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 tue become manifest; and the land of the heart continues to receive its rain of doctrinal truth, while the affections of the heart, the trees of the field, yield their fruit. What then remains, but that we "STRIVE" to, keep the commandments, looking to the Lord for help, through whose aid alone we can keep them.

Let the soul, tried by suffering or temptation, always remember that the Lord is near to aid every one that asks for aid. Let the soul think of the power of goodness and truth in union, even while passing through this dark world; and the final triumph of righteousness must be effected. Let the prayer of the soul to the Lord be—"Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments." "O let my ways be directed by thy statutes. O let me not wander from thy commandments;" for "blessed are they who do his commandments."

HERE is nothing more important to the right understanding of religious truth, or to the fulfilment of religious duty, than a knowledge of those principles of the human heart and understanding, which, in their proper order, form the image and likeness of God in man; and, in their abuse, are the source of all the manifold miseries which afflict society. That the merciful Creator designed man to find his happiness in loving God with all his heart, and his