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 up; no one appeared interested for me, and I was permitted to wander about unheeded with the rest of the brethren. It was now that I felt how mistaken I had been in the nature of my emotions; without the converse of my friend, the performance of my duties grew cold, languid, and tiresome: I regretted my seclusion from the world, and languished to be at liberty, that I might again enjoy the blessings of society which I had so rashly renounced. In this frame of mind I continued some months, and the agitations I endured produced a long and tedious nervous fever. On the verge of the grave I was brought to a sense of my duty; a revolution took place in my heart; I soon recovered, and from that period have, with humble submission, conformed to my situation.

"Thus, my son, I have run over my short history, and from thence you may learn this important truth, 'Man was not intended for a solitary being,' and be warned never to let the disappointments of life prey upon your