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A Sermon,
sigh of sympathy , be eA'er refused to the throbs of agonizing grief ? —No ; sure I am , that the afflicted in bod y : —the distressed in mind —Avill equally engage a portion of your care ; that wim a delicacy , only equalled by your charity , you will take pleasure in alleviating their sorrows , administering ' the lenient balm of consolation , arming their souls with patience , and smoothing their passage through this vale of tears .
Pursue then , with ardour , a manly , rational , steady course of piety and intrinsic goodness ; and take especial care that you be not deceived in the wei ghtier matters of reli gion . Let no difference of opinions , either religious or political , disturb the friendly affections , but remain firm and united like an inseparable mass of ancient cement . In a word ,-let every religious , every moral , private and social virtue shine forth in
every character . And when the powers of nature grow languid , when the wheels of life drag heavily on , and announce the approach of the time when our great change shall come * , when these mortal frames must put on immortality , Oh ! may our faith and practice be such , as will fix us in those blessed abodes where pain and sorrow are not known ; where terrestrial finite sufferings will be converted into endless felicity ; and , where , even to recollect the storms of life , will , perhaps , be inconsistent with its blissful state !
The History Of A Racehorse.
THE HISTORY OF A RACEHORSE .
THE sire of this animal was a native of Arabia Felix , where he ranged , without controul , inthe most fertile and extensive plains , enjoying all the luxuries of nature . He was the leader of a herd , which consisted of more than five hundred of his species ; and thus supported by the united force of numbers , no beast of the forest durst attack him . When his followers slept he stood as centinel , to give notice of and if
approaching danger ; an Arab happened to advance , he sometimes walked up boldly towards him , as if to examine his strength , or to intimidate him ; then instantly he gave the signal to his fellows , by a loud snorting , and the whole herd fled with the swiftness of the wind . In one of these fli ghts he was taken by a trap , concealed upon the ground ; which entangling his feetmade
, him an easy prey to the hunter . He was carried to Constantinople ; sold to the British envoy there ; and brought b y him into England , to improve our breed of horses . The first colt he got Avas the animal of whom-we are speaking . He was fed in a large pasture , Avhere he used to gallop round and round ; trying every active movement of his limbs , ancl increasing his strength and agility by those gambols
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Sermon,
sigh of sympathy , be eA'er refused to the throbs of agonizing grief ? —No ; sure I am , that the afflicted in bod y : —the distressed in mind —Avill equally engage a portion of your care ; that wim a delicacy , only equalled by your charity , you will take pleasure in alleviating their sorrows , administering ' the lenient balm of consolation , arming their souls with patience , and smoothing their passage through this vale of tears .
Pursue then , with ardour , a manly , rational , steady course of piety and intrinsic goodness ; and take especial care that you be not deceived in the wei ghtier matters of reli gion . Let no difference of opinions , either religious or political , disturb the friendly affections , but remain firm and united like an inseparable mass of ancient cement . In a word ,-let every religious , every moral , private and social virtue shine forth in
every character . And when the powers of nature grow languid , when the wheels of life drag heavily on , and announce the approach of the time when our great change shall come * , when these mortal frames must put on immortality , Oh ! may our faith and practice be such , as will fix us in those blessed abodes where pain and sorrow are not known ; where terrestrial finite sufferings will be converted into endless felicity ; and , where , even to recollect the storms of life , will , perhaps , be inconsistent with its blissful state !
The History Of A Racehorse.
THE HISTORY OF A RACEHORSE .
THE sire of this animal was a native of Arabia Felix , where he ranged , without controul , inthe most fertile and extensive plains , enjoying all the luxuries of nature . He was the leader of a herd , which consisted of more than five hundred of his species ; and thus supported by the united force of numbers , no beast of the forest durst attack him . When his followers slept he stood as centinel , to give notice of and if
approaching danger ; an Arab happened to advance , he sometimes walked up boldly towards him , as if to examine his strength , or to intimidate him ; then instantly he gave the signal to his fellows , by a loud snorting , and the whole herd fled with the swiftness of the wind . In one of these fli ghts he was taken by a trap , concealed upon the ground ; which entangling his feetmade
, him an easy prey to the hunter . He was carried to Constantinople ; sold to the British envoy there ; and brought b y him into England , to improve our breed of horses . The first colt he got Avas the animal of whom-we are speaking . He was fed in a large pasture , Avhere he used to gallop round and round ; trying every active movement of his limbs , ancl increasing his strength and agility by those gambols