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"Owe no man any thing, but love one another."

"We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." Acts xix.

"Behold, I work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though a man declare it unto you; what I say unto one I say unto all.”- "He who exalteth himself shall be abased, and he who humbleth himself shall be exalted."

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Behold, I set before thee this day good and evil, a blessing and a curse, life and good, death and evil, choose a blessing, if ye obey; a curse, if ye obey not the commands of the Lord your God." Deut. xi.

"Every tree [or man] bringing forth not good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."-" Cursed is he who doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully."-" Escape for your life.""We ought to obey God rather than man.” -"Separate yourselves from heathen congregations, that I [God] may consume them in a moment." Moses.

"Samuel raised an altar, in his house, to the Lord.” "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day thou didst set thine heart to understand, thy words were heard."

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Let now the astrologers, star-gazers, and prognosticators of almanacs stand and save. 66 Behold, fire shall consume them."-" Evil communications corrupt good manners."

"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."-" Every one going beyond to defraud his brother."

"The crooked shall be made straight" [i. e. by death]. "Ye cannot serve two masters."- "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Christ.

"The storks, turtles, cranes, and swallows, observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord."

“The daughters of Zion [or Christendom] are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks, and wanton eyes, mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: therefore, the Lord will smite them." Isaiah iii.

"He who looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery in his heart."-" Go, and sin no more." "Tremble ye women that are at ease; many days and years shall ye be troubled: thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever."

“A people whom I have not known shall serve me; as soon as they hear of me they shall obey me." Psalm xviii.

"The shepherds slumber; thy nobles shall dwell in the dust."-" The sword is without; famine and pestilence within."

"Let the saints rejoice in their beds. . . . Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled."

"One thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand [O Christian believer], but it [pestilence, famine, and fire] shall not come nigh thee."

"Five shall chase one hundred, and one hundred shall put ten thousand to flight; all hands shall be feeble, and all knees weak as water."-" I will execute vengeance in anger, such as they have not heard."

“Draw waters for the siege; fortify the strong holds." "Ye strain at gnats, and swallow camels." "Prove all things; hold fast what is good." "Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing."

"This is the will of God, that we believe in Christ, whom he has sent."-"Be ye doers, not hearers of the gospel."

"Thou shalt not be afraid of any terror by night, nor for pestilence, nor sickness, that destroyeth in noon-day." Psalm xci.

"Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, or cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares, as men whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is their shame."

"Where the CARCASE is, there will the EAGLES be gathered together."

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Watch, for ye know not when the master of the WORLD cometh; at eve, at midnight, at the cock crowing, or in the morning."

"Be no more children tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive."

"Am I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"—"Blessed are the peace-makers."

"False Christs and false prophets shall arise and deceive many."

"Oh come, let us sing unto the Lord a new song, for he hath done marvellous things."

"The Lord is our LAWGIVER, JUDGE, and KING!!" "O praise the Lord, with cymbals, harps, organs, and dances."-" Resist not evil, for vengeance is God's." "Resist the devil, and he will flee from thee."

"Listen, O isles! Let God be true, and every man a liar." "If ye keep my commands I will give you peace in the land, and none shall make you afraid."

"He who denieth Christ before men, Christ will deny before his Father [God] in heaven."

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Howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. The gold is mine, and the silver is mine."

"He who receiveth a prophet, in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward. A prophet has no honour in his own country. The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophets."

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They shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them." Ezek. v.

"Bastards shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord."

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"I will consume man and beast, and every green herb." Behold, I will send you ELIJAH, the prophet, before the GREAT AND TERRIBLE day of the Lord." Malachi. "The Lord's gifts and mercies are new every morning." Jer. Lament.ii.

"All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer (believing), ye shall receive." Matt. xxi.

"Blessed are they which have not seen, but believe." Credite operibus." He who believeth in me [Christ] hath everlasting life."-" God hath made of one blood all the nations of men.". "I found an altar with this in

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scription, To the unknown God.'" Acts xvii.

"The prince of this world cometh." John xiv. "An evil, AN only evil, behold, is come. come; the end is come." Ezek. vii.

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"The meek shall inherit the earth, for whom it was created."-" Jerusalem shall be inhabited, as towns without walls, for I, saith the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about." Zec. ii.

"When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi.

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They who believe shall be saved, and they who believe not shall be damned."

"If thy brother, thy son, thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or friend, entice thee secretly, saying, let us go and serve strange gods, thou shalt not consent, nor hearken unto him, neither shall thine eye pity, neither shalt thou spare, nor conceal him, but thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people."

"If you put the brethren in remembrance of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ." "Visit the sick; feed the hungry; clothe the naked." "Do unto all men as you would be done unto."

"One jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass, till all be fulfilled." Matt. v.

"The word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword.” "Send labourers [gratis] into thy vineyard to the harvest. Separate the wheat from the tares."

"Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord." Amen.

THE DAWN OF THE MILLENIUM;

OR,

THE MARRIAGE OF LOVE AND REASON.*

FRIENDSHIP, like love, is but a name,
Unless to CHRIST we owe the flame.
Reason erects a thousand claims,
Disputes the TRUTH she oft proclaims:
Apples of discord, REASON sows,
Except she owns and sees she flows,
From his hands who built all things,
"The Lord of all the King of kings."
Then REASON seizes love by force-
While we respect the gracious source —
Then LOVE and REASON, hand in hand,
Agree to travel through the land †,
United by the marriage bond,

How mild and meek, how pure and fond!
Assist each other through dark vales
Where lust or passion oft assails ;
Resolved to tempt all travellers fair.
But love and reason both forbear
To touch or taste forbidden fruit;
They follow only in pursuit
Of innocent and holy mirth,
Protected by the Saviour's birth.
The devil's malice, once so strong,
Proves then as useless as its wrong;
His rage is stopt against all saints,
Who live when hellish malice faints.
Let Christ from heaven show "the way"
All shall one thousand years obey.

* Written extempore in a garden, commanding a most magnificent view of the Seine, and the town, after seeing the procession of the host pass at the foot of the hill, followed by crowds of idolators.

+ Our passage through life is a journey to our Father's house. "GOD IS LOVE."

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