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object in rendering such services was ot to be talked 
about, but to be useful, His acts of charity to individuals, 
manifold more numerous, were known only to their 
recipients and those whose co-operation was neces- 
sary to their being carried out. He was faithful all 
his life as far as possible to the injuction of our Saviour, 
in His sermon on the Mount, “Let not thy left hand 
know what thy right hand doeth,” 
In the commencement of this discourse, I alluded to 
traits of character in Mr. Seybert which I termed 
“ peculiarities,” but most of which might more prop- 
erly be termed exaggerated ideas of duty. To one of 
these Madame de Saivre alludes in the extract read 
by me from her letter, in which she refers to the eco- 
nomical habits of Mr. Seybert, with the object of in- 
creasing the amount he purposed giving to the poor at 
his death, We may, I think, reasonably believe that 
the Almighty could not have intended that the liberal 
man, who gives liberally of his goods during his life- 
time to the unfortunate and needy, should also econo- 
mize closely in expenditures probably essential to his 
health and comfort in order to add to the large 
amount he designs giving at his death. The opposite 
of this I cite as one of the peculiarities of this most 
estimable gentleman. Another equally remarkable 
and equally creditable has attracted my attention in 
reading his will; this is zamcng the endowments au- 
thorized in the will after one or both of his parents. 
No one can respect more than the writer of this obitu- 
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