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all ; that it can not only keep us from the fascinations of 

 sinful pleasure, but that it can bless us with exalted plea- 

 sures during our earthly pilgrimage, and bring us to a land 

 of eternal joy. Child of the dust ! wilt thou reject the 

 gracious offer ? Wilt thou put away from thee the richest 

 blessings, to drink deadly poison from a gilded cup? 

 " When sinners entice thee, consent thou not/' When 

 pleasure plies her deceitful wiles, know that " by her many 

 have been cast down wounded, and many strong men have 

 been slain." " Enter not then into the path of the wicked ; 

 go not the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it ; 

 turn from it, and pass away." Say, " One thing have I 

 desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after, that I 

 may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 

 that I may behold the beauty of the Lord, and inquire in 

 his temple ; for in the time of trouble he will hide me in 

 his pavilion ; in the secret of his tabernacle he will hide 

 me ; he will set me upon a rock." 



