Purposes of man, often frustrated by God, 301; confounded by the smallest accident, 302; often end as least expected, 302; Illustrations from Molière, Dryden, W. Irving, Burns, Wordsworth, 301-304. Repentance and Relapse, in the case of Pharaoh, 125; in sickness, and falling back in health, a mark of weak minds, 126; made in fear of death, usually vanishes on removal of cause, 127; the irreligious, prompt with in trouble, 128; Infidels in health, repentant in sickness, 130; at times, but want of power to sin, 131; may in some, be measured by their health, 132; when in danger, no repentance, 134; Illustrations from Boileau, Lady M. W. Montagu, Scott, Le Sage, Crabbe, Montesquieu, Butler, Wolcot, Gibbon, Whately, 125-134. Retributive Justice, in the case of Haman, 41; that of Daniel, and his accusers, 42; the delight of early ballads, 42; popular history teaches, by examples, 43; examples of, from ancient history, 44; Illustrations from Hamlet, 47. Retrospect of Human Life, vanity, 361; in, swiftness of time seems infinite, 302; in, past seems as a dream, 364; nothing in regard to eternity, 364; Illustrations from Seneca, Moore, Southey, Mde. de Sévigné, Cowper, and others, 361-365. Saints considered as Strangers and Pilgrims, 192; to them, this world but as an inn, 193; looking to their home, lightens their earthly troubles, 194; this world as a wilderness, 196; their home on high, 197; look there for their rest, 198; this, to them, a subject of rejoicing, 200; Illustrations: Leighton, Beveridge, Lamennais, John Foster, Chaucer, Mrs. Browning, Robertson, Keble, 192-200. Scripture, often quoted, by the vicious, to excuse their faults, 10, 13; by divines to support their own peculiar tenets, 11; used in election squibs, 12; sometimes quoted for self-deceit, 14; misused quotations, 14; Illustrations from Bunyan, Shakspeare, Carlyle, Dickens, and others, 10-16. Self-control, the greatest victory, 276; the effort of all noble minds, 377; constant practice of, subdues the most violent tempers, 377; strengthened by religion, 378; should be exercised in letter writing, 379; failure of, causes the greatest mischief, 380; Illustrations from Marcus Antoninus, Clarendon, Macaulay, Dr. Chalmers, Scott, Gibbon, Swift, Buxton, Molière, 376-381. Shadow a, man’s life compared to, 170; earthly pursuits and pleasures, but, 171; man’s corpse becomes, 173; some waste their life in hunting, 175; reality to be sought above, and hereafter, 181; man’s soul a reality, 182; Illustrations: Burke, Emerson, G. Herbert, Scott, R. Browning, Abbé Gerbert, Hawthorne, La Bruyère, De Tocqueville, Hare, Sterling, Rob. Lytton, Churchill, Carlyle, 170-182.