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MOOHE'S RU&AL HSW-YO&SEH. 



VINNXS ASLEEP 



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A'tcr liking in rartou* 



i he pai lor door. and Lberc s 



" lillle one," with pamj by her aide, and 



liftot) a beautiful M«l engraving which »1 



torn from one of ihe books ihit edoi 



table. We watch with interest to note ihe effect 



we see her face floah with 



! ibfl p«*s along wuh ha-iy steps— 



seize the engraving — bo* the ears of ibe child, 



{unconscious of wrong, tfa 



« such a "young one," always doing 

 t/mstAin? she ODgllt nol to? 



Very many mothers would ha* c pursued such o 



course, But not so with Mrs. C 



10 listen while Ai.i.m talks- on, all un, 

 ■ her. "Kitty, 

 ■iol yon glad thai irecumeintbepftrlortbismoni- 

 ing, cauf-c Alms's found such n nice picture for 

 you to look at* Now. if you will keep still, I'll 

 tell you ell 'bout it. There's liltle girl just like 

 ntoi quite bo big, and ber name is 

 Alms, too. So there's two Alms's here? You 

 don't known kiny, what that little girl's holding, 

 hut I do, Muse pupatold tnc ; its a rabbit ; but I'd 

 rather have a kitty than a rabbit, shouldn't you. 



ad ran ring and 



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THE TWO HOMES. 



dnughtt 



Wuh ■ would keep out of (lie way, urn 



in ■." 1 ■ hi" d tin: mother, tut the gave hi 

 u posb, « hich Etui her reeling agaimsl 



" Why, mania," laid Willi r.— a bright, sturdy 

 liiil- follow of Ave years, who had been busily en- 

 tha last hoar trying lo make-a wooden 

 knife for usier — " Way, mania, you , 

 "" [hi go I ■ :■■■ and lion il ■ . .. don't let me.it 

 » ill in Lolling a wrong Btory." 



" Well, tfe go aloi.ij— 8t«y un bour, and I hopo 1 

 shall have some peace while you are gone! " 



"Hi li,"BoidWiLj utjumpingup. "Where's 



my cap? Mama I can't roach it." 



"I'll warn.nl it— alwaysrowrf/miyto hinder ine; 



here, lake you're cup uud go; " and with the .••arm.' 



Impellent top and frownjpg brow which had been 



seen nil thai day, she turned again lo her work 



Hut lot os follow the children a* they leave, the 



' ■'■' iu walks along with a sad and tearful 



bei bet's 1 o peculiarly enaitive nature, and 

 often given is sure to cast a 

 and us Willie glances up 



■-, rebellious thoughts un 90, I hit 



indignantly as he says, in a comforting 

 topO, " I wouldn't feel bad if mama docs scold. I 

 ■ball be a big man pretty soon, and then I'll talk 

 right bask to hei just a.-- she docs to ua, and when 



Igotricl ■ ' 1 I., going to buy a horse and 



carriage, and you and pa may ride with me, but 

 mama shoot* 'cuuso she aint good. Maybe she'll 

 grow old sometime mid come lo live with me, just 

 loeato oui bouse, and then if sbc talks 

 bo to 111, I'll jn 11 shut her up iu tbo dark, wouldn't 



• "hundred fuM" . 



1 'ins hare flown — let us again visit 



dwelling. Where is now the gentle Sarah w! 



mpcrcd* Sh 



H""'. bul in'.'. 1 banged, [u former rears 



■ ily cause a flood of tc 



fi lings began to 



^'•■'- up, mull ber vi.,-v online bei 1 1 



|l lul to |hron bank the bitter 



■ I ""it Bd the soul of that 

 ads and crushes the heart 



e llcavenly 



Why, Allik," said her 

 speaking in a kindly tone, 

 very naughty to tear papa? 



the child with a quivering lip. " Well, wo will 

 "hi and see if we cannot lind something better 

 Ai.1,11: tod'i, llinri tear papa's book. Can you bring 

 some wood for mama.' " "Yes," is the quick reply, 

 and away she bounds, her eyes sparkling at the 

 thought of really doing something to help mama. 



How il cheers the heart to enter a household 

 where lone reigns, and kind words only are spoken. 

 Children living uudersuch influences will grow up 

 good and noble, for the heart will expand and lis 

 w/lil.r qualities develop under the genial influence 

 of kind aii-ioiiA, and i-iml 11 ■-■nh. Mother, the echoes 



seeming like nngel music, winning them to the love 

 of Gon aud Heaven! II so, then will you be re- 

 warded with a golden harvest. And should the 

 kind Father— when "many years" have wrought 

 iheircliatiges, and the eyes grow dim with watch- 

 ing ilic advent of a glorious hereafter— allow you 

 to gaze upon a houselmld of >unr matured children, 

 they will surely call you "blessed." 



SCOTCH MARRIAGES. 



ringes, regular 



There are two sorts of Scotch n 

 and irregular. The former arc p: 



1 of banns in the parish kirk imA Episcopa- 

 lian Church) of the place where one of the parties 



reviously resided, and Ihe marriage is after- 

 registered in such kirk. In such easi 



cate of registry may be obtained by uppli 



the parish clerk of such kirk, of course 

 payment of a small fee. As to the ■ , . 



1 1 Li — - : . tiiey may bo contracted, as is well knot 

 wiibout any formalities — simply by the couple 

 knowledging themselves as man and wife before 



fitnesses, or by living together at man anc 

 wife permanently. Such marriages exclude th< 

 idea 1.1 any registration at all. But "the black- 

 smith" nt Gretna, aud other personages on the bor- 

 Jcr, who wcreaccustomcd to assist runaway couples 

 n perpetrating irregul: 



» till the iu« 



• uool.wh . 





your que 



the Sabbath ScboPj where our basing 



infant lips to 

 lisp the words . There, in later 



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 oureelf ibe rows .,] there *bc- 



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ministry. Ooa bright morning, wben earth was 

 laughing out in melody r 



thither lo the marriage of a darling sister; our 



* sad Chtn, but they were sadder still 



lund in . . 



■ lliM.tSetlC.ld, 



tbrough the totfg U -I* -, ami 

 seal in front. Death had entered 

 and taken thence its life, its centc 

 father! Orpbaucd and desolate we wander now, 

 but in whatever land, under whatever sun, sur- 

 rounded by wbatevcr circumstances, our thoughts 

 will often revert to that old temple under the hill, 

 where we worshiped in our youth. 



Gentle reader, let me pray yon never to look with 

 ind.jTer. met upon such a scene a3 the demolition of 

 on old church — but remember that the spot 13 

 hallowtd by associations, and let a feeling of atce 

 check the impulsive desires of your bounding 

 heart I Coea L. Latiueo. 



Angelica, N. T., 1859, 



OUIt YOUNG KEN. 



Wb doubt whether aoy other country exhibits a 

 larger amount or proportion of useless talent, of 



misdirected energy, than ours. Our clever young 



lo law, to physic, to commerce, mainly because 

 these seem the only pursuits which promise wealth 

 and distinction. Hazardous as merchandizing is 

 known to be, long aud toilsome as is the path to 

 eminence and fortune at the bar or in medicine 



1 worship iu an old church, 

 le round which the ivy clings, and 

 corners the rooks have built 

 century; or, in one whose smoothly 



pthei 





and theKv.I a«niu» presides where on 



lil " '^ the brave little Wilms. 



OUT pel have down? 1., 



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coming foot- 



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Oh, thei I 1 on ■ ■ ■ Buenee thy words, 



they harsh and 

 -ins entrusted 

 to ... can made to feci ihcy an 



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■ nd childhood is Upon jroi 

 treated in likn manner. Unloved — uuhonored it 

 may bt—you will gu down in sorrow lo the grave. 



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mother, 



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. 1 busily engaged 

 haven enteccd 



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in « I , ' ' ■ 



.: I,in has 

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 painted all over, aud La»l t i. num. 



renlr "ir 



at' jon lb 



to do an errand for me. litre, let n, e tio C ° 

 scarf around your neck— hftb agood 1 



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lurna again tu her work 



hold' Themolherrcmembersthst^i . 



her for some lime. " The little rogue is in some 



latches, merely by wit- 

 istomed lo enter their names 

 lent statute lately passed, 

 5th of residence iu Scotland 



f past history.— Note and 



Co-.su-.— The banc of social life; always indi- 

 cating a small miud, having affinity with petty 

 concerns; often n malicious mind, delighting 

 traducing others; irreverence for truth, riskii 

 the violation of it for the pleasure of telling 

 stories, winch may be false, often are known to be 

 so; great lack of honor— a sneaking disposition, 

 saying behind the back of another wb.nl would 

 not be said before his face; presumptive want of 

 power to converse on nobler subjects, at least, 

 lack of interest in them. Generally supposed lo 

 belong exclusively to woman, but supposed very 

 incorrect. Male gossips are very numerous, and 

 are ivnr.-i- limn feinak*. Tln'ir inheres ore differ- 

 ent. Women gossip chiefly about domestic life, 

 love, morriage, tluialion, servants, entertainments 

 — and a world of mischief they do there— of heart- 

 burnings, heari-sinkings aud heart-breakings— of 

 broken ties and alienated affections. Bul men 



men— oh! what keen, biting, withering gossip 



Ihcy have ! halt' untrue, wholly needless. Litera- 



in ii a! gossip !— why the world is half 



■'!"■. a"d half its miseries arc made by 



-Arthur had laid 



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bis hand on the soft 



and was stooping towards Hetty with a look of 



entreaty. Hetty lifted her long dewy 



that wore benl towards 



beseeching look. What a 



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 irma touched her! Love is 

 . nlyone-aud- 

 Bvenleen trera- 

 bles under our glance, as if she" were 



■'■"ink-ring rapture to the 



. unfurrowed souls roll to 



mectooch otfa< be« that touch 



softly and are at rest ; ihey mingle as easily as two 



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 selves and ripple' with Bi 



the leafiest hiding-places. While Arthur gnicd 



II. tty > d^irs: beseeching eyes, it made no dif- 



ih« spoke; and 



- aid powder bad been in fashion, be 



likely not have been tensil 



thai Helty wanted those signs of high breeding.— 



.<(to» AJ<. by R<t. Gto. HiM. 



and seek to ridicule its 

 vaied ].ul]iit— its hard, I 



liquated ini-nitill.; — in- t 



tious, and which you have come to love so dearly ? 

 Have you seen it torn down by ruthless hands'to 

 give place to a laiger and more elegant one 1 How 

 numerous are the thoughts that come thronging 

 the entrance-gates of Memory ns you witness the 

 demolition of the a.^-il edifice ! How various arc 

 the reminiscences connected with those crumbling 



As you witness s'ick after stick thrown from the 

 tall old spire, aud stone after stone whirled from 

 the spot uhere it has rested 90 many years, how 

 many pictures does Imagination pniot for you of 



a sec in that consecrated desk venerable 

 1 bowing their hoary heads, 





fi'l.lliL' 111-.: 



cu ;.;>■.- 



I r,m L 



blessing of JlIHOV. 



galiou; breathing words of 



mourner, or counsel to the err 



young men, who have but 



labors of the ministry, 



ness of their audi 1 01s. and discomfited 



est change of programme. Another large aud 



beautiful picture is that of the Sabbath School, 



The busy, bustling Superintendent and his assist- 



afTect innate pupils, all hold conspicuous positions, 

 Around the dilapidated altar you behold crowds 

 of kneeling penitents, shedding bittcrteors of grief 

 as they think of their guilt, and singing the song 

 of praise as they taste I ■ 1 ^n /org. 



with youthful 



more to tbc sound of tbc.r light footsteps 

 nging voices. That <>ld bell v, unli has tolled 

 the death-knell of many a departed saint, an 

 merry peal on the festive wedding-day, 

 irarkeil ami battered, find v, ill soon he cast among 

 the rubbish, where its voice will he hushed furevi-r 

 Humble believers have worshiped hundreds 1 

 Sabbaths iu those old fashioned pews which an 

 -w the contempt of those who attend church 

 .rely to quiet their consciences, and go through 

 bform of a religions service. 

 Formerly nil was peace and quietude within 

 the old temple, hut now, mark how different ! Fly- 

 ing dust uud broken glass, ruiucd walls and fallen 

 procluim lhat man, ever rest less, ever 

 iol hccomeweariedoftheancicnlstruc- 

 and must have one to correspond with the 

 modern styles ot architecture. But though 

 he may provide one more apBClOM and elegant 

 than thai which is now ... 



... 



,: timbers seems sacred. 



Dow many i , our memory 



holds for us, of scene* thai were enacted in the old 



tabernacle in the days of childhood! The one 



bearing earliest date is thai where onr youthful 



. ,1 s love as exhibited in 



emember how our young h 



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I'LL PRAY FOR THEE. 



rteaw? O, then I'll pra 



Hopfl Ilu-U in Gun, I 



■.and by Hie tight of hear* 



Written Tor Hoore'i Rural New-Yorker. 

 LET US SING. 



Yes, let us sing. Why not ? The practice light 

 ns the heart by driving away the murky, ill- 

 ivored ghosts of melancholy. It imparts cheer- 



ful in driving away gloomy feelings than 

 t elaborate essay on the duly of clieorful- 

 Mngiug enlivens social intercom -e. imparl* 



red with 1 



s Irading 







. porhsip-:;, 

 ve retired or removed, losers, but not broken; 



i- rest have gone the v. ay a fall American traders 



so nearly all that the exceptions help to prove 

 3 rule. Of the young men who will Uu8 vearem- 

 rk in trade, it is safe to say that three- fourths 

 11 want a National Bankrupt Law within the 



aunot break so fast that other: 



: their places. Thousands of dct 



c opened this year to be closed as 



-en in- 



spirit ot devotion. V, ilhout il the services of tho 

 sanctuary would he lifeless and wearisome Tho 

 heart is melted, and raised above the Utile concerns 

 of earth, by tho inspiring words of song. The hu- 



Children should 1 



3NS OF SPRING LIFE. 



t Ward Beechcu writes thus t 



1 thai 



Theg 



, glor, 



round is all disrobed of 



ows arc yellowing the edges of low woods. 



s are making the forest look purplish. Grass 



^crywbere starting, and iu favored spots it 



lias lifted up that green which all summer long 



shall not wear out. The plow has already been 



vocal with hens celebrating the earliest achieve- 

 ments in the egg speculations of another season. 

 Calves and Iambs are come. Ah, you do not 

 know, poor creatures that live in the cities,— you 

 do not know that spring has come ! lint the 

 signs of the year are for the country. Now the 

 peony is pushing up its ruddy knuckles, honey- 

 suckles are leering out, flags are drawing their 

 swords, tho swamps are full of blackbirds, wild 

 duck ore on the ponds, trout are ready for the 

 angler, long wedge tines of wild geese stream 



; downy 



full, and turbid, 

 trearas, and every- 





aptness for it may he regarded as a tokeu that ho 



the art. Huron., when a child, was strictly for- 

 bidden to touch a musical instrument. But he 

 found means of conveying a clanchord to a room 

 at the top of the house. Here he used to repair 

 when the family were asleep. His father liillo 

 thought that the very genius lor music winch his 

 child possessed, would he the means of his assist- 

 ing biswidowed mother in after yonrs. 



Music has been a favorite recreation with some 

 of the greatest minds. With Lutbbk il was ft 

 passion. What n. happy looking group ia that the 

 artist has represented,:,!" Lt-viiea surrounded by his 

 family engaged in singing. The painter has rendered 

 familiar many scenes mil. e l,e ihfeoftho Reform- 



manifested so clearly as in this. You can see by 

 bis fine expressive face that lie loved home, and 

 washappyin the company of his beautiful "Queen 

 Katb," and interesting children. It is a picture 

 that lingers in the fancy and casts a pleasing charm 

 over the life of the German Hero, 



Nature teaches ua to sing. Just listen to the 

 birds. Il is no indifferent pean they raise to 

 heaven. They pour nffen the aim perl 

 melody. The wind i, 11 great minstrel. It sweeps 

 forests, and plains, giving forth the 









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rinrUu 



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>wn hody 



cbureh, except when carried there to the 

 baptismal font, and mir obUdish wonderment at 

 1 iw, which made us di 

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■ lirrfrequcut, 

 * erings, " Busb. my deta 



every creature that God has created. Like the 



grass in the field, the meausout of which happiness 



ay be moulded grow everywhere, even iu the 



lorest soil. Il is, however, an irrevocable law of 



e Creator, lhal he that would be happy must use 



. He-rials which lie in llis bounty La. 1 .,1,, '.. ! 



ae insect that sports but n day in the summer 



inlight— the cattle upon a thousand hills, and the 



eiuing multitudes i.f mankind — all are supplied 



iih the means of life and enjoyment. But by 



eh and all the effort must bo made {he pro- 



sion must be applied. The living I. 



poses the treasures that surround it, and out of 



which it must prolong its life and pi 



iurelyfall and die. The man must perish in the 



leglect of the supply which Nature places near 



. el can do no more. Let none com- 



rlot of life, when each chooses that lot 



I renchllinisl 

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.1: J this is the greatest s 



Cnoncn Etiquette.— We think there ,. good 

 sense in a suggestion made by an Ami i 

 thus writes from Loudciu : — "In the churches, 

 whosoever comes flrat, whether gentleman or lady, 

 takes the further seat in the alip, aud those lhat 

 follow fill up the remaining seats, ..-,. 

 the awkward disturbance which occurs in our 

 ,ig ut and in 

 by men. in order to isolate 

 end of the pew. It ij ■ aid 



>i Busted with tbc earl] 1 

 sat near the doora of pew 

 atlaek by the i,. ■ 



tion. Iu many cases this marching onl «nd in, 

 hke a parcel m 



Ham might well be changed." 



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Chu'st,— ' 



Little chil- 



Irencaubcini 



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redeeming 



ove. The an 











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s ' bosom; as 







nauceofthera 







laelfout in lb 





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rs, or as it 1- 1 











full and sweet consols 



ions of the 



/shot Edward* 





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