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individual cases. There is not one among us arriven to years of maturity, who upon a review of his life can fail to see the clearest evidences in his own case of the truth contained in the first part of our text. Let conscience speak, and she will whisper in the ears of some thus. You are now well-stricken in years; you were born in a Christian land; you have heard the sound of salvation ten thousand times, but alas! you cannot find in all your life one single day truly devoted to the service of that God in whom you live, move, and have your being, and who has made every provision for your present and everlasting happiness. To another she would say, in the spring-tide of life you sought the Lord and found him to the joy and satisfaction of your soul; but suffering yourself to be drawn aside by your giddy companions, and through the deceitfulness of your own heart, you became entangled again in the yoke of bondage; you crucified afresh the Lord of