Sire familg ©itck MY PSALM. BY J. G. WHITTIER. I mourn no more my vanished years; Beneath a tender rain, An April rain of smiles and tears, My heart is young again. The west winds blow, nnd, sighing low, 1 hear the glad. stream run; The windows of my soul I throw Wide open to the sun. No longer forward nor behind I look in hope and fear, , But, grateful, take the good,l find, The best of now and here. I plough no more a desert land To harvest, weed, and tare; The manna dropping from God’s hand Rebukes my painful care. I break my pilgrim staff, I lay Aside the toiling oar; The angel sought so far away I welcome at my door. The airs of spring may never.play . Among the ripening coni’; Nor freshness of the flowers of May Blow through the Autumn mom } Yet shall the blue eyed'gentihri look Through fringed lids to heaven,' » And the pale aster in the brook.. Shall see its image given.. The woods shall'Wear their robes of praiße, The south wind softly sigh.. And sweet, calm days in golden haze, Melt down the amber sky. Not less shall manly deed, and word . Rebuke an.age of wrong ;. The graven flowers that wreath the sword Make not the blade'less strong. ,But smiting hands all learn, to heal, To build as to destroy ; Nor less my heart for others feel That I'the more enjoy. 1 ( All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, " ’ 1 : ‘ ‘ And knoweth-ihore hf all my heeds Than all my prayers have told! that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track— That where'so’er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me.back—. That more and more a Providence Of love is understood,. Making the springs of ,time and sense Sweet with eternal good— . That death seems but a covered way : . Which opens into ligjit; .. , Wherein no blinded child can stray . Beyond the Father’s sight— ' That care and, trial seen at.last, Through memory’s surest air, Like mountain ranges ever past, In frurple distance fair— That all the jarring notes of life Seem blending in a psalm, And all'th e angels of its strife Slow rounding, into calm. And so the shadows fall apart, And so'the"west winds play ; ' ' And all the windows of my heart ' . X open to the day. THE’ SILTEB OUP. Little Emma Herbert, was an. o,nly ,daugh ter, and was named after rher. ,grandmother, with whom she was, a, vefy (great peti ,0n one of her birth days, her grandmother sent her a present of a very beautiful silver cup. It was very heavy and elegantly carved, and on it was her name and the date'of 5 her birth. Emma’s mother was ■very carefhl'of this beautiful cup, and woiild hot allow ’her to use it very : 6fterr, Test sh’e'should let'it'fall and bruise it. -• >' Mrsi Herbert had a young servant-girl living with her named Phebe. Phebe was a pleasant, good-tempered girl, and very foncf of children, and whenever she was ' at her work, Emma was.always playing about her, or pretending, to help her, and Phebe would tell her stories or sing to her, for she knew u great many pretty hymns , and melodies. One day Mrs. Herbert had. given the silver cup to Phebe toclean, and, as .Phebe sat un der the by the kitichdn f door, clean ing the silver, Emma, a/s usual, was helping her to do her work.. Now there'was a very deep well just by, from which the water was drawn up by a bucket.: The cook, had just' drawn some water, and set the bucket down; on the little shelf inside of the mouth of the* well. Phebe had stepped into the house for something,.arid so .little Emma rin andstood on tiptoe, and looked, into the bucket. The water looked so cool and sparkling she thought she should like,to take a drink, and then she thought what a nice thing it would be to drink it out of her own beautiful silver cup. Phebe bad not returned yet, so Tittle Emma ran and took her cup, and went bach' to .the(well: , She'could but just reach over the stone tpp, and was standing on tiptoe, and tryibg to dip'her 'cup down to !J the water in the bucket, wheii she heard-her mother’s Yoice|callipg ;to her from the ; upperjwppbwP “Emma! where are yotty ! Emma? Emma knew'she had dope wrong in'taking' the cup without permission, and she was afraid to have her mother see it in her hand; for she knew she would find fault with her, so in her fright she dropped it, and, instead’ of falling into the bucket, down it went, strir king all along among the stones of the well ;' then Emma heard a splash When jt reached the water, and she knew her beautiful silver cup was at the bottom of the well. Oh, how sorry she felt then that she had mot let it alone 1 ! But ph,e bad not much ’ timb to think about it, for just then Phebe returned, and, as soon as she looked for the cup, she screamed out, “ Oh dear! Emma’s silver cup is gone. Emma ! Efiima ! have you taken your, sijver,cup?”... . . . , , , ?‘No,” said Emma.. = . Poor Phebe ran about in great trouble, if..'. '. ! ■I !»>!<■.. '|:lU f THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSD asking the cook and every one else if they had seen Emma’s silver cup, but they all said they had not seen it since she was rub bing it on the bench. Phebe then began to cry. “Oh dear!” she said, “Mrs. Her bert will blame me, and think I have taken it.” As soon as Emma heard this she was very sorry that she had not. told the truth at,once, but now she did not like to say she had told a lie, so she kept' silent. You see, my young readers, how one wrong act brings on another. Emma, knew she was doing wrong in taking the cup. with out permission : so to save herself from.being blamed, she told a lie, arid then was willing, to let the blame fall upon another, rather than confess how naughty she had been. Mrs. Herbert felt 'very sad when she hßard that the nip was'lost'; not only becausb it was very valuable in itself, And'a gift' from Emma’s grandmother, but' because; she was sorry , that .there WpS; any ohe.'uhputfher' house who Would do So wicked a'thing ,'ahto steak .She felt certainithat Bettyy the cook, who had lived with her a! great .ihaaynyearsj; would not -take sd ! much asa ! i pin' l or‘'need ; lfe thafccwas not her owm; and no one else had been aboutexceptPhebc and Emma. The cook said that Emma had declared she had not touched the cup, and her mother had' never ktfoVh Be sides, she thbught'Eibma Would have ; ho" ob i;| ject inUaking her, , p¥efty:,'cup,;;;6.f : iy,hich :slxe, thought so much'," anti hiding it: she said that no one could' have, taken, .it but Phebe. ■ - •; ... '• ■- n ■ - Then,, too, she said she remeffißered hear ing Emma and Phebe talking about the cup together, and Emma^,id, “ Tnis is a beautHul’<eup, is it not, Phe be?” And Phebe said, “ I guess it is a /beautiful cup. It is worth a great deal bfi*mgney. Won’t you give it to me ? I should like 1 such a cup very much.” r ' :■* All this made", if!'appear, as rdf Phebe had taken a fancy to -.the- cup, And hid it until she could have ,aiv opportunity of selling it. Mr. and Mrs..Herb'ert .talked, tlieiimatter over, .-ml concluded'that'it was-bpst'.to send Phebn away. "said “they’.'fcftbught it ould not be"rigKt;ib i kpepilier r p;ny‘"longer, as she would ahad’eslample, and they would thing was taken.--: BSb.idwasjieteEfflned that Phebe should go'.' ‘ "" ~ ' Mrs. Herbert, called her, arid talked to .her a lorigi£ime;iatifi f gSvgfief , vicc, but told her that she could not keep a,, person about her whom she suspected of do ing such tMgsV'- tell her before she left what she had dotie with the' cup. But 'Phebe* o®ly*vcried'j'arafi , Ma«i-ißhe . knew nothing, of lt from,,-the. time.-she. left it on ?; .the .bench and, went, ta,geka.Mt,tle r ,:mpre of the ,chalk, with which she was cleaniiig r the silver. . ' ”1 Emma, who wp guying about, knew nothing of all |hi| ? trl lip i.ssin g>»Ph ebe, she 1 went rhpmr'Sh d'Tdun'S.tlm-d^ortlpcked. ShepSlled 'several times, but no ansVen,j At lenglfosh.eiheftrd some? bing,„phd she called again,— *^^2* “«Phebe! Phebe won’t you please 'tpUet me come in? I wapt to see you very much!” , . ; . • .. Hobr wa& unl i oc%df‘‘an v and v tfe!?e -Ehehe crying;bitterly. Her littlelltrtek.was.'btanding the floor, * and ; tHe- clotlres' w&f e.» aI.L -spattered around, and there slie sat-down dm tfhe floor among them, and began to cry again. “ What,.is. the' mattef; ! Emma asked. ■*s : ; F ? * “ Oh, my poor inoth'er!” sobbed Phebe. “Ls your mother dead ?” asked Emma.*'" 51 “ Oh, no ! but be so sad when she knows child of hers hasi' lfeen?'tprned away from a good place for stealing,” said Phebe. “ The last thing'she said "tomewas, ‘Phebe, neyer'saijpa word :th"at is not true, and never take a pin that is not your own.’ Oh, my 'em* .»<*&©! m^tAEUAo “But,,Phebe, )^e? yop l gping.^w,ay i ? 4l : ,Tfou , must Pot go Emma.'j *_* :; * ' “ ithlnks I have stolen your silver, cup, and has given me notice to leave;” '■ “Iknow all about it, Emma. “Don’t cry’aPy I will go straight to mother 'tof tell her the truth. I had rather be whipped, ever so hard, than have you., cry so, .or ,go aw,ay from here.”,. V. . ! /"V So saying, Emma darted off to her mother’s room, and, thrhWing herself into her lap, and putting her arms around her neck', she said, ‘ 7 took mf silvPr MGU]f“w -ge't*a *wi uky and dropped irpinythei jthpnf $d <ngt dsp6[ to tell you of it..” „ , , Emma’s " mother looked' Piuch““ dis pleased, and .M ! “ I should have been glad, Emma, if you had come of your own ’ made.fhis confession, before you weire driven to it by seeing Phebe’s distress. This whole affair has giyen-me;a greijs deal off bxitythis 'iB.^e ( most’ my own little donWstch’a wibtbtf thing,.and that poor Phebe has been soaun justly;, suspected. But come, we must go u ,to ! Phebe, and tell her who his. done all the mischief.”I'’ 1 '’ • 1! “Oh, dear,mother., I have ; told a lie, and am very, vhry sorry * ix u !j “ An'd, Emma, I shall require you'to tell y'oui- Tather’Wnd brothers'the- whete- story* and they shall determine what your punish ment Istfefi' &iberfc i u»V* i. This .was> a'sons, .trial >to. Emma; but she knew that her mother was in earnest, that she never said what she did not intend to do, and she felt that she was right, and that there was nothing for her to do but to submit. Phebe, von may be su're, was very happy to find tiiat she was.no longer thought guilty, and that she was not going to be sent away; but she felt very sorry for Emma, and very much shocked to find that she had committed so great a sin. ' Emma’s brothers, who heard all about what had happened, asked their' father to have the lost treasure recovered, and one, day, when Emma was out; a man was seen to descend the well vjdth a ladder add and in. a few moments lie came up with 1 ; some thing bright in his hand, and Emma’s bro thers shouted and clapped,'their , handk fior v ::: " ’ ‘ '■ , “ He’s got it, father! he’s,got.,it!!’ they screaked. . . ; " , , l^s > 'kp!']^d s btbugh||’up'th^;cup^hht' > iti}e. : boys’ .faces lengthened when iihey,, saw . Kow, dreadfully bruised - and 'battered it twas, by bf dhej as 'it w.en t.dftjv ri,t oth eb o lb to m./ j On!the*evening- of the-day-When -the Silver ;%ssem- r 9P r'Sjsl jknee,'and isalidy ' i!,t ‘''WeH i ,' i ha^my i li't£lb , ditiighterbieen‘ i 'a’gobd‘’ girl to-day? , hl ; -•Sbe---answercd r - ‘iJjx),..Lather T . LJiay.&.b.eeiL. very naughty, an ( d mother says I jnust tell you all aboh<}ii|f }rA'lU\*jL. ; _.So with many tears and blushes of shame Emma re]ated;tb£;whcde,tbing f exactly as it" .had occurred* , Her .hrothps* wk.o,, were yesy %d of ;bhe ( l!iad, f ',beeni, phnistoed' enough, .and () cpiildwo't' , bea,r the idea!: jof* ’having heri sufferkahy. mbreV/but her '& thersaid iheyvas tot pass over, so greht. asrrt'fsb lightly. He gai'd' ‘fault ‘of- :not haveimmdei'so' much', if shehad’hof told' ■thj ah'cl'pbrsiited'ih’it, but he was afraid, if something now done to iinak.e her,.rpmember ltjjhpj,,wpuld., gp ( ,o ( n in ithfis course and- become'a confirmed-liar; • ; “ The niost) effectual mp'de of punishmeni •of which I can tKlnky’’ saiiJ- hey' ’^is.lib’ .leave: Emma ah^Eonje?,'alohe.i'i'whihe.iikgi.rest' :ni ( afi:e J tlifeir to 'graMmcithSf;: Grove;” , ' ("Wi .it ■. ■ • : ’ This was entirely unexpected to-poor Em-, ma, ••who taut beenracqustpihecirr'tib* •spenct' the ’miSsummer v libliHays u a^ l her l ’gr.aix3- plh'cl’i'nithg.j.qouptry, ,apd she had talked of little else for some weeks ; jso Bh4fbeigatfto^cty.agftin* very Badlyisand. her S brcfth ers.j began';;ttf * cry » I jicjot* * thsJr iibme&imljeggmgiheir- fatherVlo det -j&ama* I,l* '°” TiH "Uiir'r i r..n, igOjiWltil •>! i t(Vf fI! ! IrC' !■-' < ,- Jj of'us ’ehjoy p|ii^elye^:j^'aiJ"^^i)Sj3& : ’ •at home. We feel sure that she will he good: ; after this. 'She~ ’js ’to Horry; deaFfather.' ! Take her ’safes', andfVe will all strive, 727- ".ii'i,'. i 'ThenherTathcr - said, IhEmmai shalLhave-. her -choice;„>¥ou ..know^^Ehwni^i''ydi£ ] ha^e ! ihllviiyh ’ silv'dr 1 chp l “'‘with' il y6u' i ; jtjj 7 ;your grandmother’s to show-her how nicely-you h r ave kept ifdwt you' l -mdy -either; I homej> or hvjjfh' the,Vest/ ; an d'sahsw.eri youfcgr ah d moth $ Wh'en slip ksl£s '■ iybtftVher’e yblir cup > 7"l" J V";‘ZZ£ | j i and,,a great deaEbif teazihg from her brothers',. Emma concluded ito go to Willow a Orpve,-,buFpti|l she was so Vpry fea.rful l( of,* Eer •surei 7 ' thftt ■she 'could' hardly TOiikfe 1 up her nunu to go when-the tune came. . j Emma knew nothing ■<a , bout> K thiB.' and- sup -1 posed. it was the-bottom iot.ixhe well, , ,■ ’’a'' '77: • !.* 1 i At length' the day came for going ,; to the country, and all were ,|n high glee except 'poor.Erata&| ifKor'foJStijg Jwhen starting for such a visit, j The grandmother—was—delighted to see them all; and as soon as they had taken off thfeirlhatSi J! they Were 7 - cftlldd. '>n‘i-4b !7 diiih6r, whjphj-hadhpen waiting jsom,e jipg fpr :; them.. :What was Emma’s surprisej .when she,saw jher own shiver cup' stan : ding"hy her’pldte, al-' imost and ( 'bHght ; as i it i 'was , the day 1 shfe-first receiyedi,t, t ;. JJt.was, fiilftd .with tma.Ur* ti’ful, sparkling water. She took it up to,see [if 'it was really ’tier own cup.' 1 ' Tbs ;was her name, “ Emma. Aerbert,” and the! date of her birth; but there was a line en graved below; that she! had never It was this: “Always Speak ths Troth.” “So, Emma,’’said 1 her 1 ’grand ufo ther, “I see j.ou have Kept your cup as nice as ever. ;I am glad you are so careful of it.” Emma, is the tiiyg£ sp,,sS^ “ GraSidmotßev, T Kairte r gdl a s'ad’s'tory to tell you about'this cup.” ‘ , ‘ VI , Then' fehe thld"Mr grandthother 2 ■story of Her and' faSldelidbd, not seeking to exdifsd *hef self in ' any* way. She iry about it ever* smdeVand 'I God !to ,forgive imp, ,aiid tb;ik-fej3p * tiie 'from; :eyer; M ing so wicked again.”': -; v., .; "Her grandmother was 'trtuch grieved to hear this sad; account, ’and she. talked a long , time, to Emma \ . ... ; , “ Seej’Vsaid.’sheO 'much sorrow 'one sin .brings ,t,o. many i hearis.rt.HQor. P.hfih.eJ, how she suffered when falsely accused,’and, je*p3fe»o, MWiJ-mdfcfr bad Emma’s parents . have.ifelt about it, and jher brothers toO’ K How-; unhappy sAev.has? !been#er*e£jf, and‘>hb#: grieved-■ heri gtfand- Imother feels! but, 1 above: all; "Emma: babKof'- :fendeddidr%fnd ? Eatheif in heaven. But lam Y, AUGUST 15, 1867. happy to find that she feels how necessary it is for her to have His forgiveness. I really think that Emma will never forget this, and as it has been the first, so I hope it will be the last act of the kind of which she will be guilty.” I am, happy to say that her grandmother’s wish was fulfilled. Emma grew up to be a girl of the strictest truthfulness. She ha 3 been long married, and has now a little fami ly of her owp. In a_ conspicuous place' on her mantle-shelf standsthegiftofiher grand mother,and she often, points her children-to it, andtells them the story of cup,” and -bids them remember its ■ “ .ALWAYS SPEAK THE TEtJTH.”— OkUdrtoti S Friend. - 7" 7 ' - TBMSUEE. , , ; “WTiat I spent, that I hiid; Kiiat I kept, thnt l'lost; what gave, tfuitllk\k’U-OMii}tffa£/i..'-' •M-i* : . .. pf'edrdil^HiWsiire^ . , have'lavished,upbn eartfi ’ yFor.our simple; worldly pleasure, 1 For' Vas.not lpsrng, ’. “ ‘ ''M6u'"li tbe'pnrchasb/wefe'but ' It has tiad it—tHatlsall- " A ;'; : All; the gold we ,leavc biliind us j wti tul-ri tbdiist‘again; . bfinh u's) j'"'''* i*atjiered;4uite iti Vhin ; i'Si'rice we neSher cah direct ill : r .,i l tvinds'of'ior]tunkte4ed, . , f 1 Nor'ih' otjb'eir #orliii eipedt ; - . ; l’;; r ! wg.lisiir'e'iobtl '' ’ s;i L •.’*-‘O/. r.rHion'i' > ©fiealdh'iriercifiil oblation 1 . 1 ' jW'ufoh gave iii selfciregafipii' '/ 1 ‘ r : ; We may Safely call our own: ' ‘ of 'freely'!giye«, , - 4 tkp'tiittifC .wfenvayhoaca';'' ’’' ‘ ' 'Forthe 'angela keep; in'lifeaWn.' ‘ i-j ; ! P'THEvIIOPE'^^TIITHi 1 : “ i; v : :l> . i •. ...! .•• l( :.. 1 /. j? T«.v; ... f" i . , A. C9I,LIEK’S .SERMOH;!/ V ..: M ' I am now-going-toshow you ;libV‘a!poor‘smlier is’sayed W b i race ;‘ a&p'T ••-«-.!!!! r S-.l! e Vt,(;.yiv I*,, '!<;?!'. V." 1,1-tl am |; ,§ure paany o qr. i yau.ha,ye peen, §o,.,fsa7e{L. •Let -us take the c.ase of a miserable .dim via the pains'of eonviction. He is, we will sup pose, down at tbb bottom of the 'pit 'of'des- : pair. No w s <-let>U6»’ask*'hirn-ho w be’ get there, an 4 how-h'e Jneajns to siget .mp; ”ojiEhenslfisQn in'g’ over' l ‘the' tpulpit , 'to' :the fight i maginariy,colloquy,. as ii£ from : the surface? down through the pit-shaft,*-after the iiian nbr Of 1 tbh; “ &t.tlie iboilieirV’ it * ll ljyfKp’s *“,* - sinnier pa miserable -' ••>• ••' -• • -■ teoSblrT hp,w,.,jC]i^e;j_ou;,tnere.'i v .ijftMyviaadijafi down, and ; 00'■ fell-'deeper'and deeper-.’ ’V- !»•>.•.«* .so ■ ; ‘ f Gh wretchedmanthat you “are; hsMr' r &s, yp^'rßp^fto;gpOip!?’’’ ! j'; i ., •" ( j, ‘SI-tnevec shall-:getjnp.' ri.am lost! lost; forever!- I’ve' ; so long ti>< iclKnib frpby'tlie'&idb' of'ftiji gown ' yO i: ‘ u¥ou„ cannot succeed! of,,yonis.elft ini’, send;jyou'down “the o/ faith* hold l 3$ 'OM M,M* :it, M^i^iin^a^ing., t\ paying, out of, a, tope..), Jfow :tlven, iti,m'nsV, bo*f dowri^to 1 -you'J liold^dfoidyj JiBp> ydul’ I ''Have you g&fi u li’6ld ; 'w ? ” v/. /': : .*.“l’jn-so, feeble, I can hardly.graspit;; but I think I have‘got’a l good grip lads ! ■ Let us held *th'is‘ Sr t ; & what,have yon ,got besidesy ourself hanging on-the^rope - ? ” :a /•. i.v.x “ Gfliy‘k'4w ; go<id'wbffcs yf/my. ownt”:; * 1 l M°9'\ .'..yh row]tlie,to, do ,-iDaffn,,wdjtli- them,; or . th!'ey thfe c«i; r,.. ■ ~,... ; "“Well, if.T'must, I must; but sure they ■would do me sotne gOod;’* " ‘‘ ■ i The preacher continued to represent the lift Lug, stopped,,a3jifhis v a4-gis had received a cheeky exclaiming to the :nn-i aginary 1 'ascendent 1 :; r ' i; ! j !y - ,<i ■ : l ,,’ t .What" ■arexyou,struggling / , ..']: ■ “Doubts-an d'fearsysirjlam afraid I- can not hold on.” • '•* ’■ ■ ! •~‘‘“hra,y , firiner-ho}d“ot’ the-nmpe.'-'wDoubts ■and fears to faith. But what now?"‘"Trembling again. What is it now'? ; : ;; t “A great fight of afflictions', master; and 1 Feanriot- hold' on : >y t r l ■ ■ ■* ..i_i.'c■ --; • fionie out of. .the .afflictions:, >But what, is- this'? ( Shafcing again*’ What-can matter 'MI t f <) j,j7T .. 77. ■. . ~ t. . ■> , l , .... ■ » nw.° : i /‘Strong..temptation, f maeter.£ Oh,; jshalii faill'! I’m falling- ! Oh. help ine ! ‘'Ohiielty' me I” ' n! ' :h/ " ' ; “So we will. ’ But ah, what dreadfuLthing, 1 has now ? The weight -is tAree’ tijnes, as great; What -a hofribljdnoise. What 5 -hays you got fliere? “It s'-the devil: -himself has gripped me. He is hafdi' ministOT, Fin lost! I’m lost! ” 1 Hereupon,, .the excitement, in, the leongr e gation • became intense. Women wept, ! meii i rose up,, .and u th"bminist|et,'Seizing bppb'r> tunity, continued ’ ' .. ~ '• / 1 '. ,<^ ow j lads, let us all jpray and pulFto-' #%•; Sjpnpriaih, gre& 'danger'.” But; Satan. cannot.'longbuffet . him,'.The" gfeat Captain is- with us, and,-He. is-'tob-i s.trong for demon und-.d&vib'’’ < ■ '! i.Stralhing at,...and.lifting ‘loadj the .preacher , greatly eSxcStedVhimsiel^ as well as his hearers. Finally he appeare d to succeed in bringing the imperilled and hard-gripped penitent to the surface. Then with great effect, he uttered the words, “Lads, he’s safe ! He is saved 1 There he is ] The rope of faith never broke yet, and I knew it wouldn’t break now.” — (ruthrie . MABEIAGrE ABB THE SABBATH. Vestiges of Eden .are rare; yet. two insti tutions have surviypd, the yrreek and have cbuie down to us; witnesses -of "that happy and perfect Condition"'in‘which they origi nated. These are the marriage' relations and the Sabbath. As the hunch of grapes from Eschol was a visible testimony to Is rael of the fertility of Gariaaa, so do these divin'd appointments remind’ Us of the feli .Ctty^pj^itljse.'., The Marriage bor.d lies at the &undation of domestic happiness, is-the.Sbuyeeii)f home joys arid' pure affections^'^ithdut 1 which the Yorfdwb^9‘Be!ftf., Jmbre*blant’ahfl^misera hlei apd wickp^ffi^^tjis. : 'lingers with iUS, ini a inthe sweet .and sa- OFed'’relations'of , blieffamlij7'^ i H* V> ■> Sab bajSpTrvVrbd’s, Jcpservatien. .of a share -of .the,time m ensured i ont to jpen ; bv the ' ielcfe’tial cleck-work-r—the mbtadns of those 1 hfeayeify bodies which r are ! rfijir S times, and for seasons, and for days and'for years. the one day iii was, ap;as!|£rfion, pf. (g&U righ| apd authori- a memorial of < his it wadj' ! ai the same; tirhe, ’a ribh' r be'nefaction conferred upbti mankind. ’With'what sur passing ’lpyelinese.must 'thias have been invested ; With twhati. splendor must'the sun haye'isstied l forth ,( ES a bride grodm the’ .hqw pu^t.. the, primeval eart^'.^ftjffi*’ Rejoiced in,his radiance ! The rivecs.and lakes re 'rdflect hisgladdehing beams;thdbright-hued their'petals:; the birds make i Wh, grpy es .ecYfo.. ytftfij ‘Jfteir sweet; inelodi es; and. the. parents of - aur race, untainted by thought dr-breath'of. how. down in lov ing Jdbyatipn and ‘their beneficent Par.ept:, Ho"' jss' qr ’eG'scordj Spars the full harmony.;i no.sound of strife or wailing; no groan, nor shriek; nor sob, nor curse vexes the’ aity hat one, grand,‘ thrilling, universal chprlie bf. braise. ( - apcl? love ascends, to the King eternal, immort&i,invisihle. A-nd even noiwy what is- so' redolent of- Paradise as a catevy bright® . Sabbath 1 morn!,' when nature anw thei busy worlcbhushed and peaceful, enjoys at bright .respite from!care and toil.— Bishop Lee , of Delaware, Y' "'I .1, , ' •'•' Make vp, sglomoh.’.’ ■ i jSblbfoiciiiV ' y time•; to get up, shppteA young,, Harry; to! his sluggish brother one fine July.morning,) aSj he tjumped out iof; bedf and;began dressing him self.: : ' ‘ J - : ’ -■ - “ What time; is it?” yawned Solomon, muid Sol,- we.stairtatseven.”., .i too early'Ho'-get up yet>y” said Solo ;mbn.- ‘ ‘‘T’il quarter to 1 fe'evbn.’’ So .the, ,ppuhcl*' ajad was sooarfast ( When hei awoke his room looked very full of sunshine. l The house was ;veiy*'quiet;, ! his dyes; hg^uft^f(sd 3r i- ■■■■•• |ra%|f if ‘is ; s|jven ?” .. Crawling oirt.: pished* ,he dressed himself and'werft doww itadrs:! ITheTe was nobody in the parlor,nbbd,dy iri the sitting' room, no boaj/in t-hedming'roora. ~> M Si “ What can be the matter ?” thought Solo mQß, as he rang* the, bell fpr 4ijie maid to brimghim Ids-breakfast; ; .;i , i ' Whefei ; ar ( e they hll.?*’ beaked, as soon a_s 'she'appeared. ’ - : '•‘fVHp.ne to* the,.city,’f, .repliecl- the maiden. “They started two hours ago.” it; . “ Why, whsit time is it?’°" i : “Nipe o’clock y,'l i'l, ■ “Nine o'clock!, i But why. didn't they call me?” • ' ■ I-.; : . • "Jj • •r i ■ ! ."“Wpu were'. ?i Called /sit six' -’p'clock. and tWippldn’f get up. I .father, wohioili’t have you called again. He said he would teach youra lesson.”.. , ; .. „,{>••.. -' “It s too 1 bad!”; cried Solomon, dropping lirs head upon'- the : Tal&e' and burStrhff into tears. ' ‘ 1: \\ • r; ' ' 6 jti the, lazy boy.,did no: learn thedesson hf that morning so as to say he dipnoi loved sleep, H,e. .hated, .work. ... He was the slave of lazy habits, and' is so to this day. What sort ofainan will Solomon Slow coach be?”. Well, if he don’t die of idle ness .before .be becomes a man,,,he will be a shiftless, good-for-nothing fellow. He won't bave 'ahy knowledge, because he is too lazy (o.stndy i nor any prpney,.'because he is too lazy to .wiork: nor any -good character, be cause* he is too lazy; to* conquer himself. Wake np, Soloiniori! ' Wake'iip, my dear hoy ! btf. J tne a,re upon you ! Be mahiy, be; 'w i<i e; aWak %beso m e tbing 1,-• Jf,,you don’t wake.up you will soon be a lost boy. Wake up, Solomonj wake up' H vbh donlt; you will hiake khipWreck of y.o.iir life... " • ■■ IV is the, sin, eyen of the,best of saints, ■wljen'f 'they'gee how l deep the " knowledge of Gpist lies, and' , #hkt , pkiit& they must take to dig for it, to throw by the shovel of duty, -\VP?gt WAgajagmt,” a^jour^rork, tiomtiaais, work..:: : ‘. , rjili ;i: ”
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