1021. CASE-HARDENED.

CASE-HARDENED.

A wooden ship is case-hardened when it has been covered over with iron or steel, and made strong to resist all the influences from without, and to preserve all the contents within. A man is case-hardened to all spiritual influences when his feelings and finer sensibilities have been encrusted with selfish ease and love of the world. He desires to preserve what he has already got-a miserable portion.

Autor: James Smith