A Tribute To Religion

I envy no quality oftlie mini, or intellect ot' others ; no genius, power, wit or fancy ; but it I could c!iooss wint would lie most dcjltghtful, and Iholieve wint would lc most U3eful to tne, I shoukl prefer i firm ruligions belief toevery oth - er ble3sing, for it mikes life adiscip'ir.e of godues3- ':reiies naw hipeé, w'.ién all e;r'.lily hopos v.mish ; and tïifo.wa over the docay, the destruction of existence. the most gorgc.ms of all lrght; uwakeii3 life in deith, aml fron corruption and Jecay, calis up beauty and divinity ; niakes fin instrument oi torture, and of shimu, the ladder öf ascent to paradise, and far ahove all comlmations ol earthly hopes, calis up the most delightful visiona of p ilins and amaranths, the gardens of the biest, the secur'.ty of everlasting joya, when the scnsualist and skeptic oniy view gloom,