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Rh afflictions almoſt loſe their name when we believe they are ſent to correct, not cruſh us. Whilſt we are alive to gratitude and admiration, we muſt adore God.

The human ſoul is ſo framed, that goodneſs and truth must fill it with ineffable pleaſure, and the nearer it approaches to perfection, the more earneſtly will it purſue thoſe virtues, diſcerning more clearly their beauty.

The Supreme Being dwells in the univerſe. He is as eſſentially preſent to the wicked as to the good; but the latter delight in His preſence, and try to pleaſe Him, whilſt the former ſhrink from a Judge, who is of too pure a nature to behold iniquity. The wicked wiſh for the rocks to cover them, mountains, or the angry ſea, which we the other day ſurveyed, to hide them from the preſence of that Being, in whoſe preſence only they could find joy. You feel emotions that incite you to do good; and painful ones diſturb you, when you have reſiſted the faithful internal monitor. The wiſer, and the better you Rh