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32 TilE SrRISG.TIME OF I.IFF..
is to be forearmed," has its fullCo,t applica.
tion.
1. You arc in danger from you,rselves.
This may seem strange language, but the
longer you live, the more deeply will you be
convinceu of its truth. One of the lIJo::tohvi.
ous eflects of the original apost..'L"YWn..~, to sub.
vert ma.nlt; gOYOTnment oyer his own henrt, nnd
undcTm.ine his pO\ycr of self-control. lljT this
fatal step, he not only bruke tho,,, bonds in
suuder which bound him in holy and happy
.Uegianee to his Maker, but he subverted all
lhe la.ws of his own moral constitutioll. From
that moment lxt."-'3iououtnineu. the nsccndcncy
O\'er reason, nnd impul~c over principle. So
disloyal did his feelinl,'" become to his better
juugment, that he needs now to be restorcd to
himself, almoot as much as to his God. Both
of the~e changes, the one scnrcely less thnn the
other, are effected by true conversion.
Young men nre necessa.rily inexperirnool.
The ruad they have to travel is to them a new
road. It is their lot to be encompassed with
difficulties with which they can have 110 pre.
,..iouR aC(Jlutintnncc, and to mingle ill scenes