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immortality, of the lively forebodings of a future state, It may with confidence be asserted, that there never was a man, that there never can be a man, who shall at all times, and in every situatiou, be completely destitute of the feeling and conviction that he is an immortal creature. How foolish and vain then is it to attempt to banish reflection from the mind respecting the momentous concerns of eternity. Time is short, and death is certain. We know that we must all soon die. In the course of a few years at most, we shall all go the way whence we shall not return. The year which has now begun its course, will doubtless be that important period of time which will introduce many us into eternity. The question then which each reader should ask himself is, "Am I ready to die?" and those only can answer this question in the affirmative, who have fled for refuge to the hope set before the guilty in the gospel of Christ, who are resting all their hopes on his “finished work," and rejoicing in his righteousness, as the sole ground of their hope and confidence towards God. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
