. The book of similitudes: . Peter was transported with joy andadmiration. The unspeakable joy that we shall then feel,will shine forth in our countenances. 3.—The bodies of the righteous shall be raised in expresses the sprightliness of our heavenly bodies, thenimbleness of their motion, by which they shall be obedientand able instruments of the soul. This earthly body is slowand heavy in all its motions, listless, and soon tired with ac-tion. But our heavenly bodies will be as aetive and nimbleas our thoughts are. Our bodies being spiritual will serveour spirits and minister to th
. The book of similitudes: . Peter was transported with joy andadmiration. The unspeakable joy that we shall then feel,will shine forth in our countenances. 3.—The bodies of the righteous shall be raised in expresses the sprightliness of our heavenly bodies, thenimbleness of their motion, by which they shall be obedientand able instruments of the soul. This earthly body is slowand heavy in all its motions, listless, and soon tired with ac-tion. But our heavenly bodies will be as aetive and nimbleas our thoughts are. Our bodies being spiritual will serveour spirits and minister to them ; whereas now our spirits areforced to serve our bodies, and to attend to their leisure, anddo greatly depend upon them for our actions. When therighteous enter the glorious future, their bodies will be puri-fied and refined from earthly grossness, and every power findsweet employ, while ceaseless ages roll! SIMILITUDES. 279 THE HERMIT; OR THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE JUSTIFIED. [Somewhat varied from the Hermit, by Parnell.]. Far in a wild, unknown to public view,From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ;The moss his bed—the cave his humble cell,His food the fruits, his drink the crystal from man, with God he passed his days,Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. In a far distant country, and at a remote periodof time, there retired from the busy scenes of theworld a young man, who spent the remainder ofhis days as a hermit. Having, in the morning oflife, met with severe affliction from the hands of hisfellow-men, he resolved to have no more fellowshipwith them, but to seek his happiness in the per-formance of religious duties. For this purpose he 280 THE BOOK OP retired to a kind of cave, in a mountainous part ofthe country, which, with a little labor, he convertedinto a comfortable habitation. A sparkling rill fellnear the door of his cot, from the rocky heightsabove, and gave him an ample supply of pure andcold water. A small but beautiful plat of gro
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