The supreme Lord of the universe has, in his wisdom, rendered the various conditions of mankind necessary to our individual happiness:—some are rich, others poor—some are masters, and others servants.—Subordination, indeed, attaches to your rank in life, but not _disgrace_. All men are servants in different degrees. The nobles and ministers of state are subservient to the king, and the king himself is the servant of the nation, and is wisely submissive to its laws. It manifests a divine superintendance, that civil society should thus be composed of _subordinate_ and superior classes. By this wise arrangement, all _may_ enjoy an equal share of real happiness, while each possesses a due opportunity to communicate and to receive the various benefits and kindnesses of human life. Every wise and good person will therefore enquire, what are the _special_ duties of his or her station; with a steady purpose, by the assistance of God, to discharge them faithfully; and those are the most worthy characters who best perform the various duties incumbent on them, _in that state of life unto which it has pleased God to call them_. Perhaps, there is not a more _useful_,—a more numerous,—nor a more indispensably necessary description of persons in society, than those who are denominated _Servants_; and so entirely dependent are mankind on each other, that it may truly be said of _these_, in relation of the _social system_, as Pope has said of the several parts of nature in relation to the _universe_; that “—from this chain whatever link you strike, Tenth or ten-thousandth, breaks the chain alike.”