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Rh Now if you fail to bring forth the fruit of righteousness, after having all these superior privileges and blessings at hand, bow tremendous must be the punishment that awaits you in the eternal world! How can ye escape wrath to the uttermost?

I beseech you, let not the grace of God be granted you in vain. Avoid the doom of the wicked and slothful servant. In all your getting, get wisdom. Continue no longer under the shameful reproach of having "no heart to it." Seek after it, for it is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Seek it diligently and perseveringly. For "if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God." And what "thy hand findeth to do" on this great subject, "do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest."