IN THE WORLD. 457 quick., and dead, and will himself soon be judged by Him, a consideration which makes his responsibility peculiarly tre- mendous.* But to return. - Though we must not, in accommodation to the prevailing pre- judices and unnecessary zeal against abstinence and devotion, neglect the imperative duties of retirement, prayer, and meditation ; yet, perhaps, as prayer, makes so indispensable an article in the Christian life, some retired, contemplative persons may apprehend that it makes the whole; whereas prayer is only the oper- ation which sets the machine going. It is the sharpest spur to virtuous action, but not the act itself. The only infal- lible incentive to a useful life, but not a, substitute for that usefulness. nen.- * The late Lord Kenyon was neither afraid nor ashamed to introduce both the doctrine and language of Christianity on these occasions; and we have lately seen other valuable instances- of the adoption of this practice, which we trust is reviving. It was never more necessary than at the present moment, when audacious blasphemy is avowed in the highest courts of justice, in the face of the judge himself!
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