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tinent should be peopled with civilized and Christian men, 

 cannot be doubted ; yet a benevolent mind cannot contem- 

 plate the fate of the red man without a pang of regret for the 

 hardness of his destiny. 



" They waste us, aye, like April snow- 

 In the warm noon, we shrink away ; 



And fast they follow, as we go 

 Towards the setting day : 



Till they shall fill the land, and we 



Are driven into the western sea." 



But while we are talking of the Indians, the evening has 

 waned into night; and were it not for the innumerable 

 lamps above us, it would be quite dark. 



C. — The evening is warm, and the air balmy and 

 pleasant ; the soft maple in flower on the bank of the river 

 gives out a sweeter fragrance than before ; but let us walk 

 homeward. 



jP. — A walk in the evening at this season has always 

 charms for me, and I often delight to protract it into the 

 night ; the general quietness that prevails around, and the 

 sight of those unnumbered glittering worlds, have a soothing 

 and calming influence on my mind, and fit it for devotion. 



C — What delightful odour is that which is now dif- 

 fused through the air ? It is very different from that of 4he 

 maple, but equally delicate and pleasing. 



F. — It comes from the Balm of Gilead, near the house : 

 by day it is not perceivable, but in the damp dewy air 

 of evening, at this season, the tree diffuses this delicious 

 perfume. — If one sense is delighted by day, another is 

 charmed by night : how many sources of pleasure and in- 

 nocent enjoyment has our good Creator opened for us ! 



" These are thy glorious works. Parent of good ! 

 Almighty ! thine this universal frame, 

 Thus wondrous fair ! thyself how wondrous then ! " 



