no prophet's ken to perceive that, if this process con- 

 tinueSj there will be, in time, a complete exchange of 

 races and religions, Avith as complete a change in the in- 

 fluence which New England exerts upon our country 

 and the world. 



But why should this process continue to the extent 

 which we are witnessing at this day ? There may be 

 families for which the old farm and the old neighbor- 

 hood are too narrow ; and some of the boys — some of 

 the girls also — must go forth into the newer and wider, 

 or the busier and narrower places of the land. But, if 

 you are not thus crowded from the dear old hive, why 

 should you leave it ? Are you impelled by patriotism ? 

 And would you emigrate for the purpose of extending 

 or maintaining the political principles you cherish, with 

 those of an enlightened Christianity, over the fields in 

 the West or South where you purpose to spend your 

 life ? If, on careful inquiry and reflection, you come to 

 the conclusion that by removing you can live to more 

 purpose than b}^ remaining under the old roof-tree, then 

 go forth. Go as a missionary — whether your garb be 

 that of a flierchant or mechanic, manager of public 

 •works, or tiller of the soil. Go and sacrifice on your 

 chosen altar ; but go counting the cost, and remember 

 that amid the boundless plains of the West, or the 

 scorching and debilitating heats of the South, you must 

 often sigh for the hills and vales, the perennial springs 

 and crystal streams and bracing airs of the home you 

 are leaving ; and that you mau find the wish taking pos- 

 session of your heart that you had decided to serve your 

 country and your God, in a less ambitious way, near the 

 natal spot. 



It may bo, however, that you are moved by other con- 



