The soul is the dwelling-place of the truth of God. The ear and the mind are but the gate and the avenue ; the soul is its home, or dwelling-place. The beauty and the joy of the truth may have unduly occupied the outpost, filled the avenues, and crowded the gates; but it is only in the soul that its reality can be known. It is by meditation that the truth takes its journey from the gate, along the avenue, to its proper dwelling-place.