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wee eyo or see ee ——— oe er, Fiiie a Hy . meen Pa 5. Thy time and thy labor belong ento him. Defrand kim act thereof, for he payeth thee for them. = 6. And thou who art a master, ba just wo, thy servant if thou expectest from him fidelity ; and in thy commands if thow expectest ready obedience. 7. ‘The spirit of a man is in him; severity and rigue may create dear, Lut can never command love. 4 Mix kindness wath reproul, and reasun with authority; a0 ohalt thy admonitions take place in bis heart, and his duty bali becums hie u. ble shall serve thee faithfully frum the motive of gratitude; he shall obey shee clweriully frum the princide of bove; and jail thou mot, im return, to give ie diligence and deity ibeir proper reward. CHAPTER XXLi MAGISTKATE AND SUBJECT %, i's apn "eye 42. His heart hardened with the love of weak; mo grief of dis- tress can make ipression upon it. 15. But the curse of iniquity porsueth him: be liveth in continual fear; the anxiety of tus sind and the rayecious desires of bis own soul take vengeame ujem him for the calamities he had bruuyht upum others. 14. Ub! Witet ave the uuseries of poverty, in comparision with the gaawings of this man’s heart! 1S. Let the jar man comfort himself, yes, rejoice; for be hath maay reasons. 1G Ale sutcth down to his morsel in peace; his table is nut crowd- ra ea 1. The tears uf the orphan he drinketh os milk; the cries of the widew are mesic to his cars. ed with flatterers amd devourers. w I. UW thow, the favorite uf Heaven, whom the son, man, thy equals, have agreed tu fuse tu suvereign power and set as a ruler over thenetlves: cuusider the ends and importance uf their trust, far more than the digauy aod height uf thy statin. 2 Thou art chithed in purple. and seated on a thrune; the crown of majesty investerh thy temples, the scepire of power is placed im thy hand; but put fur thyself were these ensigns gives; nol paca (ue thane own, bat the guod af thy kingdom. J. The qlory of a king 1 the welfare of bis poople; his power and dumanion rest un the hearts of hes subjects. ; 4. The mind of a great price is exalted with the grandeur of he hituatues; he evolveth high things, and searchab fur business worthy of bas power. 5. He calleth together the wise men of his kingdom ; he consulseth among them with irecdum, and hearcth the oymuuns of them all. 6 He fooketh annay his peuple with duwerument; be ducovereth the abilities of men, and etployeth them according to their merits 7, His magestrates are just, his ministers are wise, and the iavormr ai his bosom deceiveth hint not. | ; K. He smileth on the acts. and they (luurish, the ecrcoces improve beneath the culuure of his hard. 0. With the learned and ingenious be delighteth himself; be kandleth ia their breasts emulation; and the glury of bis kingdom ie exalted by ther labors. ; 10, The spirit of the merchant who extendeth his comamuerce, the 17, tte is not canlurrassed with » arain of dependents, nor tepsad with the clanwurs of sobcitatuas. JR Delarred frum the daintes of the rich, be escapeth also their . 19. The bread that he catcth, is not so sweet to his taste? = =‘The water he drinketh, is mato pleasant to his thirst?) Yea, far more dolce water then the richest draughts of the lawurious. His wopeecrveth his health, and procureth him a repose, to which che duwny bed of shah is a stranyer. 21.0 He bnateth fas desires with haaulity, and the calm of content- ment is sweeter tu lus suul than all the acquiremesta of wealth sad grandeur. 22. Let not the rich. therefure, presume on his riches; nor the poor in hie poverty yeckl Wo de>pumlence ; fur the providence of Allah disyen- acth happiness tu then bath. CHAPTER XXVIII. HOLY INSTKUCTIONS FROM THE PROPHET , ALASTER AND SERVANT and solicitudes in itfe. sale i ek errant is his fidelity; bis highest virtues are wala tartar ca yrmnte Saem © ston Ahill of the farmer who enricheth his lands, the ingenuity of the artists, the improvements of the xlolar, all these he hunureti: with his favor, or rewardeth with his boanty. ; . 11. He planicth new colonies, he buildeth strong ships. he openeths rivers for convenience, he formeth harbors for safety, Lis people alund m riches, and the strength of his kingdom imcreaseth. ee Pe OE mR ge Lee Ye ee MBE YT ote een et tS Msp st ETS BT