. Religious allegories : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity . pentant and polluted. He is treasuring up,what I—gold ; what else ? wrath against the day ofwrath. The love of money, an evil disease, hastaken hold upon him ; the more he adds, the more hefeeds the disease; like persons with the dropsy,who drink and are still dry. When Garrick, theactor, showed Dr. Johnson an estate he had latelypurchased, Johnson rem
. Religious allegories : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity . pentant and polluted. He is treasuring up,what I—gold ; what else ? wrath against the day ofwrath. The love of money, an evil disease, hastaken hold upon him ; the more he adds, the more hefeeds the disease; like persons with the dropsy,who drink and are still dry. When Garrick, theactor, showed Dr. Johnson an estate he had latelypurchased, Johnson remarked: Ah! it is thesethings that make death dreadful. But the love ofmoney makes life miserable. The Roman citizen,Apicius, after spending some 800,000 pounds, and:fi]^ding he was Avorth only about 83,000, fearingwant, ended his life by poison. But the worldling heapeth up riches, and knowsnot loho will gather them. Cupidus, with great labor,accumulated a great estate, and dying, left liis wealthto his -two sons, Stultus and Effusio. Stultus hadin a little time to be placed under guardians., whospent his money for their own pleasures. Effusiosquandered his patrimony in riotous living, and diedin a lunatic asylmn. ^, RELIGIOUS If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up hitcross and follow me. Matt. xvi. 24. THE CROSS-BEARER. Dear reader, oer this sacred emblem pause,And view the Christian bearing up his cross;Nor steep ascent, nor roughness of the way,Eer makes liim halt, or turns his feet astray:Should he in weakness think to lay it down,His strength increases when he sees the crown ;His soul enkindles at the glorious sight,His yokes more easy, and his cross more Cross all hallowed, is the Christians boast—His WATCHWORD, fighting at his arduous post—His true insignia as he glides along,Conspicuous, through the pleasure-loving throng;His royal passport, sanctioned by the which he triumphs, and secures the prize. Behold he
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