Sire fantih} ®ralt. SPRING AND SUMMER. [We find this little gem of beauty quoted by the “ London Spectator,” from a little book of Foems written for a child, by Two Friends:] Spring is growing up, Is it not a pity ? , She was such a little thing, And so very pretty ! . , Summer is extremely grand, • ' • We must pay her duty.. But it is to little Spring That she owes her beauty. All the buds are blown, Trees are dark and shady, It was Spring who dressed them, though, Such a little lady 1 And the birds sing loud and sweet Their enchanting hisl’ries. (It was Spring who taught them, thongh, Such a singing mistress !) From the glowing sky, Summer shines above us ; Spring was such a little dear', ’ *' But will Summer love us ? She is very beautiful, With her grown-up blisses, Summer we must bow before; Spring we coaxed with kisses ! Spring is growing up, Leaving us so lonely, In the place of little Spring We have Summer only ! Summer, with her lofty airs, And her stately paces, In the place of little Spring, With her childish graces 1 HOW OARLOS THANKED HIS PARENTS. In a little village in the neighborhood of Madrid, the great capital of Spain, there lived, about a hundred and fifty years ago, a shoemaker, who had an only son. The j man and his wife were poor, but they.saw the necessity of giving Carlos a good edu- ; cation, which w;as a very uncommon ;thing in Spain at that time. Carlos grew more intelligent from year to year, for he paid groat attention to his books. It was the wish of his parents that he should join some profession—be a lawyer, a preacher, or a doctor. But still it was time enough to think about that hereafter. Carlos must be well educated, so that he could be pre pared to enter any profession. There was one peculiarity which distin guished Carlos above all his playmates and J friends —he loved hjsj parents, respected their word, and was never known to regard their advice as worthless. He became dis tinguished in school as being the,best scho lar in arithmetic and writing. Though he was not a large boy, yet he wrote a very beautiful hand, and was frequently called on to set copies for the rest of the scholars. By and by he passed through-the different , grades at school, and was already in his eighteenth year. His mother had privately laid aside a little money from year to year, without saying anything to anybody about it, which sum she intended to give to Carlos to .travel with, when he became old enough to travel alone. She now told him what 5 she had done, and expressed hdr wish that he might travel through different parts'of ! Europe, particularly .France and Great Britain. Greatly to the surprise of her husband and of Carlos; she brought out-a little bag of gold* and 'said that it had been her savings ever Since Carlos was ah, in fant ... The arrangements were all made for Car- ■ los to start off on his journey, and even the • day was fixed. ’But 'howl-little -be knew what was before him ! Just then the Spanish Succession War broke out —a war which was carried on by-two different persons j who were rivals for the throne. Of "course t everybody had to enter the army, and the young iffen first called'dn were those who were about the age of Carlos. He had to engage in the war, and was compelled to enter the navy. His parents expressed great sorrow at his departure, yet they told him these words when he left them one beautiful May morning: “ you have never disobeyed us intentionally, and you leave with our blessing. Only remember the in-; structions we have given you—always pray regularly night and morning, read the lit tle Bible which you have, and always bear in mind that your Heaven|y Father sees all you do, and knows ail your thoughts.’’, The vessel on which Carlos, was to be a a sailor was to leave Cadiz, a great Spanish seaport, four days from that time. Carloß "did hot know where the vessef was.gping to sail to ; tie otiry knew that she was to leave. Life on the sea was very strange to him, and it was several daysbefore he knew where the vessel was bound. By and by he found out that she had been ordered to South America, and was going to sail directly around Cape Horn, and land at Lima, Peru. On the voyage, Carlos became a favorite vvith everybody. Though he was only a common sailor in the navy, like two hundred and fifty others on the same vessel, he yet became distinguished above the rest: by his pleasant manners, intelligence, and general good conduct. After the vessel reached Lima, there were more sailors taken on board ; but one of the officers who had come over from Spain landed at Lima, made his headquarters there, and by special re quest took Carlos with him as his book keeper and secretary. Carlos was very much .pleased with this aoraugement, for he did not like the sea at all. He staid in the city three years, and increased in the con fidence and love of his employer from day to day. Having saved a little money during the time of his employment, and land being very cheap in'the neighborhood of Lima at that time, he told the officer that ji® would ’ like to buy-a 1 piece of land, and that it was lawful for a .soldier, in case he bad money enough, to bttyhis'freedp;mfromthe service, and therefore" he would make application to buy his freedom. The officer was very uiUch.'surprised at this but he THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868. could say nothing against it. He made it a very easy matter for Carlos to buy his freedom, and also him to buy a lit tle piece of land if he hatl a disposition to become a farmer. Six years passed by, during which time Carlos increased in means, and became one Of the largest landowners, in all the neigh borhood of Lima,. Everything that he did seemed to prosper. Many of the natives of the country were very dishonest, and they led anything else but industrious and respectable li'ves. But they all respected Carlos, for whenever he employed anybody, he paid him well for it, treated his neigh bors well, and his intelligence led him to be consulted on very important matters. He could not forget his parents, however, who lived far off in Spain. He Wrote to them.several times, pn ong,.occasion sent a largo sum bf money-in a but-he bad never received an answer to any of bis let ters. He 1 'khew that he owed all his prso perity to the Lord, and that his parents, by their advice and .good example, had been the instruments of his,success. He .became more anxiqus -.all,- the .tinie to ,go and see them. Finally a favorable opportunity came for him to sell his, property, for just then land and all kinds of property rose greatly in value. 1 Having sold all that he owned, End'received the payment for it in gold, he was greatly surprised to see that he was worth so much. , He took passage again for Spain. The voyage was pleasant, but the nearer he reached his native land, the more Anxious he became as to whether his parents were still Hying or hot. At lasthe reached,Cadiz, and proceeded on his way towards Madrid, Having got to Madrid, he started out as rapidly as possible, taking all his baggage and money, with him, for the .little village ! which he had left eighteen years before. “ Oh!” said he, on his way, “ how chan ged everything is I I wonder if my parents will be very different, like everything else around me !” All at one he heard the -clock of the vil lage church strike ten —it was ten o’clock at night. In no house that he looked at did he see a light. Finally he came up to the’house in which he had been born. His heart beat in anxiety;, he was so, excited that he -could scarcely wait to rap for ad mission. The door was locked there was not a sound to be heard, and it seemed as if it was unoccupied. He 1 rapped louder again, and then he hoard a slight noise in the rear of the house. He called out: “ Wako up 1 wake up ! your son 'Carlos is here.!”’ ! The. old shoemaker, and his wife had long since gone to bed, and they were 1 alarmed at the noise. i ’’ ,'" ’ “ It is thieves !” they said.' “"Are the doors,and windows alLsecure ?” In the-(mean- time Carlos repeated his knock, but with a good deal more violence than before. " • 1 ’ “ You cannot deceive me,” said the old man. “ My son has been in, So,uth;America many years, if he has nob” beemdead’long ago.” ‘""“-Hen'S not in *S6uth i! A'merica^ ; l*4bll-yo’u; he has come back, and it is he who is stand ing 5 . ? aF ; tV'seCybu 1 RtiH his 'mother:”' ' " ' ... The,, old lady then said ,in a low voice: “ Letus get- up-and-see who-this fellow is. It cannot Impossible' that it is Carlos, for we have never heard of him since fre 'left ! homo. , , , . . , ~, . Carlos was so impatient that he could not wait. “ Hurry, hurry 1” ho said; “let me in ! I have waited so long already ” 1 ' ' Just then the old-ffi,shioned :i dqor-bdlt wits. and’Garlds sh6v6B-with so much violence, that he came near injuring both: ( Qf his parents by pushing .the door against: them. - The.excitement was intense.dh both sides. Carlos had found his parents living, for which he could not -be thankful- enough;: and the parents, who, had long ago giveh up all expectation of ever seeing him again, forgot # every in the* joy they’had m meeting theiFldng=l6st son. : It was three o’clock in the- morhifig *Be fore they/ stopped talking, when . Carlos went to bed in the same little room that he had occupied, when a boy. The next day "was taken up in telling the! experiences of the past eighteen years., Carlos gave a long account of all the pros-! perity that he.had met witli» ,and his parents told their own -frikiwy-** difring the same fifife-y.he j changesjAthat had AakBfi plffce’in /Elie* village, *Wh6 nafr'die’d, had got married, antfhbw thfr country had been' getting along.., Carlos told his parents that they nefed''not work any mpre now, for ho had enough money for'them to live on com fortably. , . , . ’ ' He .built them a "very‘neat house,, and supplied every want. He often said to them: “It is you who have been 1 instru ments in the Hand of God of all the pros peri.tyt'that I ,hayo’.enjoyed. .There has scarcely been, a day that has passed dur ing all the eighteen years when I was away from you, that I. did not feel supported by your 1 prayers.’- It-was your example', your advice, and your prayers that led me to form good resolutions; and when away from home, it was the memory of what you ha( ’done, and the confidence that you were. stil. praying for me, that ‘ coqiforted and sup: ported me in my business;” 1 j The news had long passfed, through the village, and, indeed; had been published in many of the papers in .Spain, that Carloe had returned, and that he prospered very much in his afjsehee: ' 1 , How I must tell you what the inscription was that Carlos took care te have cat on a‘ beautiful lffarble slab, and;pladpijfover the door of the new house in which he and his aged parents lived: I “ The angel of S the Lord eneampeth round [about them thali feaif h'inij 'and: djeliyereth them/’— The Methodist. «- We, clinging tothe present, in our fearto front the future, miss the joy of both. SPIRIT AND POEM. There were once two sisters who desired greatly to be loved. One said, “ If I am loved, all things will the more easily serve me.” The other said, 11 If am loved, I can the more easily serve all things.” So they went forth together in search of loveliness. Soon they came to a rose tree full of blossoms, and the first sister stopped to admire and praise the tree. “O beauti ful tree !” she cried, “ impart to me the se cret of your charms, that I may wear them before the eyes of men.” “ Hay,” replied the tree, “ I will give you the spirit of my beauty.” , “But it is bloom and perfume that men praise,” she cried. “ G ive me these, 1 prithee.” .“-And-I,” said the- second sister, “will take thy'spirit, O' ffiendly tree; for it is whispered to me that spirit beautifies form.” So theiS’dsb &e&£suve .Shem MacE,:what tbe#: asked,-and theor way.,.. Pre sehllyYhUy , i 9 fincE , & Tnest; And the finchiwasisinging kind-of rapture thsit seemed ; .to pour floods of melody around them. So they stopped tb admire' and won der. “ 0 heave’hly/biKl,?? ctied . file’first, “give to me thp. speU of-yo ( qr music,that J, may win praise andfove.” . Hay,replifed'ttfe’fen cli £“frut ! tAke the spirit of n¥y sdhg, and'welcome.” ‘ ' tL " “ It •is.jthe, Bp.ng,”,she,said, ftmen listen, to; th#spirit f tfreyld(i nbl freed. son gi V . V—. J'i -AO'-i “ But I,” sp.oke the sister, “ yvill take your spirit, delightful-warbler; for: something tolls me that the spirit it is gives value to the song.” - " Accordingly the friendly finch gave each what she desirdd'. ' And onward they sped; asking in the same terms gifts-from sun beams, clouds, waves, stars, and all things beautiful and loveable ; and receiving like answers and like gifts to those the rose tree and finch had'bestowed on ttie'm. At last they came to a great market-place, where everything was bought and sold, and there the first sister began to serve herself with her presents of bloom, melody, willowy grßc'ff an4’ sah'hyiSpleridbr.i Tfre'p'eqpl qgreJy intoxicated with 1 her charms. They called leruAressing naiffesj ancl,cro.w.ned,her with flowers. She led an easy, gay life; but no one of- all the careless , throng;, was moved 'to pdblffffth6Ughts'')t> , y,h.bf gifts. It w'a9 justr- the; lipthaJt sang, and the eye that sparkled-}. ho,\iifor.imagiBpirit of beauty and loveliness Tay > hi'dd'eTfrbefii'n';d‘them. -, The second-sister stood apart from the great busy crowd, and, seeing men cheat and steal, and, her heart grefiv freavy in' her'Bdsom; 1 '“"My wareS'are nowhere prized,’!..thought übe‘AT- have eome.into, then-world-too late or too- early;;’’ when a being from another sphere bent down anMwffii|p§§dJinihS! eail’i' “Go to"ifr& ffiffntafn-j-youff g moiwner, take a cup of clear water and hold it against the light. When the- people-see you gazing in tently therein, they will run to you and ask you what you behold;: for these sordid, eager crowds, still reverence a vision clearer than their ter life. All men hold a tradition of this SI The young, stranger, did as-,she. was fold, and it all came to pass accordingly ; for hard mep;,pqd meap.fljqn, eh,eats thieves,: slanderers and haters, all Btopped to hear of ,the.;better lifp.,. Her ,sister passed ;away like a morning cloud, because the beauty of form- has- no. immortality. Bilt shotwho.h'ad smote their inmost souls with yearning and •regret was rememberedj.&mver;-;-and,:she i,t was who first taught us that the spirit of flowers, birds, waves, stars, and trees breathes of something fairer than this world, some-, thing beyond—the better life: ; ' V\ a \ 4 [COMMUNICATED. ] “ I KNOW ALL, BUT SOMEHOW I DON’T ' ‘O'ABE.” .V-i ■ A-mini'st'efcvisited an aged man, who had reg ill airly: ..a'tte nded-r gljjnjrphji sn d spoke, to hitn of Jesus; urging him to accept of the offeF of salvation, which is made through-,Christy man listened at tentively, but ffddredsrltg his pastor saidj “ Spend your- time and strength upon the young; labor.-to ; t^gm. fJ tp Jesys; it -is too late for such as I. I know that, I have never been a Christian. I fully believe that when Isdie,.l*shallago to perdition pbut somehow, Ido not care. Ikno w. perfectly well all you sav ; ,but : I.foel it nomore.tlian a stone.” ' 1 ■ Howuirtany :bave. b.eardtbesimplestory of the cross so dften that .at fails to ’.make an impression upon thenr! ? It was not always so. 'Th at w'ell-k no wU _sfory On'ce'caused the now sold heart to thrill, and prompted it to a life of devotion to God’s service. , But; ifs promptings' were unheeded, and they be came fainter and fainter, until they have al : most ceased. Parents, and Sunday School, te£qhers f; the hearts of the little ones committed to your care are moved, as you speak to them, Sab bath after Sabbath. Your words are call ing loudly to them to.begin a Christian life. With God’s ’ words will call forth the, awakened soul t6"fight>the decisive battle ‘with Satan. This struggle ended, each, succeeding one will be less* difficult, and although familiarity with truths -vjill make the < impressions ,which they prodhce. less jfnd, lcSs j.yet they will ever be sufficiently strong, to lead to a life of Constantly increasing usefulness. We saw this fact well illustrated in our recent experience as a nation. When our late war began, and Christian men and women visited the hospitals, how deeply were they movod to pity! That pity prompted them to labor for their suffering fellow-men. The: noble work was Continued ; but towards .the close mjiny bad beceme so familiar with those that suffering failed toawaken^the feelings which had once been so strong; and yet by listening to their dictates in times past, the habit of working had been formed to such a degree that the very sight of a wounded soldier was sufficient to call forth every energy I When the heart of a child is touched, see to it that the impression does not die away, without bearing fruit. Be iaithful in' labor and in prayer, now. Bach Sabbath is ma king your work less promising. -Feel that the happiness of souls throughout all eter nity may; be ,resting upon your to day, and then, with God’s blessing, you will never hear a member of your class say, “ I know all, but somehow I don’t care.-’ Delta. THE HONEY COMB ’OF THE PSALMS. ’ BT REV. THEO. L. I ,CXJYLEk.' While, we do hot agree'with som'e of our Scptch-Irish' brethren that ’the Psalms of David are fd be o,ur 'only of sanctu ary praise, we do agree with them in the profound love these wondefful lyrics of the jfiyiue Sp ( irjt. We claim the privilege tifsihgmot'on’iy them, nut “Jesus, over: of >my souland Rook* of 'Ages,” .likewis'e. We insist on-i singing the. Wem Tebtaihent’' as. well as/the ; 01d; v >but' we heartily acknowledge ' that inwall the Old Testament there are no utterances dearer to the devout heart than these delicious melo dics. Sweeter are they than honey, and.the honey-comb. V . ' Wbeh we come to the’BoPk of Psalms, we sCein t 6; leave the 't6’/eni#r, the temple of Jehovah. Hitherto jwe have beta in patriarch’s tents, ;ih ! ‘royal courts, and in the camp'df the wamor. " But now the gates of .God’shouse Swing open' before us, and we h'eat tpe, solemn voices 'issuing' forth: “ How amiable are thy tabernacles, oh! Lord of hdsts! Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” j . ‘‘ As we enter fhis, sublime house of prayer, the paltry vanities of earth pass away from our'.sight'. Our sbuls Are drawn upward from the world; And something of the feel ing which overawed the disciples on' the Mount of Transfiguration steals over our spirit! ‘ Before the Soul’s inner eye are un folding things the most tender, the most melting’ the most .soothing, and the most lofty and'majestic."; At one time we arc lifted into adoring^rapture as We hear the voice of ihspibation, chanting forth,! “ The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament 'showeth forth his hand-Work'. Day unto <fay utter'etb /speech, arid 'night unto night showeth 1 knowledge.” Then the mighty.'roll of triumphant 'anthems shake the a'rches. 1 “ Ohl 1 sipjjjunto the Lord Anew song; for he has’,d ; bne’ t marvellous things. His' righ t hand'and- hiS holy arm have got ten us the victory.' Let the'sea roar 1 ,, and the fulness t'hbrebf; the wbrTd' ’And‘ they thatldyvAli therein!” . , , ' ' V And "th'ta, 4 again, .a ‘ low and plaintive sound steals ’upon' the/faf,/ like a’ylaineiita tioh fpr the dead. , 'As wjb listen, we hear A vbiGe,"AA: the' vbiee’of A’ rnb'urhbr’ WAiiin'g forth, “ Have’ 'rhercyo pop ’ me, oh, God ebrdibg to thy lpvibg' ’td.'thy" tendta mot but’ I nj;y fra’ns gressibna. 1 \'Cr ; eate'in,ride aj clear/ lieAftpAnd renew a fices r ofHcfd’afeA broken spirit'.; A 'bfbltta; and ‘a contrite' heart! oh! Q,pd ’despise!” .l’ '.V/-'.aV* '*'■ > ' of devotion', frbih lke''iftwlles t: ptaitencje, fib ds’liefea' pihpe. \n ih is * ‘Apitom eqf the SerlptqreqH n'eaH^everything thAt belongs tb fhe d i glerjfj or to tKe/Hhfi'stian's ex perience is' 4 embodied!'" ’Lpth', the uuiverse.pf'G'odj- Ail’d' theHnterrial reialtii of the human heart are alike unfolded. All that can alarm theTwicTSed, revive the peni-: ’tAnfe qbnß , p'le K the Afflicted, and elevatA/the saitit Are'to ;b J e;'f6upd in 'this marvelous' And .qomprebenjsiye Boplf of !T Psa|tns,, Sweetei are they than honey,, and the honey-comb, i-rr-lF 4 5 '.■> WHY DON’T WE' HAVE A BEVIVAIi? .«i :/!!:-• ;-; h;-., .* t ■ ■- • ' , ... We need one surely, if ever-,a. church did. It is many years since-we -had. each a sea son. rThe oldgr ihembei3S.ar,e the church above, and no new ones are coming forward to take their places. Our prayer-meetings are quite well attended. Wfi talk about a'revival,- We, pray for on'e. We .often; sing,'. “.Saviour, yjsit thy planta tion ’’—still the blessing does not.cbme. •Last Thursday, eye ourtpastor spoke ,to. ns very earnestly on the- subject, and we felt that we must havearevival. As I walked homo a brother said to; me, Oh, how much we [iio'need, afetiid'ql., But how shall we get it, ? I askeiiy We 'ipppt, Work, and pray jn jfaith j .waSitherreply.:,- Then you, bqjieve according to our faith it;will be given iunto us ? I con tinued: " Surely I doi said the brother with emphasis. How many does ! it require'to "claim The' blelsing?'T saTdr'' “If two., of qthpe of .you are agreed’’ touching sHdll bei given you, he replied. ' Well, brother,; we *bav,e been waiting for the whole church long enough. ‘ Let us wait no longer. We two are agreed touching 4his, r One .thing.,' Let..pB thcn prayin faith Shall we? %0, t.I is $!'. :>T, vpantja*; revival, ibqfT^Tda'f“ipy^sprayers' will- do" no good.;; •I have hot faith enough! ! Nor I, brother, but wo can get it. Only ask and it shall be given. . Will you? I dare not promise, j, ; ' j Then will you not go to work and try to bring others'? Let us?ask those ~about to be Christians how. Letu'sbegin to-day, and'try to one‘to Christ. Will youi ?. iOh,.'Lhave,ivci, gift : M talking. lam notthe one.for-.that. . My, life ip, too .poqr, I really cannot say a word to do anybody any good. ,j' , ,! Well, brother, what will you, dp f , .for a revi val?;, Ypa.Jujye enough to prpy till the blessjpg comes, .an'd you jire r too .I• W; iL M humble to speak to any one. Forgive me, but do you really wish for a revival ? We parted. I met another friend and another. Both these wished for a revival, bat they could do nothing. All were de pending on others’ prayers and labors. Why do we not have a revival ? I ask myself to-night. Ah, we are all waiting for others to pray and work, while we in- our pride say, “ I pray thee, Lord, have me excused. —The Congregationalism. GBAMMAB AND TEMPEBANOE. Dr. Duffield has published an admirable little book on the Bible rule of Temperance. It is absolutely exhaustive of the whole biblical aspect of the subject, and-ought to be read by all who have any doubts about the Scriptural grounds for total abstinence froiA All intoxicating drinks. It is., some what Amusing to note the flippant criticism of one of our con temporaries on the,scholar ly discussion of,a great moral subject, by a disti,nguishie 1 d inioiatef of the Presbyterian Church. This,fastidious critic, passing, over ali the.Axc,elien,cies ; qf;.the work, lights- on what he presumes is a grammatical blunder, and chuckles,.over! his smartness in catching this, distinguished ~D,®ctpr napping. Dr. Luffield says.: “ The ,unfermented wine iB nutriciojus, of easy .digostion, sets light upon a, weak ,stomach, &c, Ah!, “ Siets light!” Two grammatical errors, says Ellis uitra crepidai-ian mistakes in one short .sentence. “ Sets light !” What gram mar !. •/ :: i, Ayoung friend, who noticed this criticism, wants tp kn.ow w;hat we think of it. We think the critic; as far from good grammar as good .breeding. He has some dim recol lectiop of th,e misuses' of set ; and sit among uneducated people, and concludes that; be cause it is, wrong to say. a man > sefct,. .it is wrong ,tq say, unfermented wine sets. He rememb,ers tha.t in J£i-rk’s English. Gram mar light is an adjective, and, as such, itcan hot'be the right wofd here,. He, forgets, or neyer knew,' that light is sbrneiimes used by the best authorities as an adverb. We pre sume, if he had his way, he would correct the Doctor’s sentence, by/.making it read —“ fermented wine sits lightly.” Our advice to the critic is, not'fo Aiedd'ie much with problems of grammar p and 1 bar : ‘answer to the young friend is, to trust : tbe English of sudh A scholar as Dr. Duffield against a regi ment ;of Supbi/superficial grammarians.— Lutheran' Observer. ' ! IKVOOATION. BY MABY FOBBEST. ? j , Stoop tij me, lofty and Lowly (One — Simile on me, blessed and Holy One: Make clear. , '' Sixow me the Ttufchin its .'1 : ; . vVsithout alloj: • • f ? .» J Rich, rare and ripe in its. oldennesp, , Bearing a joy. ' ) i-H r>f ci-f-i J '• <: . Give me that Life in it? purity, 1 •H.: : Glory>nd.peace, . • , 'VYhich, through an eiuHeßS futurity,’: , ( | Is,not to cease. :, : j I ...... : , Startle my soul from inanity, . ~n r ..! ;jf ~Break up its sleep;.,; ‘ ~' j :^ r y,•^°-£ i o¥ a %,9^ li W- a wix—. ‘ " ‘'■ x>.eepunloaeep.\' ‘ ' r uui*i i-■•■it Kf 1 ,UK[ oiii .. i .t: • ■'' : £ilow on. mybei ng.’&int eii sorisss,' •<ri.-t , -1;:I .ffillshq «i ! jJJojinfs thj-ough,ti t q earthly,.d^n^eness K on. U: U‘ ; ’• ■- • 1 ' ; Hav4 me 1 iii-' T By-keeping * - ' r ’; ( J 1 l "teodufte Thinefrand . i*. r; . the loue midnight is creepingj; i , iQyer ; jji£e^fi t j»trand vj : . Jf . ai v .= EN GLISH OHIIiDEEN, , Let us take a-drive, through some,of the ►.streets pf Lpndpm , .As Me. stand waiting in the'hail for a cab,tke, governess- passes us with her charge. -She ,is a.bonnie-looking, lady-like girl, neatly dressed iu drab-colored merino; andby the clatter they all make, the troop is Well ,supplied with thick-soled, heavy boots. They, are, going for-, their three or four mile walk. There iis a- park oppo site! where they .might .ramble and play; but as the father says they, must get? oat of the sight pf the; house—out of familiar surround ings—so, twice ,a, day ; they are sent off, and and mever do less, than their: two miles, ex cept in rainy; weather. There’s/the kind of training to makeiblush roses bloom on each hearty, healthy,face. : No wonder English men and English .women look ruddy and strong; rin spite; of their,hie,when one sees such foundations laid. The little children .are ,pnly ( manly, only womanly, so-called, in one’ tjhing, and that is politeness'. Well-bred chiidre;h in England may well’ be termed iittjp ladies' and gentlemen. “1 beg your pardon, ’’ and “ I aih'giving you too much trouble, I fear,” are so rhady on their six year old, tongues I'Tbeyexpfess themselves so well, and so grboefullyT' I imagine they are,taught more reverence for their elders than; is customary in o.ifier countries. They are never shamefaced or skulking, and their wholesome countenances are as good to look at as pictures! J William Wilberforce once passed through Dorch.es,ter while the infidel Carlilo was confined there in prison. The Christian philanthropist visited him, and! endeavored tQ engage him. in a conversation on the But he declined to converse; said he had made up his m'nd, and did not wish to be perplexed again. “How, sir,” said ho, in an awful manner, as he pointed to the Bible which Wilberforce held in his hand—“ How, sir, can you suppose that I can like that book ? for, if it is true, I am lost forever.” “No" replied Wilberforce, “this is not the necessary consequence, and it neep npt be:, tfiait bodk excludes none front’hope who will seek, salvation by our TiOrd Jesus phrisi.” | ' ,
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