With my way of feeling and thinking, it cost me nothing to let every one pass for what he was,—­nay, for that which he wished to pass for; and thus the frankness of a fresh, youthful heart, which manifested itself almost for the first time in its full bloom, made me many friends and adherents.  Our company of boarders increased to about twenty persons; and, as Salzmann kept up his accustomed order, every thing continued in its old routine,—­nay, the conversation was almost more decorous, as every one had to be on his guard before several.  Among the new-comers was a man who particularly interested me:  his name was Jung, the same who afterwards became known under the name of Stilling.  In spite of an antiquated dress, his form had something delicate about it, with a certain sturdiness.  A bag-wig did not disfigure his significant and pleasing countenance.  His voice was mild, without being soft and weak:  it became even melodious and powerful as soon as his ardor was roused, which was very easily done.  On becoming better acquainted with him, one found in him a sound common sense, which rested on feeling, and therefore took its tone from the affections and passions; and from this very feeling sprang an enthusiasm for the good, the true, and the just, in the greatest possible purity.  For the course of this man’s life had been very simple, and yet crowded with events and with manifold activity.  The element of his energy was indestructible faith in God, and in an assistance flowing immediately from him, which evidently manifested itself in an uninterrupted providence, and in an unfailing deliverance out of all troubles and from every evil.  Jung had made many such experiences in his life, and they had often been repeated of late in Strasburg:  so that, with the greatest cheerfulness, he led a life frugal indeed, but free from care, and devoted himself most earnestly to his studies; although he could not reckon upon any certain subsistence from one quarter to another.  In his youth, when on a fair way to become a charcoal-burner, he took up the trade of a tailor; and after he had instructed himself, at the same time, in higher matters, his knowledge-loving mind drove him to the occupation of schoolmaster.  This attempt failed; and he returned to his trade, from which, however, since every one felt for him confidence and affection, he was repeatedly called away, again to take a place as private tutor.  But for his most internal and peculiar training he had to thank that wide-spread class of men who sought out their salvation on their own responsibility, and who, while they strove to edify themselves by reading the Scriptures and good books, and by mutual exhortation and confession, thereby attained a degree of cultivation which must excite surprise.  For while the interest which always accompanied them and which maintained them in fellowship rested on the simplest foundation of morality, well-wishing and well-doing, the deviations which could take place with men of such limited circumstances