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tires are wanting? That assistance, is yet necessary, 

 when the ablest of men has done his utmost ? If then 

 such aid be necessary, how can it be obtained ? — by a 

 , virtuous life? — Surely not: because, to live really a 

 virtuous life, implies this aid to have been first given. 

 We are told in Scripture, how it may be attained, 

 namely, by humble trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, as 

 our atoning sacrifice. This, therefore, is the foundation 

 of religious life, and as such, ought to be the fundamen- 

 tal principle of religious instruction. This is the test 

 of our obedience, the indispensable preliminary before 

 we can enjoy the favour of God. What, therefore, can 

 we urge with more propriety from the pulpit than 

 Faith ? To preach morality does not include the princi- 

 ple of faith — to preach faith includes every branch of 

 morality, at the same time that it affords it its present 

 sanctions, and its strongest incitements. 



I am afraid I have trespassed on your patience, and I 

 must beg of you to excuse the badness of the writing, 

 for which I have the plea of illness. I hope your health 

 is yet firm, and that God will in mercy prosper your 

 endeavours for the good of your flock. 

 I am, dear Sir, 



Very respectfully yours, 



H. K. White. 



TO HIS MOTHER. 



St John's. Cambridge, April 1806. 

 Dear Mother, 



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I am quite unhappy to see you so anxious on my ac- 

 count, and also that you should think me neglectful of 

 you. Believe me, my dear mother, my thoughts are 

 often with you. Never do I lay myself on my bed, be- 

 fore you have all passed before me in my prayers ; and 

 one of my first earthly wishes is to make you comfort- 

 able, and provide that rest and quiet for your mind which 



