Job xxxviii. 12. Luke x. 33. xvii. 16. Ecclus. iv. 31. painful emotion, "I could point out fuch instances, if it were proper, as you would almost flinch from believing;-instances in which four and unmannerly ingratitude has ended in picking and stealing, even from the nearest and the deareft. We can no more say to Ingratitude than to the fea hard by, when the vifitation of the ftormy wind makes it boil like a pot, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be Stayed. God alone can do this by the power of His grace. See, therefore, I repeat, that your children fall not into this excess of wickedness. Lay before them in their tender years the great faith of the Samaritan stranger that made him whole,-and point out to them the black spot, (worse than the leprous spot,) which clings everlastingly to the thankless nine in the Scripture of truth. Father and fon,mother and daughter,-be not pointed at by the finger of scorn, and numbered with those that fear not God, neither regard man, but think only of themselves. Meditate upon the Old Hebrew's words, Let not thine hand be Stretched out to receive, and shut when thou Shouldeft repay." When it was neceffary to put forward the truth in the clearest and fimpleft way, the old Vicar was what Latimer called a regular Toм TRUTH, but it was contrary to his views, as I said, of Christianity to be always chiding, and he still thought and maintained his opinion too, that the better the people were taught, the less ungrateful they would prove. Whether or not, Truth, the child of Time, and the circumstances of every-day life are a fure test. "How circumftance brings noble natures out! Tefts, foon or late, occur to ilke one "One of the moft grateful of my Parishioners," said the old Vicar one day, "is old Thomas Beechfield, though the most undemonstrative perfon living. Years ago it was my good fortune to be enabled to fhow him fome kindness, which ended in a fenfible benefit. From that time to this, without any outward fhow or oftentation, he has held on his even course, showing every tribute of respect to every member of my family, and, as the seasons come round, conftantly making fome small offering. We know where it comes from well enough,—but it is no easy Queen Philippa's All's Well that Act ii. Sc. iii. Thoughts on thing always to point directly to the giver. My opinion on this head is quite in unifon with Pope's, "Wherever I find a great deal of VariousSubjects, gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generofity if he were a rich man." vii. 308. Ed. Rofcoe. "The reverfe of the character above described as remarkable for his gratitude is James Miller, -a hard, bitter, unmoveable man. He has never profpered in life,-but, for his wife's fake, many people have done him good turns,-got him out of fcrapes,lent him money to retrieve what he confidered his bad luck, but what those who scanned his character narrowly, knew to be his deferts. The moment any man fhowed him a kindnefs, from that time forward he confidered him to be his enemy,-he was in his debt, and could not endure the fight of a benefactor. And yet he was neither mad, nor of weak mind. The truth is he had not a grain of principle,-never entered the House of Prayer, -and was never known to speak a kind word of a neighbour. And yet he thought himself an ill-ufed man,-railed at Fortune and Providence,—and said he had no pleasure in life! It diftreffed me to meet him in my rounds," faid the old Vicar, "and I prayed for him continually." Great need was there for it, I thought, and I called to mind Ben Jonfon's lines, "Almanac. I wonder what religion he is of? Staple of News, Othello, A&t iii. Bp. Berkeley, Girdlestone on 31. Vol. vii. 303. CHAPTER XXVI. The great Allowances to be made for Ignorance, and the deep-rooted Prejudices of the People. "Where's that palace, whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not? Who has a breaft fo pure, But fome uncleanly apprehenfions Keep leets and law days, and in feffion fit With meditations lawful?" "Oh! faid Euphranor, I am never angry with any man for his opinion whether he be Jew, Turk, or Idolater, he may fpeak his mind freely to me, without fear of offending. I fhould even be glad to hear what he hath to fay, provided he faith it in an ingenuous candid Whoever digs in the mine of truth I look on as my fellowlabourer; but if, while I am taking true pains, he diverts himself with teafing me, and flinging duft in mine eyes, I fhall foon be tired of him." manner. "He gets accustomed to read of mifery without confidering that he ought to be relieving it. And the woes which ought to agonize his heart with fympathy, minifter rather to the amusement of his mind." MONG Pope's Thoughts on Various Subjects are the two following. "There never was any party, faction, fect, or cabal whatsoever, in which |