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and yet so quietly and modestly firm as to shew that he 

 refused, not because he lightly esteemed them, but 

 because he could not be faithless to himself or jthe 

 cause to which he was pledged. In private circles as well 

 as on public occasions, and at the tables of the titled 

 and the great as well as at his proper home, the habit of 

 his life in this respect was too sacred to be broken ; and 

 though wondered at, and sometimes remonstrated with for 

 his singularity, his purpose was not changed. He would 

 not obtrude his opinions on others, nor censure them for 

 habits which he could not approve; and much less 

 would he take upon himself the office of a reprover of 

 those whose age and position in society demanded his 

 deference ; but neither would he forego his privilege or 

 deny his accountableness as a servant of God. The 

 same integrity marked his observation of the sabbath. 

 Whether at home or on a journey, he remembered the 

 day of sacred rest. In his journeys, he chose to stay 

 behind with strangers in a strange land, while his com- 

 pany passed on, rather than enjoy their society in viola- 

 tion of his own convictions ; and when others around 

 him freely gave and received visits of complaisance, on 

 the sabbath, as on other days, he could by no means 

 sacrifice his sense of duty to customs of civility. Such 

 firmness, however it may temporarily displease, it is 

 impossible to despise. There is, indeed, a self-willed 



