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[Chap. VIII; 



who wanted to " walk circumspectly : " still less with those who 

 seemed to seek only selfish ends. In his earlier ministry, his 

 vehemence was relieved by such an attractive sweetness and 

 good humour : he did so much to entertain others, and make 

 them happier : he was so ready to laugh, and to be laughed at 

 if others chose, that he was a general favourite, even with 

 those whom he sometimes scorched by his ardour. But as his 

 natural hopefulness and sprightliness declined, and the diffi- 

 culties of all true reform oppressed him, his graver moods 

 became more habitual. He could not placidly endure the 

 apathy and folly which were constantly permitting misery and 

 death, from which he clearly saw a way of deliverance : and no 

 doubt those whom he found " impracticable " might find him 

 " harsh." * Yet if those whom he rebuked and withstood 

 came into personal relations with him, they usually found him 

 obliging and courteous. 



His heart went out to his fellow-labourers. When Neal 

 Dow came to Montreal after Philip's death, he missed his dear 

 friend : — " I was always sure to meet him at the railway station 

 with marks of warmest welcome on his genial face, and grip of 

 most loving greeting from his hand that knew no guile. . . . 

 We hardly realized how large a place he occupied in our work, 

 and in our hearts, until he had passed out and left his place 

 vacant. ... I never knew one who lived so much for others 

 as he ; especially so much for the good of the great brother- 

 hood of man." Wendell Philips wrote : " How freshly I 

 recall the days spent with him in Albany [p. 175], and again 

 in Boston [p. 200], years ago, when I sat so admiringly at his 

 feet, and listened to his full knowledge, and learned so much 

 of those plans and methods of doing good which made his life. 

 Then the delightful hour at your house in Montreal I can 

 never forget : so full of hospitality and brotherly kindness : 



* What was written of Charles Kingsley (also born in 18 19) may be 

 applied to him : — 



" Pitiful to the weak : yearning after the erring : 

 Stern to all forms of wrong and oppression. 

 Yet most stern towards himself. 

 Who being angry, yet sinned not." 



