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sands on whom Providence lavishes its favors, yet, 

 through discontentment or distrust are unhappy. Cheer- 

 fulness is not, of course, a positive virtue ; but gloomi- 

 ness, amidst the multitude of God's mercies, is a positive 

 sin. Nor can you conceive how much you may add to 

 your own and others happiness, how much you may 

 lighten the burdens of life, and help them to bear theirs, 

 by cultivating the habit of mind which you can never fail 

 to associate with the memory of our departed friend, the 

 disposition to^enjoy whatever in your lot is to be inno- 

 cently enjoyed, and to regard as lightly as you innocently 

 may, the evils that must be endured ; the disposition to 

 make the best of the present, and to hope, as far as God 

 permits, for the future. 



3. You will remember his flow of kindness. The 

 cheerfulness, of which I have spoken, consisted in no 

 small measure of good nature. No malign affections or 

 envious feelings shadowed his brow, or saddened his 

 heart. Kindness was planted in his nature, and over- 

 flowed in his words and deeds. The poor who were 

 around him enjoyed it. The servants who attended him 

 loved him for it. The early companions to whom he 

 rendered his little offices of friendship, attest it. Hard 

 drinkers whom he labored to save from ruin remember it. 

 He sought the happiness of all about him as he had oppor- 

 tunity, and in a pleasant way, in little things as well as 

 great, and in accommodation to their feelings, as well as 



