0 f Jvlr. lienry Scougal. 43 I 'hefel him in the circ\lmfl:ances of his life . and defi.gn.s, did never becloud the natural fer.e'nity ' and chearfulncfs of his mind: and he. ufcd ·to fay in relation to fuch difcon– tents, that as he bleffed God he was not r naturally n1elancholy, fo he though~ an f acquired melancholly W{tS fcandalous in a clergyman. And 0 what a profound humi.lity of .foul did fuine forth in his life and aCtions ! 'The ·adn1ir'ation o( the Almighty, in the ' conten1plationofwhich he v;as ~ often taken up, had funk hin1 into trulymean thoughts of himfelf. All who had occafion to col)– verfe with him, were fenfible of the lowlir nefs of his mind; and :ye·t he fcarce ever obferved thofe little .officious ceremonies Of con1plin1ents, which we mufl: oft·tin1es make ufeof to cover or counteraCt the pride of our fpirits, or ·which it prompts us to · traffick with, to purchafe the regard and · efieem of others. He difdained not to con– verfe with the mean~ft, and looked upon every man as his fellow and companio11. A~d the exemplary regard he had i:o young chtldren, was equally the expre~on of his humility and his love. · flow ready was he on all occafions to converfe with them, taking a fingular delight in the~r harmlefs 1nnocence~
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