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fying and comforting Spirit, this union is a. union of"
social intercourse as well as of social interest.
  As children and heirs,. even heirs of God, afi4
joint-heirs with Christ, we sqfer with him here, that
we may also be glorified together. The stifferioig
and the glory then, are connected, and will contin-
ie to be connected till glory has swallowed up all
suffering.
  H-e who sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified,
are all of one. One, and eternally one with the Son
of God's love and with one another. The Son of
God condescended to assume and wear our nature;
wear that nature, both in earth and in heaven-both
in time and through eternity-for the express pur-
pose that he Light be able to enter into all our feel-
ings, both in our mortal and immortal state; be one
with us in all our sorrows, and finally make us on e
with him in his joys. These then may serve as spe-
cimens of the genera. principle.
  Man, as an inhabitant of this earth, is of but very
short duration-and all our relations which have
this earth only for their object, are soon, very soon,
to be dissolved; but the Father of mercies has been
pleased to connect man with himself-and by means
of this connection to connect man with a large por-
tion of his fellowv men in such a way, that though our
earthly friends may disappear, they are not lost ei-
ther to themselves or to us.
  Now the practical improvement which we ought
to make of this great and leading fact, is vety plain.
We love our earthly friends, and they love us, and we
cannot think of parting with our friends and relatienru