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 of midnight concurred with the resolution of my doubts to complete the tranquillity of my mind.

"Such, my son, was the vision which the Prophet vouchsafed me, not for my sake only, but for thine. Thou hast not found felicity in temporal things; and therefore thou art disappointed. Let not instruction be lost upon thee; but go thy way, let thy flock clothe the naked, and thy table feed the hungry; deliver the poor from oppression, and let thy conversation be above. Thus shalt thou rejoice in Hope, and look forward to the end of life, as the consummation of thy felicity."

Almet in whose breast devotion kindled as he spake, returned into the Temple, and the stranger departed in peace.