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Rh every man. He has an unconquerable thirst for happiness. But instead of seeking it where alone it can be found, he tries this, that and the other expedient, and though disappointed over and over again, he will not be wise; he dies eternally, he perishes for lack of those heavenly streams, which he might have received if he would, "without money and without price." The prodigal son, who strayed away from the paternal care of a kind parent, squandered his substance in riotous living, and reduced himself to a state of starvation and wretchedness, was truly an object to be pitied. But preeminently so are those who have strayed away from the wholesome restraints of their Heavenly Father. Unwilling to yield to the holy requisitions of his love, they follow the devices and desires of their own hearts. See the multitudinous crowd of immortal men, wending their way in the "broad" road, led on by Satan, the god of this world. A portentous storm is