is to say, in the state of our affections in which our souls love what God loves. Thus St. Paul tells us that the image of God in man, when it is reproduced in him by conversion, consists in his being "after God, created in righteousness and true holiness" (Eph. iv. 24).

V. The image of God in man consists also in dominion. This is told us very clearly in the 26th verse: "Let us make man in our image, . and let them have dominion” over all the creatures. Our first parents, before they sinned, had a dominion over the creatures which it is scarcely possible for us to understand or realize. All the creatures had

been put under them.

VI. This image consists in perfect happiness. God is called "the blessed" (1 Tim. vi. 15); and man, created in his image, if he had not sinned, would have enjoyed boundless and perfect happiness in Eden.

But, my dear children, where now is the image of God in us? Where is immortality? -where is holiness?-where is happiness? In our souls there are alienation from God, pollution, selfishness, malice, pride, folly;— in our bodies, weakness, pain, degradation,