GRATITUDE FOR BLESSINGS 117 



to church, and not permittmg his horses to be dressed 

 on a Sunday, evince his respect for rehgious observances. 

 This is not written in levity, but in sober seriousness ; 

 for however simple I may be in some respects, I have 

 never been fool enough to despise or treat lightly the 

 ordinances of God. 



He who rightly estimates the blessings bestowed upon 

 him, health and strength, rank, wealth or power, and 

 above aU, the mens sana in corpore sano to enjoy them 

 — ^will never be unmindful of his beneficent Creator, and 

 wiU say with the poet — 



What blessings thy free bounty gives. 



Let us not cast away. 

 For God is paid when man receives ; 



T' enjoy is to obey. 



He will also do weU to remember that 



The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of pow'r. 



And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. 



Await alike th' inevitable hour ; 



The path of glory leads but to the grave. 



