Wilberforce's Self-Control

A friend once found Wilberforce in the greatest agitation looking for a despatch he had mislaid, for which one of the Royal Family was waiting. At the moment, as if to make it still more trying to his temper, a disturbance was heard in the nursery overhead. Now, thought the friend, surely for once his temper will give way. The thought had hardly passed through his mind, when Wilberforce turned to him, and said, "What a blessing it is to hear those dear children; only think what a relief, among other hurries, to hear their voices and to know they are well!"