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realms of knowledge, from civilized and from savage man, shall this infinite, varied, and incalculably numerous multitude be gathered together. There will meet together Patriarchs and Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists, Martyrs and Confessors! There will be the pious Jew, and the virtuous Pagan; there will be the ignorant but well-disposed Heathen; and THE ENLIGHTENED AND HOLY CHRISTIAN; the devout Mahometan, the patient Hindoo, and worthy individuals of all the diversified religions which have been known among men, will be there! There will also meet professors of the Gospel of JESUS of every possible name and class. All their angry passions will be subdued, all their ignorance of God, of the true nature of religion, and of each other, will be for ever done away. Catholics and Protestants, whatever they may now think of one another, and members of all the other little communities into which the body of Christ has been divided, shall sit down in the kingdom of their Father, side by side, and adore with one common consent, that grace of God by which they have been brought to SALVATION. With respect to each other but one sentiment will be felt, and that will be pure, unadulterated, brotherly affection.

"In this BLESSED ABODE, and from this blessed moment, all ages will be contemporaries, and the inhabitants of all countries, become fellow-citizens, will constitute but one body in Christ Jesus. Here

virtuous and pious relatives and friends will recognise each other. Husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, shall here renew every affectionate sentiment, and with pure unmingled delight taste of one common joy! Here the revered pastor, and the beloved flock, shall again meet! Here ministers who have laboured on earth, either with similar views of divine truth, or with shades of difference in their conceptions concerning it, shall assemble under the banner of Divine love, and without the smallest particle of dislike or mistake, embrace and love each other! Here private Christians, who on earth were divided, shall drop for ever their disputes and misapprehensions, forming one happy and glorious society! In every sense it is a blessed and harmonious throng. Their ROBES are all white, for they are washed in the blood of the Lamb! Their PALMS are all green, for they are fresh with unfading conquest! Their SONGS are all in unison, for there is not a dis.. cordant note! One is their perception of bliss, and one is their ascription of praise; for thus THE SONG is recorded: And THEY cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb! And THEY fell on their faces and worshipped God, SAYING, Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever."

CONCLUSION.

HAVING thus endeavoured to illustrate the progress of Human life, by enumerating the leading traits which attach to INFANCY, CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, MANHOOD, and OLD AGE, I take leave of my Young Reader, by introducing to his notice a circumstance, the mention of which may form no inappropriate conclusion.

I have in my possession a beautiful engraving entitled, SHAKSPEARE CORRECTED BY REVELATION. It exhibits the Bard at full length, with a Scroll depending from his left hand, on which are seen these his own well-known expressions :

The cloud-capp'd Towers, the gorgeous Palaces,
The solemn Temples, THE GREAT GLOBE itself,
Yea, ALL which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And like the baseless fabric of a vision,
Leave not a wreck behind!

whilst his right hand holds an OPENED BIBLE, on the expansive pages of which are inscribed as with a pen of adamant—

NEVERTHELESS WE, ACCORDING TO HIS PROMISE, (2 Peter, iii. 13.) LOOK FOR NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH, WHEREIN DWELLETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.

FINIS.

C. Whittingham, Printer, Chiswick.

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