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 do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets." When all our thoughts and faculties are in harmony with the Word of truth; when our affections and desires bow themselves to the will of our Father who is in heaven; then do we experience the Lord's love in our souls, and he gives us to eat of that which is good. Then, too, is the light of his countenance lifted up upon us, and we behold his salvation. Joy pervades our whole being, cheerfulness and internal satisfaction take possession of our souls. With humble dependence we repose in the Lord's mercy, and the peace of God which passeth all understanding, keepeth our hearts and minds: "We shall rest on our bed, each one walking in his uprightness." (Isa. lvii. 2.)

T has been well and wisely said, that "the regeneration of man is a work purely divine;" that no man can become regenerate unless born of God. The commencement of the Scriptures proves this truth. On the sixth day of creation, God said, "Let us make man," and "God created man in his own image." Therefore such as God is infinitely such man was created to become finitely; and since God has manifested himself in the flesh, and glorified his humanity, even to its lowest and most ultimate principles, man has a new and a living way of approaching him; for