William Barlass, Minister of the Gospel, Sermons on Practical Subjects, with the Correspondence between the Author and the Rev. John Newton (New-York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818), Sermon I, p. 1

When persons are in exalted stations, much depends on their conduct: we reckon every event interesting; and the heart is filled with anxiety to know the least circumstance. It is eminently so with those whom we dearly lo…