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 He knows that all the leadings of divine providence regard eternal ends, and he can joyously sing the praises of Jehovah even amidst the storms and the tempests, and the wrecks of the world. The wise man is a Christian, in the true sense of the word, and he knows that heavenly peace can only have a beginning where proud ambition ends.

Labour not then, dear reader; to become a learned, but a wise man; for learning without practice is the foolishness that ends in mortification and despair. All in heaven are wise! they are wise because good, and happy because their knowledge has led them to the wisdom of life. Wise men are those of purified and elevated minds! they are like mountains whose heads "are sunned long ere the rest of earth." If thou art learned, let thy attainments be the lamp to guide thee in the path of true religion and virtue; and then what is learned and wise in thee now, shall go hand in hand with thee in eternity.

HE four gospels contain a faithful record of the sayings and doings of Jesus Christ from his birth to the crucifixion; and as Jesus is declared to be the Way, the Truth and the Life, so His words contain spirit and life. (John vi. 63.) The gospel narratives are therefore to be viewed more in reference to the divine and heavenly wisdom contained in the