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He prayed for his country, that a blessing might always rest upon it. As he walked along, thus engaged in his inaudible devotions, he heard a footstep behind him. The solitude of his morning walk was seldom disturbed by the intrusion of others. HE PRAYED FOR HIS COUNTRY THAT A BLESSING MIGHT ALWAYS REST UPON IT AS HE WALKED ALONG THUS ENGAGED IN HIS INAUDIBLE DEVOTIONS HE HEARD A FOOTSTEP BEHIND HIM THE SOLITUDE OF HIS MORNING WALK WAS SELDOM DISTURBED BY THE INTRUSION OF OTHERS
rocky precipice, at whose base the waters rippled. The worthy shipmaster was a devout man, which was perhaps the reason why he so much enjoyed his morning walk. It was the pleasantest hour of all the day to him,--a fit time for meditation, and for the contemplation of the beautiful scenery that surrounded his habitation. The trees looked greener and the lake more limpid then, when his mind was invigorated by the peaceful slumbers of the preceding night; and there, in his favorite retreat, while all nature was smiling upon him, went up his morning prayer to that beneficent Being who had spared him yet another day, and crowned his life with loving-kindness and tender mercies. It was the morning of the Fourth of July; and the sounds of the booming cannon and the pealing bells, which the westerly breeze bore up the lake, reminded him of the gratitude he owed to God for the political, social, and religious privileges which had been bequeathed to the country by the fathers of the Revolution. THE LAKE SIDE IN A STEEP ROCKY PRECIPICE AT WHOSE BASE THE WATERS RIPPLED THE WORTHY SHIPMASTER WAS A DEVOUT MAN WHICH WAS PERHAPS THE REASON WHY HE SO MUCH ENJOYED HIS MORNING WALK IT WAS THE PLEASANTEST HOUR OF ALL THE DAY TO HIM A FIT TIME FOR MEDITATION AND FOR THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY THAT SURROUNDED HIS HABITATION THE TREES LOOKED GREENER AND THE LAKE MORE LIMPID THAN WHEN HIS MIND WAS INVIGORATED BY THE PEACEFUL SLUMBERS OF THE PRECEDING NIGHT AND THERE IN HIS FAVORITE RETREAT WHILE ALL NATURE WAS SMILING UPON HIM WENT UP HIS MORNING PRAYER TO THAT BENEFICENT BEING WHO HAD SPARED HIM YET ANOTHER DAY AND CROWNED HIS LIFE WITH LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES IT WAS THE MORNING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY AND THE SOUNDS OF BOOMING CANNON AND THE PEALING BELLS WHICH THE WESTERLY BREEZE BORE UP THE LAKE REMINDED HIM OF THE GRATITUDE HE OWED TO GOD FOR THE POLITICAL SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES WHICH HAD BEEN BEQUEATHED TO THE COUNTRY BY THE FATHERS OF THE REVOLUTION
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