on which the yoke of the Divine law had to be painfully forced, eager desires for earthly good, fretful discontents with his lot. All these had to be subdued, to be brought into harmony with the dictates of reason and faith. The task was hard and long, the conflict severe; but at last he succeeded in reducing and pacifying them; the warring and tumultuous passions of his soul subsided into stillness, and it lay calm and bright, like a lake unvexed by winds, which reflects the pure and tranquil heaven