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 thee!" We shall joyfully obey the Divine command, "Arise! take up our bed and walk!" We shall no longer, in religion, stumble or pursue a tremulous walk. With joy we shall elevate our doctrines into the higher principles of love and charity; and with Jesus our steps will be firm in the way of life!

IME involves the effects of all the changes both in nature and in the mind of man. Eternity is a most comprehensive word, denoting DIVINE GOOD or LOVE, which, in God is life itself, ever the same and changeless, dispensing to all His creation that rich fulness of joy and delight each created being is capable of receiving! Thus, as the apostle expresses it, "of His fulness have we all received, and grace for grace." (John i. 16.)

Time, in reference to man, is the period of his existence in this world, in which, by his changes of state, from ignorance to knowledge, from knowledge to wisdom, and from evil to good, his regeneration is effected, and he is thus prepared for heaven and its joys. May God in His mercy help us to use time and not to kill it! The time-killer destroys heaven in his soul;—the time-improver builds it up, and adds blessings with every moment as changes of state go on.

Our times or changes of state, both as to affection and thought, as we pass on in the regenerate life, are in the divine hand, controlled by His almighty power