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Rev. ]. I. WARD, Assistant Editor,

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never framed for the perfection of human


happiness. ! will abide by the precepts,


admire the beauty, revere the mysteries,


and, as far as in me lies, practice the man


dates of this sacred volume; and should
the rdicue, of earth and the blasphemy of
hell assail me, shall console myself by
the contemplation Of those blessed spirits,
who in the same holy cause have toiled
and suffered. In the "goodly fellowship of
the saints,"in the "noble army ofthe mar
tyrs," in the society Of the great, and good,
and the wise of every nation--if my sin
lfuIness be not cleansed, and my darkness
llIumlned, at least my pretensionless ad-
mission may be excused If err with
the luminaries have chosen for nv


guides, confess myself captivated by the


lovellness Of their observations. If they
err, i is in heavenly region; if they wan
der, it is all at events glorious daring, and
rather than sink with infdelity into the
dust, am content to cheat myself with the
vision OF eternity. If err, | err with the
disciples OF philosophy and virtue---with
men who have drunk deep at the fountain
ofhuman knowledge, but who dissolved not
the pearl Of their salvation in the draught.
err with Bacon, the great confident Of ma
ture, fraught with all the learning of the
past, and almost prescient of the future,
yet too wise not to know his weakness, and
too philosophc not to feel bis ignorance
! err with Milton, rising on an angels wing
to heaven, and like the bird of morn soar
ing out Of sight amid the music of his
grateful piety. | err with Locke, whose
pure philanthropy only taughthim to adore
its source-whose warm love of genuine lib
erty was never chilled into rebellion with
its author. err with Newton, whose star
like spirit shot athwart the darkness of the
sphere, too soon TO reascend to the home Of
its nativity. With men like these shall
remain in error. Nor shall desert those
errors even for the, ,delirious war-whoop of
those men who would cast their altar on
the ruins Of society. -3