And, first, to what we call our ordinary life, though I never like to draw any distinction between one portion of our life and another. It is a part of the Christian religion to sanctify everything, so that we worship God in the shop as well as in the meeting-house, and are as reverent about our domestic affairs as about our devotional concerns. But, still, as it is our habit to speak of the ordinary affairs of life, it is needful to say that, in all things to which we put our hand, we are expected