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Without attempting to produce further proof of this now, we would rather refer the reader to the following pages, in which numerous quotations from Holy Scripture of a similar character will be found.

But the main design of this little volume is to set forth the moral condition of man in the sight of his Holy and Merciful Creator-what he was originally, when first introduced into the delightful existence which awaited him in that lovely Paradise which had been already prepared by Infinite Goodness for his reception-how he by transgression fell from this high and holy position, into one of sin, and guilt, and woe-the wonderful provision made by consummate wisdom and boundless benevolence for his restoration -the help offered to aid him in his return to God, and the glorious reward which awaits his obedience in the regions of immortal life.

These Great Facts, so important to the destinies

of human beings, are set forth in the following pages in a new form; and hence it is ardently hoped that they may attract the attention of some. It should also be mentioned, that free use has been made, in the first chapters, of quotations from those approved writers who have written best on the very serious subjects under discussion. The quotations from Holy Scripture have been made, not from memory, but in every instance, we believe, from the Word itself; the italics in the quotations being copies of the original

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Wide over-arching heaven's blue vault

The firmament arose.

Now sparkles above heaven's glorious blue,
It sends to the earth the light and the dew.

God spake he bade the waves divide;

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The earth uprears her head;

From hill, from rock, the gushing streams
In bubbling torrents spread.

The earth rested quiet, and poised in the air,
In heaven's blue bosom lay naked and bare.

God spake the hills and plains put on

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Their robe of freshest green;

Dark forests in the valleys wave,

And budding trees are seen.

The word of his breath clothes the forest with leaves, The high gift of beauty the spring-tide receives.

God spake and on the new-dress'd earth,

Soft smiled the glowing sun,

Then full of joy he sprung aloft,

His heavenly course to run.

Loud shouted the stars as they shone in the sky,
The moon with mild aspect ascended on high.

God spake the waters teem with life,

The tenants of the floods;

The many-colour'd winged birds

Dart quickly through the woods.

High rushes the eagle on fiery wings,

Low hid in the valley the nightingale sings.

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Spring from the moisten'd clay,

While round the breast of mother earth

Bees hum, and lambkins play.

They give life to the mountain, they swarm on the plain, But their eyes fix'd on earth must for ever remain.

God spake he look'd on earth and heaven

With mild and gracious eye:

In his own image man he made,

And gave him dignity:

He springs from the dust, the Lord of the earth,
The chorus of heaven exult at his birth.

And now Creation's work was ended,
Man raised his head, he spoke :
The day of rest by God ordained,
The Sabbath morning broke."

Thus when the King of the Universe had created the world which we inhabit, with all its furniture of trees, and plants, and living things in earth, or sea, or air, he pronounced them all "good." Man, the noblest of his works, was last created, and the way in which he was produced deserves our special notice.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." And when, in the course of this work, he came to give map his being, he did not say,

"Let him be," as he had said, "Let there be light," and as he had said of all the rest-but he said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness," summoning, as it were, all the perfections of Deity to the performance of his last and greatest work. Man, therefore, thus made in the image of God, was adorned with "righteousness and true holiness," which were upon and around him as a robe of perfection and a garinent of beauty. This was man's condition when he came fresh and fair from the hands of his Maker.

"Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,
Godlike erect, with native honour clad,
In naked majesty seem'd lords of all:
And worthy seem'd; for in their looks divine
The image of their glorious Maker shone,
Truth, wisdom, sanctitude, severe and pure,
(Severe, but in true filial freedom placed),
Whence true authority in men; though both
Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd;
For contemplation he and valour form'd;
For softness she, and sweet attractive grace;
He for God only, she for God in him:
His fair large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.
She, as a veil, down to the slender waist
Her unadorned golden tresses wore

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