...obtain it, 2 Sam. xv. 3, 4. A disposition to be content with such things as -we have, and to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, would L certainly cure us of the foolish habit of looking on the stations and advantages of others,...

...admonition of that old-fashioned, but most sound book, the Catechism of the Church of England, content ' in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call them.' If we had leisure to examine the various classes, the agricultural, the mercantile, the manufacturing,...

...enjoined us in his gospel, relying for assistance on his Holy Spirit; conducting ourselves with propriety in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, we shall, after death, change this poor uncertain life for a better, where we shall be for ever...

...frugality, care, and industry, in their worldly affairs ; contentment of mind, a patient acquiescence in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them: let them consider, it is not how high a rank they M 3 fill, fill, but the manner in which...

...working-day world, but in the wisdom which is from above — the wisdom which both teaches a man to do his duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place him, and how to prepare for the higher life beyond in the more immediate presence of God. There...

...London, for great wages are in many cases the cause of great troubles. Nothing like being contented in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. Did you ever hear the fable of the discontented spider, Sally ? Sally. No, sir, I do not know that...

...pledged myself for Ellen, so shall I consider myself bound for my little godson, to promote his welfare in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place him." " Bless you, Sir," said Mrs. Goodwill ; "and now I shall depart in peace. And yet I have...

...perform in our various stations ; let us all pray for grace that we may each of us diligently do our duty in that state of life in •which it has pleased God to call us. MGN SCRAPS FROM A COMMON-PLACE BOOK. THE celebrated Grotius, one of the most learned men the world...

...fathers ; will live well, and be well clothed ; and will be respected like their fathers, and be happy in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them ; and will not, I hope, listen to any fanatical man, who would persuade them, that to starve...

...that we are not worse than others. Let every one remember the precept of his childhood, to " do his duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call him." I have already given some instances to show, and I will advance reasons to prove, that bribery...