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enter the courts of the Lord's house, "to hear his most holy word, to set forth his most worthy praise, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body, as the soul." The heralds of the cross in every direction continue to beseech their fellow-men to be reconciled to God. Sabbath schools are in operation, directing the young in the way they should go. Tracts and other religious periodicals are scattered broad-cast over the country; yet, maugre all the efforts that are made for the reformation of man, does not sin, with his brazen front, still stalk abroad in the land, leaving misery, ruin, and desolation in his track? How many may we see on the Lord's day, instead of being in the house of God where prayer is wont to be made, either standing at the corners of the streets, riding about, or sailing on pleasure excursions, or assembled together in some genteel groggery!! Is not the list of the intemperate, of gamblers and