Paul says he
should himself be, were he without charity; he evidently then did
not consider music desirable.
7. The most truly religious and only thoroughly good man in
Cambridge is Clayton, {6} of Cams.
8. "Charity is but the compassion that we feel for our own vices
when we perceive their hatefulness in other people." Charity, then,
is but another name for selfishness, and must be eschewed
accordingly.
9. A great French king was walking one day with the late Mr. B.,
when the king dropped his umbrella. Mr. B. instantly stooped down
and picked it up. The king said in a very sweet tone, "Thank you."
10. The Cam is the river Jordan. An unthinking mind may consider
this a startling announcement. Let such an one pray for grace to
read the mystery aright.
11. When I've lost a button off my trousers I go to the tailors'
and get a new one sewn on.
12. Faith and Works were walking one day on the road to Zion, when
Works turned into a public-house, and said he would not go any
further, at the same time telling Faith to go on by himself, and
saying that "he should be only a drag upon him." Faith accordingly
left Works in the ale-house, and went on. He had not gone far
before he began to feel faint, and thought he had better turn back
and wait for Works. He suited the action to the word, and finding
Works in an advanced state of beer, fell to, and even surpassed that
worthy in his potations.
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