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 life in all that is pure and good; while good works, as the outward effect, shew the heavenly life that rules and governs within. These three, Faith, Charity, and Good Works, cannot be separated, but are all firmly united together for the growth of man in the Divine Life. Faith is the light of man's little world; charity is the warmth of it, and good works are fruits of it. If man produce no good fruits, he is spiritually barren; if he have no charity, he is cold and torpid as it respects the life of heaven; and if he possess not faith, he is spiritually blind and ignorant. They must all dwell together, and act unitedly, in order to enrich and eternally bless the human race.

Faith separated from charity, may be compared to the winter's sun, which shines, but does not warm. It is light without heat, knowledge without practice, and a profession of religion without its warm and sanctifying influences in the life.

HE luminary of day is the brightest object in nature, and is mentioned in the Scripture to symbolize the ONE ONLY LORD of heaven—. There is one sun in the system, to teach us that there is but one God in heaven, and in the Church. Invisible things, even the eternal power and Godhead, are to be clearly seen by the things that are made. (Rom. i. 20.) The sun is pure fire,