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 selves", in all things. They are in danger, for instance, of being harsh towards those they employ, of pushing them unjustly in their work, requiring more of them than is right, and of contracting their wages within unfair limits, thus subjecting themselves to the punishment denounced against those that "oppress the hireling in his wages."

These and many other practices that are contrary to love towards the neighbor, men are in danger of at this day. These are the things that draw a man away from heaven, that harden his heart, and make him selfish, and indifferent to the welfare of his fellow-men.

Moreover, too much devotion to worldly pursuits and pleasures is a danger to be guarded against;—as the love of display in dress, furniture, equipage, going to balls and parties and public places of amusement, which when enjoyed in moderation are useful recreations, but when pursued to excess draw one away from the sober duties of life, dissipate all serious thoughts, and thus remove man's mind from heaven. The spiritual man will be constantly on his guard against this and all other forms of the love of the world, and his greatest security is the habits of daily reading the Divine Word and of prayer. No man who keeps in mind the true end of his existence—namely, heaven and the life eternal—will permit himself to pass a single day without going to that Holy Word which is the guide-book to heaven, and refreshing his mind—if even but for a few moments—by perusing its sacred pages—reading a Psalm, or a portion of a chapter, and