By John Bovee Dods Pastor of the First Universalist Society, in Taunton, Massachusetts. Boston: Printed By G. W. Bazin….Trumpet Office 1832. ******************************************************************** "What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile; depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." Psalm xxxiv:12-14. Self-preservation and the desire of protracting the momentary span of life