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66 If the preence of the Deity be inculcated and dwelt on till an habitual reverence is etablihed in the mind, it will check the allies of anger and neers of peevihnes, which corrode our peace, and render us wretched, without any claim to pity.

The widom of the Almighty has o ordered things, that one caue produces many effects. While we are looking into another's mind, and forming their temper, we are inenibly correcting our own; and every act of benevolence which we exert to our fellow-creatures, does ourelves the mot eential ervices. Active virtue fits