far on in the quiet night he laid the whole before the[244] lord and slept! yes, my brother, even so: the old, old story; but start not at the phrase, though you may never have found its meaning.—he laid the whole before the lord, in prayer, for his friend, for himself, for the whole world.

and you, too, if ever you are tried—as every man must be in one way or another—must learn to do the like with every burthen on your soul, if you would not have it hanging round you heavily, and ever more heavily, and dragging you down lower and lower till your dying day.