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Essay On Strife.
fed fdliy , i ' ri men to be so anxious for the improvement of every thing but themselves , and to spend their whole time in providing for the happiness of others in a certain never-to-be » procured state of perfection , whilst their own conduct is , perhaps , exhibiting to the world a retrograde motion , and they themselves are becomingday after dayless perfect-.
, , The surest antidote against strife , as well as many other evils cflife , is contentment;— -contentment , that alchemy of the mind , which converts every thing into happiness ! Contentment , in wordly affairs , disposes the mind to be satisfied in any tolerable condition of life ; and , in spiritual concerns , contentment will tench the disputant , whatever be his creed , to keep is tenets to
himself , and not disturb the peace of that household , which Christ hath established upon earth , with the vain disquisitions of , perhaps ; , after all , a deluded imagination . Satisfied with having performed , as far as frail nature will permit , what the Lord God requires , viz . to do justly , to love mercy ; , and to walk humbly with his God , he will rest iii hope , that , should his opinions of
some nicer points be erroneous , the Almighty will look with pity and compassion upon a mistaken faith ; producing such amiable virtues . If every individual , instead of loudly clamouring for the reformation of the world , would keep a constant guard over his own conductand reform himselfthen might we indeed expect to see a
, , golden age of happiness and peace rising iipon its , wherein the mild influence of Christianity would supersede the necessity of all earthly tribunals , and the general imiocency of mankind become the strongest protection to the individual . OllIELENSISi
An Eastern Novel.
AN EASTERN NOVEL .
¦ lilE FOEL 0 \ ViNG EXAMPLE SHEWS THAT THE PRACTICE dP VlR « TUE RENDERS A FAMILY ILLUSTRIOUS . [ Continuedfrom Page no . ]] W HEN Liu-pao had received the sum , I ought to acquaint you , said he to the merchant , that my sister-in-law is
proud , haughty , and a great lover of formality ; she will make a great many difficulties when she is to leave the house , and you will have some trouble to bring her to a resolution ; I will tell you therefore what you must do ; at the beginning of the ni ght bring a chair adorned as usual , with good strong porters , make as little noise as you can , arid be ready at the door ; she that will appear with a mourning head-dress is my sister ; say never a . D d
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On Strife.
fed fdliy , i ' ri men to be so anxious for the improvement of every thing but themselves , and to spend their whole time in providing for the happiness of others in a certain never-to-be » procured state of perfection , whilst their own conduct is , perhaps , exhibiting to the world a retrograde motion , and they themselves are becomingday after dayless perfect-.
, , The surest antidote against strife , as well as many other evils cflife , is contentment;— -contentment , that alchemy of the mind , which converts every thing into happiness ! Contentment , in wordly affairs , disposes the mind to be satisfied in any tolerable condition of life ; and , in spiritual concerns , contentment will tench the disputant , whatever be his creed , to keep is tenets to
himself , and not disturb the peace of that household , which Christ hath established upon earth , with the vain disquisitions of , perhaps ; , after all , a deluded imagination . Satisfied with having performed , as far as frail nature will permit , what the Lord God requires , viz . to do justly , to love mercy ; , and to walk humbly with his God , he will rest iii hope , that , should his opinions of
some nicer points be erroneous , the Almighty will look with pity and compassion upon a mistaken faith ; producing such amiable virtues . If every individual , instead of loudly clamouring for the reformation of the world , would keep a constant guard over his own conductand reform himselfthen might we indeed expect to see a
, , golden age of happiness and peace rising iipon its , wherein the mild influence of Christianity would supersede the necessity of all earthly tribunals , and the general imiocency of mankind become the strongest protection to the individual . OllIELENSISi
An Eastern Novel.
AN EASTERN NOVEL .
¦ lilE FOEL 0 \ ViNG EXAMPLE SHEWS THAT THE PRACTICE dP VlR « TUE RENDERS A FAMILY ILLUSTRIOUS . [ Continuedfrom Page no . ]] W HEN Liu-pao had received the sum , I ought to acquaint you , said he to the merchant , that my sister-in-law is
proud , haughty , and a great lover of formality ; she will make a great many difficulties when she is to leave the house , and you will have some trouble to bring her to a resolution ; I will tell you therefore what you must do ; at the beginning of the ni ght bring a chair adorned as usual , with good strong porters , make as little noise as you can , arid be ready at the door ; she that will appear with a mourning head-dress is my sister ; say never a . D d