Courted

And those circles to which a bon mot was the passport, could scarcely fail to be more agreeable than circles, in which, to be the most courted, it is sufficient to be the first-born.

Now, disobedience is a self-disseverment from this mystical body—a self-subjection to the ban of the ever-blessed God—a virtual excommunication of our own spirits—a courted anathema— a forfeiture of all privileges and all graces imparted either by union with Christ or by fellowship with our brother believers.