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are they opened but treasures are poured out before thee. OTS Lik Da . * , said in its praise? It is the i 0. - tent is committed to thy charge. ° i, cake nl ~ “4 46 THE DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS $. Search it by its faculties; know it by its virtues. are in number than the hairs of thy head; the stars of heaven are not all zi counted with them. 6. Think not with Arabia, that one soul is parted among all men neither believe thou with the sons of Egypt, that every man bath ; know, that as thy heart, so also thy soul is one. ?. Doth not the sun harden the clay? Doth it not also soften the wax? As it is one sun that worketh both even 6o it is one soul willeth contraries. 8. As the moon restraineth her nature, thou darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain; so the soul remaineth perfect, even in the bosom of a fool . . 9. She is immortal; she is unchangeable; she is alike in all. Health calleth her forth to show her loveliness, and application anointeth her with the oi] of wisdam. ; 10. Although she shall live after thee, think not she was born before thee. She was created with thy fiesh, and formed with thy brain. . 11. Justice could not give her to thee exalted dy virtues, mor mercy deliver her to thee deformed by vices. These must be thine, and thou must answer for them. 12. Suppose not death can shield thee from examination; think not corruption can hide thee from inquiry. He who formed thee of thou knowest not what, can he not raise thee from thou knowest not what n? 13. Perceiveth not the cock the hour of midnight? Exhaleth he not his voice to tell thee it is morning? Knoweth not the dog the footsteps i semste #he bot sbis biti of his master? Flieth not the wounded goat unto the herb that healeth him? Yet when these die, their spirit returneth to dust; thine alone sur- viveth. 14. Envy not to these their sense, because quicker than thine own. Learn that the advantage lieth not in possessing good things, but in the knowing to use them. - 15. Hadst thou the ear of the stag, or were thine eyes as strong and Piercing as the eagles; didst thou equal the hound in smell, or could the ape resign to thee his taste, or could the tortoise her feeling: yet withont reason what would they avail thee? Perish not all these like their kin- 16. Hath any one of them the gift of speech? Can any say unto thee, “Therefore did I do?” . : 17, The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet: no sooner ¢ unto trees of gold arranged in beds of silver are wise sentences uttered in due season. ; : ‘39, Canst thoy think too greatly of thy soul? Or can too much be of Him who gave it. emember thou its dignity forever; forget not how great a . aren hh, Whatsoever may do good, may also do harm. Beware’e %& theu direct its course to virtue. d B .| 2. Think not that thou canst lose her in a crowd; suppose not that thot ‘canst bury her in thy closet.’ Action is her delight. and she wil! not. be withheld from it. | me. ré