If ye will not hearken unto us when we
speak to you of the present state of Devils,
let us see whether we can draw your
attention to the state of men who now
live without God in the world. Is not
this their creed, — " This world is quite
sufficient for man's enjoyment, let such as
are otherwise minded leave us alone.'*
This is the bright and sunny side of their
picture ; the cloudy side is, — " 'Tis time
enough to pray when sickness and old age
come, why should we anticipate the evil
day?" Now, speaking thus, do they not
condemn themselves ? seeing that to have
their Creator constantly in mind is their
disquietude. Is it unreasonable to say
that this disquietude is but the prelude
to the vexing of a spirit under a sense of
Jesus' displeasure? And will not this
vexation be increased by the remembrance
of despised blessings and rejected offers of
peace ?

It is under these convictions that we
urge each other to flee from the wrath to
come. We can bear with your contumely
and scorn, remembering that we also are
yet in the body, and that we ourselves
were sometime darkness. It is not as
though a brother's scorn (must we not
add, hatred?) were no trial: but by the
consciousness of such feelings, we would
urge the thoughtless sons and daughters
of pleasure to consider, what must be the
effect of a cold look or an averted counte-
nance; if the Son of man should so
regard us "on that day" The "Hie
nihil" will then be felt as no poetic



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