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lage, a throne in every natural heart. Be t ours, 

 as children of light, to war against the kingdom 

 of darkness, wherever we behold its ensigns dis- 

 played ; and let our efforts go forth, wide as the 

 glorious command, " into all the world," " unto 

 every creature," as our means may enable us, 

 after doing this work at our own doors — not to 

 leave the other undone. 



As in families, so in cities : as in cities, so in 

 empires. When the day-spring begins to shine, it 

 will brighten more and more unto the perfect day. 

 When the tide commences its majestic approach, 

 it will overflow, and pass on, and cover the whole 

 earth with the knowledge of the glory of the 

 Lord. You cannot look up, and survey the clouds 

 darkening over your head, you cannot look down, 

 and see the little Heartsease smiling at your feet, 

 without feeling conscious that a book of remem- 

 brance is before you. I would rather forego, to 

 the last hour of my existence, the dear delights of 

 my own sweet garden, than think that I wrote to 

 minister a transient gratification to your idle hours, 

 and leave you unimpressed with the awful fact, 

 that another portion of the. very little span of time 

 appointed you to work in, has passed away — elud- 

 ed your grasp for ever, while you turned over these 

 pages — leaving you only a solemn admonition to 

 rise up, and be doing, and redeem the moments 

 that remain. 



