or comforted, as a result of his quiet and helpful influence. Like Goldsmith’s village preacher, he was Prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. For that, he would have said, was his business, and he was resolved to mind it. From the fact that Jesus told Peter to mind his own business
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