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it is the puit of an niiniortal bt-ing to em- ploy the power of his body, and the faculties q( bis mind. They labour in the midsi of noise asd bustle, from earliest morn till latest evening : aad how arc their minds employed in the midst of their )al>our ? Let us wait to hear them open their minds with words. Do they «peak to Uieir qui- -V.] THE CURSE A« TO BODILT t.AROCK. 1057 nals ! it IB with an oath. Do they speak to each other? itis with an oath. Do they cneotmtcr on obstacle which provoker them to speak ? it is with an execratitin. Do tlicy e7C|ire-»it their hibrity? it tfl with rudeness, and oft with indecency. Letut follow them into their places of rendezvous over cups and potations, and hear their discoureo. U thcr« any sign of an active intcllecl, or an active spirit, in tfaia active and belaboured body? Ther« i» an active spirit to q^iarrel, and to bring their qitarreh it* the deeisiun of blows ; aiid there is an active intellect to invent n-jimcs of opprobrium, and words of ruder raillery, or of intemperate ra^c. Follow them to their families. Do you find any recreation of afTcebon, any refreshment of home's happy scenes, any instruction of the children, or happy itrltixation in the bosom of peace? Ahl how seldom do you find any en- joyment but eating and drinking and sleeping, any intercourse but disafrcction and quarrel. How seldom any communion with God, any fellowship of the Spinl. any boweU of tenderness and com- passion^ any tenderness of conscience, any desire after immortality, any a^tpirations »Aer ct;leslia1 honour and blessedness ! Oh, brethren, you do greatly err if you suppose that 1 state these fcarfnl truths with any feeUnga 1 but those of the deepest commiAeratton< As I pass along the fttreet, and mevt the originals of that picture which 1 have faintly sketched ; when I see them tracking the intricate streets with their tardy wains, and know, as most certainly I do, that the immortal being batli generally as tittle knowledge, and as little revcrunccof God. as the animals in his team, it woundx my soul. And« 1058 THE Ct'MK Ai TO UODILT UlflOUM. [XM#. when 1 meet them reeling bome^ or eocounterin^ tiTSOge idreiiltin;!( by the way, which gathmlh crowds of myrlbful spectators, there is do my ID my spirit, or lauf(Ltcr in my mouth, 1 &oe wife and the cbildrco, the nest of immortais. ceiving their father;— no, this infleasate bmte, infurisitcd demon, tn the stent) of a father. 1 them heart- broken, half*ilar*ed in biMly, wfa •tvrtd in mind, brought up to end thei