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by employing means devised by these for obtaining something that one 
wishes to have or to be, is rank and sinful superstition. Thus, consulting 
so-called fortune-tellers and the vain observing of, and reliance on, dreams, 
omens, and accidental signs, are condemnable superstitions. Such ab¬ 
surdly grotesque and unholy practices betray the want of that due con¬ 
fidence which we should place in God. 
TW American <§)tar-Wort. 
A slender plant, with starry blossoms. 
Welcome to a Stranger. 
E FT us always be charitable towards strangers. Let us never molest or 
afflict them; for you know the hearts of strangers, since you were 
strangers yourselves. 
If a stranger, therefore, abide among you let him be among you as 
one of the same country. Love him as yourselves. Never refuse the hire 
of a stranger that dwells with you in the land and is within your gates. 
Pay him the price of his labor, if possible, the same day, because he is 
poor and with it maintaineth his life. Remember, also, that before God, 
we are all pilgrims here on earth. For we have not here a lasting city, 
but we seek one that is to come. 
Be generous, therefore, towards the stranger and say unto him: 
Thy Father is mine, and mine is thine; 
We both are his equal care; 
His goodness, and love, and blessings benign, 
We each as his children share. 
