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that he shall not have forced upon him unneeded wisdom, (which we doubt will ever fully transpire,) then that self-restraint will be the sole requirement, price, or compensation, of continual tranquillity. Then man's soul will not be under the law ; he will be a law unto himself, and he will live by faith. That for which the law was given, variety, sin, diversion, having become unnecessary, man is no longer in bondage. Then nothing is impure in itself, but to him that esteemeth it impure, to him it is impure. There is no law over the magnificent Paul; let him eat, let him drink, let him riot; he may suffer, but he cannot sin, he cannot offend conscience. Then all things will be lawful, but all things will not be expedient. Then, in the calmness of the true and only religion, he need not laugh like a boy, he need not smile,—nay, he need not be even happy, as the sensual world knows happiness; but mindful of all laws of his being, glorious in sacrifice, glorious in pride and magnanimity, striving more and more after that universal benevolence in which lies the brightness of all his glory, he shall scorn the joys and fears of baser souls, and pain shall not shake his fortitude again. Then shall he cry, in triumph, "I raise my head bravely toward the threatening rock, the raging flood, or the fiery tempest, and say, I am eternal, and I defy your might ! Break all upon me!—and thou Earth, and thou Heaven, mingle in the wild tumult, and all ye elements, foam and fret yourselves, and crush in your conflict the last atom of the body which I call mine! my WILL, secure in its own firm purpose, shall soar unwavering and bold over the wreck of the

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