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 Return, O daughter of reproach, let one hour after such an age of dissipation; be devoted to thought', shew kindness to yourself—why Should you add bitterness to the bitter why refuse application to the God of grace? The excellent of the earth, say Come; the holy angels say Come; the Divine Spirit saith Come. Come to the fountain of grace and purity; come to the foot stool of that throne from which smiles were shed down upon the publican; come to the tender-hearted Christian, who will pity, direct, and encourage you come to the cheering ordinances of religion; ‘Come out front the wicked, and be separate, and I will receive you as my daughter,’ saith the Lord God Almighty.

Blessed language! Can any thing, but a heart of stone, be insensible to its persuasive import? A prayer rises from each devout reader, that you, whom it principally concerns, may feel all it is calculated to impress. Oh that you may also pray, and that your sorrow, your amendment, your entire conversion to God, may form the solid demonstration that prayer has obtained an answer.