lence may make her triumphs glorious,
and cause the house of mourning to resound
with joy.-Cultivate a virtue so beneficial
in its effects, a virtue which gains affection,
attracts regard, and makes you grow in
favour with God and man. Cultivate a
virtue which is grateful as a refreshing
fountain, or a cooling shade amid the
burning sands of the desart. When the
ear hears
you it will bless you, and when the
eye sees you it will give witness to you."
For on the votary of benevolence, every
eye is fixed with admiration, and his praise
repeated by every voice. While the re-
cording angel writes his name in the book
of life, men will inscribe it in the rolls of
fame.

In fine, the exercise of benevolence is a duty which you cannot innocently neglect. It is strictly and frequently enjoined in sacred scripture. Therefore, shew an unremitting solicitude to avert or alleviate

human misery. God is love: And let the precepts and the example of the God of peace be ever present to your minds. "This is his commandment, that you should love one another. It is not grievous, and in keeping of it there is great reward." Therefore, "let brotherly love continue:" For Christ's sake cultivate benevolence; and imitate with diligence that Blessed Redeemer, "who went about constantly doing good." Amen.

SERMON III.

ON EDUCATION; PARTICULARLY AS IT RE LATES TO RELIGION AND MORALITY.

PROVERBS, xxii. 6.

Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old he will not depart from it."

ALMOST three thousand years have elapsed, since these words were uttered by the wisest of men: And his declaration has been verified by the experience of succeeding ages. In childhood, the human mind is most susceptible of impressions; and those which are received at that early

period, are likewise the most lively and permanent.* Of what consequence is it, therefore, to instil then principles of piety and virtue, and to improve both the intellectual and moral powers by proper culture! Good education has proved a mean of rendering many persons useful members of society, who might otherwise have been the objects of terror by night, and of detestation by day. For vices as naturally grow in an untutored mind, as weeds spring up in a neglected field. The remarkable care with which the inferior animals rear their young, cannot escape the most superficial observer;-and would it not be a reproach to the human species, if they forgot to pay a becoming attention to the education of their children?-Parents and teachers! the admonition in the text

* Quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu.--HOR.

is addressed to you," Train up a child in the way he should go." By marking his early propensities, and managing them judiciously, you may prepare him for rising high in the scale of renown. In conducting his education, spare no pains to regulate aright his Temper, Imagination, Habits, and Opinions.

I. Attend particularly to the regulation of the Temper.-Indications of temper sometimes appear which ought not to be overlooked by those who superintend the education of youth. History informs us, that in the height of Sylla's military executions, Cato being carried by his tutor to pay his court to the tyrant, asked if no one hated this man enough to kill him? Yes, but they fear him still more than they hate him. Then give me a sword, said the boy, and I will kill him.-Temper denotes the state of the mind with regard to irasci