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Address to the Students of
Phillips Academy, Aug. 23 1814

The period in whch we live
bears many marks of the "last
days," in whch Apostle has
taught us to expect that "perilous
times shall come" when
it will be extremely difficult
for men conscientiously & faithfully
to discharge their duty & to
preserve their own safety. Such
have been the times, in one degree or
another ever since the commencement
of the Gospel dispensation ^{whch in the largest [?] of the phases of denominated [?]}
Such especially ^{ewas the period}after t^{& {??]}of the
Romish Apostasy-- & such, it is thought
by many, will be still more
evidently the
character of the times
preceeding the Millenium.
If this opinion be correct, times &
more perilous that have yet been
withstood, are before us & the generation
whch is to succeed that whch is