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Ifam'iJj fMftiu,
MY BOSE.
BV THE INVALID.
J had a Rose, ablushing Hose,
little flower,
Yf Wch bloomed iu wondrous loveliness
Within my garden bower,
tlhe evening zephyrs kissed its brow,
. And lcfl bright jewels there.
The clear and pearly drops of dew.
So glittering and fair.
The morning shed its fairest beams
trpdn it* little breast,
And joyously the humming-bird
Sipped honey from its erest;
The robin sang its sweetest song
To cheer each lonely hour,
And all hearts loved the little Rose,
Which graced my garden bower.
Ypt still it pined for realms of light,
To reach its native borne;
That genial dime, where chilling winds,
And storms may never come;
To bloom beside the crystal stream,
And in the pasture green;
Where only amaranthine flowers,
And vernal shrub* are sfcen.
Nor could our fondest lore detain
: The gentle little flower, —
But for a seasoii'Wtf, though sweet,
Itblest our earthly bower;
,Then faded from our sight, to bloom
IttMsown native dime,
1 InlOvelinejS 100 fair for earlb,, ;
Untouched By blight or time.
' For the American Presbyterian;
THE ORPHAN’S DREAM.
Above the sun-lit sky,
Amid those brighter rays,
Where angels float, and pour the note
Of everlasting praiise:—
Where love, on golden wing.
And truth, enrobed in while,
With harp of fire, and golden lyre,
Proclaim their vast delight■
Where martyrs sit on thrhnej,
And bliss supremely reigns,.
And voices all obey the call
To ring, In heavenly strains:—
My parents dear I saw,
In visions of my bed,
Their labors done, their victories won,
And crowns upon their head-
I woke to chide the fate
That belli me mourning here,
I longed to die, that I might fly,
With them, to that bright sphere.
A voice from heaven said,
“ First give that life to me;
If faithful, thon, where they are now,
Shall there in glory be.”
From the German.
ABOUT THE MONTHS.—APRIL.
. exclaimed little Adolphus, one day
os ho came hastily into tho room. “Father,
haven’t yon told mo that April is a spring month ?”
His father, who was busy writing, answered his
little son without looking up, “Yes, my son;
spring begins on the 20th or 21st of March, con
sequently April is the first complete-spring month.”
Adolphus laughed. “A curious spring mouth,
iudted,” said he; “just look out of the window
and seel It is snowing flakes as large as it did
in January.” “No matter,” said his father.
“ April is an uncertain fellow, and just now it is
his pleasure to imitate the fashion-of winter.” ”“I
wish -I had known that before,” said Adolphus,
with a tone of disappointment, “I would not have
put my sled away behind the wood pile, where I
can’t get at it.” “You must not suffer yourself
to* he deluded by the fickle mon th of April. Leave
your sled alone, and just look out and see how
jll.arter April is already hanging out his rain
niatitle around tho sky, and turning the snow into
slush-.” “True,” said Adolphus, with a new ex
{fression of disappointment; “now our walk this
evening is done with completely. O you naughty
April!” “Hush, hush!” said his father, “that
is all wrong and very hasty. April is even more
changeful than you have yet found out. The sun
may break out and shine again in a very short
time."
U bus comforted, Adolphus wished to know more
about April. Counting on his lingers, he found
it was the fourth month, and his father told him
if had 30 days. As Easter commonly falls in this
mouth, it is sometimes called Easter month, and
as the flowers now begin to eome out in their
-beauty and variety, it is sometimes called the
Month of Flowers.' Adolphus was inclined to
lpurmur against giving such pretty names to sueh
a stormy changeful month, but towards evening
he was quite reconciled by seeing the sky all clear
ot clouds, and by feeling the mild spring atmo
sphere breathing over the earth. He and his
father then went forth on their expected evening
walk.
! Arid now as they walked abroad bepeath the
bright-evening sky, the little lboy’fr'spirits were so
raised that he could not say enough in praise of
April. “Ah!” said his father, “you are just as
hasty now with your praises as you were,a moment
ago with vour blame. Yonder I see along the
horizon a dark mass of clouds, and I fear we shall
have to out short our walk, lest we may suffer
from another of the tricks which our uncertain
month is so fond of playing." Soon quite a storm
arose, and before the two travellers had half reached
their home, the dark cloud had rolled up over
their heads, and a heavy fall of rain fallowing soon
after, wet them through to the skin. After they
had reached home, and had been made comfort
able by a change of clothing, Adolphus’ father
observed that all these changes were under the
control of a higher power, namely the will of
God, and that He sends rain and sunshine just as
it appears to Him suitable for the growth and in
creaseof plants upon the earth. April, he said,
is a picture of the uncertainties of our life; as
sunshine follows the rain, so prosperity follows ad
versity and the reverse. It teaches us not to be
deceived by appearances, or carried away by the
delusive attractions of sin. It teaches us not to
ihtike fair promises which we never intend to
perform. “ Yes/' said Adolphus, “I have clearly
serin how bad that Is; and in this respect I will
not do as April did.” “ A good resolution,” said
his father, “ and if you keep it, our walk will be
of great use to you indeed.”
kept his word. .He did not deceive
anyone with fair words; and be called such words
by the very suitable name of April promises.
THE BUTTERFLY'S WINGS. -
Williei bad come to visit bis cousin Ada, and
they both were walking in the garden one fine
morning, when a gay butterfly flew around them,
attracting Ada's notice by its brilliant colors of
various hues. •
“Oh 1 what a beautiful butterfly, she ex
catch it 1” cried Willie; and instantly
taking off his cap, lie pursued it as it flew from
flower to flower. , .
“Oh l Willie, pray don t; you will ht#t it,
cried Ada, running after him, and laying her hand
on Willie’s arm. But Willie took no notice; like
many other boys, he thought only of gratifying
his own desire, regardless of the pain he might
cause the poor butterfly.
At length lie brought it to the ground, too
much injured Ay again, and then taking it by
its downy wings, he ran to Ada, exclaiming—,
it is I caught at Isstj look, Ada V*
“ Poor little thing—wbat a pity 1”
“Tush Ada! don’t make such a fuss. But,
look, all the is gone from its wings, it’s no
use no;w,l«Eid;he threw it .on the grougd impa
tiently.
“Oh I Willie, why leave it half dead ? See !
it is trying to crawt'albne; pobr little thing! I’ll
put you put of misery," So saying, Ada set her
foot upon it, and covered it with gravel; then,
taking her little hoe, she went to work at the
weeds, sighing; to herself, “ I wonder how Willie
could be so cruel?”
Ada was a loving, gentle child; and so she
conjd net bear to see any thing put to unnecessary
pain. Willie was naturally lively and thoughtless,
and often acted, more from impulse than any vi
cious motive.
“Willie,’’ said Ada, as though she wished to
find, some excuse for his conduct, “You did not
know that what looks like dust on the butterfly’s
wings are feathers, did you?”
“No, indeed,” exclaimed; Willie, looking at His
fingers. “ Who told you that these are feathers,
Ada?”
“ Mother did. I will fetch you the magnifier,
and we will go into the arbor, and then. you can
look- at the dust on your fingers through it;”
“Oh, Ada! I had no idea that butterflies were
so beautiful,” said Willie, after he had examined
them some time. V'.
“ Everything God has made is beautiful, Willie; :
and don’t you think He will bo displeased with us
if we destroy wantonly what he ha® made ?” ; ,
“A butterfly is such a little thing, Ada*' I
don’t think God cares for them.”
“Oh, Willie! I’m siltt Gild cares for all hiS'
works; for in the Testament we read that *not;a
sparrow falleth to the ground without his notice.’'”
“ The boys at school don’t think anything?of
ohasing butterflies, Ada;/ they Would Hugh if you
said it would hurt them. 'Ho you really think
they feel pain ?” ,
“ Certainly they dd, Willie; don’t you think it.
wo.uld h.urt , you if iqpy strong map were to take
you byjthe,hair, and'drag you about? Or, sup
pose someroughboy knocked down your dove as
it flew, and then held, it up by the wings and'
pulled- ”
“Stop, stop, Ada!” interrupted Willie; “If
any boy dared to use my dove so, I don’t know
what I should do." And he jumped up and looked
quite fierce for a minute. , ; ,“But, Ada, uiy dove
is much larger than a butterfly,”'argued Willie,
not willing to be convinced by his cousin.
“Willie, you ought lo know that every thing
can feel, however small; and as God has made
t.is creatures to enjoy themselves, we must not put
them to pain.”
Then said Willie, with a sigh—“ But how is it
you know so much, Ada ?”
“Mother teaches me, Willie; and she-often
says it is the duty of every oue to alleviate suf
fering as much as possible, and by no means to
give the least unnecessary pain. Bo you remem
ber those verses we learnt last week on kindness
to animals?”
Home Monthly.
“ Yes; say them, Ada.”
“The lord who gives us daily bread
Supplies their wants and hears their cry,
"And every wrong which they eridure
Is marked by his paternal eye.
Winslow.
“ Isn’t that beautiful, Willie ?” said Ada, wheu
she had finished.-
“Yes, very. I wish I had some one to teach
me, Ada; but my mother is dead, and father is
always out; so I never thought about these things
till you told me. I’m sure I’ll never chase' an
other butterfly, Ada.”
Ada threw her arms around Willie’s heck, and
whispered ► - ’
Recently, at a prayer-meeting, the following in
stance' was related: A man was converted who
had adopted infidel opinions under the teachings of
his father. The convert had previously been an
active opposer of religion. At an evening prayer
meeting, a brother suggested that conversions are
given in answer to prayer, and that wicked men,
who seem abandoned, are sometimes converted in
answer to the prayer of parents who have long
been dead. Our convert lost his mother when
he was too young to remember her, but now it
occurred to him that she might have something
to do with his conversion. He 'rode out to his
father’s house to ask him about the matter. The
old man ehided his son for being suck a fool ini
religion, but at last told him that not only was his
mother a pious woman, but that her last hours
were occupied with prayers for her child, and in
charging her husband to bring up their child iri<
the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
And there was revealed the hidden cause of an
effect which filled the town with wonder. The
infidel w’as converted in answer to, the prayers
which his mother had breathed in his behalf when
he was an infant too young to remember either
her or her prayers. 1 may add, that his old fa
ther was also converted soon afterwards.
Soriie years ago, a class of young- men iira
theological seminary spent several nights; in “ex
perience meetings." Bach one related! so much
of his past history as he chose, stating the cha
racter arid- influ'euce of his parents, pastors, the
church, and time iind manner of his conversion!
The singularfact was- found out, that with one
exception all these young men had pious mothers,
whose influence wgs perceptible in the ; con version
and subsequent course of life in their children.
And recently a certain very able education secre
tary related to a large body, of ministers many
facts which show that pious mothers are a chiof
instrumentality in replenishing the ranks of the
ministry. .One minister told him how he had re
solved to be' a lawyer; and‘though his mother
had never talked much in opposition to his plan,
yet he knew her wishes. “He could not go into
the law over his mother’s prayers.”
Courage, then, mother! Be certain that your
labor will not be in vain in the Lord;
FAMILY PRAYER AT A TAVERN.
Rowland Hill was once driven by a storm into
a village inn, and compelled to spend the night.
When it grew late, the landlord sent a request by
the waiter that the guest would go to bed. Mr.
Hill replied, “ I have been waiting a long time,
expectiug to be called to family prayer.”
“Family prayer! Idou’t know what you mean,
sir; we never have such things here.”
“Indeed! Then tell your master I cannot go
to bed until we have family prayer.”
The waiter informed bis master, who in con
sternation bounced into the room occupied by the
faithful minister, and said, “Sir, I wish you would
go to bed. I cannot go until I have seen all the
lights out, I am so afraid of fire.”
“So am I,” was the reply; “but I have been
expecting to be summoned to family prayer.”
“All very well, sir; but it cannot be done at
an inn.' 1
“Indeed! Then pray get my horses; I cannot
sleep iu a house where there is no family prayer.”
The best preferred to dismiss his prejudice;
rather than his guest, and said, “I have no ob
jection to have a prayer, but I do not know how.”
“Well, then, summon your people, and let us
see what can be done.”
The landlord obeyed, and in a few moments the
astonished domestics were upon their knees, and
the landlord called upon to pray.
“ Sir, I never prayed in my life; I don't know
how. to pray.”
“ Ask God to teach you,” was the gentle reply.
The landlord said, folding his hands, “God,
teach us how to pray.”
“ That is prayer, my friend,” cried Mr. Hill,
joyfully;—“goon.”
“ I am sure I don’t know what to say now, sir."
And should you cruelly betray
Your trust o’er those who can’t complain,
Beware,' the measure that you mete,
May be returned to you again.
Oh,meekly learn of Him, who rules
In tenderness the weak and small;
And as He loves and pities you,
Be kind and pitiful to all.
Some sorrow, toil, or suffering,
Must needs be, in this world below;
Bnt let your earnest life-work be _
To soothe, to heal, and lighten wo.”
“And when yon kneel to God in prayer,
To seek his Holy Spirit’s aid,
Ask for a gentle heart to lore
All creatures that liis band hath made.”
THE PRAYERS OF A MOTHER.
awmciw ift * flftgtma tt a n it ffintgg* t (fira tt♦
“Yes, you do; God has you how to
pray—now thank him for it.” • •
“Thank you, God Almighty, for letting us pray
“Amen! amen!” exclaimed Mr. Hill, and then
I*™*, Hin wfa «...
same villager a chapel and a school, as t ® 1f?”..-
of the first effort of family prayer at the Black
Liom”
THE BEST PHYSICAL EXERCISE.
The true idea of education is admirably unfold
ed in the late inaugural of President Samson, of
Columbia College. Dr. Samson writes of walk-,
ing as a physical exercise in the tree vein ot an,
experienced amaicur. He, doubtless,, has long
practised in this thing what he preaches to others.
We like bis ideas, and so shall reflect a little what
he says, asking our readers to hear him inthe fot
-1? As S to physical education, much has been safd
about reviving old uopbi 1 osopliical metbod3, and
milch has been done to keep alive; a true philoso
phy, After all theorizing and experimenting;
practical experience brings men back' to value
most highly, because it lias been proved to be va
luable, the simple, cheap; universally-possessed
means of physical development and culture which,
constituted the perfection of man’s material en
dowment in Paradise —the plain diet and simple
exercise of that perfect abode; “everything good
for food,” together with the gentle working of
every musfele, and the quiet play of every organ
that attended tbh it walks” of Eden. Like the
mind, the bddily poWers need for nurture, disci-;
pline to control, abcr&xercise to give them energy’
iu action. It is the latter element that demands
special notice. Not to speak of the end sought,
the mere luxury of locomotion in walking was
meant to be the purest and sweetest to man, as it
has been the most constantly living of our phy
sical enjoyments; and be who, through indolence
or false philosophy, allows himself to become a
stranger to the ecstasy of a- morning or evening
ramble among the flowers and birds, might as well
cease to be a man. . After all the inventions, erec
tions, and temporary eulogizing of the gyiimasium
—after the .costly experiment, for a tiiue, of horse
back riding, nine-pin rolling, and other games,
> after the novelty of military drilling, too exacting
on the time and purse of the student, too starched
and mechanical in the cost of carriage it gives,
and too demoralizing in its associationsr—after all.
devices, the wise man comes back to-the simple
thing of walking In the old beaten track the
man of perfect health and physical development,
hale and hearty, holds on the even tenor of his
way, til!, staff in hand, be steps into His grave.
The history of this branch of education is most
instructive. The empirical Greeks, especially the
dreamy among their philosophers,-first introduced
gymnastics. The end sought by these exercises
was one not practical with us; and that end-the
wiser Homans decided was not attained. ’lhen
men were to fight hand to hand, and the gymnas
tics of the Greeks seemed to be adapted to train
meu to this mode of combat. Diodorus, however,
the Roman historian, in the Augustan age, writes
from Egypt: “They think that from daily gym-j
nasties in the palsestfa youth will gain; Dot sound
vigor, but only a temporary strength, and that at
great risk of'injury;” and so the practical Ro
'mans, - too, thought: * ‘Tt”was“Ti6t,“then, , ffiafiS
Egypt that Pythagoras and Plato, brought gym
nastics; and when they.had introduced them into
their schools, the practical followers of Aristotle
so preferred the round-about-town ramble for phy
sical culture, that they received the name of “ Pe
ri pateties,” while the ultra conservative stoics
were satisfied with promenading and lounging
upon their porticoes. It is. refreshing, almast in
vigorating iu itself, to the robust peripatetic ;of
our day, panting and swelling with the thrill of
his morning or evening walk, running through
every fibre of his frame, just to think of; the men
that have preceded him in this line which he has
marked out for himself. He is the companion of
Abraham; rambling over the hills of Palestine, of
Jesus, walking two miles out of Jerusalem every
night, and back in ihe morning, of Paul, “mind
ing himself to go afoot;” and heis the fellow par
taker with a long line of men in secular life, most
masterly in their power of miud in every agC and
laud, because the framework of mind’s mighty
enginery has been kept in its . Strength by; the
renovation of walking. It is instructive to the
educator, when travelling in Europe, to observe
the students of the German universities spending
their entire summer vacations In tramps among,
the Alps, with their knapsacks on their backs,'
their stout shoes on their feet, and strong staves
in their hand; gaining thus a vigor and health
which is kept up duriDg the severe tasks of their
sessions of study by evening promenades' on ■ the;
shady walks around most of’ the cities, of Europe.
In fact, all experience shows that, while other
resorts may be valuable, as temporary restoratives,
the location of ah institution of learning where
long and .pleasant walks are not only possible, but
necessary, with the addition of a covered prome
nade for inclement weather, is the best provision
for physical education. ' ’ '
This, was the time, perhaps, when Kenyon first
became perisible what ,a dreary city is Rome; arid
what u terrible weight is there imposed.rip human!
life,.when any gloom withiu the heart corresponds
to the spell of ruin that has been thrown over the
site of the’ancient empire. He wandered; as it
were, and stumbled over the fallen columns, and:
among the tombs, and groped his way into the
sepulchral darkness of the catacombs, and found
no path emerging from'them. The happy may
well enough continue to be suchybeneath the bril
liant sky of. Rome; but, if you gb thither in me
lancholy mood—-if you go with a ruin in your
heart, or with a vacant site there, where once
stood the airy fabric of happiness, now vanished,
—all the ponderous gloom of the Roman Past
will pile itself upon that spot, and-crush you down
as with the heaped-up marble and granite, the
earth-mounds, and multitudinous bricks, of its
material decay. *
It might be supposed that a melancholy man
would here make acquaintance with a grim phi
losophy. . .Hc
individual griefs, that endure only frir one little
lifetime; when, .t^ tokens .of such infinite
misfortune on. an iinperialscale, and when so many
far landmarks of time, all; around him, are bring
ing the remoteness of a thousand years ago into
the sphere of yesterday. -But it is in vain that
you seek this shrub of bitter sweetness among the
plants that root themselves on the roughness of
massive walls, or trail downward from! the capitals
of pillars, or spring out of the green turf in the.
palace of the Caesars. It does not grow iu Rome;
not even among the five hundreds various weeds
which deck the grassy arches of the Coliseum.
You look through a vista of century beyond cen
tury—through much shadow, and alittle sunshine
—through barbarism and civilization, alternating'
with one-another like actors that have pre-arranged
their parts--—through,a broad pathway of iprrigress
ive generations bordered: by -palaces and temples,
apd bestridden by old triumphal arches; until, in
the distance, you behold : the obelisks, with their
unintelligible inscriptions hinting'at a past infi
nitely more remote than history can define. Your
own life is as - nothing when compared with that
immeasurable distance; but still you demand,
none the leas earnestly, a gleam of sunshine, in
stead of a speck of shadow, on the step or two
that will bring you to your quiet rest. ;
How exceedingly absurd! All men/from the
date of the earliest obelisk—and of the whole
world, moreover, since that far epoch, and be
fore, have made a similar demand, and. seldom
had their wish. If they had it, wbat are they
the better, now? But, even while you taunt
yourself with this sad lesson, your heart cries out
obstreperously for its small share of earthly hap
piness, and will not be appeased by the myriads
of dead hopes that lie crushed into the soil ,of
Rome. How wonderful that-this, our narrow foot
hold of the Present,: should holdrits own ss con-,
stantly, and, while eirery moment changing shoultf
N. Y. Observer.
MELANCHOLY. OF ROME,
still be like-a rook betwixt the encountering tides
of the long Past and the infinite To-come.
; Hawthorne’s New Romance.
THE ART OF SPENDING MONEY.
Mr. Donald G.Mitehell (Ike Marvel) delivered
a lecture mßTooJdyu, recently, on the subject of
“Spending, Money,” a summary of which we find
in the Brooklyn Eagle. There are; more people
who acquire the art of making money, than there
are those who learn how„to spend it judiciously
and properly?* ’’ K,,
Mr. MiteheUsaidfhe subject was a homely ope,
and perhapsJipwhght to apologize for it; but never
theless, as money'inaking engrossed so much of our
attention, spending money mast be an object of
some interest, afad worth devoting an hour to. If
there is an art bf making money, there may be a
system in spending it. :■ During the past few years
we had heard a great deal said about personal ex
travagance, yet all these lamentations, had not
tended to decrease it much. Financial crises had
the effect of'dipiinishing, while they lasted, need
les expeoditarifes, but when the crisis, has passed,
people have gone back to their old habits. Every
age has liad its satirists, who aim their shafts at
its extravagances, but there is a great deal of un
truth in these’satires. Extravagance is not bf any
age, but of all tithe. In the reign of Tiberius, a
fleet of galleys liras, despatched for a single dish for
the. royal table.' . He. gave a. few.other, examples
of the extravagant style of living among the Ro-,
mans of that day, which could not be equalled in
the present: age. Whole legibiis of. retainer, a ■
fleet- of pleasiire'-galleys, and luxuries of the table.
A fast young Roman taking a-drive out on the
Appian way,-would be preceded by a cohort of
Nutnidian homfwen, and with .another eohprfc in
the tear. 5 ’ affd'osientatfen werts not
of large sums of mo
ney— -tij the rich. A* person could be extrava
gant and- ostentatioui on Gve hundred or a thou
sand dollars a year, when they tried to make" peo
ple stare at; the display they made, and spent their
money for effect--• AH of us have a little of this
weakness. No people in any civilized country in
the world pay ah much proportionately for house
rent as do , the. Americans. What we want-in a
house is shelter and comfort; yet we convert it to
a means of extravagance to show the extreme style
to,which we,can make our incomes reach. An
English noblemhn, with twenty to twenty-five
thousand a :: ySa,i| would live in a plain, simple
mansion, that thei,wife of a stock jobber, wbo makes
seven or eight thousand a year, would disdain to
occupy, i A cksrir here, 1 with a thousand or twelve
hundred, a year, would'live,in a better house ,than
an English tsidesman, who has seven or eight
tbousanda-yeafc:; v; ~ . , ;
Then the furniture on a similar scale, which
was too good to be used, only on particular occa
sions. A man’s, house ought not to be too. good
-for him; be ought to feel equal to it. His house,
like bis to bear some expres
sion; and there a great .dbal of im
portance and consequence displayed, we look for
a corresponding . emptiness inside. There were
the rosewood chairs and sofas, and all the elegant
adornments of the"-psrlor, kept in ; brown linen
covers, like a-ibiafted -battery, to be discharged
now and then in the- face of some sewing society.
It was appear richer than we really
were. Paris was looked to as a standard of our
style of living, yet no such extravagance, was -to
be met with there. .He described the simplicity
of the house.,and its furniture, occupied by M.
.Guizot,..in’ Paris’, .
by tjbe elite of that city.
- This display did not deceive anybody; if a per
son'was truly rich, his fellow citizens were sure to
find' it but,:aud remind him of the fact by solicit
ing subscriptions for charitable and other purposes:
and if he '-was' poor, his neighbors knew it, not
withstanding his display. What was wanted, was
the nioral eoufa*toirve in an. old or small house.
, In amusetneWwe spend less than any other
people: -we shoot at’pleasure with silver and golden
bullets, and measure them according to their cost.
A,merchant; in the city, day and night for
months, and-thenjfputting a few hundreds or a few
thousands in, starts off to Saratoga,
with 'his famiiypqrihks, sulphur water, over-eats
himself, talks polities and gossip, until the season;
and his money i®>nt, and returns. Simpler pur
suits-of pleasure! are' over-looked. Music conld
not be enjoyed wijhout the accessories of the opera;
velvet cushions, tid gloves, feathers, and jewelry.
Our hotel Systfenijcari-ied out the same principles
of ostentation, ibjthe extravagances of upholstery
and crockery-. ■ Our railroads were' got up on the
same system. There .were handsomely cushioned
carriages,, built wjth all the appearance of elegance,
and comfort,.them were none better in, the world;'
yet in the construction of the road and the build
ing of bridges, and 'other plain substantial things,
economy rather than safety .was studied. In our
churches we carrj the elegance of our brown stone
mansions, and orfr pews are richly furnished with
carpets and cushions. In the great cathedrals of
Milan, Rome, ana other cities of Italy, the.devotee
musfe kneel on thsbare stone floor, or sit in a plain,
rush:b;ottomed^ijai l r.
Dress,was hislhext topic. It was the fashion
in every age to ripicule the extravagance of dress,
and to point oiij the simplicity of former ages;
and in all some future poet would point
in his of 1859. Extrava
.gance in dress claim
fence. Dress not indicate rank or station; in
■this.country, the servant may dress as fine
as lier mistress, and run up a bill at the same mil
liner’s. The perfection of the! art.’ of dressing, is
in coibbining tbi simgleSt materials, : ’with regard
to style, and, bleiding colors harmoniously. The
extravagance- injbrriaments and jewelry was also
alluded to in tHte cobnexion. He reniinded his
hearers of JEsofes fable of the frog and the ox;
they know what became, of the frog—rthe same fate
awaited all littld animals who tried to appear.so
much bigger , than they were designed to be.
Wealth would ijbd some means of display, and
luxury was to beicounfenaneed when a man could
afford it. All that he contended for was that the
than should be ejiflal to what he appeared; if he
could afford to Suild and: live iD a brown/sione
house, let him dg so. If.bis tastes were artistic,
let him indulge|tbem. ; as he- could afford.; But
mere lavish expenditure in the works of art did
not, benefit art itself; it requires an enthusiasm
for art, or acy other pursuit, to really advance its
interests—-not.ajnere.expenditure of money. He
instanced sevetg‘:gentlemeh. of wealth, who, by
dgvoting theifTOie and attention, as well as their
means, 4 had beetoe teal benefectors to the arts
they pursued . Among them, Mr. Lechi, of Ism
don, who made | fortune by selling razor strops;
he bought severtl 'acres: of ground, and devoted
his attention to tie.cultivation of it; and on his
farm he developed- to their ; utmost perfection all.
the resources o£i scientific, agiieulture, and he. is
now looked to an authority in that science, and
his directions are law. . : _ . ,
Another, gentteman was a builder by trade, who,
by deyptiog himself, to the study.and development
of .his former calling,, elevated it into an art.
The true art .of spending money was to make it
tell in practical Utility. It was certainly awkward
to be poor, but being: ashamed of it did not make
it any better, anij ,there was no need to be ashamed
of honest poverty. • To spend money properly, its
expenditure shonld : be reduced to a system, and
such a system might be taught with advantage’in
our schools, and; would be far better than the abf
stract problems taught. ■
GEN. WASHINGTON'S PUNCTUALITY.
On one occafioo,wheii Washington was Bit
ting. for hia ipbltrait in Mr. Peale’s painting
room, he looked?at hia watch, and said:
“Mr. Peale, «iiy time for sitting has expired;
hut, if three hftnutes longer will be of any im
portance to you/;! will remain, and make np the.
time by hastening my walk Up to the State House
(where. Congresfwas in session.) ' I know exactly
how long it wifi take me to walk there; and it
wilt not do for line, as President, .to be absent at
the hour of meWihg.”
Mrs. Washington was as reuiarkable for punc
tuality as her ilpstrious husband. At one time,
during the Gemetal’s absence, he wroth to her to
get Mr. James Peale.to paint her portrait in mi
niature,and .to send, it. to him. .. Mrs.Washiiigton
| wrote a note to the artistj saying that her presence
at home was indispensable when the General was
away, and it would not be convenient for her to
attend at his painting-room.. She requested him,
therefore, to come to her. house for the sittings,
and offered to accommodate herself to any hour
when it would suit him to be away from his studio.
In his reply, Mr. Peale appointed seven o’clock in
the morning. When he left his home to keep the
engagement for the first sitting, it occurred to him
that the lady might not be quite ready to see him
at so earljr aU hour. He walked on accordingly,
more slowly than usual. : Mrs. Washington met
him with'the observation, “Mr. Peale, I have been
in the kitchen to give my orders for the day; have
read- the: newspaper,, and heard my niece her lesson
on the harp; yet have waited for you twenty
minutes.” .
The gentleman, of course, felt exceedingly mor
tified, and remarked that if his engagement had
been with General Washington, he should have
felt the importance of being, punctual to the
minute; but he thought it necessary to allow a
lady a little more time.
“ Sir,” replied Mrs. Washington, “ I am as punc
tual as the General.” It may'be imagined that
Mr. 1 Peale took care to-be at 'the house the next
day at the time appointed.
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CONTENTS’. .
Introduction.— Historical Sketch Of the Doctrine of
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Chapter I. The Triune God. .
« 11. The Eternal Plan.
« 111. The Providential’ Administration;' •
“ IV. Adam,-the Likeness of God.
« V. The Law of God.
« VI. The Principle of the Law.
“ VII. The Nature of Sin. :
“ VIII- Death, the-Penalty of the Law.
“ IX. The Law, a Covenant of Life.
« X. A dam-the Covenant Head of the Race
« XI. of.Ailam^s,Parental Relation-
Origin of ihe Soul."
« XII. The Apostacy of Adam.
“ XIII. The, Permission of Moral Evil.
“ of,Original Sin.
« • ttvt The °r and of lmputation.
« Gutlt .of Adam’s. First 6in.
XYIL Native Depravity,
« mr P S! ati ' ,n of Sin
ce 2? e fXernal Covenant.
« vv£': I! 1 ® Se . e °nd Adam.
« ' TTir Sr 18t ’ 8 Obedience to the Law.
i"®.™ 1 Adam a Quickening Spirit
XXIII. Christ’s Kingdom and,Glory.
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it is called for, and without notice. t ' *■ )
4. 1 MbnejrSsi recsiyed,ixomExeculpTs,AdrnmulryiipTS,
Guardians, and others who desire to have it in ii|pla<ie
of perfect safety, and where interest can be obtained
for it. ■ ■ , , . ; ? ■
5. The moDey received from depositors is invested
in REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGER,.GROUND RENTS,
andsuch other first-class securities as the Charter di
rects. ) ' '
6, Office honrsr-Every day from 9 till five o’clock,
and on Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in the
evening.’- • ;X'_~
ME L O DEO NS—THE UNDERSIGNED RE
spectfully informs the Public, that he is manu
facturing these delightful" Instruments, of every size,
style, and price. Haying had. a practical experience of
over ten years In tlie construction of them, he feels con
fitlent of his ability to produce an article,equal to any in
the market. All Instruments, made. by him , sure fully
warranted, and any defect' in material or workmanship
will be made goodatany time. ' , ■ , , ;
S 3” Tuning and Repairing carefully attended to. •
■ M - A. fiTACNDTT, -
108 MOUTH SIXTH. STREET, FHH.ADELPHIA.
feb. 10-1 yr.
the EraEnr CHESTirai: street.
Letter from Tbeo. H. -Peters & Co.
i ■ Philadelphia, January 19, 1860.
Messrs. Farbel, Hieing & C 0.,,
629 Chestnut Street; " ; '
• GERitEraw:— ' luLy’& recovered the Herring's
Patent Champion Safe,, of.your make, which we bought
from you nearly fiiie years ago/from. the ruing of our
buildings No. 716 Chestnut street, which-was entirely
destroyed by fire on the rooming of the 17th ihsfc
So rapid waS Ore prOgress oPthe flaSncs, before we
could reach the store, thewhole interior was one mass
of fire; The Safe being-in the back part of the store,
and surrounded by the most combustible materials, was
exposed to great beat. It fell"with the wails of that
parf-Of the bnUding into the cellarj and remained im
bedded, inthe ruins.for, niprelban thirty hours.
The Safe was opened fhis in orning in the presence of
a number and the-contents, comprising
our books, bdts, receivable money, and a large amount
uable pa Peraj are ail'felfe; not a tfiihg was touched
Respectfully, yours, '
, ' THEO. 0. PESTERS * CO.
can-be seen.-at our store, where the
public are invited to call amd examine it 1
PARREL, HERRING & CO;
No. 62? Chestnvt Sr.
(Jayne’s Hail.).
THE BEST PIANOS
i ARBMAbE-mF
.C H 1 € PKE RI If G, &i s ONS,
Wowoonw, 807 Cftestnwt Street.
largest Manufactory in the
United States; and We have made and sold 22,000 oianos,
since, 1823, for,the superior excellence of which we have
been, awarded 39 First Prize Medals, in this-country,
and the Prize Medal at the Wonld’s Fair, in London,
over all competition. A liberal discount to the clergy,
and Seminaries of Learning. Pianos taiceniif exchange,
let, or tuned and repaired. ' oc 27
T ROOiMSliic.,
-*-* . . 121 SOUTH ELEVENTH STREET.
rol u. e recent increased facilities in the mami
laclure of Cabinet wares, I beg leave to call the attention
of my fnendsiapd cusfotters.to niy present stock of Fur
mture, corbpEismg every variety of
PARLOR, LIBRARY, DINING-ROOM & CHAMBER
FURNITURE.
,„:T^ e -lf leSt / Sfyle °f-Imitation EBONY FURNITURE
W 702—13° rnam * ntS ’ 0n han<i ’ and made to order.
OIL CLOTHS—
For sale bythe Manufacturer, at
229 .ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
AND
49 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK.
The stock: consists of:
, , Enamelled Leather. Clo.th.
Carriage Floor Oil Clotli.
Table and Stair Oil Cloths.
Stand Covers and Green,Curtain Cloth.
Floor Qii Qloths, from J tq.6 yards wide.
The style and quaiity.of these/gooils are not excelled.
Will be sold to dealer Sat reasonable prices.
“ 6 * THOMAS-POTTER, Manufacturer.
JUNE GROCERIES.
JAMES R. WEBB’
TEA WAR EHOUS R,
-223 SOUTH EIGHTH sx., RELOW ttlT.WBt.
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of the
Choicest Teas, , Java: anil Mocha Coffee, and every
description of Fine Groceries, for family use.
: £fr,Orders.by mail, promptly attended to, and care
uUy- packed and forwarded. jyS-ly