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HERE are, according to the Scriptures, so many varieties of enjoyment in heaven, that "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man, to conceive the things that God hath prepared for those that love him." Rich and pure garments invest the blesscd spirits; "they walk in white, for they are worthy;" and "on their heads are crowns of gold," the glorious symbols of the power of perfect goodness. The eye takes in the most ravishing scenes of beauty, because there "everlasting spring abides, and never withering flowers;" the ear receives the ethereal modulations of a divine harmony, blending in concert with the dulcet tones of "harps of gold," whose "silver strings" vibrate to all the harmonious voices of the angels, whose purified affections and thoughts bespeak the peace and happiness of the soul. And the food which these glorious ones partake of, is such as is found at the "tables of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," and corresponding with that soul-nourishing aliment, the doing of the will of our Father which is in heaven. As all these delights are provided by the goodness of the Lord, so all anxiety, all care, all thought, as to what they shall eat, or what they shail drink, or wherewithal they shall be clothed, is entirely removed from the souls of these glorious ones, who renew their youth perpetually, who run and are never weary, who walk, and faint not. The human soul is