――THERE is but one thing, that deserves our highest care; and that is, that we may answer the great _end_, for which we were made, _viz._ to _glorify_ that God, who has given us our beings and all our comforts, and do all the good we possibly can to our _fellow-creatures_: and verily life is not worth the having, if it be not employed for this noble end. Yet, alas, how little is this thought of? Most men love to _live to themselves_, without regard to the glory of God, or the good of their fellow creatures: they earnestly desire, and eagerly pursue the riches, honours, and pleasures of life, as if they really supposed that wealth, or greatness, or merriment, could make their immortal souls happy. But, alas, what false and delusive dreams are these! And how miserable will those ere long be, who are not awaked out of them, to see, that all their happiness consists in _living to God_, and becoming “holy, as he is holy!” Oh, may you never fall into the tempers and vanities, the sensuality and folly of the present world! You are left, as it were, alone in a wide world, to act for yourself; be sure then to remember, it is a world of _temptation_. You have no earthly parents to form your youth to piety, by their examples and seasonable counsels; let this excite you with great fervency to look up to the _Father of mercies_ for assistance against all the vanities of the world. And if you would glorify God, and make your own soul happy in this and the coming world, observe these few _directions_; though not from a father, yet from a brother who is touched with a tender concern for your present and future happiness. And, *First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise a life of _seriousness_. Think of the life of Christ; and when you can find that he was pleased with jesting, then you may indulge it in yourself. Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time. When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible in divine thoughts. Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the _business_ you have to do in the world, from a regard to the command of God. We should always look upon ourselves as God’s servants, placed in God’s world to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can.