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TOWANP A-:
Ontarban Morning, 3ttur 3, 1554.
stlttlar Vottrg.
SABBATH EVENING
Now glorious!—Dior in vain the breeze,
Hell swept his leafy harp aft day,
And now , in soft, low cadence wafts
His weary spirit far away .
To yonder West, where clouds of gold
And purple beaming manifold,
Like note to note. as minstrels choose
Make silent music in their hues— ,
Perchance a remnant of the chime
That flashed the earth in Eden's time:
The music fades—and lo! the moon
Resplendent bursts the cloudy bars.
Looks proudly round, and waves on high
Her minstrels of the eternal stars.
0, gently, gently, lean thine ear,
As to an ocean's shell, and hear
The delicate harmonies rolled
Within the far deep, as of old,
When first the One unveiled His brow
O'er chaos—gone the ancient curse—
And, like a mirror to His face,
Is sparkled back the Universe.
But not within the heavens alone
A sweet, low music softly glides—
There is a mystic cadence now,
Like joy, on all the dark, blue tides ;
There is a choral, breathing where
The toll trees bend as if in prayer;
While thre' the lune dim Evening glooms-
They solemnly wave their moonlit plumes,
And even wonder would not wake
Tu hear a voice from wood or lake
God of the starry tides of air!
God of the mighty worlds that swing
Forever in their boondles deeps '
To the broad waving of by wing! '
All this is butilie sign th still
sits firm, the Everlasting Will—
That only as Thou movest, rolls
The Earth with all her countless souls—
That only while a worship sweeps
in choral grandenrs through each zone,
4 The worlds like glorious creatures breathe
In the bright shadows of Thy throne.
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From ChnmSers" Journal.
TROU BLE-T E-11 . 0 USE.
A T.EGEND OF LIVONIA
n.ice on a time there lived in the province of Li
r.ln a a certain peasant, named - Peter Letski. Pe•
ter had no relatirm that he knew of in this world,
bat his mother. She and her husband had come to
Courland tong agn, when they were married ; b'ut
the man died live-and twenty years before the time
of our story ; .and old Roskin and her son - lived on
in the cabin of pine-logs he hail built on the
lands of the boyar Nickletri'z. The boyar took
rank with the high and ancient nobility of Russia
Ills an'ces.,ors had fought against the Mongols, and
held office under Ivan the Terrible. They were
said In have been rich, but little of theirwealth had
descended, for there was hot a poorer estate nor a
more prndently supplied hnf in the province. Theo.
dote Nicklewliz sawed his own hemp and rye,
mowed his meadows, and set a good_ example to
the reapers in harvest time while his wife and
two daughters brewed quass, baked rye loaves, pre•
serve.4 ,. everything, from cranberries ,to caviare,
against the winter, and spun with their maids
'weal packs of yap, for sale to the eastern met
' •
chants
In short, there was work for man and maid at
he kni; but the quass was always strong, the holi
.liys were well kept there, and most of the peas
alts thought a Seat in the great hall worth having,
when the snow was deep in Livonia Somehow,
Parer and his Mother preferred their old cottage.—
It was built, as we have said, of pine-logs, nut of
which were cut the door and window, ;he latter
glazed, so to speak, with a sheet of thin mica; the
roof was of wattles, overlaid a yard deep with turl
and clay, and as greeri as a meadow in summer.—
Their property, besides a cow and , a patch of rye
ground, consisted of a loom, a stove, a Spinning
wheel, and a chest, wherein were laid tip the Sun
day clothes which Peter's father had left him, and
those which oldfloskin inherited from her mother.
They were tree peasants Of the old Germanic race,
long sealed in qclarland. No boyar owned or main
tained them ; but.Roskin was a noble spinner, and
Peter had few equals at, the spade, axe, or flail. 01
schools, Peter Letski knew nothing ; books he had
never seen,except in church ; and the only education
his mother gave him was: " My son, be honest, and
trust in God."
Under that brief bnt otteg•repeated lesson', Peter
grew up one of •the best wins in the province. It
was his fixed opinion, that no woman on earth
could• equal his mother in knowledge, prudence,
and housekeeping—besides, she had been friends,
relations and all to him. Though poor, they had
been happy, together in the log cabin, whose rent,
as well as that of the rye field, was paid in hard
wotk to the thrifty boyar. In summer and harvest
time, Peter.was bound to devote certain days to his
fields; Rosktn spun at the hof in winter evenings;
while her son made baskets, nets, and fishing•tack
le, always getting as near as ho could to the wheel
turned by the pretty Ntga,whose soft blue eyes and
light golden hair had turned the heads of half the
peasants in her neighborhood. Like Peter, Niga
was an only child, but death had taken her mother.
• Her father, honest Ivan, as the peasants called him,
was a stout old boor, who hewed, wood in summer
in the forest, and in winter at the Itol; he and his
axe belonged tci die boyar. Niga, of course, was
born serf, but old Raskin said she would make a
good wife. Peter thought so too: and the wedding
crowns of gill paper, kept in the neighboring ehurch,
would . bare been required, but tor a mime Oldish
common master. His old norm) had died some
years before, leaving an unmarried daughter, for
whbm the belt had promised to provide; and, to
do him justice, he tried to find bet a husband; but
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per throughout the parish, that neither. serf nor free
man could be induced to -take her for better for
worse, even with a prOmised portion of twenty sil
ver rubles. -
All his own serfs were unfortunately married.—
Theodore Nicklewitz _had, therefore fixed his
eyes on Peter as the only chance for Ratitika ;and
as neither he nor his mother liked to leave their
old cottage, and they eould.not buy Niga's freedom,
the young man was obliged to content himself with
avoiding his intended spouse as far as possible.—
When thingewere in this state, a courier froth Pe
tersburg arrived one summer-day at the hof, with
great intelligence. A younger brother of the boy
ar's father, Who, having no estate, not liking the
church ; and still less the army, had degraded Mit
sell in the eyes of his relations so.far as to become
a corn merchant. Ot coarse he was regarded as a
blot in the escutcheon :'no one spoke of him even
at Christmas; but .the man lived long, gather
ed money, retired from business, and died in his
country-house near Riga, very old, rich, and in
testate.
Theodore Nichlewitz was his nearest heir, and
an honest lawyer (we sae writing of olden times)
sent him word to come and take possession. It was
an event in the boyar's life, 'for he had never oeen
so far from home; but he sent for the priest, made
his will, and took five stout men to guard him.—
Peter's master obtained his inheritance; but so
much time was spent in proving himself the heir
according to law, and in hunting 'op the old mer•
chant's money where it lay in banks and bonds,
that the corn was reaped and housed, the snow had
fallen, the frost set in, and there-was said travel
ling orer lake and river, before Theodore Nick
lewitz, with the goods and chattels of the discard
ed relatives, gathered to the last rag, and parked
on sundry sledges, drove home to his careful fa
mily. _
Half his servants had been sent for to help in
that home bringing and among the rest Peter Lets
ki. The sledge he drove was a borrowed one, and
somewhat crazy, on which account it was placed
under his care, for Peterewas a prudent driver. For
the same reason the goods packed in it were fhe
very gleanings of the merchant's country house—
old coats, shattered crockery, arid odds and ends of
All sorts, which the boyar 'bought might be uselul
some day. Peter's horse was borrowed also, ana
lazy with long service. Vigilance and exertion on
the driver's part were required to'keep up with the
company. Night had lallen on them while far from
the end of their journey, but master and man went
merrily on through the. keen frost and clear star•
light. They were bringing goods and money to the
kof ; the boyar would be a rich man now ; the serfs
looked fur more liberal -housekeeping; and Peter
began to speculate on the probabilities-of Ratinka's
getting married. The old horse was going steadi.
ly ; he drew his wolf skin cloak closer round him,
and one dream, may be, followed another through
his brain, till a suitor was found, Ratinka dis
posed of and Niga and himself dancing at her wed
ding.
Here a sound, iof somebody stepping into his
.sledge among the rags and crockery, made Peter
start up and rub his eyes. • No one was• there—but
he had been asleep, and dreaming, The horse,
left to its . oWn discretion, had been distanced by
the whole company. Peter couldn't hear a sound
of the sledge-bells, but he kitew -they were not three
versts from home, for on his right lay a ruined cas
tle, where, it is said, a covelons bishop had lived
long ago, and oppressed the country by exacting
tithes and dues, till the northern frea , hens took the
castle, and hanged him. Its roofless walls stood
gray and lonely on the frozen plain. Peter urged
his horse onward, till they were fairly left behind ;
but, jnat A ls lie drew up his cloak once more, and
settled himself to go home comfortabl,, a sharp
shrill voice at his very side said : " That's a fine
night, Peter Letski!"
"It is," said Peter, his hair beginning to rise,for
he could see nobody.
" Who are you r
"They call me Trouble thc•house," replied the
voice.
" It is an odd name, friend, said Peter. "Where
did von come from r,
" Never mind where I came from," said the
voice, in a still sharper tone. " I'm going home
to the jwf with you and the last of' this fine le
gacy."
Peter was frightened into silence by this state
ment ; ho would have jumped out, but the old horse
had suddenly gniciened its pace to a' full gallop,
and the stedge flew over the snow. so fast that the
lights of the hof were in sight ; and, in a minute
more Peter was through the
,timbr gate and.in the
yard, where the rest of the company were rapidly
unloading: •
Every man, from the boyar downward, inquired
what had frightened his !Oise, for the creature stood
trembling. Peter didn't care to tell them ; but there
war nonledge in the yard more ' quickly emptied
than his own. Nothing but the rags and the crocke.
ry could Peter see, though he though there was a
kind of a rustle'in the rye straw as the last old pot,
came out, and is queer sound of stumping steps go
ing in before them all to the great kitchen, were a
supper, which satisfied even the serfs' expectationa,
awaited Them.
there was no want of brown , sour cabbage, and
hard cheese on the long rough table, at which, af
ter old Livonian fashion, Master arid servant sat
according to rank; yet the least' did not go di so
joyously as might, have been .anticipated. The
youngest daughter broke a china - bowl which "had
been in the family for fifty npset the
tqanieen ; the boyar beeame so critical before the
battle of com•brandy on hut tight was quite empty,
that he found fault with everything said 'or' dtirie ;
and all ;greed that Peiii . Letski aid no justice to
birasettind the supper.
Pet " I ° Bl no lime io, relating the cieso'of that
unwonted neglect to .his mother when see ; in their
own cottage; , and after minute ,inquirieri touching
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REOAEOLtiS 'OF DthirtINCIATION • ?WPC ANT, Qu4IxTER.."
. what he had to drip 6o the road, old Roskin said
she 'never heard of illaireller In all the tales
of COurltindine didn't what" alight come
'with'a corn-merehaet's legacy ; but her advice was,
to keep 'the 8104 , betivein thentselves till" - Father
Mitchael; their priest, 'should return"froth visiting
his brother to tipper Lithuania; which would cer.
tainty take place before Christmas. His mother's
advice was Peter's law. He went on thrashing,
basket making, and sleeping, as in other winters;
old Rbskin, too, open as usual at the hrif, but the
hot was not the place it bad been. its industrious,
quiet had been,broicen to bring home that legacy,
and could not be restored. The Servants grumbled
for stronger quass ; the daughters repined for new
dresses ; the boyardeen grew more mend than
ever; and the boyar thought that every mat ' was
stealing. Then
( there were grand visitors, counts,
and barons, who came from leagues away, and had
to be entertained in the great parlor; never before
opened except for wedding-feaste. Among them
was a certain Count Ratschofl, who would have
married Theodore's eldest daughter, but fhe boyar
and he could never come to an understanding on
the subject of her dowry. However, the count had
been in Petersburg seven years locking after a le
gacy he did not get, and having some knowledge
oldie great world there, he undertook to instruct
the whole house of Nicklewi'z touching their dig
nity and interest.
Under his direction, the peasants were not allow
ed to speak in the old familiar lorme to their betters;
the kitchen was obliged to wait till the parlor had
finished, and got only broken victuals; the-rye
bread was weighed, the quass was measured ; and
the boyar resolved to have Ratinka married with
out delay. His. determination was signified the
week before Christmas, when, one evening after
dinner, Peter was summoned to the parlor door, to
see his master seated in great state, with his pipe,
his tobacco-box, and a quart-cup in the form of an
,eagle, filled to the brim with corn-brandy, before
him. Peter had never beheld the splendors of that
apartment. Its silver can d lesticks, its walls cover•
s
ed with crimson team,,.,,na its tilt ceiling, which
shone on the wedding festivities of Theodore's
great-grandfather, overwhelmed the Courland peas
ant, but his mind was relieved from the weight of
its magnificence by his master demanding: " Pe.
ter Letski, when do you mean to marry Ratinka,
my nurse's daughter? I will give her a portion of
twenty silver rubles. Father Mitchael will be here
in three days; and my will is, that you make rea
dy for the wedding."
" Master," said Peter quietly, " it is my fear that
Ratinka might no agrle well with my mother."
" Your mother !" cried the boyar fiercely, for he
had tried the t4andy ; ni hove no each excuses.
Either marry Ratinka or leave my land."
Peter had never seen the boyar so angry, and he
stammered out in his confusion : "I knew how it
would be when Trouble-the house came after the
legacy."
It so happened that Count Ratschofi, who sat
drinking with the boyar, imagined, and not with
out private reasons, that Peter was speaking of him;
so, with wrath in his eyes and brandy in his brain,
he made but one bound rrom the table to poor Pe
ier, seized him by the collar of his sheepskin, and
kicked him out of the 14:
Though a free man, Peter was brought up in Li•
vonia, and ran as fast as possible from the count's .
hoots The night was pitch-dark, for moon and
stars were hidden by a heavy mist; and when Pe
ter thought of slackening his pace, neither the lief
nor its dependencies could be seen. There was a
red gleam on the plain before him, however,which
he took to be the great pine torch shining through
his mothers window. Old Raskin was at home
that day nursing their cow, which had fallen sick,
and Peter had sad intelligence of her. 11 . g. knew
it would break his mother's heargro leave the &it iii
cottage, and she didn't admire Ratinka more than
himself ; but the young man resolved to go home
and take her advice anyway. The light guided himr
steadily through the mist, but Peter never thought
the way so long lie quickened his pace ; the light )
grew larger and 'Wenger.' It wasn't his mother's
torch now, but the blaze of a huge fire, which, to!
Peter's amazement, rose from the bishop's ruined
castle, at the entrance of which he found himself;
while a dead horse and an upturned sledge lay
close by in the snow.
Peter had a good conscience, tint was frightened
to the beart when the sharp shrill voice once more
Saluted him with : "Peter Letaki, that's a fine
night!"
"Middling," said Piter. ." Who are you?" as,
looking in its direction, he paw a dwarfish old man
clothed in rags, which' had once been 'rich fur and
velvet, and so thin that his bones seemed fleshless
—straining and striving to raise the upturned
sledge.
" I'm a brother of the traveller you took home
with the 6cirn-merchant's legacy," said the dwarf.
" Are there many of you?" inquired Peter.
'• A great family, and like to be greater," MO.
ed the dwarf. " Come and help me to 'r'aise this
sledge."
"Is it yours?" said Peter; who would have
helped anything, as between thein the sledge was
lifted, and he , saw it was richlit lined and "gaily
painted.
" Everything is oars," cried°the dwarf, thtusting
his hand under the crimson cushion, and drawing
out a leatheqi:inoney•bag. "Take this," he con
tinued ch r's'ear, " and I'll go home
with yoo:
Peter held
the land yi
ens
*iih him."
lerrt thinkinglow rrty iuo►ber would like it,"
Said Peter.
.1,
"Your mother cried &Awed: "What melte
do tor, you intil4iga
taught rtie to be honest, add twat in GOd,"
said Peter. • • .". .
At the list word; he felt the heivY bag of ruble.
thinking of,' man Y'—is
Inds. " This would tiny
on ; arid the boyar will
IFire my . brother's dOria
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thrown on, his feet. _The red fire-light eank,: . and
with_ i the old
,dwarl vanished, and. a long,riman
sounded through the rums. Peter knelt, down in
the darkness, and,said his prayers; bele!e..he fin
ished, the rising moon was scattering misl, and
by itslight he saw what the fire had not. shown
him—a traveller lying it'ner 'great distance; as if
he had fallen trim the sledge. Peter ran to hind
he was sound asleep, and coveted with a good.fur .
mantle. So, carefully replacing the money-bag an.
der the cushion, he molar help to the nearest cot;
tage, Five strong peasants assisted Peter to carry
the traveller home; his sledge, with all it contaia-:
ed, also found room in the log cabin, for the poor,
horse had broken its neck by falling on the slippe
ry stmw. Old Roakin said -she never beard such
snoring as the stranger practiced that night; but
next morning he awoke, well, and much astonish
ed. Peter explained how their acquaintance had
commenced, presented him with all his travelling
chattels safe and entire, even to the empty flask,
which hail contained three pints of Livoniari bran
dy. The traveller's own story set forth that he was
a Lithuanian merchant, on his journey to collect
debts and purchase linen yarn in the province ; that
the mist or the brandy had bewildered him; and
that of the ragged dwarf he knew nothing. No
hospitable invitations of its lord, however, could in
duce him to take rest and refreshment at the !of;
but he presented forty rubles to Peter, half that sum
to the parish church, purchased a peasant's horse
and took his departure. It must have been through
that Lithuanian merchant the tale of Peter's advert.
tures oozed out, even before the arrival of Father
Michael; but, tar from being warned, the boyar
swore Peter had slandered his noble louse, refused
all oilers for his cottage-ground, and vowed to take
a great revenge, by marrying him to Rarinka the
day atter Christ Mas. Old Roskin had made up her
mind to retire unincumbered with their forty ru
bles, for Father Michael's pleadings on their behalf
had failed ; but on Christmas-night lestivities ran
'so high, that the hof was set on fire, and before
morning burned to the ground. Very little of goods
or legacy was saved; but stumping steps were
heard to go in before me ?amity to the hunting.
lodge on the edge of the forest, where they look
refuge. Theodore Nickletvitz sold the Letskis their
collage-ground, for he was in want of rubles; and
a pitch-gatherer, erho came to help at the fire, and
was a stranger, having consented to marry Ratinka,
Peter and Niga did dance at her wedding, which
preceded their %wn a whole week, to eschew the
remnants of the boyar's displeasure. The peasants,
of course, rebuilt their lord's house, but the wealth
and dignity of it was over, and Count Ratschoff was
seen there no more. It was believed, however,
that the guest who came In Peter's sledge was hap
pity transferred, with a quantity of old clothes and
utensils, in which the boyar paid Ratinka's promi*
ed rortion, to the cottage of the pitch-gatherer,
where the peasantry asserted peace was never .af.
ter known. Regarding its precise nature, neither
Peter nor his neighbors could ever be certain ; that
question toiled Father Michael himself; but when
abundant harvests or profits of any kind are gather
ed in t the good people of Livonia still hope that
none of the sledges may bring, home Trouble-the
house.
Trts: CIIINM.—The Rev. Mr. Speer, in writing
to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,
from San Francisco, thus Speaks of the character,
condition and treatment of the people among whom
he labors:
The :: Chinise are much stimulated to improve.
meta by their residence in this country. Several
have taken out the paperS necessary to becoming
citizens in due time Many admire our institutions,
and imitate some of our customs. Our own people
regard the mission with favor. A deep interest is
felt in the prospective commerce with China, when
this city and Shanghae shall been linked together .
by steam, nnd Ihi i s port be the point of connection
between - the old and new world, and also in that
wonderful revolution which is break;ng down the
ancient barriers of 'the East, and opening it to civi
lization and chriieianity.
In their temporal condition there is much to
mourn over. They are given to gambling almost
universally, and their tables are encouraged by the
sanction °fa rimn:cipal license (at $5O per month
for each table.) Hundreds of the most infamous
females are imported hither from the boats on the
Canton river, where they are purchased by the
head by Chinese
: speculators, and brought here to
pollilte our mining population arid their own people.
The men working in the mines have often been
treated in the most barbarous manner by the whites
of various nations; many having been shot down
like brutes, and the,Oflenders allowed to go unpun
ished by our !aim Their effeminate frames have
often sunk under the 'hardships of mountain toil,
miserable food, and inaufficient shelter. They en
joy unhindered inddlgence in the intoxicating drug,
which has poisoned many thousands - of their court
itymen ; and not a law amidst their calamities,
have used opium to destroy their wretched
exis
tenco. Asa people, the Chinese here are, iu many
respects, tote deeply pitied.
To naive away Rims —A friend has just inform,
ed nsofa plan he adopted to get rid of rats. 13is
premises swarmed with them. He took a small
fish hook, ttlached to a fine wire, and suspended
on it a piece of cheese, lettingit hang about a foot
from the ground. One of the rats leaped at it and
was hooked, sod' set up such a horrible squeal,
noise-and rattle, that all the rest forsook him and
nil Not 'a rat remained on the premises. A few
daqiiileritaras hiatieighbor declared that he was
visited with a plague wits - is -- than those or Egypt
—that the rats would irtfrely eat them
. up, ho . use
and all: bur friend' enjqed- the joke '•lstit 4ept
shay. This was philanthrople"ot him sci,•fOr the
benefit of beighbor, who, vie hope' takes' - otir
paper; arrittho test of Mankind., tre- , t diaeltiab the
'discloscire"WithonfinjOying secieey - ceettiirging
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The Teary of .Agricehure:
TheprincipTes# Agriculttue are exceed in
pie, ;;That . they !night be mtde so r God himself was
the first.great planter. He iiroXi.l4:liO4
in the brightest;oveliesr,thdruost intelligible char
acters, everywhere, upon the bread bosom of the
liberal earth ; in greenest leaves, in delicate fruits,
in beguiling - antl delicate flowers! But he does not
content filinielfleilh'this alone. He bestows the
heritage along with the exurnple., He prepares the
garden-and 'the before-he vestal, the being
who is to possess them. lie fills them With all
those objects.obense soul sentiment which are to
supply his moral and physical necessities. Birds
sing in the boeglissibittre'htn . ;odors blossom inthe
air, and fruits and flowers cover the air with a.
glary to which that of Solomon, in all his magnifi
cence, was vain and valueless. To His hand we
owe these fair groves, these tall ranks of majestic
trees, theie deep forests, - these broad plains cov
ered with verdure, atilt these mighty arteries of
flood and river, which wind them along beautifying
them with the loveliest inequalities, and irrigating
them with seasonable fertilization. Thus did the
Almighty plinter dedicate the great plantatirn to
the use of that various and wondrous family which
was to folldw. Hisliome prepared—supplied with
resources, adorned with every variety of fruit and
flower, and checkered with abundance, man is
conducted within its pleasant limits, and ordained
its cnltivator under the very eye and sanction of
Heaven. The angels of Heaven descend upon its
hills. God himself appears within its valleys at
noonday—its groves are instinct with life and puri
ty, and; the blessed wars rise at night-above the ce
lestial inonntains to keep watch over its conseerat•
interests, Its gorgeous forests, its broad savannahs,
its levels of flood and prairie. are surrounded into
the hands of the wonderously favored, the new
created heir of Heaven ! The t. ird and the! beast
are made his tributaries, and taught to obey him.
The fowl summons him at morning to his labors,
end the evening chant of the bird wa:nslunitO re
pose. The ox submits his neelt to the yoke; the
horse moves at his bidding in the plough; and the
toils of all are rentleted sacred and succesztul by the
gentle showers, the genial sunshine which descend;
from, heaven, to ripen the grain in its season and to ,
make earth pleasant with its fruits.
TIM SABBATH A FRIEND --•1. To education. COM•
pare conntries with and without the Sabbath. fts
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ministration poweri Ily quickens and Invigorates
the human intellect, hile a vast amount of know.
Ledge is accumulate( .
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- 2. To Government. Where are honored Sabbath
an.l despntism co.exiPtent Mt shows the nature
of human rights—adapts laws to the actual wants
and circumstances of men—creates a conscience
that sustains law and qualifies men to make, as well
an to obey laws.
3 To Health., By promising cleanlinetra, by fur.
nishing needful rest for the body and mind, by pro
moting, cheerfulness and elasticity of •pirits through
its power to produce a peaceful conscience, and by
its sublime "glace over the hateful passions of
men.
4. To Good Morals. By keeping in eight the
character of God, by unfolding the claims of his
holy law, by creating a public sentiment that frowns
on immoral•ty, and through that Fnffering, cawing
wi.e and effectual laws for the supvessiop of vice
and crime.
5 To Piety. By cau.-ing a right view of God to
prevail, by constantly pouring nn men's minds those
great elements of piety the divine truths of
Revela
►ion, by thus generating all right affections towards
God and man, by shadowing forth and pointing men
to ►he. Sabbath of Heaven.
Therefore the Sabbath is the Friend of the nation,
the family, everybody's fri e nd , and never fails to
repay true and devoted .friendship for it with the
most precious blessings for time and eternit.
Wuo ARE rocs COMPANIONS Ile that walketh
with wise men shall be wise; but a companiOn of
fools shall be des'royed."
• It is s4id to be a property of the tree•liog that i;
acquires the color of whatever it adheres to for a
short time. Thus when found on growing corn, it
is commonly of a very dark green 1,1 found on the
white oak it has ,he color peculiar to that tree.—
Just CO it is with men. Telt me whom you choose
and prefer as companions, and certainly I can tell
you who you are. Doi' you hive the' society - of the
vulgar? Then you aro already debased in your
sentiments. Do you seek to be with the profane?
In Yonr heart you are like them. Are jesters and
buffoons your choicest friend, ? fie who loves to
laugh at folly is Idirittell a fool, sod probably a very
stupid One, too. DO'Yon love anil seek the society
of the Wise and good? Is this your habit? Would
rather take the loivest seat among such than the
highestieat Erelong - others! Then you have already
teamed to be wise and good ? You may not. have
matte much progress but even a pis) beginning is
not to be despidett. Hold on runway, and seek to
'be's companion of all that fear God. So you shall
be wise fur yourself, and wise for eternity.
COLUNCUSAND lemma —Twenty years , only in-
tervened between the discovery of America, and
the first preaching of Luther. The Christian schol
ar may be pardoned, it he lingers for a moment up.
on the analogy which subsists between these remark
able events. Columbus pursuing his perilous
.course across the Atlantic; and led forward ,
,hy the
:single star of lofty and inspiring hope, may be re
carded se•no inept emblem of that adventurous re.
former,- who embarked on e,stormier sea than ever
rocked the intrepid sailor. How mighty the enter
"riser)! both,! How magnificent the result ! A l?nd
of beauty opened its iteiwerY'valleya`to the no •
loa.
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tor • but a tichei land oi promise blossome,4l beroie
the eyee of the, re former,
CtiltirtltsartettAl 46 41' 111 tiliidc that 'men too°
the iatalking aconite% about ha.
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Amin&lux Caicirrox.—James Crichton was
born to Scotland, about the year 1561. His father
wag Robert Crichton, oh Pdiock—for a time Lord
Adioiate to king James VI. Young Crichton re
ceived the best part of his education at Aridrew'a
then the most celebrated seminary in Scotland
His proficiency Yves . marvellous. At the
.age of
seventeen ha appeared In:France; and, Vier dal
lenging all the scholars and philiasophere of the col
lege of Navarre toe rmblictlisputation, to becarried
on in anr one of twelve specified languages, in any
science," liberal art, discipline, or faculty; whether
practical or theoretic, carried of the prize and re.
ceived the public praises of the president and fou r
of the mast eminent professors. The very next day
he appeared at a tilting-mach in the Louvre and
took the ring from a host of accomplished comps
titers. Enthusiaim ' lO,lB to it, height t particularly
among the ladies of the court, and from the versi
tality of his talents, his youth, the gracefulness of
his manners, and the beauty of his person, he was
named " L'Admirable"—whence followed the tiller
by which he has been since more familiary known,
" The Admirable Crichton." He journeyed from
university to university : posting his challenge on
church-doors and college pillars, encountering with
miraculous success the most profound philosophers
of the day. At Mantua he vanquished the most
Celebrated swordsman in Italy. He was suddenly
cot off, in his twenty-third yew:, by an assassin...—
He was returning one night from -the house of hit
mistress, playing on his guitar and singing as he
walked, ((or he was an accomplished musician,)
and was attacked by several armed men in masks.
One of these he disarmed—the rest4ed. Upon Un
masking the captive, he saw it was the Prince of
Mantua, one of his former pnpife, who instantly
dropping on his knee, presented his sword to Crich
ton and begged for life, but the victor generally de.
dined his advantage. As soon as the Prince
recovered his sword he ran it trough Von's
body.
Some cootempotasy acrount.attributed btu-death
to tin 'accidental midnight brawl—othere to a pre.
mitiLtated plan of assassination ; but all seem to
agree that he fell, by the hand of the Prince, and a
belief, of popular tradition in l'aly was that the
calamities which befell the house of Gonzago short.
ly after, were judgments of the Almighty for that
foul murder.
How TO PROSPER !Si BUSINESS —ln the first piece
make up your mind to accomplish whatever you
undertake; decide upon tome particular employ.
ment, persevere in it. All difficulties are over.
coma, by dilliganos and assiduity.
Be not afraid to work with your own bands and
dungenity; -- too: A tat in gloves catches' no
mice."
"He who remains in the mill grinds ; not he
who goes anal comes."
Attend to your Own bnsiness, and never Until it to
another. " A pot that belongs to many is 111 stirred
ana worst boiled."
I Be frugal. "That which will not make a pot
will make a p.m
"Save the pence mil the ponnds take care
of themselves,"
Be abs'emious. " Who dainties love alkali beg.
eltrP prove." -
Rise Early. " The sleeping fnx catches' no
poultry."
" Plough deep while sluggards Rieep, and you
shall have corn to Pell and keep." •
"Treat every body xvtih respect . and" civility.—
" Everything isgained and nothing lost by courte
sy. Good manners insure success)?
Never anticipate wealth from any other source
than labor: especially never place dependence up.
on becominu the possessor of an inheritance.
"He who waits for a dead man's Apes may
hare to go for a long lime barefoot."
He who runs after a shadow has a wearisome
Above all things ; never•deapair. "God is where
he toes."
"heaven helps 'hose who help Themselves."
Follow implic;i.ly these precepts, and nothing
can hinder you from accumulating.
-: nun:mint or Resna.—Russia is , the greatest
unbroken empire for extent that ever exilited; or
copying vast regions of Europe and Asia,and near
ly one sixth of the habitable globe. It is forty one
times the size of France and one-hnndred and thir
ty eight times that of England Yet it was too
small for the ambition of Alexander, who is report
ed to have said, " f insist upon having the Baltic
to skate upon, the Caspian for a bathing place, the
Black Sea as a vrash•hand basin, and the North
Pacific Ocean as a ftsh•pond.''' lie " encroached
Tartar for a pasture, on Persia and Georgia for a
viuyard, on Turkey for a garden, on !Wane Itn : a
farm, on Finland and Lapland as a hunting ground,
and fooipart of North America as a place ot ban
ishment for offenders."
THE CEDARI, nr LEBANON —Have diminished
from a forest to a sacred grove, guarded by a oup74-
whine. The prophecy of Isaiab has- long since
been fulfilled, and a Lebanon is turned intoisfrnit.
lui field," " the rest of the trees of hill forest ars
few, that a chill may write them." The cedars of
Lebanon gamely occupy a spacious:lnel to two acres
of ground: But Lebanon is a fruitful field. The
Multieury trees yields its luscious fruit and its more
useful leaves, with grac;eftil luxuriance ; an; in .its
valleys the harvests wave spon laneouely in UtUMW
New Quarter/9 Review for October,
trr A western justice of the pears ordered a
witness to." come up and be iirrffio." He will at
tained That the Mar wit, deaf and dumb. "Ilion's
'eater,iaid the jcass , Pa s ßiOntilt l l3 4 ; "fthettlitt' hii
ie Cir. nqi—hers fit the ,Conatitution
,ot thit
,:t.Tdited
s tate , bolero me. It gnatanteee to every man the
right of speech, and to toug as I have the honor of
a seat ottthisi beech, it shell not , be waisted. tia tn.
'What the denationtiert 4 usraniees to a man
he /shall have, Ilecknn?' "
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