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protected, they have been permitted to follow 

 those instincts of their nature which lead them 

 to defend themselves, even at the risk of injur- 

 ing others. 



But we are very differently situated. Upon 

 us alone has our Heavenly Father bestowed the 

 higher powers of reason; we alone have been 

 created in his own image : that is, he has given 

 to us many of those good feelings and disposi- 

 tions which constitute his own nature ; and he 

 asks that we should exercise these; that we 

 should manifest our affection and gratitude to 

 him by our kindness to the beings he has cre- 

 ated ; and that, instead of feeling disposed to 

 return injury for injury, we should love our 

 enemies, do good to them that hate us, and 

 pray for them that despitefully use us and per- 

 secute us. Let our means of defence consist in 

 continual acts of kindness and of love ; let us 

 always endeavor to " overcome evil with 

 good." 



It is nearly bed time, but, before you go, I 

 will relate to you an anecdote, which will illus- 

 trate what I have told you of the soldiers and 

 workers in ant hill? always attending solely to 



