Or we might say--When temptations come, remember that ere the first tempter succeeded, he had to become a reptile; and he that would tempt you is by that act a degraded being. He is to be shunned as an offence; as debased himself, and therefore anxious to debase. Such men may sell their souls for woe, but surely "in vain is the snare set in the sight of any bird--" will you follow the example of a self-destroyer? Or we might add--Be not deceived by any of the pretexts which cunning men adopt to beguile and ensnare. On the one hand, they flatter /the working/ classes, as if all were idle except the inmates of the workshop; but you know that it is not so. What Paul said to the Colossians concerning his own doings, is true of many still: "I toil, agonizing," he said, "with the energy of Christ." On the other hand, men speak of the lower orders as if /you who toil/ were they. But the really low are the men who live in idleness and sin. It is not toil, it is guilt that lowers or degrades us; and that conviction should be rooted in all our minds. ILLUSTRATIONS. But enough. Let the men of handicraft and hard labour cling close to the Bible, for it alone can ennoble and purify. Before its light, let all grow pale; before its wisdom, let all appear foolish.--As we approach the mighty Alps, other objects begin to seem small or diminutive; and after our eyes have been familiarized with those majestic masses, what formerly appeared grand seems now reduced to littleness.--Let it be so in the moral world. Before the majestic truth of God, let every human being do obeisance, like the sheaves of his brothers to the sheaf of Joseph; and when we are like-minded with our God, we shall be strong in his strength, and happy with his peace. We cannot be always in his house--our daily toils forbid it; but we should be always in his Spirit; and that is light, that is strength, that is a passport for man to glory.