fruggling to get eſtabliſhed,; fortune ſmiles, does not chuſe to leſe the opportunity of providing for ol age; therefore continues to enlarge ſchool, with a view to accumulate * competency for that purpoſe. De- meſtic concerns cannot poſſibly be made a part of their employment, or. proper converſations often entered on. Improper books will by ſtealth be in- troduced; 'and the bad example. of. one or two vicious children,. in the play-hours, infect a number. Their titude and tenderneſs are not called affection. Many miſeries of a mild diſpoſit n ſuffer, which.
but the virtues are beſt learnt at home, if a mother will- give up her time and thoughts to the taſk; but if ſhe can; not, they ſhould be ſent to ſchool; for ple who do not manage their chil- * Fs + EY *m — THE , a f $ F H E forming of the temper ought „ * - FX 1 1 to be the continual thought, and © 2 the firſt taſk of a parent or teacher.
For to ſpeak moderately, half the mi- 7 "8 * ſeries of life ariſe from peeviſhneſs ora tyrannical domineering temper.
8 The tender, who are ſo by nature, or thoſe whom religion has moulded with ſo heavenly a diſpoſition, give way for fake of peage—yet ſtill this gi way undermines their domeſtic com- fort, and ſtops the current of affeQion; they labor for patience, --and labor dds — ail ww .
py Sas 4 al * 1 N 18 1 governing of our temper is truly the our whole lives; but ſurely it would very much aſſiſt us if we were early put into the right road. As it is, when reaſon gains ſome ſtrength, ſhe has mountains of *. 1: * * # rubbiſh to remoye, or perhaps exerts all b ers to juſtify the errors of folly and paſſion, rather than root them * As conſtant attention to the manage- LY ment of the temper produces gentle- neſs and humility, and is : 00 occaſions, as it is not done * to be . een of men.“ This meek ſpirit ariſes 5 | odd fo ſenſe and re mould not be confounded ſed on * 1 ger > „ I lence and timidity; weakneſſes of mind, which often paſs for good nature. who ſubmits, without conviction, to a parent or huſband; will as unreaſon- ably tyranniſe over her ſervants z- for {laviſh fear and tyranny: go. te ether. Reſentment, indeed, may a felt occaſionally by the beſt of Levi beings; yet humility will ſoon conquer it, and convert ſcorn and contempt into pity, and drive out that haſty pride which is always guarding * Self from inſult; which takes fire on the moſt trivial occaſions, and which will not * = admit of a ſuperior, or even an e qu: With ſuch a temper is often join that baſhful aukw-ardneſs which ariſes W 1 * * 5 + 1 2 3 fs, AP. n diffidence; but which does not, in inion, deſerve ſueh a diſti ility is not innate, but like ity muſt be culmiſcarriages and miſtakes have n a cauſe · of pain when for our folly we remember.
Few people l though they ſeverely cenſure on whoſe ſide they ſay the fault always lieve,:t Me 7. emper. 65 there is not a temper in the world which does not need correction, and of courſe attention. Thoſe who are termed good-humored, are frequent- Iy giddy, indolent, and inſenſible; yet becauſe the ſociety they mix with ap- pear ſeldom diſpleaſed with a perſon who does not conteſt, and will laugh off an affront, they imagine themſelves . pleaſing, when they are only not diſ- agreeable. Warm tempers are too f eafily irritated. The one requires a ſpur, the other a rein. Health of mind, as well as body, muſt 1 in general be obtained by patient ſubmiſſion to bell. denial, and c opera- tions. 5 : k _— _—_ duces many effects. While we. are ; moſt. eflential ſervices. | Active virtue If the preſence of the Deity, be in- culcated and dwelt. on till an habitual, revergnce is eſtabliſhed, in the mind, it will check the ſallies of anger and ſneers of peeviſhneſs, which corrode our peace, and render us wretched, without any claim to pity.
ſo ordered things, that one cauſe prolooking into another's mind, and form. ing their temper, we are inſenſibly.- corretting our oun; and every act of benevolence which. we exert to our fellow- creatures, does ourſelyes the.
fits The Temper. 67 fits us for the ſociety” of more exalted beings. Our philatithrophy is aproof,” we are told, that we are capable of loving our Creator. Indeed this divine love, or charity, appears to me the originally ſtampt on the ſoul, aud Which is to be renewed. Exalted views Will raiſe the mind above triling which make us a'torment to ourlelves and others. Our teinper will gradu- ally improve, and yanity, which * the creature is made ſubject to,” has not an entire dominion.
* +, = 2 » _:; - F 3 principal trait that remains of the if. trious image of the "Deity, which wha” cares, and the many little weakneſſes, | EY _—_ _ Z r 4 r * ** 68 7be Temper. | '# But 1 have digreſſed. A judicious parent can only manage a child in this important article; and example will beſt enforce precept.
. Be careful, however, not to make hypocrites; ſmothered flames will blaze out with more violence for hav- ing been kept down. Expect not to do all yourſelf; experience muſt enable the child to aſſiſt you; you can only lay the foundation, or prevent bad propenſities from ſettling into habits.
INE Fd „ UNFORTUNATE SITUATION OF Fg- MALES, FASHIONABLY EDUCATED, AND LEFT WITHOUT A * 1 Havx hitherto 42 7 ſpoken of thoſe females, who will have a proviſion made for them by their parents. But many who have been well, or at leaſt faſhionably educated, are left without a fortune, and if they are not entirely devoid of delicacy, they muſt fre- quently remain ſingle.
Few are the modes of earning a ſub⸗ | fiſtence, and thoſe very humiliatin g. Perhaps to be an bumble companion do be rich old couſin, or what is ſtill 1 5 7 worſe, 70 iſe ennares ny. of Females worſe, to live with ſtrangers, who are To intolerably tyrannical, that none of their own relations can bear to live with them, though they ſhould even expect a fortune in reverſion. It is impoſſible to enumerate the many hours of anguiſh ſuch a perſon muſt ſpend. Above the ſervants, yet con- ſidered by them as a ſpy, and ever re- minded of her inferiority when in converſation with the ſuperiors, If ſhe cannot condeſcend to mean flat. tery, ſhe has not a chance of being a favorite; and ſhould any of the vi- ſitors take notice of her, and ſhe for a moment forget her ſubordinate ſtate, | dhe is ſure to be reminded of it, 8 Faſhionably eucatel, & R Painfully ſenſible of unkindneſs, ſhe is alive to every thing, and many far- caſms reach her, which were perhaps directed another way. She is alone, hut out from equality and confidence, and the concealed anxicty inipairs her conſtitution; for ſhe muſt wear a cheerful face, or be diſm: fled. The being dependant on the caprice of a fellow - creature, though certainly very neceflary | in this ſtate of diſcipline, is yet a very bitter corrective, which We would ain ſhrink from.
A teacher at a ſchool is only a kind | of upper ſervant, who has n more work than the menial ones. 3 3 ͤ - IM.
- A governeſs to young ladies is equally diſagreeable. It is ten to one if they meet with a reaſonable mother; and if the is not ſo, ſhe will be conti- nually finding fault to prove ſhe is not ignorant, and be diſpleaſed if her pupils do not improve, but angry if the proper methods are taken to make them do ſo. The children treat them with diſreſpect, and often with inſo- lence. In the mean time life glides away, and the ſpirits with i it; * and when youth and genial years are flown,” they have nothing to ſubſiſt | on; or, perhaps, on ſome extraordi- nary occaſion, ſome ſmall allowance | may be made for them, which is _ — p * fefpionably educated, Sc. 73 The few trades which are left, are now gradually falling- into the hands of the men, and certainly they are not very reſpectable.
It is hard for a perſon who has a reliſh for poliſhed ſociety, to herd with the vulgar, or to- condeſcend to mix with her former equals when ſhe is conſidered in a different light. What unwelcome heart-breaking knowledge is then poured in on her! I mean a view of the ſelfiſhneſs and depravity of | the world; for every other acquire= ment is a ſource of pleaſure, though —_— eſp may occaſion temporary incon- pemiences.”. cutting is the con- * 2 _ FR | 5 temp | _ FR | 5 temp | ds 45 NOTTS — ra he 3 3 2 4 .
. 3 . 1 7% Unfertunate Situation of Females _ tempt he meets with!—A young mind looks round for love and friendſhip; but love and friendſhip fly from po- verty: expect them not if you are poor! The mind muſt then ſink into meanneſs, and accommodate itſelf to its new ſtate, or dare to be unhappy. Yet i think no refleQing perſon would give up the experience and improve- ment they have gained, to have avoid- ed the misfortunes; on the contra > they are thankfully ranked amongſt the choiceſt bleflings of life, when we are not under their immediate preſſure.
How carneſt]y does a mind full of faſhionably educated, Ge. 75 hip, and long to meet with good un- alloyed. When fortune ſmiles they hug the dear delufion; but dream not that it is one. The painted cloud dif- appears ſuddenly, the ſcene is chang- ed, and what an aching void is left in the heart! a void which only religion can fill up—and how few ſeek this internal comfort! | MN woman, who has beauty without ſentiment, is in great danger of being ſeduced; and if ſhe has any, cannot guard herſelf from painful mortifiea- tions. It is very diſagreeable to keep up a continual reſerve with men ſhe has been formerly familiar with;; yet . — | 10 * * * 76 Unfortunate Situation of Females, if ſhe places confidence, it is ten to -one but ſhe is deceived. Few men feriouſly think of marrying an inferior; and if they have honor enough not to take advantage of the artleſs tender- neſs of a woman: who loves, and thinks not of the difference of rank, they do not undeceive her until ſhe has antici- pated happineſs, which, contraſted with her dependant ſituation, appears de- lightful. The diſappointment is ſe- vere; and the heart receives a wound which does not eaſily admit of a com- pleat cure, as the good that is milled is not - valued according to its real worth: for fancy drew the picture, and grief delights to create food to i 7 feed on.
faſhionably educated, Sc. 77 If what I have written ſhould be read by parents, who are now going on in thoughtleſs extravagance, and anxous: only that their daughters may be gen- teelly educated, let them conſider to what ſorrows they expoſe them.; for I: have not over-coloured the picture.
— Though I warn parents to guard | againſt leaving their daughters to en- counter ſo much miſery; yetif a young woman falls into it, ſhe ought. not to be diſcontented. Good muſt ulti- mately ariſe from every thing, to thoſe who look beyond this infancy of their being; and here the comfort of a good conſcience is our only ſtable * The main buſineſs of our lives is o - 55 i . 8 VL, * D A — — — 3 — 1 3 78 Unfortunate Situation, &c. learn to be virtuous; and HE who! 18 training us up for immortal bliſs, Knows beſt vchat trials will conttibate to make us ſoz; and our reſignation and im- provement will render us reſpectable to ourſelves; and to that Being, whoſe apptobation ĩs of more value than life itſelf. It is true, tribulation produces anguiſh, and we would fain avoid the bitter cup, though convinced! its effects would be the moſt falutary. The We -.. mighty is then the kind parent, who chaſtens and educates, and indulges us not when it would. tend to our hurt. He is compaſſion itſelf, and never wounds but to heal, when the ends of + correction are: anſwered.
1. Y 1 Tnixx there is not a ſubject that mits ſo little of reaſoning on as ules be- laid down that —* will not appear to lean too much one 88 = the _— e 2 .
love; nor can — "y this: — et ws a judge in their own-cafe?- Per- haps, before they begin to conſider the matter, they ſee through the medium paſſion, and its ſuggeſtions are often miſtaken for thoſe of reaſon. We can no other: way account for-. tl ſurd., matches we every day have an rtunity of obſerving; for in th | FEES reſpect, EY A * — — 2 — — * — a Ee — p ia "FJ; 5 Ms Ln: ow * - 2% 4 a * A 1 * > © - : % I % * 2 ». K 1: I.
* 0 z - * 1 0 4 - 4 = 1 *; reſpect, even the moſt ſenſible men and women err. A variety of cauſes will occaſion an attachment; an a endea- vour to ſupplant another, or being by ſome accident confined to the ſociety of one perſon. Many have found themſelves entangled in an affair of honor, who only meant to fill up the beavy hours in an amuſing way, or raiſe jealouſy in ſome other boſom.
It is a difficult taſk to write on ſubject when our own paſſions are likely to blind us. Hurried away by our feelings, we are apt to ſet thoſe things dawn as general maxims, which ough it is not e rſon ſhould act under the imme- diate influence of paſſion, yet they cer- tainly have no excuſe who are actuated only by vanity, and deceive by an vivocal behaviour in order to gratify | here are quite as man | coquets as female, and they are nicious peſts. to ſociety, their, ſphere of action is larger, anc they are leſs expoſed to the cenſure o the world. A fmothered ſigh, domn- caſt look, and the many other little arts which are played off, may give ex- treme pain to a ſincere, artleſs woman, though ſhe cannot reſent, or complain O ** to obvious, I need not point it out.
, = paſſions, preyed on by them. Neither can they, for the ſake of pre- fent pleaſure, bear to act in ſuch a manner, as that the retro dves notapprove. T 8 has often been the caſe 5 and the ſion muſt either be rooted out, or the continual allowances and excuſes: that are made will hurt the mind, and leſ- ſen the reſpect for virtue. Love, un- ſupported by eſteem, | r or lead to depravity; as, on the con- trary, when a worthy perſon is the ob- je, it is the greateſt inoentive to in- provement, and has the beſt effect on the manners and temper. We ſhould _ | abvays try to fix in our minds the ra- tional grounds we have for loving a rſon, that we may be able to reeolpay ee CS Tad Tam pay ee CS Tad Tam ſentment; we ſhould then habitually _ practiſe forbearance, and the many ty diſputes which interrupt domeſtic ce would be avoided. A woman onably be unhappy, if the is attached to a man of ſenſe and N 8 +4 * A 2 * * 3 4 7 * not to. be, conquered. women go aſtray,” it is not the ſtars, that are to be A reſolute endeavour will wy almoſt always overcome difficulties. I knew a woman very early 88 — — — << WW, yet ſhe ſaw his faults 3 his principles ' were-unfixed, and his prodigal turn would have obliged her to have re- ſtrained every benevolent emotion of her heart. She exerted her influence to improve him, but in vain did ſhe — rp.
for years try to do it. Convinced of the impoſſibility, ſhe determined not to ' marry him, though ſhe was forced to encounter poverty and its attendants...*: oy *. 4 » It is too _univerſat à maxim with noveliſts, | that love is felt but once; though it appears to me, that the heart which is capable of receiving an im- Wl prefſion at all, and can diſtinguiſh, will f tum to a new object when the firſt is WW 1 5 I am convinced it is neſs has the firſt place in the mind, and notions of perfection are not af- x y ladies are to conſtan delicately miſerable, and imagine that they are lamenting the loſs of a - longed beyond their natural courſe, re of appearing: he- : |: roines, and we deceive- ourſelves as well as others. When any ſudden ſtroke fate 8 res us of thoſe we love, we may not readily get the better of ie blow; but when we find we bave OY 3 Pew © WD pe IE 5 Ie.
FH r 1 8 E 8 j b y been led aſtray by our paſſions, and that it was our own imaginations which gave the high colouring to the picture, we may be certain time will drive it out of our minds. For we cannot often think of our folly without being diſpleaſed with ourſelyes, | and ſuch reflections are quickly ba= niſhed. Habit and duty will co-operate, and religion may overcome what reaſon has in vain combated withz © but refinement and romance are often confounded, and ſenſibility, which occalrons this kind of- inconſtancy, is | ed to have the contrary effect.
— - 4 * ”- me ws * © Nothing can more tend to deſtroy a peace of mind, than platonic attach- ments. They are begun in falſe re- fſſinement, and frequently end in ſor- row, if not in guilt. The two extremes often meet, and virtue carried to ex- — n yOu 4 1 ceſs will ſometimes lead to the oppo- ſite vice. Not that I mean to inſinuate hat there is no ſuch thing as friend- Hip between perſons of different ſexes; 3 1 am convinced of the co Wy mean to obſerve, that if a wo⸗ man's heart 1 is diſengaged, ſhe thould not give way to a pleaſing deluſion, and imagine ſhe will be ſatisfied with the friendſhip of a man ſhe admires, and prefers to the reſt + o * ** we do not guard its firſt emotions, we ſhall not afterwards be able to' prevent its ſighing for impoſſibilities. If there — 7 are any inſuperable bars to an union in the common way, try to diſmiſs the dangerous tenderneſs, or it will undermine your comfort, and betray vou: into many errors. To attempt to raiſe ourſelves above human beings is ridiculous - wecannot extirpate our paſ- ſions, nor is it neceſſary that we ſhould, thou to ſtray too near a precipice, leſt we fall over before we are aware. \ it may be wiſe fometimes not * Ne can- not avoid much vexation arid ſorrow, The heart is very treacherous, and if if we are ever ſo prudent; it is then * danger our innocence, or lead to re- pentance, Love gilds all the pr of life, and though it cannot always exclude apathy, it makes many cares Dean Swift hated the only loved particular per- pride rivalled them. A - oliſh wiſh of riſing ſuperior to the mon wants and deſires of the one as well as himſelf,. Univerſal be- nevolence i is the firſt duty, and we ſhould be careful not to let any paſ- ſion ſo engroſs our thoughts, as to pre- vent our practiſing it. After all the dreams of rapture, carthly pleaſures | will not fill the mind, or ſupport it. when they have nat the ſanction of reaſon, or are too much depended on. The tumult of paſſion will ſubſide, and even the pangs of diſappointment ceaſe to be felt. But for the wicked there is a worm that never dies—a guilty conſcience. While that A calm ſatisfaction which reſignation $roducds; which cannot be deſcribed, * 9 WY but may be attained, in ſome degree, thoſe who try to keep in the ſtrait, ough thorny path which leads to ſs, ſhall ſanRify the ſorrows, and the character of virtue.
+ If we were born only “ to - .rot,”” the ſooner ered the r; but as women are here 363 #5 lowed to have fouls, the ſoul ought to * be attended to. In youth a woman endeavours to pleaſe the other ſ order, generally ſ ried, aking, to get mard this endeavour calls forth all | her powers. If ſhe has had a tolerable education, the foundation only, is the mind does not ſoon arrive 1 ſhould not be enws 2 : * 7 ; Y * _ - "TY * 2 5 * ki bh ” at TOES cn «.. wigs groſſed by domeſtic cares before any habits are fixed. The paſſions alſo & toe much influence over the ſome years after, the mind improves ure for reflection, | ect on 5 but how hen they are before they have had time to think, or find that they jar ? Nay, ſhould they 1 lovers deſeribed in novels, and their want of knowledge makes them fre- quently diſguſted wih the man, when the fault is in human nature.
me ſtrength, | e will in all probabi- lity pay more attention to her actions than a girl can be expected to do; and if ſhe thinks ſeriouſly, ſhe will - chuſe for a companion a man of principle; and this perhaps young people do not ſufficiently attend to, or ſee the necelty of doing, A woman of feeling muſt be very much hurt if the te i ie; Wet aa — + Pr 5 is obliged to keep her children out of their father's. company, that their mo- rals may not be injured by his con- verſation; and beſides, the whole arduous taſk of education devolyes on her, and in ſuch a caſe it is not very practicabhle. Attention to the educa- b | tion of children muſt be irkſome, when * life appears. to have ſo many charms, and i its pleaſures are not found falla- : SS 1 Þ cious. N Many are but juſt. returned g from, a boarding- ſchool, when they are placed at the head of a family, - and how fit they are to manage it, 1 0 1 445 Pubs.; # leave the judicious to judge. Can | 34.3:: % they i improve a child's underſtanding, * * 7 i ah when they are ſcarcely out of the Kate * * reſerve are often wanting. The conſtant attendant on too much familiarity is contempt. Women are often before marriage prudiſh, and afterwards they, think they may innocently give way to fondneſs; and:overwhelm the poor man with it. They think th a legal right to his affections, and grow remiſs in their endeavours to pleaſe. T here are a thouſand name leſs decencies which good ſenſe gives riſe to, and artleſs proofs of regard which flow from the heart, and will reach it, if it ĩs not depraved. It has ever occurred to me, that is was ſuf⸗ o for, 2 woman to receive car * * 1 3 - 2 1 _- © = . a ee , derfieſs, The latter is the ſweetet NN - ife; but, like all other cor- | LS particular I.
: ns; to exhilarate the ſpirits, WW $ neſs, or loft in 6 4 Pride, as not affront; thou fill up the vacuums of life; many of our ſex ſuffer theirs to lie dormant. A little ridicule and * ;;. - 1 * 5 veſſel, and many are the miſeries which 4 4" ern Kay on $25 of he 3 2 r _ WW "ba...Matrimony, vantage. If they have a tolerable underſtanding, it has a chance to be cul.
tivated. They are forced to ſee hu- man nature as it is, and are not left to dwell on the pictures of their own ima- ginations. Nothing, 1 am ſure, calls forth the faculties ſo much as the be- .
Matrimony, vantage. If they have a tolerable underſtanding, it has a chance to be cul.
tivated. They are forced to ſee hu- man nature as it is, and are not left to dwell on the pictures of their own ima- ginations. Nothing, 1 am ſure, calls forth the faculties ſo much as the being obliged-to ſtruggle with the world; and this is not a woman's province in a married ſtate. Her ſphere of action is not large, and if ſhe is not taught to look into her own heart, how trivial are her occupations and purſuits! What: little arts engroſs and narrow her mind! * Cunning fills up the mighty void of ſenſe 3“ and cares, which do not improve the heart or un Ae'erſtand +; * derſtanding, take up her attention, Of courſe, ſhe falls a prey to ehildiſſ anger, and ſilly capricious humors, which render her rather inſignificant " 1. * P In a comfortable ſituation, a * vated mind is neceſſary to render a v woman contented; and i in a miſerable one, it is her only conſolation. =* ſen- ſible, delicate woman, who by fome- ſtrange accident, or miſtake, is joined to a fool or a brute, muſt be wretched beyond all names of wretchedneſs, if her views, Are confined. to the preſent.
ſcene,...Of what importance, then, f is ual improvement, when ouf * I. * CcOm- 1 ed, and the mind not left to fluctuate in the time of diſtreſs, when it can reof our deareſt hopes. How they can be fatisfied, who have not gs is conviction, I ca "conceive;, l ther think they will turn to ſome wol worldly fupport, and fall into folly, not vice. For a little refinement only leads a woman into the wilds of ro- mance, = by <a F. yy 6 R mance, if ſhe is not religious; nay, more, there is no true ſentiment without it, nor perhaps any other efſectual check to the paſſions.
8 every kind of n concera and family buſineſs is properly a woman's province, to enable her to diſcharge her duty ſhe ſhould ſtudy the different branches of it. Nothing is more uſeful in a family than a little 3 = by knowledge of phyſic, ſufficient to make E the miſtreſs” of it a judicious nurſe.
Many a perſon, who has had a ſenſible phyſician to attend them, have been loſt /for want of the other; for tenderneſs, without judgment, ſometimes does more harm than good.
The ignorant imagine there is ſome- thing very myſterious in the practice | | 4 3 1 | of ef phyſic. They expect a medicine to work like a charm, and know no- thing of the progreſs and criſis of diſ- orders. The keeping of the patient low appears cruel; all · kind of regimen is diſregarded, and though de fever rages, they cannot be perſuaded no: . them inflammatory food. I « How (ſay they) can a perſon get well 4 without nourhment??: The mind, too, ſhould be ſoothe at the fame time; and indeed; when? ever it ſinks, ſoothing is; at firſt, better HE .
than reaſoning. The ſlackened nerves =: WH Ng to be braced by words. When 6 7 ** — mind's worried by care, or opprefled 75 Va in a moment nd to the vg!
% thereby. It is words of the Apoſtle, and from many tie purifying of their hearts. He who- made us muſt know what will tend to · _ grievous, and the heart | anguiſh when deprived of what it loves, and the tongue can ſcarcely faulter-- when it is ſo contrary. to our own. Due ance ought then to be human infirmities, and the unhappy ſhould be conſidered as objects of com-- paſſion, rather than blame. But in a different ſtile does conſolatory advice = generally run;. for inſtead of pouring: $-or wine into the wound, it tends. to convince the that they are weak as OE I am apt to imagine, that ſorrow and reſignation are not incompatible; and that though religion cannot make ſome diſappointments pleaſant, it prevents our repining, even while we ſmart un- der them. Did our feelin gs and reaſon always coincide, our paſſage through this world could not juſtly be termed a warfare, and faith would no longer be a virtue. It is our preferring the things that are not ſeen, to thoſe which are, that proves us to be the heirs of On the ſacred word of che Moſt High, We rely with firm aſſurance, that the ſufferings of the preſent l gs 2. will De ultory Thoughts. | and eternal weight of glory; yet they are allowed to be - affliftions, which, though temporary, muſt fill | Mio. A The difference between thoſe who ſorrow without ho look up to Heaven, is not that the one feel more than the other, may be both equally depreſſed; but the latter think of the peaceable fruits which are to reſult from the diſcipline, and therefore patiently ſubmit.
I have almoſt run into a ſermon,— and I ſhall not make an apology for it.
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* * - wo nerf v0 contributes to make us | confequence; both theſe qua-; if we are confined to a ſick chamber. Various are the -misfortunes of life, and it may be the death in all its i 4 9 E BENEFITS WHICH AR 1 FROM DISA PPOINMEN oo; 7 OST women, opinions and virtuous / F By by ſtarts, and while we are giving way IF to the love and admiration which thoſe” qualities raiſe, they are quite different creatures. It is refleQic 4 RE paſſion that we think mo oon rival all the reſt; it is then in our Power, this way, to ſtrengthen 8 of * SE $. 5 % ” «: I * ” 7; Via 1188 en —— IM 112 good diſpoſitions, and in ſome meaſure to-eſtabliſh a. character, which will not