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goes far to ~ccnre him from the haunts of open
and shnmdcs.'S iniquity. rrhcre i8 provision
Iwrl~ (;)r him to gwtify hi~ ~JCial feelings, and
thi:;; put:;; up a bar to t1.e corrupting infiu-
CIlCl""8 of bad company. It iH en.,,;yfor one thot
i.-; gi \ en to rending nud reflection, to spend his
c\"t'uiugs comfortably by hiB own firN'id~, nnd
in tho quiet of hiB own bcd-clmmbcr. 'Vlmt
cncbanllllcut ha.q WillC', or cnru:" ur da.ncing,
or boist~'rull~ joy, for a mind like hi.s? You
could .~earel'ly make him more fully wrctcll( ..J
than Ly ll(Ioming him to wnstc hour after hour
in listening t.o t11fl :'iOngs of thc drunkard, or
joining in the carouR:lIs of the profnne.
Xext ana only next to religion itself, is the
~l)nrity offered you, my young frienu:;, by the
love of knowledge. Lc..'\rJl to c-xpalld your
lIIillds and cultinlte your taste by conversing
wiLh the good anel great of past generations i
allil you will Ilml that tho~ p1t"a."lurc:; of ~ill
wl.idl arc llllt for :\ ~~'a"olOIl,arc lo)oling their
power to en~n:l.rc YOIl. l;'orrn the hnhit or
employing your momcnts of leisure in perusing
ya1uabJe bovkl:1 1 and especially thc Diblc 1 awl I
almost d:l.rc promise that you will nt:\'er 00