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his home, the little advantages and distinctions which might have gratified him on his way, become of no estimation. His " hope, his joy, his crown of rejoicing," centre withinwithin his abiding dwelling-that "house not made with hands," to which "an entrance shall be administered abundantly" to those who reverence and obey that "good Shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep."

That you may experience through the evening of life that serenity of mind and "patience of hope," which nothing but the faith of the Gospel can bestow, and may finally partake that fulness of joy, of which nothing but the faith of the Gospel can give us perfect assurance,—is the daily prayer of,

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