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spreads around. The young, in whom moral respectability is but par- 

 tially developed, children, who cannot appreciate its evil, acquire it, 

 learn fiom you, and if not ruined, are in extreme hazard of losing their 

 souls. As long as you indulge in the violation of this command, you 

 are incapacitated for the reception of religious instruction, no hope can 

 be entertained that you will regard other precepts of the divine law. — 

 Guilty of profanity, you have the spirit of disobedience as fully as if 

 you violate every precept of God. Guilty of this, your condemnation 

 is as certain as if you could be convicted of an infraction of the whole 

 decalogue. So are we taught in the word of God, when we read, that 

 " he, that keepeth the whole law, and yet ofTendeth in one point, is 

 guilty of all. " 



We conclude with the earnest advice, that in this respect, you give 

 particular heed to guard your tongue, that unruly member, the instru- 

 ment of great good, the instument of great evil — for " therewith bless 

 we God, even the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made 



after the similitude of God."" 



Yours. 



FROM THE GERMAN OF RICHTER. 



Is the Sage greater, who, when storms arise, 



Flies from his home to some more peaceful skies, 



Calmly looks down on the tumultuous age. 



Nor lifts his hand to still the sounding rage : — 



Or he who dwelling in repose, afar 



From crowds discordant and tempestuous war, 



Yet leaves repose and dear loved peaceful joys, 



And boldly plunges in the battle noise 



Of the rude time — bound by the sacred tie 



Which links his soul to loved humanity ? 



A noble sight to see the bird of Jove 



Fly through the storm to the still heav'n above : 



But nobler far when hovering on high, 



In the clear blue that spans the upper sky, 



He plunges downward through the blacken'd cloud, 



Store-house of lightning and of thunder loud, 



And seeks his eyrie, where with trembling fear. 



Crouch his young offspring, objects of his care. 



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Unwritten Language, 1 indeed say, but the words do not express all, 

 for that of which we speak is both unwritten and incapable of being 



