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.t.\~LI~IU~8 IS YOUTIl. 281
brought. low." GidJ,y friends urc miserahle
r.0mforters now. You must betake youn:clyes
. tv that glorious Gospel, which in the ahsenco
vf all other help, cun point lUU to the star of
hure, and tell you of the blood whidl dc:.U1~t:th
from all sin.
Religion, be ~ssurcd, is no inefficient eIc.
mellt ill the formf~tion of character. On tho
contrary, nothing takes l'!O strong a hold on
dw henft) nothing I't'aeh('~:m fully dowlI to the
deepest motives of conduct, nothing exerts so
potent an influence ill shapiug the cou~ and
fixing the !Stateof man. Its se.'\t i~the inmo:-;L
heart, where law anil conscience meet, and
where the presence of the H Shekinab ll is felt.
The inner chamber of the soul is the Rpot
which it chooses for itself, and there} introc1ucillg
Goo. i1:5 the :)JlL'ilker, nuu Luman 1eiug
nUll bk~eJ.ncli:) as tLe topic, it sl1pplii.~s incenti\'es
for all tbat is noble in purpose and ele-
\'ateJ in l}cportment as nothing cl~p.c~nn. But
then il mu.st be the true religion, cun1iall,y em.
braced anti faithfully pmcti..:;ctl. Ii If the light
that is in you be Jarkuc~l Low ,b'Tcat is tha.t
darkness I"