22 moral reflections. Sept. ^. 



MORAL REFLECTIONS. 



To the Editor of the Bee, by Mira. 

 There is a point beyond which the human mind can- 

 not suffer, and there are also bounds, beyond which 

 human calamity cannot exrsnd. Reflect, my beloved 

 friend, with humble gratitude ; reflect how far ou 

 are yet from reaching the verge of that frightful 

 gulph. Reason, religion, friendlhip, and conscious 

 rectitude, are yours ; open your heart to those con- 

 solations which these supply ; and above all, let the 

 consideration of the fhortnefs of life mitigate the se- 

 verity of its sufferings, and the afsured hope of that 

 which is to come, teach you to rise superior to them; 

 seek relief from that Being, who, in times of extre- 

 mity, often brings us unhoped deliverance, and is 

 alike powerful and willing to afsist those who put 

 .their trust in his aid. It is by awful dispensations, 

 and in hours of peculiar darknefs, that the Almigh- 

 ty teaches his feeble creatures, to raise their eyes 

 from second causes, and what they call fortuitous 

 events, to Him, the great Jirst Cause and supreme 

 Qovernor of the universe. It is then their virtues 

 ure made perfect by discipline, — that their faith 

 triumphs over the world : it is then the most en- 

 lightened of the human race are brought to a feeling 

 sense of tlieir own ignorance, that with jhumility 

 they adore what they cannot comprehend, and cry 

 jout, Man is error and ignorance I Being of beings 

 have mercy upon us I 



Ah why has heav;n condfinn'd me to sustain 



This grief, for ills I never can relieve ; 

 Why must I only weep the wretches' pain, 



Prove the wirm will), yet want the pow'r to givej 



