Here we are to take into account two subjects previously illustrated; the first is that great law of _sacrifice_, by which each individual must make his own wishes and welfare subordinate to the higher interests of the great commonwealth; the second is the fact that all questions of right and wrong are dependent on the _risks and dangers_ that threaten the commonwealth. In cases where there is little peril or evil, each individual has little responsibility for others. On the contrary, when all are exposed to terrific dangers and hazards, every individual is bound to think and care as much for the danger of each one as for his own. And just as much as the interests of all are of more value than those of one, so much _more_ should each place the public welfare above that of self. In a preceding chapter have been exhibited the risks and dangers of our race in reference to the future life. These are such, that without any appeal to revelation, every man of humanity and benevolence must feel that to save his fellow‐beings from such dangers should become immediately his leading object of pursuit, his _chief end_. In pursuing this as the main object of life, each individual is bound to follow the teachings of experience as to the most successful modes as set forth above. Each one, then, should become a _teacher of the laws of God_ to all who are in ignorance, to the full extent of his power, and set forth all the motives to induce obedience; each should strive to exhibit all those qualities and deeds which will excite admiration, love and gratitude, in order thus to gain influence over other minds and guide them to virtuous conduct. Each should confer benefits and practice self‐denying benevolence toward others and thus gain still farther influence. Each should strive to exhibit that _example_ and that _sympathy_ that are so effective in leading others aright. In regard to those who are the educators of the young, each must strive to maintain that _invariable steadiness in governments_ which is so effective in forming virtuous habits and in rendering obedience to the laws of God more and more easy. Finally, it should be the aim of each to establish such a _community_ around all who are being trained to virtue, that every social influence shall repress vice and encourage virtue. Next, we are to consider the great question in reference to the Creator. What then must God do to save our race from sin and its miseries? What would reason and experience teach us to expect he would do to secure obedience to his laws?