, 1870-06-13
his bright example, and WAS On term, Of blAs-
nhepunlta cuufsdenca nth tha bas..ax.f.r kaaA

his bright example, and WAS On ter,,1s Of blAs-
phernous confidence With ths heavenly host.
Ho was IN the xecruts Of zny heart, xud in
| the lowest sound1ngs Of my soul-he.-and ho
| could read the depths OF my nature better
than his A D c, and could turn me inaido out
Ike hsA own e1ammy glove. But what is fur
moro cxtraordinary than tl1is-for such dirty
water as this could alone be drawn from such
| = shallow and muddy aou,U-I found from
The information Of = bene8cra elcsgJmau Of
that had not, q rather supposed I
contemplation, and inquiry; that + had not
studded, At - ratheF SUPPRESSED had,
IN books; Tint Lad mover hied, AZ I 1athor
supposed had, to turn child or two tende.ly
towntd the knowledge and love OF CIR Savior:
that never bad, as rather supposed I hsd
had, departed friends, or stood beside open
graves, bnt that had' lived Lie Of 'funin-
;er,upsed prosperity" " and thst needed this
check, oVermuch, +" fnd that tho way to tutn
i to account was to read these sermons and
these poems, encloted and written and issued
BY my correspondent! beg it may be uu3ey-
STOOD that Eehto facts OF my own uncon,-
nerciA experience, and no vain irnasininNa,
Another odd entry On tho ly-1eaf Of a moxc
entertaining character Was the wonderful per-
aistency with which kind syupa.hizerB
assumed that had inJuiously coupled With
the 20 suddenly relinqnished pursuit those
personal habsta Of mine most obviously in
conpaub!e with IT and most plaiuly tupossi-
bic OF being maintained long with It. Is ali
that exercise, al that cold bathing, ali that
wind md weather, al that uphill Training
~ thAt eves!thing else, SAY, which ia usually
esiaed ts ~ aoout by express trains in portnan-
a.minp fsan Sae I'D pa5taten o. under
two thousand people. This assuming of
whole case Agairst al fact aud Gkelihootl.
struck me ~ particularly dron, and Wa ar1
oddisy OF which I certainly hid no adequate
hy.1eaf. -"@'o'A'
My old acquaintanees, the begeine.lette,
Nrtefs, cane ont on the hy-lesf, very pio.,slv
INDEED. They ware gl4d ut such a serions
ulais to- afford me another opportunity Of
seneing that post oeaca order. I needn't make
II ah;a;;lp poanas = previously insisted on; ten
forbid that thsy ahould refuse, at sue such s An IL.
significant figure, to take Z weight Oh tho
memory OK an ez1ing ellow-ciizen!
one gentleman, of An artistic turn land
coplously llnAtatmg tha books of the Men
Aaty soaety), thought it might soothe my
Coincidence, IN tho tender respect Of gifts mis-
psed, 4 would Immediately caah up In lid Of
hla loMiy talent for original design-as speci-
men OF which he enclosed mo = work OF At |
"hlch recognized 4s tracing from wood |
ent originally published in the late Mira Itol- |
~ ~ A4Ae4AAt 4c1ty OI H1ty years ago.
Tho number Of people who were prepared to |
nFo long JcaIB after me, untiring benefactors I
70 their species, for fifty pounds apiece down, |
was astonishing. Also. Of those who wanted |
for stin, penitential amounts, to I
glTe Away--nat TO keep, on any account.
DIyers wonderful medicines aud m1chiuea in
simulated recommendations Of themselves into |
the dy-leaf that Was to have been 80 blank. It
wss specially observable that every preycIiber.
Nhethar in moral or physical direction, nev
me thorough ly-fnew mo from head to heel.
IN and out, through and through, upside down.
Was glaas-piecc Of general property. and
every body WAS on The most euprisinglr inti-
mate terms with me- Afew public institutions
had complimentary perceptions Of corners IN
ny mind, OF which, after considerable sclf-ey.
animation, have not discovered anv indirn.
ion. Neat little printed forms were addressed
9 those corncss. beginning with the words, II
yive and bcqne1th."
:, WI 1t seem e1aggeration to state nv belief
pat the most honest, the most modest. and
ne ieAAt vaing1orious Of ali the records ,1pou
bus strange dy-ieaf was letter from the aelf-
,eeetvcd diseoverer Of The reconjto eacret.
HOW to live four or five hundred yeara:"
doubtless it Will seem so: got the statement
not oxAggerasivo BY any means, but is maJa
2 my serious and sincere conviction. WITH
hls, and With laugh at the rest that shall not
20 cyu1c1l, turn The 3y.}cnf and r,n nm ,,,;n /