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THE BIRTHDAY MORNING. 31
then it would have awakened others ; and
though he might have thought it time for every
body to be up, yet, as some
did not think so, it
was kind not to wake the sleepers so soon.
" Never," said Henry to
"
himself, was there
a more beautiful morning !"
what he had so often
He forgot just then
heard his father say, that,
to those who are right within, all mornings are
beautiful ; and that one reason why it was so
beautiful in his estimation, just then, was because
he had slept well, and had risen in the best pos
sible condition of body and mind, and had before
him, in anticipation,
a pleasant day.
Still, it was a beautiful morning, intrinsically,
and Henry proceeded to make the most of it;
not, however, till he had attended to his morning
ablutions and morning prayers ; not even till he