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*vourite. Thou haft illuminated his mind with a ray 

 of thy immortal light ; penetrate alfo his heart 

 •with a flo aft of thy love: This divine ftntiment, 

 when univerfally diffufed, 'will unite the mofi 

 hoftile f pints ; man will no longer dread the af- 

 pecl of man, and his hand ivill ceafe to be armed 

 "with murdering fteel; the devouring flames of 

 war ivill no more dry up the fources of genera- 

 tions; the human fpecies , novo "weakened \mutilated, 

 and prematurely mowed down, ivill germinate a- 

 fre/Jj, and multiply ivithout number : Nature, 

 groaning under the prejfure oj calamity, ft er He, and, 

 abandoned, ivill Jbon refume,vuith accumulated vi- 

 gour, her former fecundity ; and ive, beneficent 

 God, we flj all aid, cultivate, and incef ant ly con- 

 template her operations, that ive may be ' enabled 

 to offer thee, every moment, afreflo tribute dfgf 

 iilude and admiration. 



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