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in n word, tbey nse the profane oath, pa.,,~
arounu the merry gh'5s, 3wl affect to have no
ilreau of damnation j and then have the hanlihood
to turn roum] aud pretend that thi.::;i~
liberty, that this is independencc, that thi~ i:i
acting manfully.
My young fricnds, I have u.:;ctl plain language
j and how could I do otherwise? I fecI
tnat I have Ix'ell speaking for parents, some of
whom arc far away, it may hc, gOlle to a better
world. I fed that I hayo spoken in hehal! of
those who.se kindred you are to c;;:pousc, nml
whose offices you arc to fill. Xu)' more. I
f~olthat I hayc been ui8charging .Iny cluty as
a minister of Christ, ano. I must be faithful.
T..carnthen to l'ct a high vulue on your own
bci'lg. God himself has magnific(l 'you, by
gh'ing you an intellectual nature-by cmlowiog
).ou with c.'lpncities for improvcmcntby
conferring upon you the attribute of immortality
i nTHl above all, by sending hi:i Son
from heaven to dio on yonr behalf. W"ill
you treau all thc:::.clofty advantage::! in the
dust? Can you consent to be anything less
than men?