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temptation, to folly, and to crime. Once when we have set our feet in the forbid- den paths, we go again more boldly, till the time comes when that fence is broken down or destroyed by our reckless indul- gence in evil desires. There is no longer a barrier between us and sin. We do not pause or look round stealthily, or tremble as we grasp the coveted pleas- Our looks have grown impudent and bold, the guilty blood mantles not on our cheeks at the detected sin. The fence is broken down, and we wander without restraint further and further on those inviting paths, whose fatal termi-
