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326 TilE SPRING.Tnl!': OF 1,IFf:.
(jbdly would I fix thc minds of l~\'Cr.rone wllU
reads tbese page,.. 1I1~)n such n pnttern of :"ue.
("..... :-Ifllldiligt'u~', unwavering dutifulrll ",~, and
Scriptuml piety, lL'I is here brought before Ui'.
In .}Pl'Itllo\ there was no inattention to duty, no
impatience of restraint, no forgetfulness of
Gail. 'l'hink how lie felt amI aCkd, if enl
)"on lIrc tempted to diHlike study, neglect your
p,'lreJJt.",or give up the duties. of devution. It
is not thus that the holy child Jesus wax~d
8trong in spiri~ and W3S fillcli with wisdom.
ESfW'ciaIly look to him in every hour of Fnd-
JLes."I. Do you ft.'C1'yo~lI'~e!ycs poor, and in
danger of "f~illgneglected? 00, make ,your
trouble known to one who had the cup of
sorrow put to lli:-) lips from the hirth. Arc
you l:!Ometirnes terrified :1t a life of toil and
labor? Go, and Tl'fre.o:h your spirit"! by a Right.
of what is doing in tho carpcn~r'~ shop at
'Xazarpth. Does n life of scriou;! piety now
nnd then seem irnpradic.:l.ble? Go, Hathl'r
slrength and courage from Him who delighted
in nothing like COllUlIlIllioll with his Heavelll)"
Father. 'Phere is no rC3>-OIlwhy you should
faint or be disheartmu:d.