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vi attention to forms. Syſtems of Theology may be complicated; but when the character of the Supreme Being is diſplayed, and He is recogniſed as the Univerſal Father, the Author and Centre of Good, a child may be led to comprehend that dignity and happineſs muſt ariſe from imitating Him; and this conviction ſhould be twiſted into, and be the foundation of every inculcated duty.

At any rate, the Tales which were written to illulſtrate the moral, may recall it, when the mind has gained ſuſſicient ſtrength to diſcuſs the argument from which it was deduced. IN-