ation of the world we discover the great foundation for life. In the creation of man and the commencement of his career, we see the great objects, the philosophy and the prototype of law, of government and of destiny.

The Almighty breathed into Adam the breath of life, and he became a living soul! Life was common to all animal existence, but the soul was a gift only to man; it come fresh from the great Creator of all, and will live as long as the God who gave it birth, and thus gave it these attributes of His own exalted and immortal spirit! With the lives of Adam and Eve commenced the operation of those great laws that have since governed the world, and directed the destiny of man. In the creation of the world, with all her wealth, her luxuries, her beauties, and sublimities; in the creation of man, and in the gift of all to man, we can see nothing but the wisdom, power, and goodness of God. The restraint placed upon man, and the penalty of disobedience announced at the time, were necessary for the maintenance of the authority of the Creator and Ruler of all. His infinite wisdom and goodness decreed it to be necessary to maintain His supreme authority and His exalted dignity! Man was made perfect, because he was thus created, thus endowed, and thus made free to fall. He has no right to complain of his benificent Creator. He is under the greatest obligations, and has the highest inducements to endeavor to

obtain pardon for his great offence and to regain his lost estate. These great objects can only be accomplished by obedience to the great laws of his government, civil and divine. Of this great truth history contains the fullest proof, and the history of our own country the brightest example.

The North American colonies were founded on the divine revelation to man. The Jamestown colony was sent to Virginia under the reign of the King who translated the Bible. It laid its foundations on that Bible and worshipped at the foot of the Cross. The second colony came from the reformation land. The third came to worship God in freedom. The colonies grew and flourished under the greatest trials until they declared themselves independent States. They then appealed to the Almighty to vindicate their motives and sustain their cause. When they had become independent States; when they formed a more perfect union for their government, they laid its foundations on the equal justice of the IIoly Scriptures and the perfect freedom of conscience and of worship. Thus every great movement and event in the rise and progress of the States, has been made in obedience to the divine laws with fervent prayers for Divine assistance, and has been crowned with that success which divine Providence alone could give. These great facts and lessons of history should never be forgotten. The continued welfare and progress of the people

and the States will depend upon obedience to the great laws of the Bible. If any of the civil laws be wrong or defective let them be repealed or improved in a lawful manner. This is not only the great principle and vital law of civil government, but it is the command of the Almighty himself. The co-operation of laws civil and divine is absolutely necessary to the prosperity and happiness of peoples and of States. Their existence in the books only can. not produce good results. They are designed and decreed to be carried into practice; to enter into and control individuals and communities. Thus and only thus can society be preserved and improved through all future time.

All questions of government are subjects in which the people have a like or equal interest; questions that should be considered and acted upon in the same fraternal spirit as any other great question affecting the safety, progress and happiness of the people. All differences of opinion and party strifes should be controlled by truth, reason and justice, or results might follow that could never be recalled. A people possessed of the best quarter of the globe and the best government on earth, ought not and will not permit such blessings to be ruined or lost forever. A people whose rise and every great struggle have received the divine assistance, ought not and will not limit their efforts by the mere pursuits of time or the highest phys

ical attainments.

They will also

pursue the higher and holier objects of life. They can thus and only thus make society what it seems designed to be, an index to the life to come; each happy in the performance of his duties and in the joys given by the Holy Spirit of heaven!

There are occasions and glances of life that point to a far brighter and a happier future; they linger in the memory like visions of sainted friends and the sound of melancholly joys; they seem to reveal holiness divine and the bright images of the happy spirits of heaven.