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our future inheritance by looking after those 
things which redound to the ‘praise of his 
glory ’ who giveth the ‘ spirit of wisdom and 
revelation in the knowledge of him ’ who would 
thus make us ‘ know what is the hope of his 
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his 
inheritance in the saints, and what the ex¬ 
ceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who 
believe, according to the working of his mighty 
power.’ 
“ Dropping, therefore, the consideration of 
the utility of the atmosphere as being beneath 
our feet, let the contemplation be fixed on the 
glory and beauty which God has spread over 
the heavens above, the ‘ thick canopy of clouds,’ 
the splendors of the ‘ bow of promise,’ and the 
emblazoned purple and gold of the morning 
and evening skies. 
“ No eye is so dull as not to cast a wonder¬ 
ing gaze at the glories that spread over the 
skies at the rising of the sun and hang over 
the west at its setting; and that heart must in¬ 
deed be of cloddish mould wherein strange and 
deep emotions are not found upspringing at these 
contemplations. Alas ! alas ! how few ever be¬ 
come so impressed with the benevolence of him 
