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ion, his intimate, indissoluble, his blessed connexion with this first and greatest and best of beings; he sees and considers all things around him, as the work of his hands, as the objects of his providence and complacency; sees and considers himself as his creature, as his rational subject, as his eminently favored child, as the object of his loving kindness and mercy, as an instrument of his all quickening spirit, his ever operating power; and when he thus approaches his Creator and Father, and has such a communion with him, how much more justly, generously, and nobly does he not learn to think, to judge, to feel! How strikingly does he perceive the wretchedness of all human grandeur! How far does he soar above the thousands of little terrestrial concerns, so many insignificant objects of the envy, the jealousy, and the dissensions of mankind! How many more and much loftier things comprehend with close participation, with complacency and love! And what strength must not this impart to his mind! How infinitely must it enlarge his visible horizon and the comprehension of his understanding, how much the sensibility of his heart!

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