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J90 TilE Sl"RIXG.TDII:: ut' LIFr_
pathies and my prayers. "rho JlOW is to ~pcak
'\"ords of consolatiun to you wheu your chC(]:~
are coyereu .with teaTs and YOllr eyelids ar
heavy with pain? Rut llcspoml not. 001.\
cOllllJu in God, and adopt good principII''', at \1
you can get forwar(1 without ()th~r aiu. The
great )lilwn put into the mouth of a l~lllcu
fl..pirita momentous truth-
II The mind i~itll own plll.(,(, aml of itself,
ClllIlUnke 0. hCIl.\"l'1I of I,", a 111'11in IJeIl.HlIl.'
] n other words he right )'ourscln~, and thi~
will make all right.
Do yon know who was that signer of the
Dt.'clnr:nion of Indepel1l1clIcc, a !11l...nuLcrof the
fiN';t Congre:-:~I of whoUl 'l'Lolllfi.-' .Jcfrcn;on reo
marked, II lIe never saia a foolish thing in his
life?" It W~ Hoger Sherman, fl. poor youth,
brought up to an 11l1mhll'oc(:upation. BIll lit::
wns n. mnn, the super:::tructure uf w11l.):,>1; chnr-
aclcr was laid on the broa.d. principles of the
word of God; and thi!; united with natiyc fl)TCO
nnd. energy enabled him to ri::;e higher and
higher, until he could cope ~lJel;:e:-,~fully with
the strong amI mighty men of the land.