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bited an infinite and universal wisdom. Thus 

 there is no true Christian who, by the exer- 

 cise of the opportunities God has given him, 

 may not help to bring in a revenue of glory to 

 his Saviour, and a harvest of profit to his fel- 

 low-men. 



The author, then, in conclusion, would com- 

 mend these thoughts to the serious considera- 

 tion of his readers. Long have great moral 

 diseases consumed the best fruits of many 

 portions of our land. We have thought too 

 much of reaping the produce of the labours of 

 men's bodies, and have regarded too little the 

 serious account to which we must be called 

 for our neglect of the one great remedy of 

 their souls. While the farmer looks upon the 

 rural population in his fields, tilHng the soil, 

 reaping the golden corn, or gleaning the ears 

 that have fallen from the sickle, may he think 

 on the duty of marking well the real destroyers 

 of the happiness'of our cottages, and dihgently 

 strive, by example, advice, and infiuence, to 

 diffuse amongst them a love of that knowledge 

 which can alone lead to an acquaintance 

 with, and a true correction of, the ills which 

 liave long prevailed amongst thousands of the 

 peasantry of this country. How anxious are 



