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self, as he sat and reflected one day. “ Who
could have believed it!” |

And as it was with the poor cobbler, so
it will be with all of us. There are little
matters of self-denial, which, if we had but
the true benevolence, justice, and resolu-
tion to practise, would be the beginning of
more important acts of a like nature, that,
when performed, would bless not only our
families, but others, and be returned upon
us in areward of delight incomparably be-
yond any thing that selfish and sensual in-
dulgences have it in their power to bring.