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76 warms itself by every fireside; it bides itself in every social gathering; it conceals itself in workshop and store, and holds high carnival on change; it does our buying and selling; its voice is beard in every passing conversation; it governs wherever rulers congregate; and it is insidiously coiled in the very aisles and pews of our churches. It trails its slimy way in highways and byways, homes and hearts, and its poison pervade the world. Ah! could we rise above these delusions of sense, could we but believe in and follow the Lord with half the zeal and energy with which we listen to and serve the serpent, this were a world worth living in. We can—we must. It is the only true salvation.