dure to be far separated; and they delight to go about hand in hand, visiting the same societies, intimate with the same families, opposed by the same enemies. When they are laboring they aid one another; when they journey they travel together; and when they repose it is side by side. Lovely and excellent couple! equaled only by the fairest and best of the DIVINE FAMILY! Goodly offsprings of a goodly parentage! May your purity of intention and propriety of deed, your heart's adorning and your outward beauty, be the grace and purity of all our goodness, our social innocence and our public joy! O dwell by our hearthstones, feast at our tables, lead all our pursuits of pleasure, regulate our industry, cement our friendship, smooth our death beds, attend us evermore! The Proem. ANALYSIS. Effort of Former Part-Present Intention-Contrast and Similarities-Moral Identity Preserved-Illustrations-Christian Identity— Divine Germs in Immortal Soil-Vitality Preserved through many Transformations-Encouraging Reflection-Heaven in its First Rudiments - Scripture doctrine-Planting and Harvesting-Imperishable Riches-Spiritual Buds and Blossoms-Immortality in the Germ-Preservation of Personalities-Universal Laws-Scripture Teachings. |