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minds of others in their intercourse with
them. None so pronigate as to be exclud-
ed by their crimes from compassion. lis
indeed like oil poured on the waters: it calms
the angry passions of mankind, and renders
US incapable of entertaining envy, malice,
or i'll will, Or fostering the desire oi revenge
towards those who have injured us; it teach
es sus, if not to .forget, at least to forgive,
as often as we remember, the trespasses OF
ourbretliren; and by showing us our own
weakness, and need of forgiveness from God,
it leads us to behold with an eye of compass
sion, the errors and follics of men. In pro
portion as we suffer this principle to pro-
gress towards perfection, (Which we are
taught to expect in another state of being)
we draw nearer to that taultless standard
which Christians are taught to revere and
worship, even Jesus, our Lord.


The sum Of Charity is expressed i'll the
following words of an excellent writer.


"Charity is the comforter Of the afflicted
the protector of the oppressed, the reconci-
| Ter of differences, the intercessor for often
dcrs. 1t is faithfulness in the friend, public
spirit in the magistrate, equity and patience
| in the Judge, moderation in the sovereign


and loyalty in the subject. In parents it i


care and attention; in children it is reverence


and submission. In word, it is the soul O


social life; it is the sun that enlivens anc


cheers the abodes of men. 1t is "ikc tn,


dew of Hermon," says the Psalmist, "ant


the dew that descended on the mountains O


Zion, when the Lord commanded the bles


sing, even life for ever more"