AN HONEST MAN. 61 



scribe my emotions at the time, or to 

 give an adequate idea of the thoughts 

 that rushed through my brain on the 

 receipt of this melancholy catastrophe. 

 The being whom it had pleased the Al- 

 mighty thus suddenly to call from life 

 was most deservedly endeared to a large 

 family by every quality that adorns the 

 Husband and the Father. His integrity 

 and punctuality in all matters of busi- 

 ness, and a proper discharge of all his 

 relative duties to society, had gained 

 him the goodwill of his neighbours ; 

 while the goodness of his heart and the 

 soundness of his understanding, stored 

 as his mind was with useful know- 

 ledge, had insured him the love and es- 

 teem of a large circle of relatives and 

 friends. I admired and revered the man, 

 and whenever I recall that line from 

 Pope 



" An honest man's the noblest work of God," 



I am convinced it would apply to him. 



