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III.\Sr.ISESS IX YOIHH. 269
Consider hO\\ men ma.y, with God':; blcR15ing,
improu and elew./~'tbem,w:.h-es. X 0 other ercn-
ture OIl earth i~ capable of :such advancement.
In no othr.r cuse is the Ilifl'erence 80 grt!:.\t, as
Ixtween man blilldcIl b)'r sin, thc victim of hi~
own evil p:l~sions! aud sunk in vice; and man
rt.'Claime:uby the Gospel: irradiated by science,
and ennobled by virtue. Though most help-
le~ when he come::; into the world, and more
pcrvcr.::c in his nature than anything el:;c that
Goo has made, he is ne\'erthele".8 capable of
constnnt progress 1n cyer.vthing which consoti.
tutes mental and moral dif,'llity. until be reach-
c:'t an crninencc t pl'rhnp,