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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.