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to Dr. Hastings to assist him in his researches, to 

 remove his waverings, and direct him aright. 

 Once satisfied in regard to the existence of a 

 Supreme Being, his ideas expanded in reviewing 

 His glorious works, in tracing them to their first 

 great cause, and ended in the conviction of the 

 agency of an infinite Creator and Conservator of 

 the world. Nor did his belief end here. Dr. Hast- 

 ings opened to him the whole plan of redemption, 

 and he did not quit him until he had become a 

 sincere convert to the whole truths of Christianity. 

 There is little more to add respecting the mis- 

 cellaneous trio during their sojourn together. As 

 Mr. Eames 1 doubts had gradually yielded to the 

 conviction that the works of creation were intended 

 to shew the power and wisdom of a Great Creator, 

 to whom we are accountable for our thoughts, 

 words and actions, so Mr. Hilary discovered that 

 he could find both amusement and interest apart 

 from the Clubs and Theatres of London. Thus 

 their moral and religious notions were ameliorated, 

 and they quitted Dr. Hastings improved in their 

 habits and benefitted in their health. On paying 

 his annual visit to the metropolis, in the following 

 summer, Dr. Hastings found that his late visitors 

 had taken up their abode for a few days on the 

 banks of the Thames, where they were perfecting 

 themselves in the art of angling, and enjoying the 

 pleasures that beautiful river affords, mire, like 



