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" an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile," yet surely 

 a good son, good father, good husband, and good 

 friend. Cruelty and fraud and selfishness may have 

 been cunningly veiled during his fourscore years and 

 four under the mask of gentleness and honesty, of 

 loving-kindness and sweet serenity of temper. But 

 if so, to all intents and purposes the mask has been 

 the man ; and in the career which has been described 

 it cannot be difficult or unwelcome to see an illustra- 

 tion of an ancient pleasant song, with some lines of 

 which I shall take leave to close this writing, for 

 throughout it they have oftentimes been forcibly 

 present to my own mind : 



"Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the 

 counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of 

 sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 



" But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in 

 his law will he exercise himself day and night. 



"And he shall be like a tree planted by the water- 

 side : that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 



" His leaf also shall not wither : and look, whatso- 

 ever he doeth, it shall prosper." 



