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 Let us first of all take that which most prominently attracted tke attention of everyone—his serenity, lis calm-reposing, unshaken trust that all is well in spite of seeming troubles and sorrows. Smarting with an uncommon degree of pain, dissociated from dear ones, shifted from place to place as a homeless wanderer, deprived of those pleasures which are dear to all, looked down upon by those who ought to have understood him better, deserted by those who ought to have been brought close to him, suspected by those who ought to have confided in him, neglected by those who ought to have clung to him and entirely ignored by those who ought to have followed his way, he had no complaint against any person, except the general one of man’s negligence in that man is so blind to the goodness of God. That serenity which was so striking, which often misled others as to the nature of his complaint, and which one made light of, was the marked feature that struck every thoughtful observer that stood by him even for a few short hours. If he was able, too, at the close