to a just economy. No false shame was evinced at the confession, "I should like such a thing, but cannot afford it;" and a moderate expenditure seemed not only consistent with entire contentment, but counted more reputable than the appearance of wealth without its reality.
Another still more delightful trait is the sweet and affectionate deportment of children to their parents. This is discoverable among all ranks. It reveals itself in the zealous attentions and offices, which a younger hand can extend to those who are wearied with the cares of life, as well as in the marked and tender attentions, which are sometimes omitted by those whose filial virtue has still a deep root, and would be called into vigorous action by any emergency. Surely this is an affection which should beautify the intercourse of every day, yet continually humble itself for its inadequacy to repay that great love of a parent, which is the best earthly symbol of a Love Divine, in which we "live, and move, and have our being."
