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Remarks. [centered]

1. To be self-contained contemplation Christians alone
will not fulfil [fulfill] the text.

We, astray, in the noise of cities – being the burdens of business
& of toil – we are, or ought to be more fit exemplary of God's
service than souls secluded in cloisters, temples, & from vulgar dangers.

2. All things we know we cannot say or do in the name of
C. [Christ] – with propriety – are things not fit to be said or done.
This is infallible. How many such things you find
to do – & do them – I know not. But I know certain seats are
quite uniformly vacant Sunday prior to Steamer – & that rows of
pews are to [too], when the mail closes, Sunday or Monday, – what the usual
occupants find to say or do, & whether in C^s [Christ's] name – judge ye!!

Sermons vs letters.

3. The true secret of some men's sterling piety lies in
their everyday religion.

C. [Christ] is very God, & true man to them. Thy glory in no name but
his. He seems to them to be ever at their side; & they love to
regard him as there – as there a lover, & friend, & ready helper!!
O, hallow all your actions with religion – ennoble all your lives with
C. [Christ] – purify your social lives habits from all taints – So shall ye fulfil [fulfill]
the precept – so shall glory dwell in the land – so shall better
generations succeed you; because your sons shall be like the
broad limpid skies above you, & your daughters, like the flowers
of the plain – for the Messiah shall be their chosen.