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gather before his throne ; and every eye will behold 

 the Judge. With a voice whose call you must abide 

 and answer, he will inquire whether on earth ye 

 strove to enter in at the strait gate — whether you 

 were supremely devoted to God — whether your 

 hearts were absorbed in Him. My blood runs cold 

 when I think how many of you will then seek to enter 

 in and shall not be able. Oh, what plea can you 

 make before the Judge of the whole earth ? Can you 

 say it has been your whole endeavor to mortify the 

 flesh, with its affections and lusts ? That your life 

 has been one long effort to do the will of God ? No ! 

 you must answer, I made myself easy in the world, 

 by flattering myself that all would end well ; but I 

 have deceived my own soul, and am lost. 



" ' You, oh, false and hollow Christian — of what 

 avail will it be that you have done many things — 

 read much in the sacred Word — that you have made 

 long prayers — that you have attended religious 

 duties, and appeared holy in the eyes of men ? 

 What will all this be, if, instead of loving Him 

 supremely, you have been supposing you should exalt 

 yourself to Heaven, by acts really polluted and 

 unholy ? 



" ' And you, rich man, wherefore do you hoard 

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