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made in the image of God — and bringing to premature intellectu;^ 

 graves, uiiiold thousands of the otherwise lovely and good. 



Lastly. — In the enumeration of human wants, man needs a hope 

 beyond the grave. Earth is not the whole of human existence. 

 These material scenes will last but for a season. 



In the casket which God hath given to you and to me, there is 

 a jewel, worth more than any ruby or diamond that ever glittered 

 on the brow of royalty, or that adorns the cabinet of any earthly 

 monarch. That jewel is the human soul : which is to live on and 

 on whilst eternity shall endure. A part of the business of earth is 

 to polish this jewel, and prepare it for Heaven. A heavenly hope 

 and trust man needs in order to accomplish this object. He must 

 have the means of spiritual and religious improvement. 



One of the conditions of human happiness is to remember the 

 Sabbath day to keep it holy. 



The stated worship of God, stated seasons for religious contem- 

 plation and improvement, are essential to the prosperity of indi- 

 viduals and communities. 



Having thus imperfectly sketched some of the more common 

 wants of man, wants which are not peculiar to this community, or 

 to any community, but to all, to the world, I will now devote a 

 few monients to the consideration t)f the question, whether you, 

 ladies and gentlemen, have the elements, the means within your 

 reach, of supplying these wants. 



The whole subject resolves itself into one inquiry. Have you 

 the elements here in Aroostook of pecuniary prosperity ? Have 

 you the means of accumulating material wealth ? Because, by the 

 right disposition and use of wealth, all these other wants may be 

 supplied. The answer by every intelligent and reflecting mind to 

 this inquiry must be in the affirmative. 



In the first place, you, in common with myself, and every other 

 person having his home in Maine, are citizens of one of the best 

 States of the American Union. I do not mean to say that there 

 are not States, that have advantages which we have not. But 

 what I do say is, that taking into the account our soil, our climate, 

 the variety of our productions, our extended sea coast, our noble 

 rivers, our inexhaustible forests, our mines, our quarries of slate 

 and lime and granite, our boundless water power, the hardihood, 

 enterprise, industry, and perseverance of our people, the devoted 

 moral character of our population, the excellence of our. schools 

 and seminaries of learning, the universal diffusion of the institutions 



