MEMOIRS OF 



flow. If the affluent improver of his pa- 

 ternal or purchafed domain, lhall be im- 

 preffed with it's belief, fuch impreffion 

 rnuft augment his pleafure in attending to 

 the fuftcnance, the growth, and comfort of 

 his trees, his grain, his Ihrubs, and his 

 flowers. He will fay to himfelf, " It is I 

 ' who enable this little world of vegetation, 

 " by my care, attention, and kindnefs, to 

 " fmile upon the fun, and bait delighted 

 v in it's rays." The labourer in the field 

 and garden, aflured that the grain and the 

 plants he is cultivating will not only nur- 

 ture his fellow r creatures, but are themfelves 

 eapable of receiving comfort or difcornfort 

 while yet they grow on the earth, will 

 thence feel an additional motive to become 

 worthy of his hire. Every honeft heart is 

 gratified by the idea of contributing to the 

 common flock of happinefs. It is an idea 

 which produces falf-refpecl in the mind^ 



which, 



