...learn'd the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thoa canst not see; All...

...two or three, but they are not the most remarkable. To these two fine lines — " ' I'is greatly wire to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven," he has given the illustration of one sitting and with an earnest countenance conversing with a small...

...my own heart. I wish I felt more frequently the import of that beautiful sentiment of Dr. Young, ' 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they've borne to heaven.' In the late increase of our little family,* I fear that I * By the arrival...

...gracious; carried me through the trying scene with great serenity. O, my soul, what shall I render! ' 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news.'" A further selection from the sententious and judicious reflections,...

...gracious ; carried me through the trying scene with great serenity. O, my soul, what shall I render ! ' Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news.' " A further selection from the sententious and judicious reflections,...

...of a moral, and specially of a probationary existence. II. After an action has been performed, 'Tia greatly wise, to talk with our past hours, And ask...what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. a. Perform this duty deliberately. It is not the business of hurry or...

...And this brings me to a question of no smalt importance: If in the language of a British poet— " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven!" is it not equally wise to look forward to our future hours, and determine within ourselves, what report...

...leam'd the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to tl'irc ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see;...

...those days in silence and in solitude, I found to be no unprofitable engagement. Dr. Young says, ' T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours,' and ask them what report they bear to heaven. The report in my own case, I felt to be unspeakably humiliating, and could adopt, without...

...are three hundred and sixty-five ghosts in the year. But every hour is an angel — a messenger. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And...what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call." There can be no experience,...