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           Beingnaturallyofaseriousturn,myattentionwasdirectedtothesolidadvantagesderivablefromaresidencehere,ratherthantotheeffervescentpleasureswhicharethegrandobjectwithtoomanyvisitants.TheChristianreader,ifhehavehadnoaccountsofthecitylaterthanBunyan’stime,willbesurprisedtohearthatalmosteverystreethasitschurch,andthatthereverendclergyarenowhereheldinhigherrespectthanatVanityFair.Andwelldotheydeservesuchhonorableestimation;forthemaximsofwisdomandvirtuewhichfallfromtheirlipscomefromasdeepaspiritualsource,andtendtoasloftyareligiousaim,asthoseofthesagestphilosophersofold.InjustificationofthishighpraiseIneedonlymentionthenamesoftheRev.Mr.Shallow-deep,theRev.Mr.Stumble-at-truth,thatfineoldclericalcharactertheRev.Mr.This-today,whoexpectsshortlytoresignhispulpittotheRev.Mr.That-tomorrow;togetherwiththeRev.Mr.Bewilderment,theRev.Mr.Clog-the-spirit,and,lastandgreatest,theRev.Dr.Wind-of-doctrine.Thelaborsoftheseeminentdivinesareaidedbythoseofinnumerablelecturers,whodiffusesuchavariousprofundity,inallsubjectsofhumanorcelestialscience,thatanymanmayacquireanomnigenouseruditionwithoutthetroubleofevenlearningtoread.Thusliteratureisetherealizedbyassumingforitsmediumthehumanvoice;andknowledge,depositingallitsheavierparticles,except,doubtless,itsgoldbecomesexhaledintoasound,whichforthwithstealsintotheever-openearofthecommunity.