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SOLDIER'S FUNERAL HYMN
NY MRS J. W. LANE
We weep, to-day, the fallen brave,
Now sleeping in their distant grave,
Our stricken hearts in anguish mourn,
For loved ones who will ne'er return
The soldier's calm, untroubled sleep, •
Where Heaven's pure dews alone may weep ;
I•Tor clash of arms, nor trampling feet,
Can reach them in their safe retreat.
We saw not the ensanguined fray,
Whero the red, life-stream ebbedaway,.'
Nor watched the dauntless spirit's flight,
As life's fair sun went down in night.
We saw not Death's gray shadows lie
On the damp brow and glazing eye,
Before us still they seem to move,
All health and brightness, life and'love
Thou Sovereign Ruler of the.alcies,
Accept this costly sacrifice,
And teach our aching hearts to rest;
Resigned and hopeful,,on thy breast.
And when fair, Freedom's, banner waves,
In triumph o'er. these honored graves,
To them each freeman's love iihall raise,
A. hero's monument of praise.
EAST BETHANY, Dec. sth, 1864.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
"Little spariciw, come,heie andsay,
r What you're doing'all the day."
"Oh, I fly dtier hedges and ditches to find.
A fat little`wortn, or a fly to my mind;
And I carry it,' back to my ownEretty nest,
For the dear little pets ' I thatwarm with my
breast;
For until I can teach them the way how to fly,
If I did not feed them, my darlings would die.
Sow glad they all are when they see me wine
home, •
And each of them chirps, Give me acme!
give me soine !' •
" Little lamb, come here andiay,
What you're.doing all the day."
"Long enough beforeyou wake,
Breakfast I am-glad to take •
In the meadow, eating up
Daisy, cowslip, buttercup.;
Then about the fields I play,
Vrisk.and scamper all the day,
When' I'm thirsty, I can drink .
Water at the river's brink;
When at night Igo to sleep,
By my mother I,most keep::
I am safe enough from cold
At her side within the fold.?'
Little bee come here and say
What yisu're doing all the'daY."
•
•
Qb, every,day, and all daylong,;
Among the flowers .you-hear myeong;
I creep in every bud I see, ,I '
And all the honey is for me:
takelt to the hive with care, ,
And give it to my brothers there;
That when the winter time omeg - en,
And all the flowers' are dead and
And the wild windis cold and rough,
The biley bees may have enough."' •
"Little fly, come here and say
What you're doing all the day."
' Oh, Pm a gay and merry fly;
I never do anything . --no, not I. '
I go where I like and I stay where I pleage,
In the •heat'of •the sun, or the Wade of the
On the window pane-or the cupboard shelf,
AiliL I care for nothing except myself.
I cannot tell,.it is very true, , , •_..
• When the winter comes what I mean to do ;•
And I very much fear when I'm , getting old,
I shall starve ,with ,hunger, or die, , with cold !"
—N Y. Methodist. , ,
EITTIT.N 7011 Oliß COLUMNST
THE YOUNG .BAVARIAN
BY HISS S. ' `DARNER, AUTHOR OF "DOLLARS
AND CENTS."
E=M3l
The voyage was long. • They could
not afforthese - poor people, to come in
one of the Cenifortable swift steinierST
and 'se they took passage •iia. ‘ a crowded
emigrant ship,. and even that'required,a
great part of their money. how long
the voyage was 1 . how Wearily they must
have thought of home I—the yineYard
land thelime tree and the storks. So
far they had made no exchange of pover
.ty for riches,—it seemed as if they
were to begin life in the new: world'. with
out anything to begin with ; aid all the
- homesick Bavarians • could '_do. was to
stOy the premises of Ged. Each one
of them was sure to bring wealth, as
now they brought peace, to those who
believed;; and day after day on the roll
, ing ship, tie old farmer and his wife
quieted their hearts, with thoukhts of
him, whose word is steadfast. Day
after day they sat together and read' the
Bible, teaching little John to put his
trust in the one great Friend they had
in all the world.
John was about eleven years old at
this time;'and though doubtlesshe had
shed a good many tears when he , left the
old house, and the storks, and his little
brothers and sisters, yet, I fancy he
soon wiped theu r i away to look at the
ship and the sailors and the broad, sea.
And when lie was seasick, like 'all: the
rest of the passengers,' I - do
,not believe
that he wished to go'to the bottom at
once,. as many of them did. `Eleven,
years old is not so easily diScouraged
and out of humor with the world. I
suppose his young heart was full of
bright visions,---he was to go" to., new
places, and see new people, and do great
things ; world "is ''a Splendid
i'dea to boys eleven. years old; and like
enough he could . hardly imagine - what
made his father and mother read the
Bible so very much, 'nor understand
, - ,heaven seemed so much nearer to
them than earth. The ship did tumble
about a tittle; certainly ; but when John
had once' got his sea legs on,' as the
sailors say he thought'it Was great fun.
grandly*.e curling waves rolled on,
`breaking and whitening with a 'thousand
crests !—with what a shrill whistle the
- wind piped through the rigging, bidding
the sailors mind their work ! yes, going
to sea was a fine affair
mother say so often, 'John, never for
git that the Lord isTalways nigh : unto
them that" call upon him ?'
Why did his father repeat from day
to day : will be a God to thee, and to
thy seed after thee ?"
John answered,- " Yes, 'thother,"-:-='
" Yes father,'-'- and then ran -away to
play among the coils of rope, and to
watch the Stormy Petrels, as they
ped and floated in the sparkling water,
arietogaze with awe-struck fascination'
at the shark's fin that could be seen in
the wake of the ship.
And so the old craft bore them on,
day after day and week after week, un
til at last from the lookout Came the cry
of Land Then the distant faint blue
line grew deeper and stronger as the ves
sel ploughed her wayalong, and then
"le came sailing up thrOngh the Nar
rows into the beautiful Bay of New
York. She stopped at the'Quarantine
grounds and was boarded by the health
officer ; while the home-sick bavarians
looked sadly round about them at the
new land to, which they - .had come ; and
John! gazed eagerly for Ward to where a,
soft hazy line, of smoke hung over
great city. ' kro little while more, the.
ship was at,lfer journey's end.
It was mid;summer, - and a hot, smoth
ering New York day. - -No cool shade of
lime trees here,—no peaceful,'Clapper
ihg ',of storks, no rosy faced children at
play in sweet gardens. The rich chil
dren were gone out of town to the dis
tant 'green fields .and -fresh 'sea shore,
the poor children were breathing in slow
pojsop._ from the city streets. ,To
.the_
old German farmer and his ;wife, the
noise and dust ` s and air of the city Were
almost intolerable ; 'And oh, how, alone
they felt Crowds 'hurrying by them,,
but not one familiar face';_ tongues call
ing and jabbering—.-but n6t a word that,
they could understand. Their peasant
dress, too,--the old farmer's gneer boots
and pipeatid'cap,, and his wife's colored
pettidoat and jaCket,and
shoes—people . looked and. :pointed at,
"and boys shouted and laughed. - It
,seems to me, that as they' made their
'way gong s following some one who had
.
'undertakento guide them, they could
only' have' 'thought. 'over and' over in
their 'heart& the wOrds :Of One of their
own nati,v4 hymns;' repeating and re
peating their beautiful native tongue--
" God liveth ever!"
_
They had need to remember that, at
every step,:of the way which brought ;
them to their miserable lodging. They
had need 'tc 'Cry, " Lord, thou- hast, been
ow avelling,place, in!all genprations,l7
TAckeTY, ftierldles4 1300 r, .11e4ven
seemed . their home much more than
earth.
TePow-Countrymen'mpre ,soon foiind
in plenty, yet.,not auch as :they needed.
Some:would not help, and others cheat
ed them ; and for a-while `the poor` fami
ly lived aS , best they might, in o`ne_qf.
the 'wretched teneMent houses. 0, for
a breath from the old lime tree ! 0, for
a sight of brie of the storks I—better to
have - died 'of starvation 'at home anipug
friends, than haVe heart and:life wither
in a New York tenement -house ! And
how should they keep-the one darling
they had broUght with, froM being
'poisoned-, in soul as well: as in body ?
John_:must hear:the bad words spoken
all round , him--would his tongue leant
them: ? Would hp presently begin to do
'the he s things aNir done`?
. I
Dailyv the old farmer -prayed for his
daily he brought `out hisdear Gerl
Sian Bible and instructed 'John - rim: the
wayof peace a4iighte'ousness, --often
they all sang together— - .
6 _God,liveth ever s .t,',
Wherefore, soul, despair thou neier. ••
Our Ooil is good, in every ,place
His ;love is, known,, his help is found ;
His mighty arm aridterider grace,
tiling good:froirCills that hem us round,
Easter then wig think,'C'in he,
TiarFnio joy oiii'agOnY. •
. • SciiilVremember 'mid thy pains,
God o'er all forever reigns.
" God liveth ever' . '
Wherefore, soul, despair thou ;never:
Say, shall he slumber, shall heAleep,
Who:gave the eye its power to 800 ?
Shall - he not bear his children weep,
Who made the ear so wondrously ?
God is . Cod:: he.see's and hears
All their troubles; all their tears.
Soul, forget not, qata. thy pains,
God o'er all . for ever reigns.
" God liveth over ' . •
Wilerefore,:toul, despair thou never.
Hewho can earth and heaven control, •
Who spreads the clouds o'er sea and land,
Whose presence fills , the mighty .svhole-, ,
In each , true heart is•close at hand.
Love hire; he will surely send
• Help and joy'that never.ertd.
Soul, remember in thy. pains,
God o'er all forever reigns.
" God liveth ever t.
Wheref6re, souVdespair thou never. ,
Scarce eanit . then. bear thy cross? Then.fly
To:him where only rest is sweet-;
Thy God is great, his mercy nigh,
His strength upholds the tottering•feet.
Trust.him, for his grace is'sure,.
Ever doth' his truth endure.,
Soul, forget not in thy pains,
GOA o'er all for ever reigns. •
" God liveth, over l
Wherefere, soul, 'despair thou never.
"What though thou tread with bleeding feet
' A Stonily path of grief and - gloom,
Thy:God will choose the way most meet
To lead - thee heavenwards; - lead, thecilothe
For this life's long night of sadness
He, will give thee pollee and gladness.
Soul, forget not in thy pains,
Ged o'er all for ever reigns." - -
Ah, how sweet the thonght Was ! anci
how powerful ! And when ;their, hearts
were well chetred . with remembbringithe
love and wisdom and power of Goa, then,
they were ready to sing those other
words
Jesus, still lead on,
Till our rest be won !
And although the way be cheerless,
We will- follow, calm and fearless.
Guide us by thy hand
To our Fatherland."
- PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1864.
Why did his
Our Fatherland '—that beautiful
word! And so they read in their German
Bible : " For they that say'such: ; things,
declare plainly that they seek a Father
land "—a native country. "'Their citi
zenship-is in heaven." _- And thus-thong •
they had left their dear home in Bava
ria,;`llioUgh they were poor and alone
-in. a -strange country ; yet- the old far
mer and his wife had peace, remember
ing their treasure in heaveh. in
the dust and the heat and the suffering
- they yet Were of good comfort. 'The
broad :ocean-was between them and' the
fair woods
and'fields they had loved so
well,—they should never return to their].
any more ; but to the sweet ,fields be
yond the swelling flobd.' of death, to
those they were sure to go. 'Having
the promise of , God concerning: the life
which is to come; believing in it, rest
ing in it, looking only to Jeans to bring
them through; the poor Germam,stran
,gers waited patiently to see what.was
the Lord's will, e,oncerning 'theta, in the
life that now is?O • '
"We intend having a Christmas Tree
for our Sabbath-school this year,7 said
my friend ,Chloe, the other
. daY. ".We
- want it to : ; be, perfectly successful,,
prise and. apleasure< to the. ebilaren,
social gathering for, the older People;'
and in short, a sort of golden i cla4, with
Which to shut the fimshed lealies''of the
year . . , •
"But, Chloe dear, what sort' of festir
val do you mean to have?- - Is it to be
a festival in.eainest, or merely a pageant,,
with it's' first and last object display,.
frOm which, when 'the lights are dead,
the ga,rlands fled,' the poor - little ones ?
shall go wearily homeward, with aching'
heads; 4 and cross faces-!" .
"We want it to be both, Mignonne,
A pageant' for beanty, and a festival. for
joy Christmas tree, Whose wax
tapers shall throw , a fleeting light over
the, past, and .a . .cheering ray over the
future!„
The pretty. German_cuatOm of making
the Christmas tide the children's anni-'
versary,. and weaving into its golden
hours the love or - parents ',And friends,.
; hanging the evergreen boUgTis with the.
gifts of friendship, has come; from the.
Fatherland to own, and , Jis almost;
beCothing naturalized here In many 'a
home the mother' and father, having
with infinite pains.kept the sacretiniiii
late, are thinking with-gleefnl pleasure
of the hour when
,thele,bright-haired
darlingi shalt surround the' q ;tree." lii
many a Sabhath-school the grave super
intendent, and the tei,e,hers, and•
yoUng, are planning some pleasure of the:
kind for their own little oneS,', many, of;
whom have few home pleasures. „.
The first thought, in doing anything
'for children, should be their`best good ; ;,
the,. second their greatest easure.
Where their good and their happiness
go hand'in hand, we may conclude th'at'
the secret of success the talisman =las
`been found. F,,,•
In the first place, then,' GOC meant.:
that chickens and children should 4.814
the night for rest--=riet .
former with their Cousins, th4-birds, and,
their friends, the 4lowers, and their, con
-teMporaries, the- "'cattle' on a tkoitlaSid
hills," being under''the Pather'S"
,diate care and 'protection m gb to -'sleep
when he bids, them, and, retire with the'
sum.- The latter----who indniiely, more.
precious, 'are but a' little lolr thaikflre,
angels,and under the delegated authority,
of iiman—nare • many tirnk
hours ,kept after all merry winged c,reat;ires
are tucked away in their nightly hrding'l
places, „This an error. Have the
;festivals and. the joyous gatherings rin
'the daytime! ';:fL
I KernelOer a model Christmas Festi- ,
vat several. Years ago, in" St. John's:
,Episcopal, Church,' i-Wew, tork. The
children'were gathered - •at an• early hour
in the 'afternoon, in the ;church which
was decked With garlands, of ;evergreen
and flowers'. .At the right mornent,, the,
treeogith its many sparkles of silver
was uncovered to view, the songs,
were sung, and their choral refrain's
echoed from aisle to : roof, the speeches,
and pithy, were said, the gifts' we're
distributed, and the whole affair was
over, the' ehildren emerging, from .theo.
church .into the street 'ere the , sun
,had
a thought of going down. I.LINTow,,we. can
all recall "inferable abortions of festivals
where the doors were open at seven, and
the exercises began at eight, where we
did not throw open the comfortable sanc
tuary above, because ".the:'basement'
mould do for children," where Mr.
froth who was expected to speak,.
failed to be , on hand, and his place ;wag
kindly (?)'filled-by Mr. R------, of - 11- = -,
who made-a dreary : speech of a half hour's
length; whichthe elders listened to with
mental protest; and the younger' ones
did not listen to at all ; where. the choir
graciouslY sang; an. ; , anthem,, and the
secretary, read a dreary_Colunsin of min
utes, and from which- the children Irina
home laden with' indigestible cakes.and
itale candy, upon \the .after Miseries ,of
Which we mothers'. May let the curtain,
If you mean to have a festival, ;dear
friend, first resolve to have it in the day=
tune. live it in some. warm, commodi
ous hall, above ground. I never enter
our dear Lee Avenue school-room, the
home of my heart, without wishing that
every child in I the country could be in
just such a pleasant place when attending
Sabbath-school. See that the furnaces
are in proper trim, and don't forget the
ventilators ! Impress on the speakers
CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS.
[W*ITTEN.:FOII. 'OUR ';cotumxis, BY M
•
thqvupcortaUpe,of saying their best, say
inet, !earnoOtly;.a,nd saying it briefly..
Indeectih&iii3t.m . the't&tre+
And let the children sing I Let them`
sing of Jesus. As Dr. Bethune said, so
"This, ,of all the others, _
Is the elrildren'eaay,- '
Sisters dear, and brothers,
Sing, sing away,
- - • ,Hearitslessed story, -
Once, Yelfng as.we -
Christ; the Prince of Glory,
sr orkmary:A. knee it"
ELECTIONS.
IMPORTUNATE PRATER..,
The effectual, fervent, prayer of a righteous ; rum
:eiailethmuch)?,,Jaines.v' • •
. ,
How often the:true child of God has
labored and prayed for the salvation of
some beloved objeet; and ,as Year after
Year has passed away, no answer has
been - ' vouchsafed: As Mr. - Barnes has
truly said;' " God does not `promise to
give blessings at once. %He promised
only that heiwill• do it ; or- will , answer
rayer.-- , )atut_lie often causes:his people,
long to:xvgit., their.faith. IJe
leaves them to,,perl3evere for months, or,
years, until,ley feel e,n,tiray their de"-
i)nilenee on bite` ; until they see .that
they can obtain the blessing ins no other
way, acid until thq , are-61)&74d for it:"
Of theEtriith of these P.
remarlii, we have ,
. recently- received striking evidence, from'
thelollewing fatts :. 1 i;
W. l l l .4a!Pf..eminent piety;
andJarge benevolence; Ws the:father spf
Po-tfiln infancy ,had'
been solemnly consecrated' to Ood, ;and
- bah were trained with the - same'
fulness'and'arfe:- 'l3d, as id'O'itien seen
in the 'sable: . hougehold, •the oite , early. I
manifested a spirit' of love
,and obedience,
while the °amp:was reb,elliotts
One early became a.follower:of,Jesus
a bright ornament to the chnrch, .and a
biasing to the, w;okid; the other,
continued toit:-.SOnrce of "grief to
parents, "'and 'dud 'a,','Sobffer at everYthittg
sacred and -hOly. '
•Long and earnest were the Pletaings
of thelvidly Xather - that Daniel t aiight be
turned fromthe error ef,hikiwaye.% ;Sleep
often deParted, from his ; eyes dud slum
ber from his eyelids, while he , wrestled
in prayer for hitwa,ylvard son..
But he lived . on, often bredki4 through
the restraints of - colle'elaffS±dramoink:
largely upon his' father's means (if sup
port; •andocansing the keenest angiiishin
the pious- hearts Ist home. j (1 01
At length the father ~resolved that he
would spend one whole night inprayer
to ,Gpdifor euipg poy. ' „
- With brokeni n iess of n n heart and Contrite:l
•,c
.otspirit, such as is,,ell,pleasing in is
sight;'4e, wrfiatie4 with Jehovah;
like Jacob, he ,prevailed, and a bldssing
rich` and full was poured upon, his own
At- midnight he•becamB cTq% as, ,the ;
still - .ltour---his - will wholly .6*allowed,uP
- in the *ill of hiwheavenly-Father--,-a0
lie said; ,S! Do what ,th.ou wilt; Wi i ttCruy
belove4Aon,,/wil4 prtifse t4gq; ,for
41,opat ill things,well. ,;, If he *al
thein'iraye Of his .oWn wicked
ifoYifly° :thyself iii'disposing , 'Of him asi
Seemeth i te'tlieoi l goOd. • •
•
With ivhole - beirig filled wi,:thpeace„,
sublilo'-iione but' the , :frue , ehild of , G9*
_has :wirer known, he'.: sought: his bell and - ,
found quiet,rest 1
With thakholy, confidence, atid`Peade
still per,vading. his. soul, Ao, was prepa're'd'
oh:pikeday Jp, his ton,
who iine*pectedly tirri:Ved hoe.-ma
It was the return . 'bf therepentant
prodigal, ii . hoselanguage i‘ gather,
have siniledagainst heaven and in thy
'.'fahrough;the boundless mercy,
of. God, tr.us ~ S v . am,lforgiv,ett i through
Ohritt."At.t.Xcefiv9 o'c,lc!*last night,
,sAnil#ed to Hini. aid you
fBrgiye me for, all the troublel•lhave
broughtbpon'Yiii?'" .
PraPiig fitheror 'Mother, be not .dis
courand though the answer to your
earnest petition he,long delayed. Pray,
• Vlore - e ernes tiy- -- niore" perseveringly—
more importunately. Prayer' : has' n6E,
yet' Prepared" your own heart to receive
the blessing craved ;'orbit 'would no lon-
L ger be withheld:'
.:' It may be pr'oper to add that the re
pentant son ..became • a preacher, ,of the
3everlasting,gospel.:—OrpngregaqoAalfet.
A NEW. LIGHT ON THINGS
"Holloa Young - fellow said th'e
cock to the shepherd's - dog, eyeing him
very fiercely as he ran' by, "I've- a
word to say to you" • '
"let US' have-if," said Shag;- "I am'
in a hurry."
4 ‘l".wish. to. remark;! .said.;the cock,
,there has,,bepn a great,miqake
made in the stack-yard, and you, can
tell your master,that he and the pther
Min, instead of turning the corn eild of
'the `sheaves `into the stack and - leavi4
ilk, Stubble's Pufside, should have done it
the other way. Hbw are tiy hens and I,
do you think,- to- get at the giain under
the t circumstances'?"
.
Anything else V .itakei Shag.
The cock was , offended, and shook his
, but answered, " Yes—l have
also to remark 7.—" ,, . .
" Never. mind, never • •
Shag„ interrupting him ; you're under a
general mistake, - I see, and one answer:
will do for your objections. , You fancy
that farni-yards were made.` for fowls,
but the 'truth. is fowls were, made.
. - fOr
farm-yards ; get that into your head, and
you won't meddle with arrangements
which you can't understand, and in which
you and your affairs are not taken into
account.
THE TWO APPRENTICES
Two ley's were apprentices in a car
penter's shop. One determined
,to make
himself a thorough workman, the other
care:! - -t -- - -. - - One - readnd studied,
and got books Ala, ...sould help to
tit - ent : aid - the - pCiWeiples of his trade.
1 -He-spent-his evenings -at-home reading.
.The other liked fun best. He often
,:went with other boys to have a •good'
time. " Come," he often said te Axis
shopmate, "leave your old books ; go:
with us. What's the use of all this read
ing ?"
If I waste thetie golden moments T"
was the boy's answer, " I shall lose what
I can never make up."
White the' boys were still' apprentices,
an offer of two thousand dollars appeared
in the newspapers for the best plan for.
a State-house, to =be, built in one of the
Eastern States. The studious boy saw
( the advertisernent,",ml determined to
try for it. After careful study, he drew:
out his plans, and sent them to the , com
mittee. We - suppode he did not really
expect to gain the prize ; but , still he
IhOught, " there is nothing like trying.",
tin 'about a week .aftetwards , a gentle
man arrived_ at the. ~caxpenter's shop,
and inquired if an axchitect by the name
of WashingtonWilberterce `lived there.
" No " said the lived
carpenter,"no archi
tea - but, I've got an apprentice by that
name."
" Let's see him,": said the 'gentleman.
The piling man -was 'summoned, and
informed that his planhad , been ,ae'ce'pted,
and that the two, thousand dollars were
•his , The gentleman then.said that the
,boy . .must put up the building and. his
einployer was so proud of his' success,
_that hewillifiglY - gaire him his time and
'lei him go.
Tlus studious young carpenter became
' one of the first architects in our, country.
He - made a fortune, and stands high in
theesteem of everybody, : while his fellow
apprentice can hardly earn food for him
.ancl.family by his daily labor.—Ex
citange.
DOCTOR VISITS.
- • • •), •
j,t•jo ; not only for the, sick man, but
the sick man's frienda,' that the ,doctor
Comes. His presence - is often as good
Tor them as for' the ' patient, and rthey
Joni for him' : yet • more eagerly. HOW
'we hatre all watched after him;! What
anL'ertuition :the thrill., of his carriage
.wheels in-the street, and •at ,length at
th 3 "door, has made mp : foel.l:, How we;
hang, upon his, words,, and what a comfort
we get from a smile or two, if . he , can
Vouchsafe .that siinshine to
'Wrho hasn't seen the mother prying into,
liis'face, to know `if -there is hope for
the- sick 'infant - that :Ce,nriot , speak - , and
that lies yonder-; its little frame battling'
with fever 1 how.she, Ipok's `into `lns'
face ! What thasks_. ,
, therl3; fAxid.pant. if he , casts
them down and, dare .not say` t "liopelqi
(5r
,is it the hOuse-fa l tliex that is stricken. f ,
The terrified wife 'looks; 'On; while the
riylifciari e fe-di his . p'atient's-ivriat, smoth
"bring' hex 'agonies -as'the 'children have.
been Vaned ,upon _to stay.their. Plays and'
their talk !,, Over' the: , patient in the
fever, the wife expectant, the children
unconscious,: the doctor *ands as if he
,were Fate, the dispenser of life , and
'aeath; he Must let - the patient off this
time; the woman prays so for his respite!,
One-can fancy how awful the responsi
bility must - be- to - conscientious man.;
how' cruel feeling that imAias
thewrong reinedy,..o?, that it might have
been possible to, de,, better.; how harass
ing. the sympathy, With survivors, if the
Case is unfortunate ; hew,'great the
light of vietory.
,
A CALIFORNIA CHICKEN. f
, .
Dr. Kendall, writing to 171 e Bean ,
gaze' says
" The Sanitary Fair- tin' this town,
California,) s , few ; weeks
ago', the . °Cession- of one of those
touching_ and, profitable_ little 'incident's
which -have-been so numerous during the
last year, and_which seems to me worthy
of record.
a.A poor little boy brought a white
chicken to the fair; which was althe had
to Off6r,'Saying it might Make some broth
'for a 'poor sick 'Soldier. He'had decked
'his little Offering with ribbons Of "red,
white,- and blue,;'s' hut .as he had rib'
money to pay it* admittance fee, When,
he came to the door he was rejeeted:'
As, he went .down the street some gentle
man seeing his diStress, listened to his
sfory,gave him a ticket and' sent him in.
The simplicity - of the donor' and the
beauty of the'offoring attracted attention,
and the chickevivas put up . at auction
and sold to the highest bidder! for $460
in gold, for the benefit of the Sanitary
dommissj.on.. _
" The chicken has not put on any airs,
has not even attempted to crow ! (I hope
the eample will not be lbSt,) but , is .ex
ercising , the .funCtiOns . .of chickenhoo4,:
and just now setting on a'neit, of, nine
eggs, and as it is not best to count phick
ens. before they are. hitched, there for
the present we leave her."
CHRIST'S STEPATIII
While the storm was fiercely blowing,
While the sea was'wildly flowing— :
Ankry wind . and' ngry billow
Only rocked - the Saviour's pillow, "
• • Jesus slept. - -
But when sudden grief was rending
Human hearts, in sorrow bending—
When he saw the sisters weeping
Where theie brother's form was sleeping,
"Jesus wept."
" BITE BIGGER, BILLY
One day a gentleman saw two boys
going.along.one of the streets of a great
city. They were barefooted. Their
clothes Were ragged and dirty, and tied
toge_ther:bf pieces of string. One of
the l bOys, WAS ,perfectly happy over a
. haff-withered bUnch of flowers which he
jiiiiAirdke&tip in the street : "I
say,' Billy; `" said he to his companion,
".wasn't ,:somebody 4.",eal good to drop
, these 'ere.pasies jestmhere I could find
them—and- thny,'re-sa.pooty and nice?
Look Sharp, Billy; webby you'll find
something . bimeby." Presently the
gentleman heard his merry voice again,
saying, ".Oh golly, Billy, if here ain't
most half a.peach, and 'taint much dirty,
neither ! cause you hain't found nothin'
you may bite first" Billy was just
going to take a very little taste of it,
when his companion- said, "Bite bigger,
Billy, mebby we'll find:Tan - other 'fore
long." What a noble heart_ that poor
boy had, in •spite of his rags and dirt !
He was " doing good." There was
nobodyfor him to be kind. to but his
companion in poverty = the,p;oor ragged
bey at his side. But he was showing
him all-the kindness in his power when
he said ; "Bite bigger, Billy." There
was nothinggreedy, noting selfish about
the boy. His conduct shows us how
even: a poor, ragged boy can do good by
showing kindness.
Bite bigger, Billy--mebby we'll find
another 'fore long." Who can help ad
miring the noble heart of that poor boy ?
I'woUld rather have that poor `boy's kind
and generous 'spirit, than have a
monarch's crown upon my head with
out .it. " Bite bigger, Billy." Think
of these words if you are ever tempted
to be unkind or selfish to your compan
ions.
CAST A LINE FOR YOURSELF
A young man stood listlessly watching
some anglers on a bridge. <He was poor
and dejected,, At length.approaching a
,liaeket well filled with 7iv,h4esorne looking
fish, he sighed,—" 1f,,,n0w, I had these
I would be happy. I could sell them at
a fair price and buy me*food and lodg
ing.
- "I will` give" you just as many and just
as good 'fish, said the owner, who
chanced to overhear his words, " if you
:will do me-a trifling favor."
‘.‘And what is that ? "
asked the other
eagerly. ,
"Only to tend this line till I come
back. I wish to go on a"shott errand."
'The' ptopOsal was gladly- accepted.
The old fisherman was gone so long that
the young- man began to be impatient.
Meanwhile, ! however r.the: hungry fish
,snapped greedily at the baite,clhook, and
-the, y.o,ung_man lost itiardepression in the
xoitmeent of puliing therriin and when
the owner; of the line haa teturned he
had Vaught a large number. Counting out
ftoiii them as Many as' ii-ete iii the basket,
ptesenting them to the young man,
the-old :fisherman said—" I fulfil my pro
mise 'from the fish you have caught, to
teach you,whe.never you se others earn
lug what you need, to waste no time in
fruitless, wishing, but to cast a line for
youreelf.—Brome Monthly.
THE CAREFUL HOUSEKEEPER
' "-There are those balusters all finger
marks Again," said Mrs.. Carey, as she
naade.,bnste„with a soft, linen cloth to
olishi down the shining oak again.
George, she said, with a flushed face,
as she gave the cloth a - decided wrench
oitt of the basin , of suds, "if yon go up
Ahose stairs again before bedtime yon
be..P.aniated."
"1 - shoulii like to know Where I can
gs?" deorge, angrily. " I can't
stay in the kitchen, I-am-so in the way,
-and-Fcan't :god into the parlor for fear I
shall muse that,up, and now you say I
pan't,,go.np to my own room. I know
a grand, place where I can go," he add
'ea to himself; " boys 'are ' never told
they are'in the way - there, and we can
hiVe lots of fan. I'll go' down to Niles'
Corner. I can smoke a cigar now as
well as any boy, if it did make me aw
ful sick the first time. They shall not
laugh at toe again about it.'"
And so the careful housekeeper virtu
ally drove her son from her door, to
itniag about the steps and sit under the
boadz 4tviting - portieo of the village
grog-shop. Do you think she gained or
lost ?
DON'T DESPISE SMALL THINGS
Some years ago a' gentleman visiting
a farmer took from his pocket a small
pcitto, which "somehow had got in there
at home. It was thrown out with a
Amile, and the, farmer, taking it in his
hand to look at it, a eurionalittle boy of
tyKelve sta•ticliroiat elhow asked him
what it was. ," Oh" said he ,
"nothing
but a potato, my boy': take:and plant it,
and you can have - ill that you can raise
from it till you are Tree."- The lad took
it, and `;the farmer thought no more
about it at the , time. • , The boy, however,
not despising small potatoes, carefully
divided,it-into. as. many parts as he could
find eyes, ,and Tut them into the ground.
The product was carefully put aside in
the fall and planted in the spring, and
so on till the fourth year, when the
yield being good, the actual product
was four hundred bushels l The farmer
seeing the prowect that the potato field
would, by another year, cover his whole
farm, asked to be released from his
promise ! Let us not despise small
things. , -