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is one recollection that it brings to mind, which 

 more than all the rest is cheering, as telling the 

 goodness and providence of God : I mean the 

 allusion made to it by the Saviour, when, for the 

 encouragement of his disciples, he said, " Are not 

 two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of 

 them shall not fall on the ground without your 

 Father. Fear not therefore, ye are of more value 

 than many sparrows."* 



* Matthew x. 29, 31. 



