. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . ed to solve them, was aproof of his anxiety to know the truth ; and the determina-tion Vvhich he formed in consequence of his disappointment^was not less a proof of his sincerity in the search of it. * His heart and his judgment told him, that religion isa subject of supreme importance ; and the evidence of itstruth worthy the most serious investigation. He sat downto the inquiry without prejudice ; and he rose from it, witha conviction, which the studies of his future life invigorat
. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . ed to solve them, was aproof of his anxiety to know the truth ; and the determina-tion Vvhich he formed in consequence of his disappointment^was not less a proof of his sincerity in the search of it. * His heart and his judgment told him, that religion isa subject of supreme importance ; and the evidence of itstruth worthy the most serious investigation. He sat downto the inquiry without prejudice ; and he rose from it, witha conviction, which the studies of his future life invigoratedand confirmed; and which his writings clearly evince,though none of them are on subjects professedly completion of the prophecies relating to our Saviour,impressed upon his youthful mind these invaluable truths,that the language of Isaiah, and of the prophets, is inspired,and that Jesus is the Messiah. In this belief, to whichfresh proofs were progressively added, he closed his life;and he has, I trust, received, through the merits of hisRedeemer, the reward of his faith. 1 196 AUSTIN CHAPTER XIII. THURSDAY EVENING. Gerald. I have a book, which is quite as interesting asthat with which Edward entertained us last evening. It ismade up of stories from the history of France. Mr. Austin. The history of France aifords a great manyadmirable stories; full of everything that renders a storypleasant—incident, character, adventure, the wildness of ro-mance, and the dignity of patriotic sentiment. I hope yourauthor has made good use of his abundant and rich materials. AUSTIN HALL. 197 Gerald. I will give you a specimen. Here is his accountof Francis the First, so famous in literary as well as civilhistory. (Reads.) * Francis the First was but twenty-one years of agewhen he became king of France. Nature had endowed himwith the rarest and most estimable qualities of mind andperson: very handsome, well formed, active and expert inall the military as well as elegant e
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