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<p>&quot;Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new <br />
          creation; the old has gone, the new has come!&quot;<br />
          2 Corinthians 5:17<br />
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          What a wonderful revolution is effected by <br />
          divine teaching and heavenly visitations!<br />
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          The soul is brought to live in a new world <br />
          and breathe a new element. Old things pass<br />
          away, and behold, all things become new. <br />
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          New desires, feelings, hopes, fears, and <br />
          exercises arise, and the soul becomes a new <br />
          creature. The <strong>world </strong>appears in its true colours,<br />
          as <strong>a painted bauble</strong>, and as its <strong>pleasures </strong>are<br />
          valued at their due worth, so its good <strong>opinion<br />
            </strong>is little cared for or desired.<br />
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          <strong>What is this poor vain world</strong> with all its gilded clay,<br />
          deceptive honours and respectability, and soap-bubble<br />
          charms—compared to one smile from our loving Saviour?<br />
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          &quot;And this world is fading away, along with<br />
          everything it craves.&quot; 1 John 2:17