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 his body, bears an analogy to, and is called earth; and this earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: and his internal man, the undying soul, bears an analogy to, and is called heaven. Hear, then. O heaven! and give ear, O earth! Hear, O man, internal and external, for the Lord hath spoken! He hath founded the earth upon the seas; the external man rests upon external truths, and these truths, if they be rendered living by incorporation into life, constantly tend to expand the eyes of the mind, and to elevate them to higher and more interior views; for every truth, like every seed, contains within itself the germ of the truth that is to succeed it. "The sea is to the scenes of nature what the eye is to a fine countenance; it illuminates them, it imparts to them that radiant physiognomy which makes them live, speak, and fascinate the attention of those who contemplate them." But still it is but the representation of the external, of the natural man. We must sail over this sea to reach those brighter worlds beyond. "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of our God." To that city we are all professedly bound; and that city we shall assuredly reach, if we fear the Lord, and keep his commandments.

S we familiarize ourselves with the sacred Scriptures, we constantly observe their tendency to