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Rh knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity,” [2 Peter i. 5, 6, 7.]; since the perfection of your mind, like that of your body, will depend on the indefinite variety of heavenly graces, which, like so many distinct spiritual organs and members, enter into its composition, and are in due subordination to each other.

You see then, my good Friend, how, in the external form of your body, as consisting of a variety of organs and members, all arranged under one head, and all subordinated to that head, the, in His adorable mercy and wisdom, has been pleased to write a book of the most edifying and interesting instruction, respecting the formation of your mind; or, to speak more properly, respecting its reformation and regeneration.

But there is yet another singular and striking feature in your bodily form, which must not be overlooked, inasmuch as it also speaks a figurative language of the most profound wisdom, in regard to the form of your mind. The feature, to which I allude, is the general agreement and harmony established between what are commonly called the right side of the body, and the left.