art familg eirtlf. A REFLECTION. 0! not by bread alone is manhood nourished - To its supreme estate ! very word of God have lived and flourished The good men and the great. . Ay; not by bread alone! " 01 not by bread , aroteT,' the elteet rose, brelfbing In throbs of peilniee,'spialis ; " But uty„rikd d in.4arkb an O...niep prtt yorenthing /WM M • 'rniY:ReeckSll Li LF Ay, not .y bread atone . le 11.4:na i 1.1.741r.,5: A " 01 not by bread alone r proolaban . in thunder The oltroak . fri id from s crest „ , " suns anifitlirmil`tifdifme , and 4441 under, The rockixin. wliichltetit. 6y, not by bread;aloner • • 4 ' 0n ot loenCgßae 'Ate. trp e ttt eft, einging i 'ln vetoes cif the - birdei ; And from lltithAllactg‘tu_V4,47l , TlfeltErirEllf - fhe • s _ tiot,by bread-aloneVA • • • 0 ! 11 4, 1 :1,••bread• 0 0 3 1 e I , for 11e :and being • ..• -AbefLietY comPlix ,• ~ .• AndftioreMent, with element agreeing, kfiseteed nts By tirenitalcine' 0! not- 11,31. lovo alone, -though.-atrongeetppareat, Thpipyor, + ewtgati,tho , itettt,k For ei.Con g es ! . passion evermore the surest 'lsefralida Oaelittanly pari: • Ay, not by love alone! - ' Foynv 0! not by love' atone le pOwer efigen Bred. Until within the soul '' The gift tereviiry utotiveihtte3bifbWrtindeked,' , • • • -At, la mot" strong and = 101; .111 . . ,144/ ;ROA -I),y ,15irvA. mlozo I , • ,• - 0 r not fix iorcalone is manhood _ a urzphed Toy its -By ererfni , VitTher goditi've lived aii - d The good men and the greati ' '• '' • ~ AyAf=notAbyrloge alone! ; • ;,= .;,;, —Dr. J. G. Holland ,in”.lrothrina.". 0 _ - ~.1 Y. Vi a xi t.:7 31..fikot , THE trall,E ...,TRAITSLATBI) -FRO*riglE.43llßaitteN., Chr the 'evening of:a sultry= Summer's day, Mary, a poor widow, was seated by the win dow of her) jilt/oil:Apo, Attaimig Ic:oohing out an thcorchard that surrounded her cottage. The . grass, which had heen mown that trorn ing, was made up into cocks, and the delight-,. fed and refreshing perfume was wafted in at. window. The sky was clear and cloud less, and the 'moon 'shone into the 'MOM, casting the shadow oethe windows and the vineSiwhichsurrorind4d them on the ficror: Her little Felix, a child of six years old, was standing near her, and his blooming face and golden hair Were lighted by , the moon. ' The poor young:widow sat there to rest; herself, but great its the labor of, this hot day had been to her body, a still: greater' pain oppressed her mind, and made her for getful of her weariness. There stood by her a basin of milk and bread, of which she had. scarcely tasted sultioonful. Felix, quite distarbed, and .did. not play.nr make any noise, because he saw his, mother so unhap py. He also,. on ebsetving that she wept bitterly,instead o eating his supper, had laid his spoon aside, and his little earthen basin stood nearly full on the table. Mary had becoine a widow in -thtliegiri ning of the Spring. Her husband, one of the best young men in the village, hadiald by so much money by his industry and fru gality that he had hought this little cottage and orchard, but had 'not qiaite en i angh to pay for them. The ppor man had planted the green with young. fruit ; trees, which al ready bore fine fruit. He had chosen for his wife, Mary, an orphan, a pibus and in dustrious young woman, who, t had .been„wall brought up. They.) were living happily to-. gether when the typhus .fever came, and the husband died. Mary ton, who had ? nursed him through his illness with the - g,reatest care, took the fever,: and was very near t igift , '3 Meath. On reafering frotnlier illness she found her circumstafices'wefe'verY bad. Still she hoped root ; to be obliged to quit her. cottage. Her husband hadlungbeen in the service of a rich farmet:,t,'Who . ,ll4 valUed and respected hint for his industry, -- 64 4 `egty, andgood char acter, and who whet:Mg' boaught this house and garden, had lent him 300 -florins, on condition of being repaid twenty-five florins yearly. Thip had been punctuapy 4 Raid &cry year until the time` of his illness, and the debt now only amounted to' fifty florins, as Mary knew very; well. The farmer also died of the taxer. His heir,-th,e daughter's husband, fdrnd the bond' , fief =3OO florins among his father-in-law's papers. He knew nothing of the circumstances, and demanded the whole sum of the widow. The poor woman assured him that her husband had paid 250 florins, Mit this avail ed her nothing. The young farmer did not believe her, and took her before a magistraite. As she could give no proof that any part_ of the sum had been, pail], : she was declared lia ble for the whole 'debt; the young farmer was impatient °for his . money, and as poor Mary had nothing but her cottage and gar den, these must be sold to meet the dernapd. She had' implored the farmer to havepity on her ; her little Felix joined his entreaties to hers, but all in vain, and she had now, - just an hour befere her day's work was ended, learned from a neighbor that the sale was appointed for the° foli, , wing morning. It was on this account that she was sitting so mournfully at the window, looking some times pp, to heaven, and, then again at her little boy; at one moment weeping bitterly, ethl the nex /*UMW* tke-deepesknielan -6017. _ , , ~ Ara-A-Jukikt sim...withialteiself,,Jl:l lave THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1867. made hay to-day fox the last time in my lit tle garden; the first -yellow plums which I plucked to-day for my Felix are the last that my child, will ever enjoy from the tree which his faiher-ilaiitt47forilnini ; perhaps this is the last night we shall ,spenclAnder this roof. To, : moirr,,,,Qw the house will be, .the p roperty of anoiliei.; 1 aria' 416 1 'fittocis , ki4fekh r ef. wco may not be turned out immediately ? Where shell ; e.-find shelter 7 t i e-morroTZ , ; Rerhaps we may have no roof to ' co:iei us ' ' And she,tegivii>foSib vi„ ,. ,"'• Felix;:whe till ft , ~, not' stirred; came nearer, and'Said; , ' o ~ er, do nOt'lreeti-:iiii bittert:y Ea fileiyottrffitkaiveirskoloyAßher 8 11. A. whc-NhAlkl7.o l filliv.Pn , OA 4.,0,2n ~-.` Po not weep,' said he; ' tiod , .4EPtheollather,ettl, thoo 4 / 4 11 6 , aWillittlfahan .. , &• , ii k_AIMdIYPE . in - the iime,ortfoTble itml : : iviTpi, - e_oare 1 cif: ,Pll. =.;Be , sla . 80,, ,IR . n ,ll tt - ii i. • 1 " Yes,-'Aear child,"!;saidiblaiiyviKit:is' 'in tre4 i it g e.: i..z. ..:: , i , : ,, ; 1 4, i,r, ,, ,, , ,r ., ,r ... , ..!,,,,,,;.. ~ .n ., 7 ,- .7 . ..i7 , -. 1 I. 1 ,.,,, -,.." Welli.-itett,'-:;s: . 0 , - -•lllo,4%.sehyado;.,you eft, ll : 6' :?lP; ( 3r,'Vtrao, l ll . : a-Adman- L I irasowitli,rny ather-in. theiforests Theille*yiAcutiting-wee 2.4ftiiisiwaat,2o orit-tihvi. ttlifiStit*, • lififf..,_ kl!orgtfY a good 34eati.71felii thinifarhit 4 twittwas then alliekandi:4ll4alreTeellie took :out the thbiitio*liiiitifirittiiillelher, and will lle-gOligl ) NAllPtlAitttfelVeA " Yei""i 3 adt.keo 6 r* l , 6 theri'lqi#,Tng• "14: Ifittoli - '... said i ' "piifickte woo wo . c . g05ii ,.,, tic6 „ : „ 1 „„,,,.. 5t4 ,,, rcimc6iiiiiii? , h i s t Come, mother, leeilliThrtb God: He will cer 111 . tie,T,u.s. A', , • Rd/ wl. i N.: • ;'I ••,i i * dean,ehill;-,..._. -• a in -the t ngi t,' said 'Mary , and h V - - "Ifere tiodieWittit 'moderited,,ait corn or tegara to -,take, 1 0, pi - ace of- grief. She knelt dovir and raised :her eyes and hands to heiVeri;tilid iftellitie chifillird' at to d! 4. " 1911.1.Pleeatt l etql.W3r', 1 - 114 Felix repeated each ward after her. , I'3 Hillyrantil abuts, Alamo-Asa II -I ;' "look upon,obholivalo* , andAter'ichi/dt , ik , poor midow.ondl rai poor orphan look up to Thee; we are in,great want, and , have nore fuge onearth: - We'piay , WTheo thift 4 ,l:hq# wilt na'iiiifter us to sink:onder!ouisorio4e;, but if, in Thy , wisdom, Thou,seost . =fit to - 0-1 fliop us, lielp us atase to . ' find incitlier go t hearts, and ; and give usi ogi tin our hear and true 'confidence in Th , hyough 'our' Lord: Jesus Christ." . r 3 - 1 :y . .. 1. _t Nary's sobs ° preve n ted 'i,ter trom,proceed-, idg'; 'Slip - ICioledd 't§yitip,S''lteaxeii;:idosiliS' - 'Ol- - lent ; -when Felix `iVli!o' ins - still E by, l4 . er' side in t he titrittide ,Of piuyer;,,;ininited lip, and stretching out; his 'hinds exclaimed : i f,‘,o mother, what is that? There is a little light hovering there; it is water flying. See It is hovering about the window ! 0 .sere; it IS coming in ! How °beautiful it shines ! It is like a 'green light. It is alinest' as beautiful, as the evening,. sts.r. ~..„- o ck„„now, it is hover ing. ilionz the ceiling. It is, very wonder-. ful.',' ~ • a fire-fly; said MAy, ~,. a liy day it, is At mean little :insect-) -at d night it is very beautiful." " May I catch- it? oattthwehild. "Will it not hurt me, and shall I not be hurt by the light ? " "It will not bnr ygu," said Mary, and• she smiled through hei•ltars; " catch, it and examine it carefully without hurting it: it is , One of the wonderful works, of God." Felix 340 now fOrgct.t9 all his sorrow, and tried . ' -t . " , iglitietWtt which was at one moment under` the t Me, and 'at another: under the chair, and sometimes near the floor. - ' "But, 0-dear " said the child, for the fly had concealed itself behind the great chest thatßto,od against the wall a,4 tte mo ment whet' - hell'elti o catch it. -Re - looked ,under the chest. "-I -sts very Plainly, ',_ said he,, "there it oits, close 4 to the wall ; and the .14 wall, and-the floor, and the dust, shine IpOwitright 'artitixid it, 11 just as-if . the moon were shining on them. I cannot_ xeach it, toy,arm ia, not long enough." "Have patience," said Mary; "it will soon come out amain." The child waited. a little while, and then went to his mother,' and in a gentle entreat ing tone of" m ,. vcicp ) 247111, ~ " 0 mother ?: ,do reach it Tor e, or move out the chest &lit tle from the itill;:and then I can easily catch it." :Mary stood up, and meyed the chest, and Felix took the fire-flya4 looked at it as he held it in the holloW7 RI% hand, and it gave him as much pleasure as another would have derived from the &rest diamond. But Mary's attention was directed to an other object. In' Moving the' chest, some thing which was between it And the wall had fallen to tue ground., ,She. pJekedit up, and uttered a - loud cry, and ,said, ''''Godhas brought us through our troubles,!, ' This is the last year's almanac which I had sought for so long in vamp.` I thought it had keen destroyed by some of. those who were lere during my' loneliness, and who, during the time that I lay almost without recollection 1 did not take,,thel)fst care of m ouse. We shall now find that My husba,nd - aid the np ney that is dernaEdf:of me. Who woul d ever have thought that:Aihe almanac lay be hind the chest that he bought Witkthe house, and which has probably never been.moved since it was fret, placed where it standsV, She instantly lighted a candle, and toiled over the almanac with tears of thankfulness running down her cheeks. All was regularly entered; what her husband still owed at the beginning of the'year, and what he had paid offi by his work. and in cash. At .the end of the sec Tint were a few words written by the Old 'fatiner—"" At Martinmas I settled ace , counts with John Blun, and he now only owes me fifty florins." Mary clasped her hands with joy, embraced her child, and ex claimed with rapture,"o Felix, thank God with me, for we shal not be turned out ; we shall not have to quit our home." "'Did I not say so?" said the child; "now this is owing .to me. If I had not begged you to move the chest you would never have found the almanac." But Mairsaid, "My Child, it is God's doings, net yours. Peel overpowered with awe anAl . thankfulness when I think of it. Even whilst we were praying . Ha, soilkirtliat= a`nd'.by, - lit# right perk*'iiiiit to 14, vary place *hgr4Mookaawkilair, cooled. Xes, . Ged.infietodA i iipelos, all things., Withont'llis knowledge net , a, hair falls•from heads. Etgmeinher:: this as Song as you live)'.44;t4at LTA times of, dAtress..—Ae (toes .not require Ito angel :Hisn4rhat= ottik vie -a little 4ly asf i fili6Seicglr t . of H is "A4d! how soon;, E4,.4e.4 l oT; 6(l :9 l AtPlVei 1 , ,clA.Jat us riS , tonforgat to pray " to isarnTd, Early the neat-morning: lliary - -wtet to. the mitgiatfate .l _ who ''vot Used. 'the fartift' to Ifei, broutiht tefore 'liim. When h 'say tile pa r per, heveiould not , help feeling Ashamed, of hid (unkind behavior; and when -the ;poor wol inA*-'l4t4oeded to relapltlit l iv)icilfatol . !cif: hki'X . #o; and ..h'i; entrance ,of the Ifti.4 l i7- - he , b43o4Me Much NfrePtfig, allitaxeliiimeliwithi tear& in-his eyes, " Yescitii Er indeed true that God 3 lAithe. Fattier theliiddii - 14+114'01_ lei6':' ,Lk -91 i is . 1 4 1 . P tlifiF-li4 f 4f4VA. `gorZiire I the erue tY ]have Used iowards you. -And' now td-recompenSeathe iiijary f shave. done you, keep the , Vethadr i atik 1- Efty r ::iloipa, and' if etPki9kOicO r a - J ). 9:AiNtic,o,o l tcariet4 4. o r,wiLlail 1.;r4y8,1ie1p5509.-t -,.. AN, desTlY that isvhoseavor 'lrusta.in .God -Will. neveF be -for iiitifekm•T ',, .., ~, 7,, , 1 'l , • ..ki at : :, . , " 1 1 c ;.., .:).. ' ill -:0 ~ 1 , ..1 1 , . .: T.! ' e . t , ' . .. 0 Only leveret:id rear,thalord,,l' ; %, 1 .; • ;_-. 1 SeryeolLiebetill, in:raitli , oud Prayer, - -- • Do His wilt . , anddleip,rlifitt Wvrsk., 'i ~1- : r GoA:still; • for si6l , 4iiiirPPTclare.9! , ti 7 f , 14 . -le , - ' t.l. ~ Gh , , —Nava motta tircA,thibtetete'' .1‘) NE* iMOTHEM AND - 13E ! Vipli l GHILDEEN. . _ One Maher can take cafe er e'ven child-'' ren better khan seien - Childicin can tale - care of one mother," old Casimer was accustomed to say: , lie -wag a 84ircowd old 'peasant,' and had gone alSinit the world, dna:110 seen a great deal But his, 0.4 4ltp4 wrong in that expreasion, •,, 4 8 - e'e;'"l said Jacob,f ," I am , only one per son ~ "; 04111 1 1foilld do roeYchf etOlthing that I could. , l would` wdtk`untittlie very ",blood came. out. of my finger-ends, ; sooner than, you shoild not got everything that you needed. Now, how touch better it would he for you, if you hid se'ir. ti l boYs_ instead of one; and how mach better, they could take-care, of you than you could take care of them." Casimer kiuglitcl, and- 'Rho* Alio old fur cap f h tothe '-rom map e,o = is ea other, and answersa: " Now, let melgive you an example of the truth of what 1. sky: You -know' old Made len, who goes tifound and washes clothek for rich people. She was once a very nice-look ing woman, -though - she always worked hard from morning till night, to take care of her seven children; and she took care of them well, for they: did not wait either:food or clothing without:getting=it. So long as she was yotingeierything. , ivent on well ; but when her ;'seven 'grew up'to be mer, her strength'had left her, and now it was their turn to take , care. of her. But not one of them seemed'distiosed,to pay her st ecial attention, or to Offer her 'a efintifOrtilale home. They were all in gond eirOnmetances, and, each had a thriving business: Their mother was old and very homely, and the truth was that they 7tere — vOryTnuch ashamed of her. They little thought how she had been to them, and how she had spared no pains to improve them: If her day's wages did not go far enough to suPply'hei seven, children with food, she wOnla sit up in 'the night, while .other , people slept, and would make waistcoats 'ind.'shirie for Idealers' in clothing. It was astonishing how this woman could make money, ,out of almost.-nothing. R.rolten needles, bits , of thread ; or blocks -of wood, were carefully saved byrher; for she looked upon eVelthing.:oivoith something. But, having, raffled her:children, and seen them, comfortable in,business, she said to - herself, Now T. am getting old in years, and am al most worn out with.liard work, and it is, high time that my children' ahould take care of me.' " One Saturday evening, she invited them to her little'house, where she gave them a supper of hard crackers, tea, and prunes, and then she representet her"case to them. " My dear :children,l cannot live a great while, and,. I have, quite, lost ,my strength. The food tI place :before you is very nice compared with that which' I usually' eat. I know my;appeitince ie objectionable to you; bit it seems to . me - quite right that ,you • should4tawcare With the greete.st pleasure,' ,they cried altogether: : " The eldest, who- z ; vas i'golaSniith, said : My dear mother. I will do anything in the ivorld,:for you. Conte: to'.my house, and you shall live in' the parlor all the time "The old lady appointed:a Secretary just then to take &Sim the''promises, and the eldest - son, who had just made that promise. "thUneit one who spoke_ was-the taller. Ile raid td ~ his mother: 'My dear mother, wool 4 *iplc tip the Rhine; f. , mould go through a jaiipr, fire; I would leap down frawN'AlitiWfreleiltAif you'=for you, my P34410---' " 'And that promise was taken down. And so each one made a promise of doing just as great things for his' mother as those two had dque,_end having finished them, and the promises having all written down, they all sang together, and departed to their seve ral homes. ' " The next day, Madden, their„ mother, went to the goldsmith's with.her budget of clothes., She thought what a happy -dine she would now have. But one week was suffi cient; for, by the cpd of that l i4ne' * ;fc`ivia that She was not welcome in. the house, though she had no doubt her son loved her , yer". mYteh: cbildreethltnot Spkilo be '"fond pr and' lad'e:ed the who'l'e Vaiukly seenos, ;to,eonsiger,lter, a, laßtlen,,xatker than, a .plea surej--.She tiextment ta the tailorre,:i - whoihad tfie nd a cit4rob,tower, A,husitol;_h'is prtunibe>l.-7 , She Itadonotilicem.th-effoardais lielfbi'd'idieleirerid4 that WasquO:iveledtilel,, iktAO;k : il t Ot,g fi;3m one house fo, the, citlier,„ made a visik4kall.limomkgsnoppho l uil there ,wks,,P,°tlPMet9f, 4 1 A,Nurkill'IW 11 9—#PeR 10 44) eajep;,herlipresencei all _loved. herrlidiave. o =dimbtil but tit thefilaxne,thne, .1 she, did not seem r to _be welcome, that , s he 'wiefiiis $04'613-a, --,z -•• fa,: 141 , this :veer true ,..father, l l said 'Jam fsameg.tiih!xm,is stfri ghte I for suns to, treat their mother ?" .66 9 i rfpigeittjape, ",7tz ;M not saidihatitiaright ; WaaiierfpWerellg-Aliti ittfehOWStUS 7kinventick , setterfetir pi rem ha taken g cap of, Nre ; s4 i . Y4 ` iliia9uil'#7stewie 41 , 41;kati4, , bkaikino nuktiaew.A.o ,taii,e W..ofi;Thel auNIP, What would have become of - you if you .had: p - otrfi es lik, a r gOVAlllottiel-tio ~ ,iiokggr,.:YLuf'lfi-44. 44 .- „',But, 004', you: hare chotiennratbettitil -uritsnal te4biiqhellita .1i V AZ 4! Z l4 .4ll4lli'lltil 3 1 1 havai seen;bsaidinid . (3aari• Ort . e l / 2 40t• - C'oide 4 1 *; t 0 1 . :AO' smaller beings thitP j11,8•1L1 , - 15(i you.= t:, knows. that , in 'our bird cage. there are just-Efeveivlit-u tie 'birclS„lilslt just•lll bitch:Ott - 6'lly sip little? old WOO:: every day, aud me. - leive.tunianor, you!, kno*,.foro her 4ot go•in4 ont, , and..hriug them' *okras. andirwhateiree they The cage; )ir,iiie;, our baclL-sitior, Let , 110 iicOT bird .'and her seven_ young ones -manage.; There she goes right in, at the: tirteq . "dedit,' taking them sdniething to eat.',See cluster, round her,, and how, they love her ! What in the world would they do without her ? Every one of them would - die: --Now; let us seeN•W she `would gdt Ithinglrive them;take ,cate.,of.heri" „ . Then- old.Oasimer took alinfoe little birds. - out of;thecage on his lap, and fastened the old bird up. b " Let us see how soon - they will, ring her. a worm, and. do , some act- of kindness for her." • One little bird jumpea off his lap upon a pile of lumber that was lyini near. the door, am:4ller: one jumped down .in the ,door ;, i a 'third flew on the window-sill;a fourth flew on the bean-vine; and they al went in differ ent directions, and ; " did not pay the slightest attention to their mother. . " Ohl the birds will get away—they-will get away!" said Jacob. "Yea, I think they will " replied old' Cas imer, "if we do not. catch them ; for, they will never come back to take care of their old mother." ‘.`.r I believe :you are right," said Japob. Old Casimer smiled and said ";It is the same with men and birds, and-ak the crea tures God has made. One will take care of seven children better than seven children an take care of .one.: mother. Let us thank our Hea,venly , Yather for good mo !thera:"—N. "Y. -Methodist. soLlicißtow. "Annalir- of a Quiet Neighborhood," Old Rogers„a pithy, pious old sailor, finding hid " parson " one day borrowing trouble about a certain matter, cOMfOrts him thns : "No deubt King Solomon Was qu'te ii ht as , he`always waS, I suppdse, in what he` said; for his wisdoin man ha' lain Mostly in his tongueright, I say, when he• said, ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what.la I d_ay may bring forth ;' but I cannot help thinking there's another side•to it. I think it would. •be as good ad vice to a man on the other tack, where boast ing lay far to windward, and he close on a lee-shore of breakers—it wouldn't be amiss 'say to ;Mtn" Don't' strike your colors to the , moriow, for thou knowest not what a day.may bring forth.' There's just-as many good days, as bad ones; as much fair, weather as foul in the days to come And if a man keeps , up:heart, he's alb , the better for :that; and none the worse when the; evil day does come." . Old Rogers,,n3 right in this..., .Distrustful ness. is.just as had as boasting.. Agar pra,y ed that he mightneither be overmuch : poor, nor overmuch rich • lest in the one case he should "be full and deny " God, or in the other, "steal?' because - he