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THE V,\I.IIE or c;OOD PRlI'iCIPLRS. 103
rativ ..:, fire morc illl"-tructlye, Lllan that of tbi3
yOung man, .L" he dreams of future allvlt.ncc-
~rwllt, 8Ct:ks ouL his brethren 011 thc field of
Dotban, i~carrie!l into Egypt by the ~£idian'
ite~ Lccomcs the !>R.rvnntur Potiphar} is ca:!t
into prisoll, interpret>! the ..-i"ion of Pharaoh}
j,. clothed in princely rol~ and rides in thu
~eeondehariotof thc kingdom. 'Vba.t chequer-
....1 ~Iles fvr onG to pa.'iS through, at hi::!carly
time of life I !\cver wall virtue more iWverely
tried, and never \\llS 1M triumph more com-
1,1cte.. \1ark thc nobh' youth at w":1.tl:~vefpoi"t
you will, ,you Ilee the l'>(l,IHC lofty} unhending
principle. fl'hi....was th6 reason wby hc did
not become di"piritcd in bondage, or .yield to
the hiandi~lllllcnts of an artful WOlllan, Of give
UJl all for ]t within the walls of a pri8on, or
fl.X'lthe intoxi.c"tiou of power when tlllJ chain
of gold was put UPUIl his n~k. The Lord W3.'I
with llim, and in the be.;;l scnoo of the wonl,
he WlUl a law to himself.
Such conduct shines hri~ht.cst hy contra..-;t
1.001: then ll. litlle at the course of all unprin.
cipled mall, or which is nearly tbe :lame thing,
n man without allY fixed principle. See how