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each other's wishes and inclinations, as well as a constant indulgence towards each other's faults and weaknesses. Let the husbandcherish and protect his wife; let him show her at all times, that he prefers her to all other women; let him ensure the submission of her will to him, by gentleness, persuasion, and tenderness, and not by arbitrary authority; let him communicate his affairs to her with confidence, since, by marriage, all his concerns become equally hers; and let him teach her to find pleasure in the domestic cares of his family, and the management of his children, by sharing them with her.

Nor are the duties of a wife less important to their mutual happiness, or less absolute on her part. Let her love her husband next to her God; let her submit to him with mildness, and obey him with cheerfulness; let her deserve his confidence by her discretion, her modesty, and reserve; and let them both be inviolably faithful to each other; not content with turning with horror from actual alienation, but even avoiding, with the utmost precaution, every thing which may

'create the least jealousy or uneasiness to each other, or break that confidence, which is the bond of their union, and which, once broken, or weakened, cannot be restored.

EXTRACTS

FROM

FENELON'S

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS REFLECTIONS

ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

ON THE HABIT OF CONFESSING OUR
SINS TO GOD.

THE Scripture tells us, that "if we confess our sins to our heavenly Father, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."-Nothing tends more to inspire us with an horror against sin, and with a spirit of humility, than an habitual examination of ourselves, and a sorrow for our sinful errors before God: but we must make no intentional reserves in doing this: the heart is at all times known to God; we cannot possibly conceal any thing from his knowledge,

and the intention of doing so is, therefore, as useless as it is sinful. Lay aside all your self-love, when you enter into the presence of God, and remember that your intercourse with your Maker must not be that of stated and ceremonious addresses; you must open your heart before him, as a child to its father, and perform his will with ease and simplicity.

ON PERSEVERANCE IN WELL-DOING.

IF once you permit your own will to obtain the victory over any known duty, you will never attain to any excellence. A strict and steady perseverance in well doing, can alone procure for you the favour of God. We are always too much inclined to hear ourselves upon every occasion, and to shut our ears to the calls of duty. God alone directs the hearts of all men; pray to him, therefore, to purify your heart, and to turn towards you the hearts of others." Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."-If you suffer the allurements of the world to draw you aside from God and your duty, and to banish him from your thoughts, you are a thousand times more criminal than if you had never known him. God demands from us as much perfection in this life, as our nature will admit,

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