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A SHORT SERMON.
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the heart, where these evils have their birth.
Let the love of peace be planted and cherished in the heart of every little child. Then, will there not grow up a generation, to discourage war, and help to banish it from the earth?
We read of a country where there is no war. Peace and love are in the bosoms of all its inhabitants. That country is heaven, and we hope to dwell there. Let us cultivate its spirit while on earth, or we shall not be fitted to go there when we die. The scorpion cannot abide in the nest of the turtle-dove. Neither can the haters of peace find a home in that blissful region,
And now, my dear children, take pains