"Bad as the world is, respect is always paid to virtue," and "when a young man finds he has got a good companion, may he know how to value his worth; but be desirous to lose him if he turns out bad, lest by keeping him he loses himself." The following is very beautiful and appropriate, and with which I conclude: "A religious young person must be, above all others, peculiarly acceptable to the Almighty; an object, indeed, upon which HE looks down with an eye of uncommon favour and approbation; and a spectacle more lovely there cannot be conceived than to see a young man struggling with the temptations of the world; not meanly "following a multitude to do evil," but bravely stemming the popular torrent; and whilst those around him are deviating into the paths of vice, to see him left alone with virtue in the midst, and daring to be singularly good. By remembering God in our youth, we save the pains of recollecting him in old age-" when the evil days come" (as come they assuredly will) "in which we shall say, we have no pleasure in them." In opposing the attacks of the wicked, put on that divine armour which the Gospel has provided, it will serve you in every exigence Let truth, honesty, and sincerity surround you, and let a good conscience be your breastplate. However the young libertine may now boast and triumph in his impiety, yet there will come a time, and GOD knows how soon it may come,-when his heart will quake for fear, when he will "believe and tremble." NEW TESTAMENT-Its contents, proving the foundation A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE OF SACRED HISTORY THE LAST SUPPER, WITH REMARKS. 86 90 € 101 106 111 OF PREPARATION FOR THE SACRAMENT . . 114 OPINIONS OF THE BIBLE AND OF OUR HOLY RELIGION 134 |