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160 the other creatures, has but a small space of time to carry on his operations here, but his movements are not confined, like theirs, within the little boundary marked out to him in this world. No. His dominion over the rest of the creatures, his superior skill, his boundless desires, his hopes, his fears, all more than intimate that he has within him a spirit, destined to survive this material system, and that his future happiness or misery will depend upon the character formed in this state of mortality. These solemn and overwhelming truths, indicated by the light of reason, are set forth in the brightness of a sun-beam upon the inspired page. We are there told not only that life is short, that "it is appointed unto men once to die," but we are also told that "after this the judgment" —that "God will render to every man according to his deeds,—to them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honor, immortality, eternal