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 expected. Though the talents of the person be of the highest kind, and though his personal attractions be as glorious as the sun in the meridian, avoid him. The talents are but as the eye of the basilisk, the attractions but as the shining scales of the serpent: both are dangerous and subversive of happiness. Take heed to your way: "be not unequally yoked."

And, young men, take heed to your way, also! Take the dying words of King David to his son Solomon, and consider them as spoken to yourselves: "And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek Him, He will be found of thee, but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever."

Young women! Remember every affection that tends to good in yourselves is an image of some principle of divine love in the Lord. Think of this, and so exercise it, that it may glorify your Father in heaven.

Young men! Every thought that tends to truth is an image of some principle of heavenly wisdom in the Lord, and when the two are united, they become a likeness of the Eternal Saviour. They live, they move, they have their very being in the. O, think of this! Defile not these holy principles; cherish them, and they will establish a heaven within you.

There is a chain which firmly binds

Some kindred spirits as in one;

A holy tie, a deathless link,

Which closer knits as time rolls on.

There is a pure, undying flame,

Which burns in some devoted hearts;