affliction

, like the iron-smith, shapes and it smites.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes and it smites.

is the good man’s shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest rays; as night to stars, woe lnstre gives to man.

Affliction is the good man’s shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest rays; as night to stars, woe lnstre gives to man.

is a school of virtue : it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

Affliction is a school of virtue : it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humanity, calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humanity, calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.

is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

is enamor’d of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.

Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.

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