6250: ROBERT DAWSON.

Fountain which has been opened for the washing away"
of all sin and uncleanness. This is the atoning blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ. We may be crossed, and
disappointed, and mortified in a thousand -ways in our
passage through the world, but if our sins have been
forgiven and our souls’ renewed, our rejoicing will be
the testimony. of a good conscience, that in simplicity
and godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by the
grace of God, we have our conversation in the world,
Cheerful calmness gradually stole over me, and I
soon began to work with an alacrity which surprised
even myself: nor yet was it surprising, as I have since
learned. I was in the way of duty. The bitterness of
the struggle was in the disappointment. That must soon
pass away before the light of an approving heart. Ah!
it is a violated conscience which carries the sharp. and
bitter sting. All things else are but shadows flitting
across the sunshine of our path. They go, and leave
Us serene as the summer evening.
A long, long time did I pursue my work, without any

interruption, until I found I gained rapidly on Mr,

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