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wbat form it may. So long as 3. fatber's eye
is upon them, or a motber's voice is sounding
in their l~nn;, there i8 something to hold them
up. Hut l~t them be Ecpnrateu from all such
illtlucllces nnd a.s;ocintion~, and be brought
into :L condition, ,,,'hcll, under Gou, they cnn
be steadfa...;,tonly as tbc result of inwarcl recti.
tuue ann sclf.su:;!taining power, and they fecI at
once that the bark has not :mfficicnt lx~ll:Uitfor
so rough :\ f:.cn. Like Reuben, they are "1111_
Rtnhl~ as water;" and no ,,\'onder if, like him,
they never excel.
It is not obstinacy that I recommend, or that
sort of dogged adherence to one's O?o"ll opinions,
which shuts tho eyes upon every opposing rca~
son, however clear aud strong. rl'hi:-: i~ no,'rry
uuhapPJ trait of ehnTactt"r, f'!'pecially in tho
young. Rut hc careful in avoiding" Scylla,"
not to fall iuto I. CharylH1ia," The young man
who commences life with such an irresolute
heart, as not to be able to reject decidl'