THE WORLD. 



made in France, and that was, Sun-light was cheaper than lamp- 

 light, and better, too. A severe reprimand, -from a man of his 

 standing, and industry, upon the customs of the French court, 

 spending the night in mirth and revelry, and sleeping all the day. 



It is said there is a moral in every thing, to the moralizing mind. 

 Since, then, " Time once gone, ne'er returns," let us make the 

 best use of it ; not sad, or serious, merely, but sober and reasona- 

 ble - ready to labor in the hours of labor, and to rest in the hours 

 of rest. We shall not, then, look back on misspent moments, 

 with that feeling so aptly expressed in the German : " Ach toie 

 nichtig, ach icic flucMig /" Ah, how vain, ah, how fleeting ! 



The flight of Time, which is silently, but surely and uniformly, 

 bearing us from scenes, loved, perhaps, too well, cannot be too 

 accurately marked. The correction of the calendar, by Julius 

 Csesar, has done more to perpetuate his name than the victories 

 he won for Rome, and the name of Gregory XIII. has more of 

 meaning in it, than that of a mere Saint, in the Romish calendar. 

 There is something pleasing, and yet mournful, in thus minutely 

 contemplating the passage of the year, and we would do well to 

 imitate the good old custom which our forefathers followed, and 

 on the first day of the New Year, make the first entry in our new 

 account books : 



Cans 5Deo. 



