i I.! i s . if COME AND TAKE ME. Duvivikk. i VOL. 1. CLEARFIELD, YEDNESDAY, ' MAI; 2, ; 185.5. W. 39. tl : RAFTSMAN'S JOURNAL. - Br..". Jones. Publisher. - Per. annum, (payable in advance.) SI 50 If paid within the year, 2 00 No paper discontinue! -until all arrearages are Taid. A failure io notify a discontinuance atlbo expi ration of tbo term subscribed for, wilt oe consider- .ed ftceir engaemcut. Till: TOOR MAN'S DAY. BY EBESEZEB ELLIOT- . Sabbrfth holy I To the lowly Still tbjou art a welcome day, vThe'v thnu domeat, earth arM ocean, Shade and brightness, rest und motion, -Help the poor man's heart to pray. Fun waked forest! Eird that fcoarest O'er the mute unpurplcd moor! Throstle's song that stream like XI o west ! Wind,' that over dew-drop goest! Vi'elcouio now the woe worn poor! Little river, Young forever ! Cloud, gold bright with thankful glee ! Happy woodbine gladly weeping! Gnat within the wild rose keeping ! Oh, that they were blctsed, aj ye! Sabbath holy! for the lowly Taint with flowers thy glittering sod ; . For nCltction's sons and daughters. Lid thy mountains, woods and waters, l'ray to Owd, the poor man's God. Pale young mother! Gasping brother! Stater toiling in despair! Grief-bowed sire, that life long diest ! While-lipped child that, sleeping, sighejt! Come aud drink the light and air. - Ftill God livcth! Still lie givcth Vi'hat no law can takeaway; And. oh Sabbath', bringing gladness Unto hearts of weary sadness. Still art thou 'The Toor Man's Day!" (DrUVmal ?llornl. Cnlr. J WRITTEN rOH THE JOIPNAL.J - the -:o: COPT K I CUT 9ECURED. ' :: CHAPTER XIX. , . Tho Interior of fhp cabin, with Ha earthen floor, was remarkably r.oat and clean ; and con- bideniblo taste was displayed in ' the arrange ment of flowers, studf in handfulls around the rough wills. , Two old, ricketty , couches oc cupied the opposite corners. A broad, circu lar block of wood, with ones of smaller di mensions, and flower, served for ' table and chairs... . .' - ' . . The whole occupied a gentle eminence, which slopad gradually into a dark hollow- along which Sowed a stream of pure, fresh water, its Liuks being lined .with low, over hanging evrr-gnjens, and wild flowers. Imagine this spot, in the. midst of a forest, many miles in extent, and you have the. place before you. - . ' . Soon after the gfant-raan., with coarse braw ny features, and bass voice, closed the door of the cabin behind him, the person who had been asleep on the couch began to stir ; and, yawning once or twice, soon had her eyes on the pale, delicate ctranger, in bewildered amazement. Then, quickly- rising, and throw ing a loose gown over the shoulders, stealthi ly crept toward the fire ; when VertiTia, look ing up, saw a pair of black, wild eyes fixed full upon her. ' ' ; . ' These eyes belonged to an exceedingly ro mantic creature-r-a young girl about fourteen with long, jet-black hnir, banging down over the neck and shoulders, in wondrous profu sion. Though, at a glance, plainly destitute of much mental culture, yet nature had not been sparing in some of her choicest gifts. With a neat, fairy form, thin, white features, and a kind, good-natured look, the girl made a favorable impression on Vertitia, though she thought she had never before saw such a queer, wild-looking creature. After her. large, black eyes had sufficiently aatisQed their curiosity, the quizzical girl made a pretty graceful courtesy, and lit up her coun tcnace with a smije. . ... The old woman, in the mean time, had sat close by Ycrtitia's side, looking steadily at the fire, with a thoughtful cast of countenance. She was a tall, lean , woman, stooped, sallow complexioned, easy and graceful ia her man ners,' with a tinge of melancholy settled about the features. Sh? was one of those, part of whose history, at least, is 'written In the face, And who carry to the grave the indelible marks yof some sudden, overwhelming sorrow. -' On 4the whole, while tbero was nothing repulsive in either her looks or manners, like her wild, romantic -daughter, Letta, her countenance Save proofs of a disposition, at least, to be kind and good-natured. ''.' ' : "Thepoor thing, may want to li down a pit' said she; looking at Letta, who still stood with her eyes fixed wopderirigly on the stran ger. ' ' '" y - " "Sped shea had a long," merry ride," "she continued. " ' ' " ;j ' , . ; Poor VertUial it was just what ihe wished ery much needed a little rest., Her ; fe verish, nervoasgyatem;" aching head, . and wajidcritg Jttind, needed that best TrestoratW r-leep. Ia truthas: he sat on. one-fQf-the wooden block, at th old wtnaanV ld, "pale, with her large, blue eyes set, her lips dry and parched, and her temples, throbbing, it re quired no very experienced eye to see that her condition was critical, and required atten tion. - "Yes, my dear, good mother quick where shall I lie V said Vertitia, with a fluttering voice, her lips turning blue, and her face as suming a deadly palor. "There ;' said tho old woman, pointing at one of the ricketty conches Vertitia attempted to rise to her foet, stag gered, and would have fallen, but for tho friendly arms of the woman and daughter, simultaneouslv thrown around her slender form. They laid her quickly and gently on the couch. . She had fainted away In a few moments, however, she revived; ana, casting her sunuen, misty blue eyes around her, she at length fixed them wildly on the woman and her daughter; then, closing them, clasped her hands across her breast, with a deep, heavy sigh. "Poor thing 1" said the kind woman. A tear stole down Letta's cheek. Presently Vertitia opened her eyes languid ly. and, raising her trembling hand, waved the woman and daughter from her side. She then lay easy, and after a little, fell into a doze. She sighed, however, heavily would start up frequently, as if terrified at something mut tered talked incoherently. But, finally, her sleep became more sound, and she rested qui etly, except, now and then, fetching a heavy sigh or moan. "Poor thing," said tho old woman to her daughter, who had shyed off into the corner, "she's got some great trouble on her." " Who in the world is she, mother ?" inquir ed Letta quickly, tip-toeing up close to her mother's side, with her eyes staring. "I dont know, any more than yourself." ,When did she come ?" ''Little spell ago '; 'bout break of day. I'd got up, and was scttin'. here fat the fire, not thinkin'. of "any. thing ; when, first thing I knew, in steps Dannns, and told me he'd got a pretty girl at the door, and that h wanted me and you to lake good care of , her. . ' "Lawful hearts!. was brother here?" ex claimed Letta, in utter amazement. " 'Deed was he, and brought that poor thing with him; drove all night, too',I guess, through rain and thunder, and every thing.5' - "And, did 7it he tell you a hate of who she was, and what he brought her here to us for?" "No, just brought her in,' wheeled about, and was otT." : , . "Jist like brother; he's so queer, always at something ; but, I'll know, next time; I see him." "Ho gave me ihi j, as he left we must do as if says," said the mother, handing, at the same time, Letta the scrap of parchment. ' : ' Letta reads slowly. "Must n't ask her any questions ! that'll be hard enough for me. But, we can be kind that'll be easy." "Marcus ! who's that ?" inquired Lcttaj in a low voice, as she deciphered the signature. 'Somebody, I reckon, Dannus knows." "I'll find out; but it says, ask her no ques tions. But, I can ask brother, you see ; he knows, and he'll tell ne," and Letta folded up the parchment, and handed it to her mother. Just then, Vertitia threw up her arms, with a moan. Letta was instantly at her side ; but she was still in a sound sleep. "She looks better lips not so blue not quite so pale," said Letta, as she returned to her mother. "Sleep'll be good for her, poor thing." , "I do wonder who sho is, it's so queer;" observed Letta, as she attempted , to adjust her disordered hair. .... . "Well, well ; she'll want something to eat when she wakes ; better have something ready, something warm, you know," said the mother.-. . . "' ; '. '. "Yes;" and Letta was quickly righting up the fire ; while the mother walked quietly to the couch, and looked sorrowfully at the sleep ing, suffering captive. ' , ' . i To be continued. . , - . Support your County Paper. . The following; remark from the Southern Watchman, is worthy of attention : .We are satisfied that many persons are gov erned by an erroneous view in regard to sus taining their hohe papers many of them be lieving " that they ; contain little of interest, while those . from a distance are brimful of every thing good. Now the truth is, that precisely the contrary is the" fact.' ' A home papcr.is better than any one from a distance possibly can be ; because it: contains all the foreign and general news to be found 5h a dis tant papery and besides' this,"' the local "news, advertisements, &c,, which can never be found iaT,a distant one.., The man... therefore, who takes but on paper, stands greatly in his light If he does" not fate the one nearest his place, pf residence- and no man jean take "so large'a humtf f papers as to tnako , 'it. .desirable to dspeiice with' the reading of ar local sheet, 1 j f "'.' ." ' ' ' ' :r,r' . '. D37 A. ;Wfc.j. seeing jftadj at a party 'with 'a very loir . neckwd dressH and lmfe"..arrnSj; ex pressed his admiration, by raying'-that she cvt'ttripptd the whole partr'.;? ; ;i ' WEQUASII. A TALE OF THE COLONIES. CHAPTER I. 'Tho' born in this desert and doom'd by my birth to pain and afuiction, to darkness and deatn, On these let my spirit rely Like gome rudo dial, that, fix'd on earth. Still looks for the light from the sky." The landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Ply mouth, may be ranked among the most inter esting events recorded in the annals of history Their sufferings and privations were many; but disregarding danger and personal priva tion, these proscribed people commenced the great work, and succeeded in establishing col onies in various parts ofXew England. In the year lbiO tho governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay, in London, deemed it ad visable that the governor himself should re side among the colonists; and the then officer, Mr. Craddock, not being willing to undertake in his place, and Mr. Thomas Dudley his dep uty, with several worthy and competent per sons as his council, who. embarked with their families for New England, with a fleet of ten sail of ships, whereof the admiral was call ed the Arabella, in honor of the lady Arabella Johnson, who with her husband, Isaac John son, Esq., were on board of her. With them embarked Sir Richard Sallonsal, Theopolus Eaton,and John Vern,Esqrs.,with several other gentlemen and ministers, and about two hun dred passengers, whom the heat of persecu tion forced out of their native land. The fleet arrived at Salem in the month of July, in a very sickly condition. Lady Arabella John son died soon after she came on shore, and her husband who doated on her, followed a month after; thus were the words of the poet Garth, emphatically realized: - "To die is landing on some silent shore." The greater portion established themselves in a place which they called Charlestown, on the north side of the river, which still goes by that name. . Hero they suffered intensely, which added to the thrcatning posture assumed ' by the Indiaus, rendered their situation far from agreeable. A powerful chief called Wequash, who headed a portion 'of the Narraganset tribe, was the most dreaded. He never shed unneces sary blood,his hatchet was never raised,'orthe war-whoop sounded, while the whites kept away from his hunting grounds, and the graves of his fathers, over which the lone willow wept, and the tall cypress sighed their rcquium. In conscqenceof this chiefs resolve to main tain his ground and power, a part of the colo ny or unariestown removed to a peninsula which lies at the extreme end of the Massachu setts Bay, , and "is the most commodious for trade'and commerce of any place in that sec tion of the country. Here they built the town of Boston. Wequash viewed their departure in silent astonishment, their every movement indicated a thorough Icnowledge of. the best ground, ahd.when he ascertained that they had actually settled down at the bottom of the bay, he began to think that their object was to mo nopolise the waters of his country to them selves. For the purpose of establishing the truth of his surmises he started with a, portion of his tribe to pay them a friendly visit. His appearance boded no good; yet his general peaceful character secured for him, and his attendants a warm. and cordial reception; for it was the object of the colonists to secure the friendship of the Indians by acts of benevolence, and honest, upright transaction in dealing. Wequash as usual encamped in the wilds of the surrounding eountry, and occasionally come to the town of Boston to watch the progress the whites made in building and extending their power foot by foot on his own ground. Al though these proceedings stirred up the feel ings of tho savage, they were easily subdued by some new act of kindness on the part of the colonists. If he could have raised up the curtain of the future, and in the dim perspec tive, traced the outlines of out present great ness, rivers of blood would have flowed, and the savage king would have ruled still : the war-whoop would echo on the shores of the Delaware and Hudson, and in the vallies of the Mississippi where now is heard the puff of steam, and the gladsome' voices of civili zed men. , It was so destined. As an instance of Wequash's friendly dispo sition toward the colonists, we will relate a cir cumstance which occurred while on a visit to the town of Boston. A body of Pequots con sisting of. .nearly, three hundred men, came down the 1 Massachusetts Bay, in "canoes, and menaced the" colony by threats, loud whoops, and shouts peculiar to that bloody and vindic tive tribe' They showered poisonous arrows into the town, to the great alarm and conster nation of the inhabitants. . Wequash' appeared on a rock, over looKing their fleet of canoes, and intimated to them by wild gestures, his re solve to protect the "pale faces," inasmuch as they ' were , his rils; ind'hkd petit?oned the great Maneato to avert a dire calamity from his peopre,, (the small pox.) No sooner did the Pequots hear this, than the heads of their ca noes were larfted,1 arid fhey sent a messenger for the prophet, (the doctor, who had oatisfled the arigryt ;spirit;' and'! made' him', a valuable preaeu't Iconauting of; fur, tnd silver.'They then retired into two 6trong fortt higher np'tho Bay. The prophet (Dr. Mason,) accompa nied them,, and their chief, Sassacres, said "he was only one, a god and nobody,", which means that he was under the protection of tb great Spirit. The, Doctor remained with them several days, nis visit effected much good towards establishing the safety of the colony The next summer several ships arrived, fill ed with passengers. Among them was Chris topher Gardiner, a knight of Jerusalem, and of the family of tho famous bishop of that name, in queen Mary's reign. He was a Cos mopolite, and had travelled over tho greatest part of the known world. He had been at Je rusalem the city of the world! he had fought the Saracen on his own ground, and gained honors and renown. He came to the new country to spend tho remainder of his days in retirement, ne was accompanied by an only daughter, a beautiful girl of twenty, whose sylph-like form and sparkling eyes were cal culated to brighten up the sombre looks of the colcnists, whose stern and unremitting exer tions in the cause of Christianity and civiliza tion, had nearly dried p all those streams of affection and love, which, in "days of yore" were wont to lighten the heart and shed the beams of its sunshine on tho face, , The fire of truth had gone out fanaticism stirred its ashes the age had become insane on matters of religion. Poetry and romance were only to be found : among . the . Indians... They . were nature's children! 1 . . ;.. The sky was bright the birds sung sweetly in the grove,' thcro was music in the land. ine Drecze Dreamed its tolian strains over tho .waters, and the howl of the . far off wolf, was less harsh td the ear. It was a dav of loveliness; for beauty was abroad. Wequash was standing at the water's edge, when the noble vessel hove in sight. . His eve rested on the ship, and he scrutinized every face as the passengers stepped, one by one, on the shore of the new world! Curiosity alone attracted the stern, proud chief. Xo emotion was visible on his manly countenance until the beauteous Sapphina appeared. It was then the chieftian's eyes became fixed; they rested on the gem of the earth, a lovely woman., rHer's in return fell upon the noble form of the Xar iganset'a chief, for a moment-there was a pause Wequash made one step towards her the father placed. -his hand on the handle of his sword the motion was involuntary, and they passed on : "Wompanoag is she not a spirit ?" asked the chief of a follower. "Xo, mighty chief she is only a whita rose, transplanted she will fade." i ' "Never ! Wompanoag the bud of such a flower is immortal it will blossom its leaves may. fall, but that, the source of all, will still remain like the bright snn, Wompanoag it will shine on my soul forever I 1 ' "Chief 1 V " Wompanoag ? do you follow the white fawn to her wigwam, and . when the tall shadow's stretch over tho plain, meet me at the Eagle rock." CHAPTER II. Ours is a sketch of events, and hot a tale of romance, therefore the loves of Wequash and Sapphina must be anticipated, imagined, not painted how they met, how the savage won the maiden mnst remain untold, unuttercd. Ho won her. -About a month after the arri val of the fleet, already mentioned, Wequash was on his way to Plymouth, where another portion of tribe was placed to protect the inte rior part of the country, from further spoila tionby the whites. His departure from Boston, caused other complaints than those arising from loss of cattle, and household goods which the curiosity of the natives appropria ted without leave, to themselves- The knight of Jerusalem, Sir Christopher Gardiner, was observed in great agitation to enter the house of the governor, of whom he demanded instant audianco. Astonishment was depicted on the countenance of the gover nor, when he heard the knight's story. "Your daughter stolen by Wequash ! impossible! she may have strayed into the woods and "No!" exclaimed: the knight "No, my friend, would to Heaven she had, my account is true a recreant Indian is even now here to prove it : he says that she was seized by four chiefs, and carried to tho mountains." : " "And one of them ?" "Was Wequash give me fifty men and I will hunt this savage through his native wilds!" ' "But sir knight, yon are not acquainted with his mode of warfarej and this Wequash is a wary and a mighty warrior." - -i "My wrongs will teach 'me them, and my injuries sustain me in the conflict, thes are the best tactics in war.' - ... The governor immediately issued proclama tion promising large - rewards tothose who should apprehend the ravished arid restore the maiden tb the colony."' JMariy of the Pequots, actuated by the promised reward.' love of ad venture, arid a spirit of revenge, willingly join ed those who started in pursuit'.' 'Sir Christo- ptr , headed' his fifty selected men, kmong them several Indians, whom he took as spies, and to act as guides'. . They immediately took tho route which they ascertained had been ia-;' ken by wequash. ? , r . . .. 9 . , . - Qn the heights of, Plymouth, Wequash had encamped, and.it was suggested to the exaspe rated, knight'tQ Uy'e unnecessary shedding of blood, that a messenger Bhouia oo aispaiciea de'm7jrtiig from the chief,.tho rertoratfori off the maiden. This he promptly refused to do, and commenced his preparations for an imme diate attack, but to their astonishment, We quash showed an inclination to avoid the con test. While the contending parties were thus situated, the one making arrangements for bat tle, and the other to retreat, the distressed fa ther stood upon the banks of a small stream which washed the base of the height, his eyes wero fixed upon the chiefs strong hold, and he fancied he could trace the outline of his child in one of the many forms which passed before them. His head fell upon his swelling breast, and he was in the act of moving away, when he noticed a canoe putting ofT from tho shore, and make directly toward the point on the opposite side. A Pcquot Indian point ed to the canoe, and, making a gesture, gave me Knignt to understand tnat the rower was Wequash himself. "Ah ! he has been among ns." The knight immediately jumped into another boat, followed by five or six of his fol lowers, and pursued the fugitive, who as soon as he reached the shore presented his riflj. This deadly weapon, in the hands of a deter mined foe, had no effect upon the enraged fa ther, who rushed upon Wequash with all the fury of a madman. The chief stood calmly on tho defensive, having thrown aside his gun, he seized the tomahawk; and shaking off his pow erful enemy, raised it in a thrcatning posture over his assailant's head when at the instant a female rushce from behind a projecting rock and flung herself upon the neck of Wequash exclaiming "Save, Oh! save my father!" turning to her father, she in the same emphat- ic' manner, cried "Ok! save my husbaud." i'Fear not, white rose of the mountain, he is I saXo;'not a hair of the gray head shall be inju- I red." The astonished knight gazed upon his daughter) as she clung to him, she called him husband. f'Gracious God, what infatuation is this the daughter of a noble of England wed ded to a savage wedded! delicacv to its ev ery counterpart ? Turity of blood, whose source can be traced to kings, mingled with that of the ppUnted tribes of no country no name-no an cestry ! preposterous! the girl is mad. She has tasted of the insane root give her back chief! .'Talk not of ancestry, proud man," exclaim- d. Wequash. Who can boat cf nobler. jroudcr .ancestry than he who stands before you? He. is descended from a long line of kings, linking the present to those who ruled when the sun was youDg and pale faced, when the moon was weak and feeble in ,its march through . the heavens; he is descended fiom those who lived before the stars were made. Earth was given to tho Indian, it was their paradise," until the evil one made the white men, who have blasted the land, like a pesti- ence; they have swept over it, tearing up the flowers ere they had bloom'd and perfumed the. -air destroying the fair face of creation, with their base and mechanical notions of trade and traffic. This white rose I have taken from its impure bed, and transplanted to a more congenial soil droop not maiden fear not." "Fool! fool!" responded the proud knight, 'what know you of birth and ancestry ? Come forth, thou ill fated girl leave that red faced savage and follow me." . f Your speech is free, proud, man, use it though your life is in my hands you arc free, and the path is clear; and if, with her own free will, the white rose will follow See! she, too, is free !" he stepped back, and left her be tween . them. She looked first at the father, then at her husband, hesitated a moment, and fell weeping into the arms of the latter "'Tis done," exclaimed the knight, "use her well, chieftian, she is thine no loHger mine, the link that bound her to me is broken, though I had the power to wrest her from you I would not use it.. The high born maiden, educated in trie courts of Europe, has made her choice, though it break my heart I leave her use her well, chief, use her well," and the big tears rolled down his furrowed cheeks. The maid en sobbed aloud, though she was clasped to tho bosom of the chief of the Narragansets! The wigwam of Wequash, was an Eden, in the wilderness. Sapphina,the white rose of the valley, bloomed- there in all her loveliness. Her word was law, her smile the sun that gave warmth and feeling to the tribe, they loved her as their queen, and worshipped her as a Spirit from the land of Maneato. KF Honolulu is said to enjoy the 'quietest Sabbath on the face of the whole earth. The penal code of the Sandwich Island declares that the Lord's day is laboo; all worldly busi ness, amusements, and recreation are forbid den on that day; and whoever shall keep open his shop, store, warehouse, or, workshop, or shall do any ; manner of labor," business' or work, except only works , of necessity arid charity, or bp present at any dancing, public amusement) or taking part in any game, 6port, or play on the Lord's day, 'shall be' punished by a fine, not exceeding ten dollars. ' . ' I j D,- wag once entered a store ia 'London some years ago which had for tits 6ign, "Tho Two Baboons.-and addressing himself to th proprietory..- aajds .- (.5- - 5 ;i; ; I 'I wishtoseeyourpartner!" ... ; ".. r "I have no partner, sir,' . ' . '',yi beg your pardon, air, and hope you'll x- cuse the mistake " - '. , , "... 1 "Oh, there's no nana dbne; but what t mad you think' threwas two of us7,,J '('' 1 Our sign Ally 4 u:g paewm. j .-.. ta-'"' fi''.- " ' ""'Z'T2 I lib Tf5r IV ? . . . 11UUI' a. Til E JEWESS. A TEADITI02T Or THE HAB3IS.' -Tho celebrated teacher, Kabbi Melr, sat du ring the whole of the Sabbath day in the pub lic school, instructing the people. During his' absccucc from the house -his two sons died, both of them of uncommon beauty, and en lightened in the law. His wife bore them to the bed chamber, laid them upon the marriago bed, and spread a white covering over thoir bodies. Ln tho evening the Rabbi Meir cairo home. "Whvre r.re my two sons," he asked, "that I may givp them my blessing ? I repeatedly looked round the school, and did not see them there." - . . She reached him a goblet. ' Ho 'praised tho Lord at the going cut of tho Sabbath,- drank and again asked Where are my sons., that they too may drink of the cup of blessing 7" - "They will not be fnr ctf," she said," and placed food before him, that he might eat. He was in a gladsome and genial mood; and when he had said grace after tho meal, she thus addressed him: "Rabbi, with thy permission, I would fain propose to thee pne question.". " . - "Ask it thou, my love !" he replied. . . r "A few days ago, a person entrusted aomo jewels to my custody, nnd now he demands them again; should I give them up?" "This-is a question," said Rabbi Meif, "which my wife should not have thought it necessary to ask. What, wouldst thou hesi- tate or bo reluctant to restore to every nt hisowni" . . ." "No," she replied, "but yet I thought it best not to restore them, without acquainting thee therewith." ; ; i . .. . . i She led him to the chamber, and stepping to the bed, took the white covering from i the dead bodies. '. . ! "Ah! my sons, my sons!" thus londlj la mented the father; tfmy" sons! the light of my eyes and t"he light of my understanding I was your father, but ye were my teachers in the law. . The mother turned away and wept bitterly- At length sLe took her husband by the hand and said: ' . " , . "Rabbi did'st thou not teach -mo that we must not be reluctant to restore, that which was entrusted to our keeping 1 See; the Lord gave, the Lord has taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord ?" -.- - "Blessed be the name of tbeLord!" echoed Rabbi Meir, "and blessed be his name for thy sake too; for well it is .written, " Whosoever hath found a virtuous -wife, hath a greater treasure than costly pearls; she openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue . is the law of kindness,". STTSDKY SCHOOLS. No institution contributes more to the peace. prosperity, m orals and respectability of a com munity -than its Sunday Schools. The law can only punish, while Sunday Schools pre vent crime.- Colleges and Seminaries and Public Schools, it is true, enlighten the mind and develope mental genius, but tho especial objects of Sabbath School instruction are the heart, the life, the destiny, the soul. Tho natural demand of the soul for a religion of some srf for a Divinity to do homage to, is far greater than the aspirations after fame or wealth A kind heart is to be more desired than a wise head, where the two qualities can not be combined." The conquests of genius are the flashing of livid lightnings that crack tbe gloomy thunder cloud and leave . the world to wonder at their power. But the heart that feels the thrill of kindness, that is good, and true and pure, beams like the unobstructed rays of mellow moonlight upon the world) imparting pleasure, elevating the desires, subduing the passions, and leading men to imitate its vir tues. Not even the family .circle is so well calculated to improve the heart of a child as tho instruction of the Sabbath School,for hero greater truthes than ever parent uttered are taught, and the child learns, what many men never learned, "who is my neighbor 1" To a faithful teacher there is no more . delightful employment than to teach children suscepti ble as they always are the simple truthes. of the Bible, and when we contemplate the sile'nt influence which these Sabbath" School instruc tions have in forming the future character of the man or woman, tho position becomes ono of the greatest importance arid responsibility. Chakitt Blesi. During the retreat of Al fred the Great at Athlney, in Somersetshire, after the defeat of his forces by the Danos, a beggar came to his little" castle there, "and re quested alms: ' The queen informed him that they had only one small loaf remaining which was insufScionf for themselves and their friends, who wefe''gori6 abroad in truest of food, though with little hopes i f success. The king replied, "Give the poorcrealure one' half of tho Joaf. He "who could feed five thousand riien'with flv loaves' and twor small .fishes, xan" certainly mako that Tialf of the loaf suffice for more than -txr necessities!", Accordingly the poor inan -was relieved, and this noble act of charity was sooa recompensed, by a providential atowt -jof ftf sH 'provlsioavwlth -rhloh hit reojjlo TStnmed! Ml - fit: Hr. i . Hi r-;? r '4 i v y in ? ill i i ; Hi .3 i- $M S; 5 " '. V ! 1 i ' 'It - v V
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