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Happy es a •s we w. • , And sip theheney that the oroments'.weari But email white hands are stretch'd to lead us, Ohl Age makes sail the bows that tttntlett lit bath child vAlk by the shore, 1 RAW a me Who vvotched the Waves rise, from-the surging sea; Melt shells with shiny cover fell in glee From out the river's mouth; I•ut posed them o'er,.— lie saw the hue without was dark they wore, , - The-pearl within, the blind child did not see! A bee sat on the beaving bosom ola flower, And pressed its tempting lips with many a kiss; The child looked quickly up, and seeing this He chased the bright thing thro' a perfumed bower, And thoughtless caught it; ab! the bright was sour, And venomed pains the things ate thought ma bliss. skin_ 1.110; we leave the ghats' of Hope That by tht‘ streams of Truth lie bidden there, And chase the empty shadows thro' the air, llt ph.ayure beauty alai our fancied -scope! As mauls w'ho'se vinshis' but_a ak l piug_'tope! __ WI who dc live to-day, to-morrow die, We are frail subje. is to the tyrant. Death, Whose voice is God-like, and whose lightest breath Can turn the laugh of childhood to a sigh; Can bring salt tears to many a beaming eye, And make the aged allticir cares fi,rget- Sleep is its kindred spirit; as we wake, W hen morn's nob tears of dew are falling sort, Rtirethld_and_free;_so_in__the_homtutloft. When bubbled life its hollow smile will break, We II wake to float upon a silver lake, - More-rich-and fkir than comes in d reams full oft 011, MURMUR NOT. Oh! murmur not at cruel fate— Thy Father's wisdom knew Why in this Mystic , sphere of life . #' Thy footsteps must pursue; — 'Tairas He, nut late, decreed thy -lot-- Be knew thy wayward mind, And m rice,' thy path 'midst lowlier scenes Thy heart to Ili aced tobino! Repine not that the murlsy clouds Adversity must wear, Have circled in thy spirit's hopes, And nurtured not but care—, 110!. 'Twas We wilo spread the gloomy Cloud And blighted sensual dreams; But see! the silvery lining bright Beyond li te's tit .dov gleams! MI # t I C 1E 1 Is I.a.A.Nle. THE NEW YORK CLERIC, OR HONESTV THE BEST POW(' Y. A young man by she name of Ames was a clerk for a merchant in New-York, and was entrusted with the bills of account to collect, which service he perf,irtneci honestly so far as his employer could discover; but Mr. Smith (that was the name of the, merchant) was a yelp cautious man, and often laid 'traps' to catch his c erks in defrauding him, if any of them were not proof against dishonesty In this way ho ascertained which'. of them could be trusted and when he found one of them to be dishonest, he would .discharge him. :dr. Smith kept a wholesale and retai/ dry goods store, doing an immense business; and after he had accumulated a fortune, and bad begun to think of retiring from business, he slid, 'Now, I am,going, to give up my busi ness. it sueli of my clerks as' I Imo* to' be honest, I shall test them ; one by one, and to.-morrow I ,am going to see what Ames is —an a • est young,man, or a reseal.' The ,ruing be called on a friend ~whoso ton, as intimate.witlr young Ames, and arrange a 4 trup" to test his honesty,— A large number of accounts, were to be.giv en to him to collect that day, and Robert R---(Mr. Smith's friend's son) was to meet him as by accident, acid propose to him to spend some of the money collected, for outs,' oranges, ice eteath, t!tc Well, Robert managed to meet Ames just as he had otimPleted his Collections, and 'had a.large rollof bills, in his pocket, and "lots of fractionif currenojr,'," when the following conversation ensued: • Robert—G-ood !roaming, Ames, —been out collecting?' Got lots of money, i ituppose?'.' ,Ames- , —"Yes, I've got °vet it-thousand dol.' /ars, and I must hprry hack to the store, I'm afraid I may.get robbed. One don't kno'w who may he doggiug.h is step's, 'in such a city as New. York, to rob him even in ?day time ' Itoberk—.'Do'n't,be in 4 butly:-_ lact'aqto !tiro Taylor's, and gut some ice cream, &c.— I'll pay..the . • So-into Taylor's they went, and sat down to a 'beautiful wattle . table. i Nos+, - Ames, eaiditObert 'you have a pocket full of mon- ' eh And I am vather short, just take a . dollar. out. or 44.4 roll.of,graeollacka, Ailed yay the bill. NobodY . need know it. You catcturn Ural., your money to the cashier, and he discovers-it libertine dollar, You sin sayxati can't .neeounefor • its-!some.,mistalte sows whbre.• • Such. errors occur uften t •ani nobly arthilikaime dieboatitt• -•I tell yeui Ames suell <elit,tias yow doief get' , half p947:forlkeit -it be 5 °01?"*; 04eignali,Kto 11 ;1 1 0.1h4tmatasi done Withont'heink4leteatg, - I know a „feting - 10low who pays all his FX2I9 LIFE. WAY,101,13911.9% fOUNT.I . ITNNSI II 34 I4. Ik:IOiIAY MORNING, mitg; - :1867.‘;.„ H"r. •.• _ . 'small bills, such as for juleps, cigars and go. to the theatres,• in that., way," and has done so' for years, and his . 'employer never suspected him of dishonesty. , COMei•pay the bill this-time, ad' I'll:pay the nett ode, 'lsla, sir,' replied Apes, 'I cannot comply with you' request A dollar "short •in +my ea , h might be conaideied an error and over looked; but there Woul 1 come a settlement with my Conscience, which • could not be got over so easily. My lather used to say to me, 'Johnny, - whep you'groW . up to a , man, re: f member that boosaty is the best policy:— tee dead and - gone - now, but his-words-'will never be forgotten, I know I am working for low wages, but I agreed to work for what I receive, and I have no right to receive my employer's money oa that account. No, Robert, I refuse your request with scorn 'God. I have never taken money that did not belong to me, and I. trust I never shall; and if this is the way you seek to turn yoting men from the path of rectitude, I desire nev er to meet you again,' Amos then rose and left Robert seated, twid returned to• the store: The next day 31r. Smith called his clerks into his private office, and told them to be seated They stared at each other in won der, expecting one and all; to , be discharg ed. 'Boys,' said be am going to retire from business. • 1 have made a fortune here, and , now propose to loan my entire stock in trade —some $250,000 in amount—and the good will of my ousiomers; to such of you as 1 . • I II ' I I II / that _setire—Anaes.2_Stanton and_Danforo, (handing a document tu-Ametr.) - here - is — the bill of sale. You will, if agreeable take im. diate poisehsin, and the payments • may be made at vocir"tenvenience. I have tested your honor, each one-of you—no matter how and I have no dub y Liaapj: 'honesty is the beet policy.' Gaod tnorn ing, gentlemen (taring his hat,) I wish you prosperity in trade.' The firm of 'A mes, Stanton &Danford,' is now one of the - tre - althteerin liew York. Ames is marries, -lives iu Fifth Ave nue, is worth half a mill. ion: and all the result of hie refusal to em bezzle a dollar of - his employer's money: Thus do we see, boys, that honesty is truly the best policy. Wealth of our Statesmen Jefferson died eouipdrat , veiy poor. In deed, it' Congress had not .purchased his li brary, giving him five aiines us : value; - b - e would with difficulty have kept the wolf from the door. , Madison saved his money and was comparatively rich. Tp add tg his fortune. .however, .or rather to that of his widow, Congtesti purchased his manuscript papers. .ind paid $30.000 for,them James Madison filth Prestdent, of the United States died so poor that his terrains found a resting place through the charity of his friends They repose in a cemetery, but no storie .marks the'spot where they lie. John Quin cy Adams lelt some $50,000, the result of industry, prudence and inheritance lie was a man of method and economy. Martin Van Buren died rich.. Throughout his political lite, he studiously looked out for his own in terest Henry Clay left a very handsome estate. It probably exceeded $lOO.OOO He was a prudent manager and a scrupulous ly holiest- man. -Jas. R. -Polk- left about $150,000, 350,000 of which was saved from his Presidency of four years. Daniel Web ster squandered some, millions in his lif e . time, the product of his professional labors He died, leaving his property tO his chil dren, and his debts to hip friends: 'The for mer sold for less than s2o,ooo,‘the latter ceeding, $ . 250,000. , John Tyler left $50,000. Before he was President he was wbatiltrupt. In office be husbanded his meats, and then married a fiat ° wife. Zachary Taylor lett. $160,000. Filmore is a - wealthy man and keeps his money in a stroi4 box. It will not be squandered in speculation and vice. Franklin Piei-ce saved sonic $50.000 from his term of service. 'Jimes Buchanan, who is a bachelor, and saves all he gets, is estitnated,to belvorili at !east $209,000:-- Anecdote of Stephen Girard Old . Girard bad 'a favorite Clerk audte &- ways said he intended to 'do well by , Ben Lippincott' So when 'Ben got to be twen ty-one, he expected to bear the Governor's r ay something, of his future prospects, and, per haps lend a helping band in starting,him in the world., But the, old fox, carefully avoid ed the subject. mustered mintage. supposel um, now free sir,' said be ,qtrl I thought I would , say something , to you as to piy course Whit do you 'think I had bet ter doe' 'Yes, yes, I know yOuNi; said the Old millionaire; 'and adFice,l that you go and learn the cooper's:trade.' • ' This application of •ice : nearly froze Ben ouf; but' recovering pie, eqUilifirinn:4 lie said if Mt...Girard wattle earnest, he Would do so am io earnest,' IludLlen . ftirthwith Soti,ght thubcst,eooper'B . pring Garden; he became an .11ppOutictOad'ftt due . tin could mike as good a barrel the' best,,, 'acnotioded to old St eyben that:he had .gra,d4ate.d,' and was readylo set up' iu ' business.. • The old, man seenamf' gratified,- and- immediately or 4f:red three of the , best barrels he could turn out Ben did his . prettiest, and wheeled them up to the old man's counting room " Old,,Gitard ,prononneed then; first rate,' and dema4d the price. Said Ben,' is as low as I. can by, Cheap atiouglq , make out your bal." , 'the bill-was.'reade outs and Old Steve set, with a check''for il.2o.o9. o ''whie l 4 he awl/440 With this, Uttie`iaoral tti the stw, ry: Attire taltejbai algid possible manner; and if you are unfortnoste and Jobe ,> lt„non havei a-good.trade to•fallfbeek, upon, which will afford lotts-gookliviogV'i , • .4,:1,•.ti '.ll 4.. Tir.ll,* iiikian that gots down 'knots and ;nue . bi:tore the girt "who luotakoked like Ant. Becauee beior'soft.' An Irk.clevelad.orkt P I EL?I=I3:S" Zaelarserlal":lol`.. *edit', DO WE WORK FOR. , The question vre 'desire' btiellY to "disause is, not •itvlay do we Work?" but."what do we Wiltda,for.P," Some may answer st once: "For money, waged or salaries " We do, not think this is'a correet and full reply lo:,the vies. tion &hot.' h e_theAdamite`cnrse,_bh-t if so, the . innate desires of man and his rest. lessnese and' ambition for improvement have changed the curse to a positive blessing and made the earth , "-thorn and thistle cursed— to bloom and blossom: hte the rose. We Work-partly-because -we need it- We need it for health of mind as well as of body.— Idleness leads to decay and decay to death. He Who through years of active, exertion leaves his,employment and "retires . fs,om bus• iness," usuall signs' his death warrant. Be D • • • , eness an • tea, un less he has sense enough , to discover his ilia. take in time, and, return to the paths of ac tive usefulness There are few more pitia ble objects than , the man who., after many years active setviee in business' is deluded into a belief that happineficand. a reward' for his labors are to be found i.. withdrawing from altparticipation in'the work of life—. 'Old age is du excuse for idleness, but the possession of money is We do not work •for money alone. The mechanic who would be content •to do the work of an apprentice, merely' because he could earn more wages, would be hardly 'worthy the name of mechanic. •The amount of wages or salary is a recognition of• ability add a standard of value for services perform - Id. but not th- t - 1 uL Je Andy incentive to exertiOn.— _A _workman leels_a_pride in his work•*in-the - results — u:f his skill--- , entirely unconnected with thd amount of money received for it.— It he did not, one mery strong motive for im.. provement would be locking. Almost every mechanic • will. agree with us that he has done jobs which afforded_him_more—gratification in their success, than be derived from the possession of the pecuniary compensation therefor. low-often a man will undertake a job which he knoWs ; beforehand will not Eit - it costs, but mainly for the pride of performing: successfully. It is true thit "die laborer is worthy of his hire,", but to agrie — thifthe hire is the only or even the principal incentive is unreasonable, not sustained by , facts, and, derogatory • to the "dignity_nfialase_riften—misused„ but tt pertec•ly correct one. To, be sure, if the efforts of the workman,— -and, by this term, we mean alUrvho do—are not appreciated by adequate compensation, he• seeks other em ployers who have a proper appreciation of his value,• ; , • We work for nrog,ress; for progress in dividually and foe; the progress of the' race. One means to that progress is the payment for services rendered, , as, it will enable the Mkiltful workman and the inventive me chanie to carry forward their plans of im provement in manual labor - .or to labor say it g We work for the godlike pride of creation. The machine which is an offspring of the brain of the mechanic is as, much. anti more, his than that of hi; If he is illy paid for his labor, mental or phy sical, he has the compensation of a satisfaction in his success 'which cannot be assured by money only, but which must be felt in' the knowledge that he has succeeded where nth ers failed, and has' secured an impregnable position as one of the 'pioneers in the grand march of tmprovement. There are few pursuits which demand more hard work-work of .the brain—than that of the mechanic In no sense pan hibe considered an exemplar of Banyan's ''llfuck. rake ' Be must live -in Order to - wort; but he does net work me-ely that he^ may live • Ile is always striving to mount the next step on the ladder, and never does he'imunt but that he carries with him 'the living moving world It is his pride to excel; never satisfi ed with niedeiocrity, hut always striving for superiority. From the workman to 'the In ventor.is but a step-a long step it may be —yet not. beyond his powers, if he' employs them properly; and the inventor, not a .- me. ohankt, is often dependent on - the Mechanic for the success of his imprr Now, as individual ex, Pods largely on itdividual ed somewhat byythe recorded efforts and fail ures of others, it is obvious that assoCiatien' which `razi,e' or bring Hoorn each individual to a common level as.tovompensaticfn; must retard the improvetuentin mechanical science and practice so imperatively demanded by the• increasing , , wants of the ago, .17be asso ciations whether unrlei the name of trades uoions'•or 'Jabot...associations: have operated, to bring, the workmen,: dpron to the level ot the 'botch,' and to eleiate' the half informed mechanic to their level. ~,The centive of; money wages -recilia—has been the,twans used to :give these associations power; a nd as the' iuferior" Workmen' . in' all branches, of,industrial2hti.ineSs; greatly 'out number the finished mechanics, they, the in. ferier.elaint,`rulelthose societies. The effect is reallY,lt' lowering of the status of the me- Otani& "(.loe may do 'Moro jrid . .better work —more in-quantity and better , than anOther,'Nut tiemiuSe the interior Work man is on etitiaPyas . to italiding in the societythe superior Mao must sobmit;34 be: uoderval44, to, his pecuniary lestratid to Ilia iniury,by depriifng him of the: louadhle"ambitioa feeeiving. recogaition of hiiitt r oriority ; , 9; the employ er is compelled to pay ler - interior, tr4,trit the same amount for whish 'superior Work Coed be obtaitifyi-ii3 la4lltinatcln ones to', the ,enoticien i tins puff, :careful' ' workman and' in 1,136 Other to the enipitifer. make tbseideitiOrd. of situgem i t 0011hCskill of t he'Vorktutra; 1 , of "their t detuan4s. The` iiMotint of *gets iannt i really "•the orite,riciatit ?ciciffetfdopr,so luncleto•thetlet' nu ion'.rulo,4Soo.tiOlt:r Aif oho dividuehl watt.notttrictebiti.th, al skill stoult.beconie, as it 61001 4 ; itlie the EMEND sis of compensation, and. the pecuniary re turn,fitir . serviceslendered wauld *Kite to superior excelleuce,stid tend 'to, -theFenerel advancemeni`of the world. —gcienbfic '47 No , : One- Like a:ll2'other.,, poor old woman lay. Ivo, her. sick bed in a close, uncomfortable toom, With,a &MAl ter and a little grand-child to tae Mire of. But .who do you think this aged woman mill-, eil foi all the.time and aged to have, come and nurse her? -It was ‘mother—uher-own wither.' ~ 0 ! there's nobody like a. mother to take care of you when you are sink she said. A person present asked her how long her mother had been dead.. `About fifty,years, I ri ed. Do you think you will temembeiyout Inc tiler's loving care for fifty years? No doubt you will; if God spares your life. Yon may think but little of it now, but you will think a great deal of it then. ~The woman's chil t dren and grand-children bad groWn up a. bout her, but ber, heart. reached hack over all .bat waste of years tothe time when she trag'at liar mother's side. It was .for 'mother,' imother," that, our boys, in tent and hospitalyvalled and prayed when, sick and wounded, they were,,lod down to die. . . .0! there is nobody like a 'Mother to !mire and care for us. •- What return' are you ma king every day fotall she does foryou? Do soon as it is known? „Do you try to save her -- lurdons? — =ol nothing in this world can do it,so effectually as to know that hCr'ohildren are growing up good, and noble, and useful•in the world. l Andiyet with all her love and care ....There's one. more kind _than a mother,- -- Li heaven watching over you." Jesus is - this.preoious friend, and if you will love him and obey his words, he—will—be with. you when your mother's head lies kw in cleat - d - Vriiii - iouEftifo to his heavenly mansion: - ' ;. Light of a Cheerful Face. There is no greater every day virtue' than cheerfulness. This quality-in men,, among mentis - like - sunatiup to, tha day or getrtlev,- newing moisture to - parched heerts. The light of a Cheerful 'face diffuses itself; and communicates the happy spirit that • inspires it. The sourest temper must sweeten in the 1 atmosphere of continuous good humor, . As well might fog and cloud nod vapor,.hope to cling to the sun illurnired landscape as the blues and motoiCehess to conibatlovial speech and exhilirating laughter. Be cheerful al ways. There is no path easier traveled, no load butmill be lighter, no shadow on heart or brain but will lift sootier in presence of a - diltermined Cheerfalness_ It May at' times stem difficult for the happiest tempered 'to keep the countenance of peace and content; but the difficulty will vanish when we truly consider that sullen gloom and passionate de spair do nothing but maitiply thorns and . thicken sorrows'. It Cornea to us as providen. . tially as good—and is as good; if 'we rightly apply its lessons; why 'not, then, oheerfully accept the ill, and, thus ,blunt• its apparent sting? Cheerfulness ought to be the fruit of 'philosophy a'nd Christianity. 'Whit' is gained by peeVishneeis • and fretfulness—by pervere sadness and sullenness? If. we are ill, let us be cheered by. the ,trust ,that we shall be in health; if 'misfortunes befall us, let us be cheered by hopeful visions 'of 'bet ter'fortune; if"death robs us of :the dear lit tle once, let us be .i3heered by the thought that they are only,gone . before, to , the bliss ful boweri where we shall meet to part 'no more forever. Cultivate cheerfulness; if on ly for personal profit .• You will do and bear every duty, and burden better.by being cheer ful. It will be your consoler in ' solitude, yiatir passport amtemnraeodatierr in society. 'You will be more sought after, more trusted and esteemed• for' your steady cheerfulness. The bad, the •vicious, may 'be boisterously gay and vulgarly humorous, .but seldom .or never truly cheerful. , ,genuine cheerfulness is an almost certain index s ni . a 'happy, mind and a`pure, good heart;' Who is;SAFE.- 2 -101)od'Ifini never created a mind yet that safely challeng; f combar.with the appetite of drip*: Earth has no- .ambi • ii?n that is not engulfed, no hope w whic'a is not blasted, Oci lie which is not i hoken, no eatiettia'ry Which is not invaded;cio Meta, no itiosman, brother; wife :or' child that , ' is not forgotten; no fibre of human agony which, is not wrung. Minds of common mould, will go through life without, excess, while • the:4e gifted, tvi4i,kled-like powers are i smitten 7fi!h weakness'. The gifted anther of' b. Harold welked;in fetters,' and died tit MiSsoloaght of a•druaken , detrauch; thy who led the prose• eution in the,.l3.ritiah ,Parliament against Has tings, was hulried . to the grave to •escape, the clutch of his landlords. Poor Charley ' Fox. AA the nuthei of Gertrude'of 'Wy' ,oming tdrivelinr, imbocil. Hort . the `Gentle Elia' wept over.,.tbo,,habit-that,„etv: thralled Ah! how, these tragedies 'Of human individual, history-.-of temptation and fall-4talfc`befere .Of the heltitiinds ant' daticened'hy these episodes of weakness and ruinr=T.W. .; • • k, ,WOII4ING }rig OWN , SHEVi ) ."'" 74/ Pig‘ligit: correrrypdence just, passed between two o'er,. kriroen in a city's herii,rioniiderableir,rjligim4 awakening has taken ' p ines` In sishiltaricti the ,r3brrespondence ran as foilotra: "141tiat do' :dl'el7ioilise:(7l.4dytran=Dear 11irither: shell briptise'iotie . (totiverti:ltii:. tkorroic ifirw 4 your convertioprefer :tot be bapti9crkin.eur,knorie,4„chall be - haPPYA9, baptise thorn as ciudidates for yoir church, ' tO.44;tist iiriith6tr:rlyburs'rCeeircd.- t prefer:ter, wish niy own sheep: _ - • • 1 .:Been out all eight again. rd like to kney, where yon keep yourself until this , time - in -the morning;, it's not ten minutes:since, I • heard the clock strike four. • ` You did n 't hear it? No of coursmson didn't. ~ Yon would'pt leer-the last trtnp,,themoiee •would , have to, travel-through-an-upre-or-twoo, f,beer—be fore it would get to your bearing. had to go among your friendly • Mad to go! I'd like to know howyon had to gm Some folks are very willing to 'had' to go. Yes, I knew' it's coming on election .tiniesj that's' a geed excuse to get away from,-your.family , •he& home. which there were no election• in the whole country—it would be .mmll, bet T ter off if we hadn't any. ` Who did you elect? Who did you see? ;Theatre and dande -Now I 1 . • IZ • 1.1 lo=a--hoL Ikon .yard: or a distillery, or where - am .1? ,What have you got, outside of you? Didn't drink much? you' must have got into a beer bar: rel, then, kir it's doming out all over you, add how it smells! You danced eh? You musthave out a pretty figure—guess it , was a large real. Do you A ll stand:this going off to dance all night? Who did 'you dance with? ' I'll het she- Was ha homely 'as pumpkin with , two holesein , it. Look--here! you needift pretend ,to sleep; I want 'to have a little domestic • conversation, with you:, I am your better half, and your hotter half, proposes to dieenss matters a little. How do you know it's ,late? It's early notigh to give yeti a piece of a woman's tongue Tonguey? Yes I am tonguey 7 -that's part : ..' 2 :fila-pierogatiteruutt I stn goiog use some of it on you. Let-yore alone? Did yott-say-thitt-to--the-girl--you , daticed With? Oh, no! nothing of the son; it was Mise,-Shall I have the pleasure ofyour beautiful per Son for the next cotillion? .1 wish-1 could see hee 2'd take' the beautiful out of her' at jerk: .Caattget fib peace? "Yes _put out gtt_ plet.tyt—To to the theatre, go.' election-, costing, dance with 'the girls till morning, mid i come home and PH give you peace 'by the, - long - tneasure—Tlf - giviryou-sr-plecef-iny'; ectittd.--Oomeltack - here s - wfvere - xnrydia go. ing? Get into another bed? Not:' exactly; this bed has been large enough Iteretdfare, -and hai-not grown any smaller lately. • You danced did you? I'd like - to rice 'you - dance with me. I'm too old, I suppose. I ain't too old to give you.fits, you can bet your life, -otrthatc-fellng,--if--you T -don't , --contluoviour-- self properly hereafter. Very rarely do we find one of the, gentler sex an Infidel. Though woman'. was :first in the transgression, she wad last a the cross, and ffrat)at.the tomb of Jesus. Generally, her heaatis, more open -to the , gospel than man's. Only occasionally do we find a wo man living in the light of truth , an Ai/owed -- infidel: The following sad incident occurred in one of our Western cities. A Bible distributor one day called on a German woman, who, with her son, a fine boy,of ten years,. was busy at work. Said the .Bible agent. 'Would you like to buy a Bible?' 'No, indeed!' said the tromatk,.. angrily; 'what use could I make of,one, whet I don't believe a word of it?' • 'What, not believe God's holy Word?' don't believe it. My father and mother did - not 'Jelteve it; they are' dead.--- My husband did not belieie it, neither 'llly friend, who made yonder sun?' 'I don't know, and I don't care. 'Did, it make itself. — or how came it, there?' don't trouble myself about those things?' iThe boy p instantly spoke Out, saying, 'Mother, you know tbat God made the ' sun.' 'The mother looked angrily , et him. But he repeated the words, 'God made the •sae and moon and stars.' • , - The infidel mother was silenced, 'by " ber own child- The Bible distributor , then _ ut tered some earnest words of soletiin-warning; but her heart seemedr'closed against his ap, peals. The little boy's answer . reminds •ene of that Scripture, yut of the mouth of pages, and stick Hone bast" thou ordained strength, because of :thine 'orientfes; that tboumightest still the eneaky. and the.ll;ronger." TITE:COVNTRYMAN'S AN itiat and learned Atheist once toot a plain °nun trymatt going to church. Ele asked him.., 4 ,114 ere, are you going?! 'I% church sir.' ' tt r bat to - do' theie?' • , ,To Worship God 'Pray, whether is your God a great or a' little God?' 'Re is, both air.' —-„ • ' 'llow,e4n he be both?', f , .. . is so great, sir, that the Maven of. Ithivehit &Moot contain arid' so 'Mite ths4 hoyean dwell id my poor h'eart? - Atheist declared that this simple an• swer of the countryman had moreeffect,,np. on his mintl than all the volumes the learned dootors had written• upon, the-,subject,-.:,--; G O T&CEtotten.--,.-Threi•Mi" One' thing which' helps' to'estabiish' a mantis 'eharticter' and standing io society more thud' a :EiteSciy. , attendsrace- at chnidk,'und a prope; , rsgard fOr 'o;l6'kt — day theweek.' Evety 'of a funiily'should go. tep‘gitireli as 'an' eu striple.; Lounging...on the *duets and in bar. rooms oß,the p'abbath, Is, abookinable,,,autt ;deserves censure,Veeanse tho'founda tiongt habits , yi.hilek-,rnio both body soul. Many . 4 than pan, date the entumencemenp_ of, its dissitition' which' Made ttiird,en to' hislriends; in the sight of his euemies, debauchery; Idleness isibe medlar enoess: ' ; ' • . ; tu • y else I'lP aro ao!Illy lirgrc by in Philadelphia. They are Cirp.lo. iu dial.rubb'ervain dttinhed . to' the lipsitra zeitn.l neiithiehlelefies , 4lCtection, and gtvesA r Arheo you Caonct.t•oki Vnth ends the iii 4 f . , •4 , is pouting appearance to th'a wocith`: ire is uoiertaiu rtain i Lectuie, An Infidel Women roev'irear • • , r Beecher, cm Fops. ~ • iint'whakshall I 86 of those miserable despicable Sprigs of humanity .that live to is iiebket hiadkerctirefs and' thifir Collard' Men that Walk thrutigli soCietittith • the . thought that the chief end of their life is , to engage in the frivulaus'udinsements•df r the • :ssing hour, and tospend their.tinse between these:frivoluS amusements and their mirror, thinking ;U€ doing nothing and, wanting to , do nothing; meo a:million of whom _ialigh_t_7liVe in' the air and we be tic' more 'dubious of their existanoe'thad of the existanee of 'the - insects •around UsOnen a million of : : whom ,teight die,anclall be .put iq one. ,grave--if you only buried their, soots; men that put on • airs of gentility and niceness and look 'upon the lade clovraots they eel) the working• mad, ith. - , -- supreiruFreontetnpt, and •pity him; men that have no respect for those. that are obliged to get up early and sweep out the store; men. that arc. just as certain .to knaves, if they do not die fools, as. there is a 'law Patire! canuot.epresd my abhor abed for tlidsU stripliags of folly, And I declare that, 'dour titre of the wotld, With our illumination, with' &aid pressing from ,every side, and with all the inouleatioes,and that,have beep handed clow,p taus 'of disciples of Christianity; a Mai that kids.. 'nothing to di and has 110 disposition' db :anything, is fractional•man. file is not - ,•ven a bright shininu•fragment. And-- of-nll mei, that are lawful ray, of, :contempt, aml the curling of the lip, 'these whittlings . of geneilitp arcktiq lutist eminent. HOPE AND Couria.ag.-r,True hope is based ekenergyol,oliaracter.---A-strong mind al. 'ways hopes, and has always cause to hope, hicaise ti-knows the mutabiliiy of himan ;attain!. and how slight a cirmimstanee' may • -change the whole course of events,. Bubb-a' qirit,Ao6,4este—upon_itselfkit is-n i pt i oondued to particular objects; and_if at last all should be lost, it has saved _itself' its own integrity and, worth. Hope awakens courage, while baud,cirol— abaodoomeo. good=ilii 7 giving up'of the battle' of 'life with •dead nothingness. • He who win implant courage in the human._sonl_ is the best - physician. •To , seek to govern 'Men by their fears and theirs wants is an un• 'worthy jiittpiise; the desire to TU to by *means , efowardice is ofitselfreawardiced - •lovill in -sptreenrage-and-hoperanti7this-is-doubly---- :the giver anti, preserver of life., Whatsoever teiii3hes to 'combat the manifold ,evils and sisiults 'of life; enablei to 'win Alin orown of victory. Spectireare therefore, ought-to be taken in education to teach-what .true6conyage,is—as well in social and dowej tie' in _ public affairs—and by what means • it may be WBAT - ...Amoy is indepen& — ence.' .ay is freedom. Money is leisure. 'Mewl is the. gratification of taAte,. bene,vob • epee and public spirit. The man . i s a' fool or an angel who does not try to make money. clear conscience good. health ' and plenty of money, are , among the essentials of a full, joyful e i tistenee. Still unfortunately it too often Yappens that people who have an a'• bandanee of money •ate destitute of eharac ter. While it is, desirable thht men, should have both notwithstanding all the advanta... ges 'of money, is better to have char acter. KINDNESS.-;-KiEld' IiMIS are looked upon like jewels on the breast, never to be,forgo - ten ; and,' perhaps, to'cheer thy memory alon sad life; while words of cruelty; or .careless. ness,,arc like swords in the bosom, wounding aid' leaving scars which will be borne to the grave by th . eir victim. Do you 'think ; there is any bruised heart which bears the' mark of such a wound from you? If there is a liv. ing one which you have.wounded hasten to heal it; for likis spurt- to morrow may, be too late. WISE ConNsEL.-rit is an evidenco of true wiedoin not to be precipitate in oi rr notions, nor inflexible in our opinion s ; and it is a part of true , wisdom not to give hang ; 'credit to every word that isspoken„ i nor immediate• ly!to communicate te others what we have, beard, or even what - we believe. Ils• cases of perplexity and' doubt, 'consult. a prudent and religous mall, and chooee rather -to be fiiiidcd by the coucsol of ore better than thyself, rhea to 'follow the stizgeatioa thy o.irtrblintii wilt. - PRECIOCS.—Ao uratr. leading , a small (log along the sheets some 'clay's' ago wag ae• coated by-a gentleman as follows: my,son,what',a yoar.dog'a:,pamel" - ." - "ilitin't,frot any:nam yet." . • „ why don't you Mime him?—Givo him some good name. Call hita Thad: Ste veos.!' - • • • . • '?"1 . don't like to dOthai,‘twould . be ,dim• stieetful to 11 , 1 i, Stevens" .litWoll; then, name him' A adi'ewJobitsOn." .‘I won't - do - A.ll m. neither.; for • that: wont& he ditirespoetful to tho "'A friend naked U'ketty child of 'pa yoara 01ii;.." - whieh , ito,youlove the beat, your eat orlonroqullr- The little-girl thought tome, ,tiro keforeausworing, uotl•lliets whispered in the citt ol'the quegioner,-- . toy cat betit, tut don't tell my doll ee." ' ' A false friend ie like a shadow on. a dial 'A : Ammer:Lin deer weather' bet . iatilehes' 'as eleuos.. Josb 'soy& is going ; waken; bttsiness crt 'ver.in thelotd, he' 'to see biro do it when he , measures osiotos, well as 'when. be hollers J r4'7' 7 4 . • g. , e"'lP o Plk ,1 9 , 4 4 - la dy. . .to , brio her hoiee, she jealeue ." 1 4x ;, "' F.. ~~: ~ NUMFER 44 Z==:llMl ~r ~t?~
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