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24 afford no ground of hope to characters which you now sustain. In these new heavens and new earth spoken of, you can have no portion. "There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." As your hopes were placed upon the idols of earth, with the idols of a burning earth, you will then be left to perish. The lot of all who shall then sustain the characters that you now do, must be with hypocrites, unbelievers, and all the abominable in the region of hopeless misery and despair. We turn aside from this awful picture to urge you to seek, for, you may yet obtain the Christian's hope. You are yet within the reach of mercy. The gospel with its inviting voice, still calls.—Conscience, in clamorous tones, still warns.—The Holy Spirit, though as still in his influences as the dew of the morning, yet powerfully strives