52 &quot;DAY OF DOOM.&quot; [CHAP. III. 



&quot; The godly wife conceives no grief, 



Nor can she shed a tear. 

 For the sad fate of her dear mate 

 When she his doom doth hear.&quot; 



The great distinction between the spirit of the times when 

 these verses were written and the present age, appears to be this, 

 that a paramount importance was then attached to those doctrinal 

 points in which the leading sects differed from each other, whereas 

 now Christianity is more generally considered to consist essen 

 tially in believing and obeying those scriptural precepts on which 

 all churches agree. 



