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232 worth of which he is susceptible; the clear indications he gives of being an heir of immortality, destined to survive the globe he inhabits; all show, that he has been made an inhabitant of this world for quite different purposes than to sit down on the lap of ease, and be a mute spectator of what he beholds around him. "I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day:" was the motto of our divine exemplar, while his dwelling was among the sons of men. True it is, that no mortal man, nor flaming seraph, was adequate to the great work which he, in amazing condescension, undertook to perform, and which he so triumphantly finished. But it is vain for any to bear His name, who is not actuated by the same principle of devotedness to God, that shone so conspicuously in His eventful life.

The life of the Christian is a state of service. He is in the condition of a