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CIIRIST AS EXAMPLE. 3:!3
did lie join the public worship of God's hou:-;c,
and go up with the multit.ude" that kept
holy d:1j'. ""ith what plen:;urc did he unite
jn tIle daily devotions of the holy f:lmily at
);a.zareth! Such Will! his deligllt in prayer
that WI: find him engagt:ll ill tLi:> &'l.creu em.
plo,)"Ir'er't law ill the evening, Do great wllilo
before day, and eyen during tl18 t~ntire !light.
"""ith 1Iil11 there wus 110 forgetfulut:Il!:l, no indif.
fcn;lJce~ IJO JeclClltiioll. """hcrc\'cr he wus--ai
the wdI of Samaria, in the house of )'lartha,
:)f dining with the Pharisee-he eyinccd tIto
6;une lh~\ out ~tat~ of mind. ilia zeal knew
no abatement, 1Iis faith no inconst...'lncy, and
his pencc no inu'ITnption.
Y d there was nothing tl:iCetic, llothillg un-
f!ocial, in the pict)' of the Saviour. \\ie hav6
good ~on to conclude that he \~as M far
rcmm-ea from austerity and. seclusion on the
OllO hawl, &J Ill.: was from worldly confurm.
ity on the other_ All nir f..,f mingled cheer.
fulne.ss and sobriety I'CCms usually to have sat
on his brow. As he could weep" ith tho~
that weep, so he could rejoice with those thl\t
rejoice. Xeyer did he live a day without