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ISe. vII.
-country
?
.
Is
there
not
eternal
wakefulness among all
the
.blessed
?.
Can any
of
you ever indulge
a
slutiiber.? :Can
you sleep
in
.heaven
?
Canyou
-want
it,
or
wish
for
it?
I\'o,
for.
that
world
is
all vital,
and sprightly for ever."
lVhen
;ive
leave
this
flesh
and blood,. farewell
to all the
,tedious,
measures
of
:
time, farewell
tiresome
darkness;
our
whole
remainingduration
is
life
and
light,
vital
ac-
tivity
and
vigour,
attended
with:
everlasting
holiness
and
Joy,
4. While we are here
on
earth the darkness
of
the
right
Often
.exposes. us
to
the
danger
of
losing
our
way,
of waidering
into
Confusion,
or
falling
into
mischief.
;%vben
-the
sun -beams
have
withdrawn
their
light,.
and
midnight:
clouds:overspread
the heaven,
we
cannot
see
our
path
before
us, we
cannot pursue
our proper
course,
:nor secure
ourselves
from stumbling.
How
many
tra-
.vellers
have
been.betrayed
by
the
thick shadows
of
the
.night
into
mistaken
ways,
or pathless deserts,
into
end
-
less
-mazes
among thorns
and
-briars,
into
bogs
and pits
Ana
precipices,
into
_sudden
.destruction
and death?
But
,there are no
dangers of
this
kind
in
the heavenly
world:
All the
regions of paradise are
for
ever
'illuminated
by
the glory
of God The
light
of
his
countenance
shines
:upon_everyv
step,
that
we
sliall
take,
and
brightens
all
our
w'ay.
We
shall walk
in
the
light
of
God, and under
the
blessed
beans
of- the
Sun .of
'righteousness;
and
we
are
:secured .for
ever.
,against
:
wandering, and against every
':danger.
Of
tripping or'
falling
in
-our
course..
" Our
feet
may stumble
on
:the dark mountains
.here below,"
Jer.
xiii.
16.
but
there
is
no stumbling
-block on the hills
of
paradise, nor
can we
go:
astray from our:God,
or
our
duty.
The
paths
of that
country
are.
all
pleasure, and
ever
-
living day
-light shines upon them without end.
-Happy
beings,.
who dwell or:
travel
there!
5.
In
the
night
we
.
are
exposed here on earth
to
the
violence and
plunder
of
wicked men,;
whether
we
are
abroad,:
"or
at
home.. Tl.ere
is
scarce any safety
now a-
days to those who
travel
in the night,
and
even in
our
own
habitations there
is
frequent
fear and surprize.
At
that
season
the sons
of
mischief
"
dig
through houses
in
the
dark
which they had
marked for
themselves
in the
day
-time:
They lurk
in ,corners
to seize
the innocent,
4nd
to
rob him
pf
his possessions." But,
in
the heavenly