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 because there is a "stil small voice" within, which shews the uncertain tenure by which its possessions are held, and the fear lest the flitting pain may snap the cord of natural life, and compel the man to leave his wealth to others, he himself having failed to secure that treasure in heaven which can alone satisfy the immortal soul.

One class eats, and is satisfied; and though, in a physical sense, he may have barely enough, yet he has bread to eat, which alone is satisfying and soul-sustaining. The other "snatches on the right hand, and still is hungry—eats on the left hand, and still is unsatisfied:" and though, in a physical sense, he has bread enough and to spare, he lacks the necessary portion of true bread, and spiritually has nothing but famine and desolation before him.

Let us then labour, not so much for the bread that perisheth, as for that which endureth unto everlasting life. The humble Christian is the truly wise man. He eats, or appropriates into his best affections, that bread which cometh down from heaven. His prayer is, "Lord, evermore give us this bread." His meat is to do the will of his Father which is in heaven; and he eats in plenty, and is satisfied.

N every stage of regeneration, while man is contending against and rejecting what is evil and