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325 That might be deemed forbidding, did not there

All generous feelings flourish and rejoice;

Forbearance, charity in deed and thought,

And resolution competent to take

Out of the bosom of simplicity

All that her holy customs recommend,

And the best ages of the world prescribe.

—Preaching, administering, in every work

Of his sublime vocation, in the walks

Of worldly intercourse 'twixt man and man,

And in his humble Dwelling he appears

A Labourer, with moral virtue girt,

With spiritual graces, like a glory, crowned."

"Doubt can be none," the Pastor said, "for whom

"This Portraiture is sketched.—The Great, the Good,

The Well-beloved, the Fortunate, the Wise,

These Titles Emperors and Chiefs have borne,

Honour assumed or given: and Him, the Wonderful,

Our simple Shepherds, speaking from the heart,

Deservedly have styled.—From his Abode

In a dependant Chapelry, that lies

Behind yon hill, a poor and rugged wild,