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The Temper.
If the preſence of the Deity be inculcated and dwelt on till an habitual reverence is eſtabliſhed in the mind, it will check the ſallies of anger and ſneers of peeviſhneſs, which corrode our peace, and render us wretched, without any claim to pity.
The wiſdom of the Almighty has ſo ordered things, that one cauſe produces many effects. While we are looking into another's mind, and forming their temper, we are inſenſibly correcting our own; and every act of benevolence which we exert to our fellow-creatures, does ourſelves the moſt eſſential ſervices. Active virtue
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