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“To-day, if thou shalt hear His voice 
Calling thvee apart, 
0, child of His eternal choice, 
Harden not thy heart,” 
— Anon. 
M AH’S conscience is like a clear-toned bell which is ringing on so 
many an occasion within the inmost recesses of our souls. 
Its voice reminds us impressively that we are the living temple of 
God and that we are not only the temple of God, but, in some respects, 
also, its architects and its guardians. We should, therefore, do for our liv¬ 
ing temple whatever is done for a material temple. We ought to build it 
up by faith , hope , and charity; to adorn it by the practice of good works; 
to place an altar in it, whereon we may daily offer sacrifice; to open and to 
close it at proper hours; to repair it; and to keep it always in a state 
■worthy of the majesty of the God ivho dwells ivithin it. 
Do we act thus ? 
Oh, how many persons there are who think much more of the vani¬ 
ties of this perishable world,-than of the temple of their own soul and of 
what God speaks to them through that inner voice of conscience! 
Oh, reader, living temple of a thrice holy God, if you wish to pre¬ 
serve this august sanctuary of your conscience undefiled, often enter not 
only into this inward temple of your own soul, by wholesome meditation 
and reflection, but also into God’s, temple which represents, His holy 
Church on earth. Listen, then, also, to the advice of your lawfully 
appointed pastor, and go by what he says. 
“Ye have the Old and the Hew Testament, 
And the Pastor of God’s Church who guideth you: 
Let this suffice you unto your salvation. 
If evil appetite cry aught else to you, 
Be ye as men, and not as silly sheep, 
So that the Jew among you may not mock you. 
