106 nNGLANDIS BEST HOPE. language, or words of doubtful interpre- tation, which may lower, or do away, or keep out of sight, the great doctrine of the influences of the Holy Spirit, -a doc- trine not less accommodated to our wants, than that of the atonement is to our sins. Delay not too long to communicate to him these distinctive peculiarities of our faith. Other notions will occupy the space which you leave vacant. 0 ! stamp the right impressions on his heart while it is soft, tender, and ductile ; and he will hereafter mix these early imbibed feel- ings, and sentiments, and principles, with his other sweet associations, his other pleasing recollections ofthe vernal season of life ; cherished images ! which the ma- tured mind is Bawd of retracing, and which commonly remain vivid when most others have faded, or are obliterated. Fancy not that then acquisitions and pursuits will blight the opening buds of youthful gaiety ; that they will check his vivacity, or obstruct his amiable cheerfulness. The ingenuous unvitiated
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