64 COJIPAKISONS OF STRUCTURE IN ANBIALS. 



our entire trust iu him, and in all his pro- 

 mises. He has shown his wisdom, power, and 

 goodness in creation, but more than these, his 

 mercy also, in the means of salvation (faith in 

 the great Atonement), which he offers freely to 

 all who feel their need of it. " God so loved 

 the world that he gave his only begotten Son, 

 that whosoever believeth in him should not 

 perish, but have everlasting life." The brutes 

 perish ; but man lives in another state of being 

 when his mortal body dies. He lives in hap- 

 piness or misery: but the ransom for sin is 

 paid. " Whosoever will, let him take of the 

 water of life freely." 



