LIFE: ITS DUTIES AND DISCIPLINE. EY HETTY BOWMAN, AUTHOR OF CHRISTIAN DAILY LIFF.' THIRD EDITION. LONDON: THE BOOK SOCIETY, 19, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND BAZAAR, SOHO SQUARE. 1861. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. IT is with feelings of very deep gratitude for the success already granted, that a Third Edition of Life, its Duties and Discipline,' is now offered to the Christian Public. The writer owes them sincere thanks for the favour with which they have received her little work, and would now only beg their prayers, that it may be made the means of leading some wanderer to the fold of the Good Shepherd; and of strengthening, stimulating, and comforting some fellow-pilgrim to the "rest that remaineth.". It is offered to the younger members of her own sex; sent forth in the Saviour's name, and prayerfully entrusted to the guidance of His Spirit. May the great Head of the Church con descend to bless it; and to Him shall be all the glory. WALTON PARSONAGE; June 1st, 1861. LIFE: ITS DUTIES AND DISCIPLINE, ETC. INTRODUCTORY. Teach me, my God and King, "This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold, For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less be told." GEORGE HERBERT. THOSE who have been awakened, by the gracious influence of the Holy Spirit, to a sense of the solemn realities of life, and have been taught to consider themselves but |