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Show LEGITIMACY AMD H.LEGITIMACY. 379 his proper mate, and have those that belong to him, and every one will be deprived of that which is surreptitiously obtained. Let us do righteously, and you who would seek to injure another, and take advantage of one who was just' and faithful to his God in his day, how would you like, when you get a few years older and drop into eternity, for somebody to come and serve you the same? You could not expect anything else, you could not die without being menaced by this supposition, and your dying pillow would be made unhappy, you would know you had done wrong, and would expect somebody to measure to you the same measure pressed down, shook together, and running over. We have been told to preach confidence; correct principles and just dealings alone will inspire it. If a man speaks that which is not true about another, can you have confidence in him ? No. If a man defrauds another, can you have confidence in him ? No. But if you would, through a principle of covetousness, seek to sap the foundation of another's happiness, by trying to wrench from him those sacred rights which pertain to his interest in the eternal world, how much greater will be your condemnation ? Nothing but truth, integrity, virtue, honor, and every pure principle, will stand in the great day of God Almighty. If such a person "happens to get through this world, he will find barriers in. the next, and probably miss a chance of obtaining a place in the first resurrection. Nothing contrary to the authority, rule, and government of heaven, will stand in time or in eternity; and if any man wants to be blessed and honored, and to obtain a high place in the eternal world, let him pursue a course of honor, righteousness, |