man.

Who hath not learned that when alone he has his

own thoughts to guard, and when struggling with man-

kind his temper, and in society his tongue? We also [10]

have gained higher heights; have learned that trials lift

us to that dignity of Soul which sustains us, and finally

conquers them; and that the ordeal refines while it

chastens.

Perhaps our church is not yet quite sensible of what [15]

we owe to the strength, meekness, honesty, and obedi-