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the very fount of Law, that Truth is made or 

 marred ; here, therefore, that some safeguard is 

 needed most. Where shall we find it ? It must 

 be something external to ourselves, something we 

 can reverence, something we can love, something 

 which for us is the Law of God, in meditation of 

 which we may train our conscience. I know but 

 of one rule which will avail for those who hold, 

 and those who hold not yet, the faith of Christ, 

 and it is a rule not quite unknown even to non- 

 Christian ethics. Act up to that which is purest ; 

 have faith in that which is truest ; judge always by 

 that which is highest ; reach forward to that which 

 is noblest. It is for you the revelation of God, till 

 He vouchsafe more light, more knowledge of Him- 

 self. And the Law, which is holy, and just, and 

 good, shall not condemn you in the judgment of 

 the Great Assize. 



