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 that presents the harmony, correctness, and beauty of the whole! The stones are not thrown down one upon another, in disorder and confusion. has not gone out of, or departed from the temple—He is in the midst of it! There his goodness is felt, and his truth is seen. Take heed, then, that no man deceive you! Take heed that these very truths do not deceive, as they certainly will, if not reduced to practical life! If spiritual doctrines are not reduced to practice, the stones of the temple are thrown down to the earth—the temple, with you, is in ruins and the kingdom is lost:—

Religion!—an after state!—with all its consequences!—the truths of immortality which point the soul to heaven, are not things to be trifled with! Live the life which the doctrines of Christianity teach! you will then be out of the reach of deception! Nothing can then disturb you. Peace will attend your footsteps here, and the purest bliss of heaven will be your sure and everlasting reward.

HAFF is the refuse of winnowed corn—the mere husks—in itself an unproductive thing. "The wicked are as chaff that the storm carrieth away." (Job xxi. 18; Psa. i. 4.) Mere falsities in religion deceive the mind and enslave it. Under the tyranny