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 same object excite that imagination! and what a diversity of thoughts press upon, and arrange themselves into multitudinous images in his mind! How differently blended in colours of light and gold are the last rays of the setting sun. How modified are the vibrations of sound in a piece of music that calls forth gratitude and love! and how different to the sense is the odour of various flowers, each receiving the incense it offers from the same glorious sun! Then, again, what a diversity of feature is there in the human countenance! What a diversity of talent in the human mind! What varieties of power in the members of the human body! But the imagination of man, with his diversity of thought; the blending of colours harmoniously, though with innumerable tints and shades; the harmony of sweet sounds, the incense of sweet flowers, all seem to unite in affirming that, however different their individual effects may be, in their general result they combine into one universal good. So it is in heaven, where innumerable societies form a one. Let us adopt one more simile. One class of men are purely beings of love, another of wisdom, a third of intelligence; but all acknowledge that from the Lord alone their several excellencies are derived, and to him alone their several powers are dedicated. They are celestial, or they are spiritual, or they are natural. And how do they use their powers? By shewing their love to God in works of love, of charity, and use to their neighbour, according to the diversity of these gifts by the same Spirit; and thus are they preparing themselves for their residence in their Father's kingdom. Whether they possess the science of a Newton, the wisdom and