78 DOMESTIC ED UCA TION.
be allied friends or hostile enemies, be they Chris¬
tians or heathens. It is the conscience in man
that tells him this is wrong, therefore resist
it; that is right, therefore embrace it, love it,
cherish it.
f. What is the intellectual worth aside from
and opposed to the moral ? Is not the devil a
very intellectual being? But does his intel-
lectualitv qualify him for the association of an¬
gels and a home in heaven ? Who so far-sighted,
who so calculating, who so full of cunning, tact,
and pluck as he? It is these very qualities which
constitute him the leader of all evil-doers, and
consign him to the pit that is bottomless.
But, the moral which inclines a man to do his
dutv to his fellow-creatures, secures the approba¬
tion of Almighty God, and introduces him to the
c>tcem and confidence of all on earth, whose
esteem and confidence are worth having.
g. And there is the other element of well-
being, greater still, than the moral, because it is
the fountain and life-blood of the moral—I mean
the spiritual. It is that which leads us back to
-God, from whom we have all wandered, as the
prodigal son from his father's house. It is that
which lifts us above all earthly considerations,
even above duty itself, to infinite love, and hides us
in its heavenly bosom, as in an invulnerable fortress,
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