THE PATH OF PEACE: OR A Practical Guide TO DUTY AND HAPPINESS. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT, LONDON: T. ALLMAN, 42, HOLBORN HILL. 1837. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A Sabbath scene in Baltimore. Scene in Pittsburgh. The dying child. The fashionable lady. Why affliction is sent. The pious lady. The contrast. Sabbath Communion with God essential to happiness. The effi- Domestic happiness. Parental responsibilities. Family diffident man. Religious instruction. The neglected family. Sons of the wealthy. Religious toleration. The divided family. The intolerant father. To pro- mote temporal happiness a duty. Anecdote of New Packet ships. The voyage. Ecclesiastical organizations. The duty of making a profession of religion. The church member's duty. Attending church meetings. The duty of a pious wife, whose husband is not a Christian. Friendly intercourse. Contention in Anecdote. Why Christians are often hated. Duties to our fellows. 1. Be honest. Examples of common dis- honesty. The lady shopping. The embarrassed mer- chant. The oppressive lawyer. Anecdote by Row- land Hill. 2. Be generous. The miserly clergyman. Why God asks for money. 3. Be open-hearted. The maneuverer. The prudent man. 4. Be polite. The uncivil clergyman. Incivility is sin. The drover. Rules of politeness drawn from the Bible. The "plain- spoken" man. 5. Be a good neighbour. Anecdotes. The two neighbours. The Dutch gentleman. 6. Take CHAPTER I. MERRIMENT IS NOT HAPPINESS. Nor many months since I passed a sabbath in Baltimore. As I came from church, in the afternoon, I saw half a dozen young men sitting around their wine, at the table they had not left since dinner. Fumes of tobacco filled the room. Their faces were flushed with wine and mirth. With the sparkling glass in one hand, and the lighted cigar in the other, their voices were just bursting forth in the riotous song, Old king Cole was a jolly old soul, He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl, I stood, for a moment, upon the stairs, and looked in upon this scene of revelryupon this band of precocious yet appa rently confirmed inebriates. And this, thought I, is a practical exhibition of infidelity. These are the joys which irreligion offers its votaries. In this school infidelity B |