In this village the able and ambitious young man buried his hopes and his talents; by degrees the quiet and tranquillity of the country life became dear to him.

As steps in a ladder, so piety leads to piety, and religion grew to him a habit.

He took orders and entered the Church.

A disappointment in love ensued; it left on his mind and heart a sober and resigned melancholy, which at length mellowed into content.

His profession and its sweet duties became more and more dear to him; in the hopes of the next world he forgot the ambition of the present.