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 pointed. They all attended as punctually as if they had been ſerved with a judges warrant. When they came he led them into a private room, when after he had formed them into a circle, and commanded them to kneel down, he kneeled down in the midſt of them, and prayed for them with much earneſtneſs for a conſiderable time, and concluded the interview when he roſe up, by cloſe and affecting lecture. He never had occaſion to repeat this friendly diſcipline; he entirely broke the cuſtom; and the place has never been reſorted to on Sunday evenings from that time to this preſent day.

It is ſaid of the pious Mr. Gauge, that be ſorebore providing Suppers on the eve before the Sabbath, that ſervants might not be kept up too late. He would never ſuffer any ſervant to tarry at home to dreſs any meat on the Lord's day, for any friends, whether they were mean or great, few or many.

It is evident there never has been a-