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The Spirit Of True Religion Breathes Gentleness And Affability; It Gives A Native, Unaffected Ease To The Behavior; It Is Social, Kind, Cheerful; Far Removed From The Cloudy And Illiberal Disposition Which Clouds The Brow, Sharpens The Temper, And Dejects The Spirit.

Worry Not About The Possible Troubles Of The Future; For If They Come, You Are But Anticipating And Adding To Their Weight; And If They Do Not Come, Your Worry Is Useless; And In Either Case It Is Weak And In Vain, And A Distrust Of God's Providence.

Gentleness Corrects Whatever Is Offensive In Our Manner.

True Gentleness Is Founded On A Sense Of What We Owe To Him Who Made Us And To The Common Nature Which We All Share. It Arises From Reflection On Our Own Failings And Wants, And From Just Views Of The Condition And Duty Of Man. It Is Native Feeling Heightened And Improved By Principle.

We Ought Never To Sport With Pain And Distress In Any Of Our Amusements, Or Treat Even The Meanest Insect With Wanton Cruelty.