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Rh in the inward parts, and mercy will attend her.

I have indeed o much compaion for thoe young females who are entering into the world without fixed principles, that I would fain peruade them to examine a little into the matter. For though in the eaon of gaiety they may not feel the want of them, in that of ditres where will they fly for uccour? Even with this upport, life is a labor of patience—a conflict; and the utmot we can gain is a mall portion of peace, a kind of watchful tranquillity, that is liable to continual interruptions. "Then