IN THE WORLD. 465 Every suspicion of the first stirring of vanity in himself, sends him with deeper prostration before his Maker. Lord, what is man ! shall the praise of a fellow- creature, whose breath is in his nostrils, whose ashes must soon be mingled with my own, which may even before my own be consigned to kindred dust, shall his praise be of sufficient potency to endanger the humility of a being, who is not only looking forward to fhe ap- plause of those glorious spirits which sur- round .the throne of God, but to the approbation of God himself? When those with whom he occasionally mixes; see the praying Christian calm and cheerful in the world, they little sus- pect the frequent struggles, the -secret' conflicts he has within. Others see his devout and conscientious life, bid he, alone knows the plague of his own heart. For this plaguehe seeks the only remedy.; to prayer, that balm of hurt minds, he constantly repairs. The praying Christian endeavours to x 5
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