FEBRUARY 25
You need not be reminded that there is no rank in life which exempts us from disappointment and sorrow in some kind or degree; but I must remind you there is but one belief which can support us under it.
Neither hypocrisy nor bigotry, neither the subtle arguments of infidels nor the shameful lives of Christians have yet been able to overturn the truths of revealed religion.
They contain all that is cheering – all that is consoling to the mind of man – that is congenial to the heart and adapted to his nature.
You admit their importance; you reverence their mysteries; cherish their influences.
to Dr. Wrangel, 1770
