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holy law ? And is He not ever the same, like His 

 bright, unchanging stars ? Then, my sonl, fix thine 

 unfaltering gaze upon Him as thou dost seek re- 

 lease from all thy sins and griefs that fetter thee, 

 and like the trembling fugitive from the house of 

 bondage, who never paused while he could gild his 

 face with the beams of the blessed star which hung 

 over the land of liberty, thou shalt find emancipation 

 from the galling tyranny of sin, and shalt dwell for 

 ever in the abode of truth and righteousness. Thou 

 shalt rise above the stars, for thou art greater than 

 they, and God thy Strength and Saviour shall shine 

 in thy sight with a glory that shall surpass thy 

 sweetest visions upon earth. 



