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MOOHE'S RS2UL HEW-YOKKEH. 



AHilL 23. 



TBI MINIATURE. 



SYMPATHY. 



LOSS \NI. ..MX. 



I Ml „ 



„.ll, , 



» I put the 



tost touches lo my Unlet, and started ou tliut shop- 

 ping expedition, I rrinwik-r a passing reflect , 



as I j. iii int little portmonaic in my pocket, that it 

 woa probably bolter llllcd than many a more pre- 

 tentious one ; not bcovy enough to be ut all bur- 

 densome, hut just enough to carry comfortably 

 through Hi- itreou without suggesting pick-pock- 

 ■ .h kBon tum UOU flies wheuoneis 

 •hopping; and urnn! tfac cndlci* variety and tempt- 

 ing psiteroa ol toe i itnre rooms, my brain wss 



■orely pushed— but a choice was made aj | u t, 

 and already I »aw in to) agination mj pleasant par* 

 lur adorned in tin prollj tola and graceful chairs, 

 when chancing to put my bund to my pocket, 

 l/ound I 



WlMOWl i, i, ■i,i . i tupld t..'ii-ildermont, and 



then the DOOvici Soma with di its length ond 



l "' 1 " 1 "'■' I Mi,.;.. 



I"-' 1 1"' * '', "" -l-.nNi, km, I as hopelessly lost 



m U In the i of the Rod Boo, with the loose 



i.'Ihiii;', I'm Ha,, ii in \\\ Ii nve Imil ubiiut him. 



I OlTOO tho iii utuollj witlnnecallcdA?^- 



, and some ploin- spoken frienda of 



assured mo that il generally Indicates a 



high tcmporalnre. but I ran confidently assort that 



ill (III, lime (In- in: i, ,,, -, 

 >i,n ner Ken i»i ini u\ day nu elegant specimen of 

 ■ nn>, l!iiiiris.hiiig In, dandy cane along 

 the irolk frith to ail of Intense BsUafoction, mid 

 ■ i preparing for nu exquisite recogni- 

 tion of some In ||t of tho promenade, do you remem- 

 ber how the troioheroui lee glided from under hi- 

 tread, and the aexl | limp e you had impressed on 

 your memory n, (frOmlsouons mixture of boot soles, 

 broadcloth, small eune, eye-glass and dandy? With 

 "1 1 1 ft en I IMIon loot tho poor fellow gathered 

 blmnU up and owpi away. Yon could 

 pitying iui, i. laughing „|| (| lc time. I laughod at 

 just such a sight in. i Babbath, when I ought to 



■ '■ ' H,,- ■ r hi, .ii. but if 



persons twr have preci.oly similar ncusatioi 



■ 1 1 v . „. I .lowly tamed my 

 face homeward, thai I bardjy knew whathoi U wu 



the ■■■II.:,- ! .< .i|,i, ,., ,,,, proper self. 



Well, Hi.' in, .ii,', mj gout. That was, as J 



" 'Hi.i-U.my aid nil 



nod by sundry 



1 'I ■' wn hj the fin to meditate. If I 



'"■' M ■ '■""" "'"'" dflndil i ibra I fell 



i piotarea pre 



"■"'•■' l >*' ' i.i (i 



' ""'' ofthoelly, with tho sky peer- 



'" ■ "' Uirou i, II ■.,-,, . . .: ,, u | a liU | c |irc 



mouldering .hi the hcnrlh Drawn dose lo il a 

 .... 



-I, toward the 

 feeble warmth. Ih the window ., j .mug girl bend- 



inanity. " W e ta*j u well die now as any t 



world for us," and she tarns a bitter, fierce look 

 upon the merry pedestrians, thai jostle her as they 

 paw. If a dim thought of Ihe promi-. . <.n which 

 her mother bos always learned in her »< ire.it need 

 comes into her mind, il is loo faint a light It 

 make any show in sack great darkness. We ban 

 all seen such times of sore temptation, but Got 

 knows our human weakness and unbelieving, one 

 will not condemn as unmercifully. What U thai 

 lying at her feet ? Her lingers tremble witb eager 



incs the contents. It ia a lady's porlmonaio, and 

 contains what seems to twr, so long righting with 

 poverty, a great sum. Visions of comfort and hap- 

 piness, such as ahe hod not known for years, rise 

 up quickly before her. Food and clothing, fuel, 

 and medicine* for her sick mother, little delicacies 

 that her failing appetite craved— all IhnM the pin-.- 

 would supply. Then come another thought,— the 

 money was not hers Where was the owner?— 

 ■res not think of it, but hurries home to the 

 garret, and tells the whole story to her mother. 



I think the Lois seut it U> no, mother, to keep 

 us from starving, and 1 think il would be right to 



"Perhaps not, my child, but we must do what 



we can. You hud better go and tell Mr. C 



about it, and usk him to let me know if anybody 

 should advertise for it. We will wait a week and 

 then I think it will be fairly ours." 



"And how ore we to live in the meantime? we 

 shall die of aUrratum." 



"I believe there will he some way provided; the 

 Lord never leaves us utterly to perish, but if we 

 die let us die In our integrity." 



" I hope tbey will use the money," said I, 

 ing from my chair— " the I.ono sometime? forces 

 our tardy charities from us, ond makes \ 



The t 



IsgBlm 



-a-hell . 



r w,ll" 





"Had I better advertise it?" I asked him. 



" It is hardly worth while. If an honest person 

 finds it he will advertise, and if any one else has it, 

 your advertisement would do no good." 



"Well, I hope some one who needs it will find 

 it, and I believe it will he so," said I; and I had 

 half a mind lo tell him aboul the sewing girl and 

 her mother, but his face looked so unproinisingly 

 practical that I forbore. 



" Moat likely," said he, " it will supply some son 

 of Erin with tho 'drop o'gin,' and the 'bit o'to- 

 baccy" for the rest of the winter." 



The suggestion made me indignant, and I poured 

 my ten in silence ; but I have gone back to my first 

 fancy, and hope soon to see it fully confirmed. 

 Brooklyn, Conn., April, 1859. 



wearily over b 

 jer nod face There If neither 



".""<! '!'■■•> intj pa) tun I. 



,11 her hope of escaping 



ip Ol COM -iii.l huu-.T 



it I oat* and the >;irl oastit, 



and witb a 

 'OR «ord i ' ;oea out into 



go! Ladies 

 opped b tatly ran an whirled by in sleighs, to 



trip gaily along the walk, 

 pitying thought. She, poor ohiTering 



■ .houl her. ami 



■rork. The well- 



STL n her bond, in- 



, „de. "Vou 



-■">»Lav f.. r , our par "be 



and .urn... ^payment*. 



ed face, and the llonj look th.1 l^l 3 ) ^^ laU 



u she crept lrrmbl lt , c cm „, tt*' - 



him as he oal down that night ami.t .11 «i' 



blesamga of lite. Oh. no fbe wm ^ ! toT^ 



■"•fr*** """poke, Ja 



^gfora^ 



ment ; then leaned back in my chair and dream t 



on. One* on toe sireel the girl walks meehaniuUr 



.few moments. Thera i, «, mucn 



i in her heart that there ia no room 



rft ui u (hi any faith in Qon's pity or maoahn- 



MOTHEES 



If anything in life deserves to be considered 

 at once the exquisite bliss and pre-cmi 



disposition sad capacity of a fovorite child 

 Mover the earliest buds of thought ; to 

 Ih useful truths « lie inipii^mvencss of a young 

 d curious mind; to direct the eyes, yet unsul- 

 lied with the waters of contrition, to a bounteous 

 Benefactor; to lift tbo little hands, yet unstained 

 prayer to their Father which art in 

 ll.nven Hut so it is; the child, as soon as it is 

 released from the bondage of the nurse, and needs 

 no longer a careful eye to look after its steps, and 

 guard it from external injury, is too often surren- 

 dered to instructors, soriio of whom are emploved 

 lo polish the surface of the character, and regu- 

 late the motions of the limbs; others to furnish 

 the memory, and accomplish the imagination; 

 while religion gels admission as she can— some- 

 times in aid of authority, rim! sometimes in a Sat- 

 urday's taak, or a Sunday's peculiarity, but how 

 rarely as a sentiment 1 Their little hearts are made 

 to Batter with vanity, encouraged lo pant with 

 emulation, persuaded to contract with parsimony, 

 allowed to glow witb revonge, or reduced to 

 absolute numbness, by worldlincss and cares, 

 before they have ewr lilt ii .eoliment of devotion, 

 or beat with a pulsation of sorrow for nu offence, 

 or gratitude for a benefit 



e deeper llih- he .lips h 





i of r 



labors of others. When pai 



i prescne of God. 

 io right t.i expect 

 ue iofused by tho 



evening walk; not a cloud moves not a star sines. 



all is quiel there Here around my western home 

 there is the «imc stillness. I do not hear the 

 whip- poor- will"* voice— nor the cricket's hum— nor 

 the beetle's droning notes— nor the katy-did's con- 

 tinual contradiction- SOI the ..w| cl ' s cry-nor the 

 watch-dog's bark — nor any of the "voices of the 

 night." 

 The fact (in spite of nil my wondering] -iitl ro- 

 ig :n silence. Well, j, i 1P . r 

 :■■■• need ret operation, those or man 

 certainly do. It is a great thought, and 1 would 

 Prom Goo to man two 

 [ooipIeiflTor typify the nature of mind end In 

 ligcnce— labor and rtrt. We may e 

 ■never can realixe either the giant toil, or the 

 mighty effort that in six days made Heaven and 

 the significant rest that followed tfa( 

 completion or the work ; but the thought, deep and 

 startling, remains, that even God rested It 



ill if a first cause. Think of il, children 

 of earth— men of business when ye turn night into 

 day and toil incessant on the ledger's page. Student 

 Of the mldalghl, damp and dun set lypes, irhofll 

 souls, laudable in effort, but untempered with pru- 

 deuce, lingei.th long wiih.n the "still small 

 hours," and driukelh seeds of death in waters of 

 knowledge— votory of science, training a nice re- 

 sult, or searching for another precedent lo form 

 the wondrous law of fact. And ye, citiiens of a 

 great metropolis, when ye seek pleasure in the 

 theater or the concert room, and inhale the tainted 

 air of closely filtingwrtlls, remember thai through- 

 out the day ye labored, and your systems needetli 

 rest. Hemember that rest is a law of your nature 

 and it cannot be broken with impunity. 0! how 

 many energies have been wasted— bow many bright 

 eyes dimmed— how many burning lights extin- 

 giiislieil in the lields of science— how many hearts 

 boating strong with the highest impulaes of an 



I full c 



L-..M 





■1 looked wiili pitying 



sympathy for the beautiful and 



been stilled forever by the iron band of endless 



late the ridiculous industry of some, who 

 eye in lleepaad keep the other open in bui 



Would you count the evils of an infringement of 

 nature's rights, read the ages of the Bleeping ones 

 who lie within the cities of the dead! Not in a 

 country burying place, but where the remains of 

 the deniiens of a crowded city are placed. There 

 are seen mournful epitaphs of men mid women who 

 bavedeslroyed themselves, who have gone lo their 



ig rest before their appointed time, by striving 



interrupt the natural course of nature's laws, 

 and by endeavoring to place iu the balance sheet 

 greater amount of credit on the 

 side of labor. When, 0, man, wilt thou " know 

 thyself?" 



rum- CiitiiLE.s Lamb, how fond thou wast of si- 

 lence, and how kindly did'st thou look o] he 



huh it gavest. Tboucoulds't ever love 

 the quiet Quaker meeting houses, for an atmosphere 

 »f heavenly Klilluess surrounded those places, and 

 nan in quietude worshiped his Creator. Truly, 

 vhen thy speech giew faint, and thy thoughts went 



rd wllll grief I. 



-Thy win hot 



VAUTTY OF WORLDLY THINGS. 



Wti 



I hiltv 





for t 



icles i 



the famed potentates 

 wars extended over almost the whole c 

 Ii" is it that made them descend from tht 



ighl. oud despoiled them of all troas 



Whither have gone those vaunted heroes whose 

 achievements drew forth such expressions of admi- 

 ration; those learned prodigies of acquirements. 



Of the globe; those sublime orators who decided 

 the decrees of Senates at their pleasure? Ask 

 where ore the proud, the rich, the voluptuous, tho 

 lounger? where thoso haughty nobles, those hard 

 masters, who so rigorously required such implicit 

 obedience? Ask Iho earth— she will show you the 



I 



EVENING BEFORE A WEDDING. 



will tell yon," continued her aunt to Louisa, 



i thing! which I have fully proved. The tirst 



go far towards preventing the possibility of 



on] diaoord iftoj tousligoj Uw leoo&d is the 



bjeeteadaureetproaaxTotivoof feminine ohgxocUr." 



mxiouely. 



i* llu- t. . demand .if 'your bride- 

 groom, as soon as the marriage Oexej 

 a solemn TOW, and promise yourself, never, even 

 pulf.i.r eipre., any disagreement— 

 1 lell * ier^— f.ir what begins in mere banter- 

 ing, will lead to ■ depressing 

 other's word*. Mutual for* 

 bearance is |hl | domestic hap- 

 piness. If you Iii-.' ewed, OOofeu il freely, even 

 in some tears. Further, 

 praUUM Utithfnll] end tolomolj never, upon any 

 ■■ "-''■ '" b*w Wj noreta ■■' conceal 

 i.'it to keep your private 

 affairs from father, mother, sister, brother, rela- 

 tions, and the world. Let tl u -m be known onlv to 

 Qod. Remember that any 

 reon admitted into your confidence DO- 

 partr to stand between you, and will nat- 

 urally side with one or the other. Prottin 1. 1 



it wdl preeenothal perfect < 



which will Lad 



married would but procticc 



peaco. bow many unions would be hi 

 JT which are now ini-er*hle.— A~**fltrlvti*r. 



■ list decav. — 



Uodbtt eoncitiatM and subdue* opposition; 

 enrogc ,j lL , , _.,_,, 



!. .1 -- 



i spr.ng i 



LAMP MUSINGS. 



. leaf 



lied. 



breeze 



moves, Nature ia taking a rest, a quiet repose; 

 and mi the earth limit, snllly the Melding space in 



tin- evTiih-' ui' all in |.j, with her great pulse 



IjimIiiil; -limh mid ],,.,■ UiuUSlltid Vuiccs hushed 

 und stilled There is muuethiug expressive 

 -ileu... Speak tho word and your voice will full 

 to ■' whiapet . think of It, and your mind wi 

 back along the path of yean to the lirst great 

 Sh.hni t.. In ii buok published long ngo ami nu 

 h as it should be. there ia a passagi 

 which doeoribjH the place La which ii dwelt 

 " And the earth waa without form 

 nnd void; and darkness was upon the face o 

 the deep." Iu Qui djrkuess and over the dreary 

 waste of those waters black, there reigned a sol< 

 emu silence Bren the attendants of old chaos 



"""'■ d ■>' in -li:nl..m i,,nnstliiit made no noise, 



and the Kt\.. hunselt sp.ike imi, fur no " palpita- 

 ting air" Could tiemhl, with ^ sound. Within 

 those reolmi do nrhieper n»e, B! ■■ 

 tnnrad on ropoi binges, ihul in tfaoie aUenl 



■ -■! -JHeeh or 



ec* j -, -iiii.l. tfq ■,,,,,, dI birdo— no rush of 



iugs of a Mini- 

 ■ j"-sU hoarse— 

 bhlpflrod Idcn grain— no 



clashing of embattled tree*— no music from the 

 ■r from the 

 1 

 o'er all. OtO mind conceive the DOtuTC 

 lencc ? Can the deepest reasoning fathom ii [ In 

 ■■ nature, aa well as iu thai which 

 springs from I ore srmpa- 



chords thai oft-linu 



".■ -■•-. also, I'iMii'i.- ■ . . 



that repose! Hera, far away from 

 haunts of men," I may and du notice it in a striking 



thou coulds'l think and write great thoughts in si- 

 lence. And thou, too, dear Thomas Gray, singing 

 thy immortal elegy in the "solemn stillness" of a 

 "country churchyard," with the " glimmering 



landscape" fading on the sight, und the air lulled 

 with " drowsy t inklings," thmi knowest the charms 

 of silence, for then thou coulds'l write in heavenly 

 numbers that shall never die 1 1, silence! raostfavor- 

 able eimtemplat inn; timst favorable to those severer 

 thoughts that ride as the lark riseth, with alacrity 

 favorable to those just reflcc- 



Ul,,, I, I 



Most I 



t myst 



yof o 



ic whisperings of that "soft 

 still music of humanity" which strikes impromptu 

 chords with thntof a better land. Let others seek 

 the " maddening en i w.l's igimhle strife"— let them 

 learn to love the excitement of a city life ; but oh, 

 give to me the "stilly" night and quiet days 

 of a country life where silence sometimes reigns. 

 There I may call in my truant memories, and took 

 with profit nu the faithful pictures which the artist 

 hand of time has painted on the glowing |-n.-t .-- 

 There I may Icnra how great secrets we perpetuate 

 iu our minds nod bodies, each day of our lire* 

 there I may ndminister lo one the food of knowl- 

 edge, and warm the other by the fires of exercise. 

 Rut, if ambition culls me to the mails and trailing 

 places of the world, if within red walls I shall 

 work out the sum of my destiny, let me have some 

 of alienee luoh us this in which to grow 





r Midi ., I' 





■newt. — Throughout all nature, 



Trench, iu his damp prison, leaped 

 venty pounds 



i's where they lie. Interrogate 



lell you the narrow space in which their bodies 

 compressed. Their bodies? Do they then still 

 it? Perhaps a handful of dust mav remain of 



But Whilst all around us thus passes a« m . whilst 

 everything escapes ps, the kiugdom which shall 

 nigh. So many revolutions, 

 und reflat of human things, 

 these perpetually changing scenes of n Heeling 

 world, all point the end towards which wo are 

 steps. It is the voice uf Iho brida- 

 ls us to the marriage feast, und by 

 his reiterated warnings, urges us lo wall. ,u curd 



buried in the mire of earthly things, go down yet 

 lOWOT, and nhut will yv.ii find? the grave which is 

 waiting for you, and into which you mu.i <l. ,,,,,], 

 Whether you will or not. Already death stands at 

 your side, ready to Tall upon you nnd dm- y,,,, i„t,, 

 e preceded 



"TIL REST WHEN I GET HOME." 



city r , a few days ago, I passed a man whoso 



head was whitened aud body bowed by tho hard- 

 ships of not less than sixty years. His limbs 

 trembled under their heavy burden, and with much 

 apparent effort he advanced but slowly. I over- 

 heard him talking in a low and subdued voice, 

 evidently mourning over his weariness and poverty. 

 Suddenly bis tone changed, and his step quickened, 

 as he exclaimed, "I'll rest when I get home." 



Even the thought r.f rest filled him with new life, 

 so that he pursued with energy his weary way. To 

 me it was a lesson. If the thought of the refresh- 

 ing rest of home encourages the careworn laborer, 

 so that, almost unmindful of fatigue and burdens, 

 he quickens bis step homeward, surely the Christ 

 an, journeying heavenward, in view <-f ,.,.!, a r, ,t. 

 ihould press onward with renewed rigor. 



This little incident often comes to mind amid the 



perplexing labors or the day, and stimulates mo to 



constant aud earnest effort. E(U)h lahnr.r 



g in his Master's Vineyard, bearing tho heat 



and burden of t 

 get ho 



isay, "I'll i 



his fetters of 

 weight, in order to preserve his health 

 trious physician observes :— " I know not wbich is 

 most necessary for the support or the human frame 

 —food or motion. Were the exercise of the body 

 attended to in a corresponding degree to that of 

 OU mind, men .it learning would be more healthy 

 and vigorous- of more general talents— uf mi 



ample. |u.i, ,.. . happy in [hi 



donualio lives , nm ii-rpnsing and attached 



their dutiu u men. In fine, with propriety it may 



be said that the lui-hct rclm, imnl of mind, i\ ill,- 



|.n, .em, m iii iho body, oan never present 



anything more than half a human being. 



Thk S«w Bonn urn tot Duo.— L&rmter, In hie 



makes the followingcuriousrcmarks; 

 I have had ,,. ,;... lufants, im- 



mediately on their birth, aud hare found an aston- 

 itTilnrr nrnnnMmilW between their profile and that 

 of thar father. A few days after ibis resemblance 

 i-i.ntirli disappeared, the mtluence oftheair 

 food, and probably the change of pj.-lure. has 

 [tered the design of the face, lhat you could be- 

 ■ it a different individual. I afterwards saw 

 .,i these < bildron die, the one at six wttkm, and 

 llbor "t four years of age — and ahoat twelve 

 ■a after ibeir death they completely recovered 

 llrook me so much at their 

 pf the dead child was, as 

 might be expected, more strongly marked, and 

 terse lhan thai of the living." 



me. Here let us be diliget 



Lord, remembering that our rest i-. ,il,.ne 

 Fellow traveler, arc your burdens grieronjtobl 

 borne, so that you are ready to faint in the way?— 

 Jesus soys, " Come unto me, all ye that are weary 

 and heavy laden, and I "ill glM vnu rest." To 



PAJTH iv Gi.o.— Have faith in Qod 1 i.ith will 

 be staggered even by loose stones in I he way, if wo 

 look monward ; if we look tlodward, faith will not 

 I en by inaccessible mountains that 

 stretch across nnd obstruct apparently our onward 

 progfi ' Qo forward," is the voiflefromHeoren 

 ing, finds the mountains before it as 

 mil as plains. "Cud with us," i» (he watchword 

 of our warrare, the secret of our strength, tho 

 security of our triumph. "If thou canst believe, 

 all things arc possible to him that belieicth- Ho* 

 strong faith is when we ore just fresh from the 

 fountain of redeeming love! A good conscience, 

 nnd then faith will do all things, for it la mit* wrj 

 nature such as to let God work all; we may soy 

 that it is most active when it is mos« passive, and 

 that it wearies least when it docs most work. 



Rwr*a, sc ,_.. Trris 



not to the promise of a com- 





. in bis Lioht- 



rydien, " for he thai i 



tras sin ogain.-t nil Qod for 



neither profit or pW' 



re, will trespass against thee 



Tor bJS own ndvautu,. 



e. Be that dare break the 



precepts of his Father 



will easily be persuaded to 



Violate the promise uo 



o his brother." 



.TftHrVfl 



