For this did not originate in views of selfishness, or of party, or of popular applause, but in an awful sense of his duty as a Christian.
It was this, which gave him alacrity and courage in his pursuit.

It was this, which made him continue in his elevated situation of a legislator, though it was unfavourable, if not to his health, at least to his ease and comfort.

It was this, which made him incorporate this great object among the pursuits of his life, so that it was daily in his thoughts.

It was this, which, when year after year of unsuccessful exertion returned, occasioned him to be yet fresh and vigorous in spirit, and to persevere till the day of triumph.
But to return:--There is yet another consideration, which I shall offer to the reader on this subject, and with which I shall conclude it.

It is this; that no one ought to be accused of vanity until he has been found to assume to himself some extraordinary merit.