heart was the abode of celestial peace; you! understanding a clear, bright flame. Your will was open to receive all that is good; the frank expression of your eyes reflected the purity of your soul. Your ear had not as yet been polluted by the voice of the tempter; your lips had not tasted the poisonous cup of sin. Your hands were pure and clean; your feet had not walked in the way of transgressors; innocence was depicted in your countenance.
3. Therefore it is not wonderful that you, endowed as you were with all the qualities of a good child, with obedience, innocence, love of learning, modesty, and with harmless merriment, should have been the joy and delight of your parents and teachers, a spectacle to God, to angels, and to men! Yes, fair and golden were the days of your first youth, which you spent under the parental roof, beneath an unclouded sky.
And how is it with you at present? I do pot know, but I hope for the best, and therefore I entreat you to continue to serve God faithfully in the bright days of youth which yet remain to you!
4. You will understand some day, what you perhaps fail to perceive now, what an unspeakable advantage it is to consecrate the bright days of youth to God; strive to preserve your innocence unsullied to old age - ave, to the grave. What a happiness, what a joy, to be able to say to God, when this mor-
