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pavement, and departed with what ? 

 With feelings of reverence for the piety of 

 our ancestors who had erected this edifice 

 to the honour of the holy martyr whose 

 name it bears? No. Or with a lively 

 sense of gratitude for the benefits to be 

 derived from an implicit trust in the 

 mercies and mediation of One whose 

 entrance into everlasting life we were 

 this day called on joyfully to remember ? 

 Alas ! no. But with much cariosity and a 

 determination to know more of a certain 

 object that had taken possession of my 

 mind, I left the precincts of that holy 

 temple. I will enter no further into the 

 occurrences of this day suffice it to say, 

 that the incident strengthened my inclina- 

 tion, and afterwards induced me to leave 

 that road. 



But I cannot pass over the consequences 

 this occurrence had upon my future fate or 

 fortune, or its effects upon the employment 



