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ON WALKING, STANDING,

GOD in the light of the living,” [Psalm lvi. 13.]. Again, “O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us WALK in the light of the LORD,” [Isaiah ii. 5.]. Again, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech Thee, how I have WALKED before Thee in truth and with a perfect heart,” [Isaiah xxxviii. 3.]. Again, “For they would not WALK in His ways, neither were they obedient to His law,” [Isaiah xlii. 24.]. Again, “All people will WALK every one in the name of his GOD, and we will WALK in the name of the LORD our GOD for ever and ever,” [Micah iv. 5.]. Again, “Yet a little while the light is with you; WALK while ye have the light; believe in the light,” [John xii. 35, 36.; chap. viii. 12.]. Again, “The Scribes asked, Why WALK not thy Disciples after the tradition of the Elders?” [Mark vii. 5.]. Walking is also predicated of JEHOVAH, where it is said, “I will set my tabernacle in the midst of you, and will WALK in the midst of you, and will be to you for a GOD,” [Levit. xxvi. 11, 12.].

What now, let me ask, do you conceive to be the proper idea of walking, as suggested in the above passages of HOLY WRIT? Is it not manifest that the idea is spiritual, and not natural; and consequently, that it has reference to the mind, and not to the body? For how can the body, with any propriety, be said to