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Tilt: rilWt:R OF IIAIHT. :>3
Let it hc noted IH>rt', that rig-lit feelings are
moro to he cunsilil.red, ,.ftell, than correct do.
iJlg~. For example, humility is les.q an overt
ad i1f :-,clf-tlcnial,or any number of such aet~
than :l hahit of watching against the indul.
g~'IH'('(,f pri(IL', Of IIlccknc~s also we may say
it is not so much aU ostensible deed stauding
prominently forth, as it is a .state of mind con.
lfary t.o anger an(I resentment. 'rhe :-:,:J,meob-
R('rynlion may he mauo of a habit of sobriety,
n habit of self-colltrol, :l. hnhit of :lpplicution, n
hahit of patience, or n. hnLit of kiuunes!'\. 'l'hc::iO
yirtues are all best reached, by simply keeping
aloof from the opposing yiees; not to tic c\ il is
often to uo well.
Hut rcmcJl1hl'T that had ha1il:-l arc more
(', ~ily furmcJ than gooU Oillis, and arc giycn
up with murc difficulty. 'rho nnlivc dcpravit).of
thc heart nccount.'l for this well.known fact
-n u('prn.ity which inheres in man and op-
erates with a force which none can fully csti-
matt', It il'l for thi!\ rL'n.c:.on that f;u k'S; time
anti pain!'; nn' rcqni:;;itc to eorrupt nn unwnry
)outlt, than to engraft upon his charactcr the
cmluring hnbit.':' of righteousness flnd truth.