504 CONCLUSION. unfelt petitions, a ceremonious avowal of faith, a customary profession of repent- ance, a general acknowledgment of sin, uttered from the lips-to God ; -but where is His image and superscription written upon the heart ? Where is the transform- ing power of Religion in the life ? Where is the living transcript of the Divine ori- ginal ? Where is that holiness to which the vision of the Lord is specifically pro- mised ? Where is the light, and life, and grace of the Redeemer exhibited in the temper and conduct ? Yet we are assured, that if we are Christians, there must be an aim at this conformity. As for the genuine Christian, however weak in faith, and defective in obedience, yet he is still seeking, though with slow and faultering steps, the things which are above ; he is still striving, though with unequal progress, for the prize of his high calling ; -he is still looking, though with a dim and feeble eye, for glory, honour, and immortality ; he is still waiting, though not with a trust so lively 17
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