"Thus all great virtues bear the impress of selfdenial; and were God's present constitution of our nature and life so reversed, as to demand no renunciation of desire, the chief interest and glory of our present being would pass away. There would be nothing in history to thrill us with admiration. We should have no consciousness of the power and greatness of the soul. We should love feebly and coldly, for we should find nothing in one another to love earnestly."

Let us not then complain, that Providence has made self-denial necessary, or that the blessed Jesus has made it a chief ingredient in his religion, and thus summons us to the work; it is for our interest. Organic and moral law here hold one language, and our own souls bear witness to the teaching of Christ, that while it is eminently calculated to promote our health of body, it is also the " narrow way which leadeth unto life.” Thus self-denial "hath the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." The practice of self-denial will also have an important bearing on our dying circumstances. If at that moment our reason is spared to us, and memory retains its hold on the past, will it gratify us to see that we have lived, not to deny, but to indulge ourselves? That we have bound our souls to any passion? That we gave the reins to lust; that we were palsied by sloth; that through the love of gain we hardened ourselves against the claims of humanity; or through the love of man's favor we parted with truth and moral independence; or that in any thing reason and conscience were sacrificed to the impulse of desire, and God forgotten for present good ? Shall we then find comfort in remembering our tables of luxury, our

pillows of down, our wealth amassed and employed for private ends, or our honours won by base compliance with the world? Did any man, in his dying moments, ever regret his conflicts with himself; his victories over appetite; his scorn of impure pleasures; or his sufferings in a righteous cause. Did any man ever mourn that he had impoverished himself in the service of mankind? Are these the recollections which harrow up the soul, and darken and appal the last hour? To whom is the last hour most serene and full of hope? Is it not to him, who, amidst perils and allurements has denied himself, taken up his cross and followed the self denying Jesus?

Thus you see, to deny ourselves is to withstand to renounce whatever without or within, interferes with our convictions of right, with the claims of mankind, our conscience, and our God. It is to suffer, to make sacrifices for our principles. The conduct of Jesus is our guide. He not only came to teach us religion, but also to show it forth in himself, to personify it. He is not a mere channel through which certain communications are made to flow from God; not a mere messenger, appointed to utter the words which he had heard, and then to disappear, and to sustain no further connexion with his message. He came to be a living manifestation of his religion. This is a peculiarity worthy of attention, showing that Christianity is not a mere code of laws-not an abstract system, but a living, embodied religion. It comes to us in a human form; it offers itself to our eyes as well as our ears; it breathes, it moves in our sight: it is more than precept, it is example and action.

Let our readers, if they lay claim to the Christian character, hasten to conform themselves to

Christ, and to the laws of his kingdom; in doing which they will promote the glory of "God in the highest, peace on earth, and good will among men: they will reap the advantage of it in their own souls. "Millions yet unborn will call them blessed, and when they have run the race of life, their dying moments will be cheered by the pleasing recollection, that they have laboured to promote the good" of the world. Amen.

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INDEX.

Abernethy, quoted 92, 130, 168, 179 Berkley, Bishop, quoted

170, 176

AIR, the nature and importance of, 157

the food of the lungs

Akenside, Dr quoted

95, 97, 104 Britain, curse of quoted

effects of domestication

Amos 9, 12, quoted with remarks, 27 Buffon, statistics by

113, 228 Flannel, bad effects on the skin 163

Daniel a teetotaler and vegetarian
Dark phraseology

effects of

Darwin, Dr. quoted,

D'Aubigne, quoted

Davy, Sir H. referred to

Deafness, how cured

DEATH, general remarks on

219 French King,

106, 129

237

82

151

139 Friends, the Society of, referred to 39
216 Fuller, A. quoted

65, 69 Garrick, Thomas, age of, etc.

but one legitimate cause of 3: Germany and longevity

Decoys, some drinkers are

De Foe. quoted

Delaney, Dr. quoted
Democrates, age of
Demosthenes

Desmond, Countess, account of
Diarrhea, how treated
Dickson, Dr.

93 Germans, referred to

13

56

62

72

203
151, 217, 227

152 Goats their different kinds of food 117
89 Gout treatment of
48 Graham, Dr. quoted
114 Greece, and longevity
62
57 Greeks, the ancient, frugiverous 101
212 Grey, Helen, an account of

10, 44, 131, 141 150

71, 76

DIET, general effect of
Diseases, there are many new ones 140
all artificial

Doctors, Hydropathic
Dodd Rev. Dr. quoted,
Douche, use of the
Dropsy, how cured

DRUGS, their introduction
annual cost of

are at war with nature

56
Hagar, furnished with water, etc. 119
Ham. amount of carbon in fat
Hamilton Rev. Dr.

33 HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
138, 148 Heartburn, how to cure the
27 Heath, Joice, an account of
197 Henry's Dr. Ancient Britons
210 Henry Rev M.

144 Herodotus, quoted

131 Higgingbottom quoted
146 Hill, R. referred to
Hindostan, referred to
Holker, R, referred to
Hollanders, the New, referred to 101
213 Hongo, F. S. an account of
153 Horebites, the song of

II3, 22

not as efficacious as water 14?
better pay for skill than for 150
Duncan Dr. quoted
Dysentery, how treated
Edinburgh, Chambers' Journal
Education, spread of
Effingham, J. age of
Emigration Society, account of
Enquiry, day of

Era Newspaper quoted
Eruptions, inflammatory
Erysipelas, how treated
Esquimaux.

Ethiopia and Longevity

pledge of Society of

49

120

14

4

57 Horse, different kinds of food
16 Howard, a vegetarian

117

98

13 Hudson, Mrs. an account of
155 Hufeland, quoted

52

44

209 Huffman, quoted

115, 157

209 Idleness, evils of

191

238 Independents, and education
62 Indians, the American,

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