But be they what they will, assuredly it is infinitely better to be sorrowful for such a cause than to live in contented indifference to the perdition of your soul. It is a desirable thing to live at ease when God affords such a blessing to his children, as to put it into their power fully to rejoice, and since that is a privilege which does not always last, if it please him to try us sharply, it is also desirable to follow him through rugged and difficult ways. You have been taught, Madame, that