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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



■wards his fellow-creatures, whose 

 utmost gifts are poor, compared to 

 those he daily receives at the hands 

 of his never failing Almighty Friend. 

 Kemember thy Creator in the days 

 of thy youth, is big with the decp- 

 i-st Misdoni : The fear of the Lord 

 is the beginning of wisdom ; and, 

 an upright heart, that is nnderstaiid- 

 ing. This is eternally true, wlieflier 

 the wits and rakes of Cambridge 

 allow it or not : nay, I must add, 

 of this religious wisdom, Herwajs 

 are M'ays of pleasantness, and all her 

 paths are peace, whatever your 

 young gcntlcm; n of pleasure think 

 of a M'hore and a bottle, a tainted 

 health and a battered constitution. 

 Hold fast, therefore, by this sheet- 

 anchor of happiness, religion : you 

 will often want it in the times of 

 most danger ; the storms and tern, 

 pests of life. Cherish true religion 

 US preciously as you Avill fly with 



abhorrence and contempt supersti- 

 tion and enthusiasm. The first >s 

 the perfection and glory of the hu- 

 man nature: the two last, the de- 

 pravation and disgrace of it. Re- 

 member, the essence of religion is, 

 a heart void of oflence towards God 

 and towards man ; not subtle spe- 

 culative opinions, but an active vi- 

 tal principle of faith. The Avorrls 

 of a heathen are so fine that I must 

 give them to you : Cojnpositiim Jus^ 

 Fa f que Anhni, Simdo^fjiie Recessus 

 Men/i'.t, ct incodum generoso Pectus 



Co on, my dear child, in the ad- 

 mirable dispositions you have to- 

 wards all that is right and good, 

 and make yourself the love and ad- 

 miration ol the world! I have nei- 

 ther paper nor words to tell you 

 how tenderly 



I am yours. 



rOETRY. 



