pewful

(On these two pewsful you will not wonder at me refraining from looking a second time.) Around and beneath sat many an aged, many an experienced saint, to give edification to whom seemed less becoming than to receive it from them; many a friend in whose converse I had delighted; many a companion of my youth; many an erring fellow man, to all of whom I in my weaknesss was now to speak—and on what subject?