of children. In our own country, the deaths of infants have been fewer for some years, in proportion to adults, than formerly, which must be in consequence of subjecting children to a more faithful obedience to the laws of creation.