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Satan triumphed over all that was created so beau- 

 tiful and good, crushing it into a scene of wintry 

 devastation, and sending across it many a storm, 

 originating in the perverted elements of depraved 

 humanity ; and surely it is a glorious hope that 

 spreads before us a speedy termination to this Sa- 

 tanic reign — that gives promise of another and a 

 brighter spring ; when the Sun of Righteousness 

 shall arise and shine, throughout the wide range 

 of our beautiful sphere, and the kingdoms of this 

 world shall become the kingdom of our God, and 

 of his Christ. 



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