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moment the vulgar amusements, that sheds for a moment a glaring light, to be compared with that GLORIOUS ORB Which pours the golden day, which gladdens unnumbered nations, and shines with a serene and unceasing splendour? No more is the flux and transitory glory this world can give, to be compared with that which THE KING ETERNAL confers upon them whom he delighteth to honour. The RIGHTEOUS shall shine forth as the Sun in the kingdom of their Father for evermore."

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At first, the Infant, Mawling and puking in the Nurse's arms.

INFANCY.

At first, the INFANT,
Mewling and puking in the Norse's arms!

MAN stands at the head of this lower creation. His erect form, and intellectual faculties, give him a decided superiority over the beast of the field, the birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, and every creeping thing that creepeth on the face of the earth. Thus distinguished by his Maker, he becomes an appropriate subject of contemplation. We examine him on all sides; we view him in every position. We trace him throughout the successive periods of existence; we follow him from the cradle to the tomb. Nor is our observation of MAN in all his variations without improvement. In the several stages through which he passes, lessons suggest themselves conducive to our welfare. To these instructions every attention should be paid. And it is by regarding these intimations which Providence seems to have interwoven into our constitution, by recognising the suggestions which our very circumstances present to us, that we are to be guided in our progress through life. It is one of the prin

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