e, also, it belongs, at this point of Gray's lamentable history, to
make confession of great and glaring error. To have received the young
man to my house, and to have devoted myself to the work of endeavoring
again to raise him, would, most undoubtedly, have been a sacrifice to
which few people in my circumstances would have thought themselves
called. Yet, difficult as it was, the sacrifice might have been made.
Had he been my only brother, I should, doubtless, have received him. The
Saviour of mankind, in my circumstances, would probably have taken him
in. Was I not his follower? And was I not bound to do what I believed he
would do, in similar circumstances?

His more distant friend, but more consistent Christian brother, opened
wide his doors for his reception, and did the best he could for him. It
was his intention, at first, to employ him, as I now think he ought to
have been employed long before; viz., on a small farm. In this point of
view this friend's house was particularly favorable. Yet there were
offsets to this advantage. One thing in particular, cast a shade upon
our efforts in his behalf. It was about April 1st, and the house and
farm had an eastern aspect, and the easterly winds, which at that season
so much prevailed, were very strong and surcharged with vapor at a low
temperature. For a few days after his arrival he was worse than ever.

This was discouragement heaped upon discouragement, and he began soon to
sink under it. For a short time he was the subject of medical treatment.
What was the character of the medicine he took, I never knew. At length
there were signs of convalescence; but no sooner did his bodily health
and strength begin to improve, than his mental troubles began to press
upon him, till he was driven to the very borders of insanity. Indeed, so
strong was the tendency to mental derangement that his relatives
actually carried him, _per force_, to an insane hospital.

But his residence at the hospital was very short. Provision having in
the mean time been made for his reception in a private family, among his
acquaintance, and the superintendent of the hospital having advised to
such a course, he was remanded to the country, to familiar faces, and to
a farm.

On reaching the place assigned him, he became extremely ill,--worse, by
far, than ever before,--so that, for several weeks, his life was
despaired of. But by means of careful medical treatment, and a judicious
and very simple di