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ther world; who watch for the coming of those dear to them, whom they have left behind. Could they, my brethren, now speak to us in the language of affection with which they once addressed us, should we not hear them full of gratitude to Him who has set them on his own right hand, and of regard to us whom, while on earth, they so fondly loved, saying, "Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this into your hearts, to beautify the temple of the Lord your God."

And our children too, who are our chief treasures, whose love we wish to retain, even after we have ourselves descended to the grave, and our bodies mingled with the dust; when they, in after years, look upon this monument of our devotion and gratitude, may be taught to seek Him whom their fathers served, and bless Him whose honour they sought. Yes, my brethren, we are laying the best foundation for our children's love and respect, by glorifying their Father and ours; and they will doubtless teach their children after them

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"to bless the Lord God of their fathers, who hath put such a thing as this into our hearts, to beautify the temple of the Lord our God."

But we must not forget, whilst indulging these feelings, that this, my brethren, is the last day of our assembling within these walls this the last time that many of us will meet again in this world; and that ere a temple is again erected to the honour of Jehovah, some of us, whom we know not, will have bid farewell to earthly scenes, and our souls eternally fixed either in the realms of happiness or in the gloomy abodes of perdition and woe. There is something melancholy in this last look-the forms of those we loved, who have worshipped with us, rise before us. Memory brings

back the time when we came to the house of God in company, and we are reminded that it will soon be with us as it is with them, and the place that knows us on earth will know us no more for ever.

Let us, my beloved brethren, ere we

separate for the last time, whilst we are grateful that God hath put into our hearts to build a temple to our God, humbly pray that he will enable us all to walk according to his holy will here, and that none who are assembled this day in his sacred courts may be excluded from his temple above; that if we never meet again on earth, we may all be reunited in heaven-where those who have gone before, and those who may come after us, with full knowledge of the inestimable blessings of gospel truth, may in the language of the text say to us: "Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this into your hearts, to beautify the temple of the Lord your God."

THE END.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY G. J. PALMER, SAVOY STREET.

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