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Show The very ,witty aind arcatc Rev.; Sydnej) Smnth; thus discourseth ; eft tlie "folly of pride in such a creature as man: , . , "After aM, take seme qaiet, sober moment of life, and add together the two ideas of pride and man; behold J'im, creature of a span high, stalk-! ing tlbroajgfi infinite tqiaoe iai all the gramdeur of littleness. Perdfied on i a speck of the universe, every wind 1 of heaven strikes into his blood the j coldness of death; his soul flcu&s from his body like melody frora tie strung; day and night, as dust cm .the wheel, he is tolled along the heavens, through a labyrinth .of. worlds, anoT all the creations of God are ilamirjg above and beneath. Is this a crea- 1 1 ture to make himself a crown of glory; glo-ry; to deny "his own ftewLi-' to mock at his fellow, sprung from' that dust to which both will soon return? Does the prpud man not err? Does . he not suffer? Does he not dief When he reasons is he newer stopped by tdilffioHilties.? Vh-eii Ije acts is he never tempted by pleasure"? When he lires is he free frrxwn pain? When he dies can he escape the common grave? 1'ride is not the heritage of man; ' humility should dwell with frailty and atone igixmrance, error and impelrf'eation.',' |