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nt~:l.r witl1lne while I :pres."!thi.s suggestion.
Other uamt'S are worLh)t of respect and lon',
but ht:rtt is nonnme which ~tanJ5 out single auu
nlulle. \Vhat, beloved youth, is .fo:-;cVhJor
Josiah, or John, C'.omparedwith the hol)' chilli
Je."!us. They were uutiful, but they sometimes
gave way to ill fceling~ and temper. The)"
were piou~l but their 11eart~sometimes wander.
ed from God. 'riley v,ere examples of good.
llCSS, yet it would not always be safe to follow
them. But here there is no defect, no dmw.
back, no alloy. I wish the youngest of you
to remember that tllCre was n person in the
world of Jour ycry age who neyer haJ an ill
feeling, neyer uttered a wicked 'Word, and
never did a. wrong act. '!1hink what n life the
blessed Sa,-iour lived, at the snme season
through which you are now passing, Learn
to contemplate him as he lics in tho manger,
or rests on hiA mother's bosom, or entcT:; the
carpentcr\; shop, or pu18 questions in the tcmpl~l
with adoratioll awl love'. If be be your
Reueemer, he is at the f:,amc time your exam
pIc, and YOll arc to walk in hi~ steps.
This is n topic which none can exhaust.