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150 of duly improving the price that God in his goodness has placed into your hands to get wisdom. You are stewards of the manifold grace of God. And the day is at hand, when you will be called to stand at his dread tribunal, to render a strict account of your stewardship. You are surrounded with every necessary facility to enable you to make your peace with God, your calling and election sure. Through the providence of God your lot has been cast, not amidst the darkness of Paganism, superstition and idolatry, but in a Christian land, under the moral influences of Christian sabbaths, religious counsel and example. You have the Bible in your hand, that blessed book, which is "a lantern unto our feet, and a light unto our path" which informs us of the great love of our heavenly Father in giving his "Son to die for our offences, and to be raised again for our justification," and his Holy Spirit to enlighten, renew and sanctify our depraved nature.