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438 THE DECLINE OF SERPENT-WORSHIP .

enough to prove the divine origin of Christianity ;and this point being established, it becomes everybeliever in the Gospel of Christ , to pray that“ the whole earth may be filled with the know-ledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the seaand that “ the kingdoms of this world may be-come the kingdoms of God and of His Christ and “ that they may reign,” with the HolySpirit, in one undivided Godhead, “ for ever

AND EVER.”