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The assaults of affliction may be terrible, like Sampsons Lyon, but they yeild much sweetness to those that dare to encounter and overcome them; who know how to overlive the witherings of their Gourds without discontent or peevishness, while they may yet converse with God.

If it overlive this day of crumbling theologies, whence will come its reprieve?

If we could only use folks we love, while they do live, with the like loving reverence as we shall do after they be dead, if we overlive them!

She is rather pleased than otherwise, she even breathes little bits of encouragement and commendation to Violet, as if seconding her efforts; and Violet falls into the mistake that many have made before her, of comforting a young man and assisting him to overlive his fancy for another woman, as well as secretly blaming the other.

All the wretchedness of her life seems to have culminated, the little doubts she has thrust out or tried to overlive.