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nail. Oh you mean and pitiful piigarlics
Y Gu think that, by cheating others, you en-
rich yourselves; but you cheat yourselves
IN proportion as you cheat others. You
cheat yourselves but of that contentedness
and mental repose which the freehearted,
generous, and philanthropic enjoy; and
which is worth more to mortal than noun
tains of gold. By horrding up every shil-
ling you can get, you increase the burning
thirst and intolerable itching for more; and
where this incessant restlessness prevails,
happiness won't roost, any more than birds
will roost upon the nodding branches of the
tree-top. The beautiful flowers of senti-
ment will fade in your cold bosoms-your
tender feelings become like parings of fin
ger nalls-philanthropy loses all its sweet
lIquor-your sympathies seem to be made
OF sole leather-you are perfect strangers to
rational enjoyment. In short, your lives
lead through dark tunnel, at the farther
end of which you appear to see nothing else
than sixpence glittering in the sun, and
are ever shaking with the Jerusalem fdgets
to get at it.


My hearers-'Keep what you have got
and get what you can,' is very bad pre-
cept If everybody were to act upon this
principle, precious little indeed could be
got. He that had much would keep it al
ways without benefit to himself or TO any
body else; and he that had nothing would
be Ill fair way to just hold his own for
ever. No, no-the seed must be sown be-
fore it can be made to produce sixty, or an
hundred fold: but you must be careful and
not sow it upon barren ground, or you will
have the modification of gathering but this
ties at the best. Of every three-pence, put
one in your pocket, dispose Of another for
the good of the body, and give the other to
God, through the hands of the poor and
needy; and Heaven will smile upon, fortune
favor you, men speak we'll Of you-and
finally go to your long home as happy as a
woodchuck to his winter burrow. Be saw
ing but not parsimonious. | want you to
enjoy the good things of this world in a
moderate and rational manner, as becomes
a being of belly and wisdom. Partake thank
fully and cheerfully of the good gifts oI
Providence with which you are surrounded
and not sit like Patience on a monument


smelling at beef Open your mouths, your


hearts, your hands and your pockets-sow
and reap-give and receive-help one an.
other, and the reward will follow-but no


in the manner that it followeth the thief
And, above all, foster and encourage spirit


of love-not that passion-born love which
springs up in night, like mushroom, and
departs as suddenly;-but that gentle, heav-
emily, amaranthine love, which not only
aourishes in smiles but blooms as fresh in
tears. So mote it be!