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for that all have sinned." " Thanks be unto God 

 for his unspeakable gift." Through the great 

 Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ 

 Jesus, "life and immortality" are brought "to 

 light through the gospel." And happy are they, 

 who, receiving his testimony, "set to their seal 

 that God is true," and exclaim, in the enjoyment 

 of "things present," Death and things to come 

 are ours ! 



In leaving this part of our subject, we feel that 

 what life is, even in its humblest forms, must remain 

 inscrutable. Here, as in numerous natural objects, 

 a barrier is placed which we cannot pass. The 

 sphere of man is bounded, his researches are limited, 

 and the hidden mysteries around and within him, 

 are far too deep for him to fathom. Let us then 

 take our proper station. To deny, as some do, what 

 is unseen, or not fully within their grasp, although 

 attested by ample evidence, is, at once, their greatest 

 folly, and most awful crime. It is for us to be 

 humble ; the only attitude that becomes us, is that of 

 reverent and devout disciples. In the highest and 

 noblest efforts of man, we may detect the weakness 

 and infirmity of his fallen nature ; but in the works 

 of God we have a revelation of his character, a 

 mirror in which we may behold his infinite perfec- 

 tions. Let it then be our concern, amidst our igno- 

 rance and errors, gratefully to appeal to him who 

 knows all things. The phenomena of life those 

 evidences of a mysterious and inscrutable principle 



