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 in the paths of rectitude and piety? We believe these have gone to a better country, and the hope of meeting them there, and the memory of their virtues, console the heart of the mourner. What then can excite the pains of memory; if it is neither loss, or disappointment, unkindness, injury, or the death of beloved friends? It is the recollection of time mispent, and of duty forsaken! These awaken the pang of memory, and turn the eye with terror from the past.

Guard faithfully, my dear young friends, these avenues of regret, and in every situation and circumstance of life you will be happy. Neither age, sorrow, or disappointment can destroy your peace of mind, if you are supported by the consciousness of having performed your duty.

 

HABITUATED as we are to the varied intercourse of society, it is impossible to remain long in the world, without forming some 