And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength." As the love of God is the beginning of all our mercies, so love to God should be the end and effect of them all. As the stream leads us to the spring, so all the gifts of God must lead us to the giver of them.

He also gained the favour of Robert Harley Earl of Oxford. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer and politician remembered as co-founder with his friend Joseph Addison of the magazine The Spectator. [citation needed] Steele founded the magazine and although he and Addison collaborated Steele wrote the majority of the essays; Steele wrote roughly 188 of the 271 total and Addison 42 with 36 representing the pair's collaborative works.

Sir Richard Steele (bap.