more than the mere existence of One " that
judgeth the earth ;" — if we should ever gain
conviction respecting a future state after
death, information respecting the nature of
that state, and its duration; — if we should
ever arrive at a more definite knowledge of
the will of God respecting our conduct here,
than by nature we can attain unto, of the
origin of our moral depravity, and the means
of remedying it ; — if, on such subjects, light
should be granted to us, through the medium
of a revelation, in any mode conveyed ; we
expect, that that revelation, that Hght, would
be fitted to our vision : a light not to dazzle,
but to guide us ; adapted to its purposes, as
the light of other knowledge given us by our
Maker ; suited to its ends, as the lights in
the firmament of heaven, to rule the day or
the night.
