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ridicule rather than disobey them; no matter what.
numbers may be found in the way of evil, nor what
flattering promises of enjoyment may be held out, the
reght or wrong of the thing is first in their thoughts,
Concealment or detection they have nothing to do with,
for there is nothing they wish to conceal or fear to ex-
pose, They are sincere and guileless people. MAvRIcE
GRAY evidently belongs to this group.

And then we have another class, and the world is
full of them. The chief motive which leads them to
do right is that it is more creditable. They oblige
themselves to maintain two opposite characters ; and
while they vainly suppose themselves to be in favour
with the wicked companions whom they despise, and
with the good whom they cannot but respect, they
seldom fail to lose the confidence of both, and to be
exposed and detested as deceivers and hypocrites.
Puitre GRAHAM is a striking example of this class of
persons. The history of both not only illustrates the
worldly proverb, that “honesty is the best policy,” but
the higher and far more comprehensive truth, that “the
fear of the Lord is the BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE”
(Prov. i. 7).