Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the
mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.—HAGGA1, i. 7, 8.

The God of Heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will
arise and build.—NEHEMIAH ii. 20.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE following Essay is that to which the premium of two hundred guineas, offered by the Committee of the “Christian Influence Society,” was adjudged by the Rev. Dr. Dealtry, and the Rev. Professor Scholfield.