THE LADY OF THE MANOR; BEING A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF CONFIRMATION. INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE MIDDLE AND HIGHER RANKS OF YOUNG FEMALES. BY MRS. SHERWOOD, IN SEVEN VOLUMES. VOLUME VI. PHILADELPHIA: TOWAR, J. & D. M. HOGAN; Pittsburg-HOGAN & Co. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 1831. THE LADY OF THE MANOR. CHAPTER XXVI. Third Conversation on our Duty towards our Neighbour. ON OUR DUTY TOWARDS OUR SUPERIORS; OR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER US IN WORLDLY MATTERS. -- THE lady of the manor having again assembled her young people, proceeded to read to them the third narrative which had been promised, prefacing her lecture by the following remarks:-"In the last two narratives which I have read to you, my dear young friends, as well as in that which I am about to read, it is possible you may perceive what will have the appearance of unnecessary repetition, a frequent reference to the great and important principle of humility. But let it be remembered, that this virtue is the basis of all our relative duties, whether to equals, inferiors, or superiors; and therefore the possession of such a quality, and the means of obtaining it, namely, by the operation of God's Spirit upon the heart, cannot be too seriously impressed upon us; the more especially, as the baneful evil of selfishness will lose its power in proportion to the influence which this lovely grace shall exercise over us; while the fruits of love, and |