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Rh upon the Rock of Ages, the sure and immutable foundation which God himself has laid in Zion. He who provides in spring and summer against the cold and chilling winds of winter is wise: but how much more so is the man who provides for his solid comfort against the cold blasts of death by securing a shelter under the everlasting arm? Such an one judges rightly in that which should concern him most; in that which involves his highest and best interests; hence he is pre-eminently wise. He regards himself only as a pilgrim, a sojourner here. He sets his affections, not on things below, but on things above. His conversation is in Heaven. He puts a proper estimate upon the things of this life. He uses tb world, as not abusing it. He passes through things temporal so as not to lose those things that are eternal. He reasons thus.—The things that are seen, are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal. What then would it profit