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 signified by frankincense, and natural truth by myrrh. These three things, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, were offcred to the Lord by the wise men, because every particle of love or good, and all the truths, whether of a spiritual or natural degree—yea, everything that we possess of a heavenly nature, is the Lord's property in man. It is therefore wise in every man to open his treasures, to explore the interior principles of his mind, and from a humble and contrite heart to acknowledge that all the good and truth of which he is possessed, belongs exclusively to the Lord, that they originally came from the Lord; and therefore the Christian, in the solemn moments of his worship, should never ascribe anything to himself, but should offer to the Lord Jesus Christ, the gold, the frankincense and the myrrh. He should humbly acknowledge that all Divine good and truth are of and from the Lord, and that man, of himself, is nothing. This is the true way of rendering unto God the things that belong to Him. May we follow the example of the wise men of the east; and when we commemorate the goodness and love of the Almighty, in assuming human nature for man's redemption and salvation, wisely ascribe to the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the, all that sincere praise and glory which is justly due to his sacred name. By thus worshipping Jesus as the true God and eternal life, and by delighting to walk according to his Divine laws, we will become spiritually wise, be richly endowed with every mental excellence, and finally be raised to the mansions of the blessed, receive the crown of life, and be eternally and supremely happy.