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MOOSE'S &TOAL 1EW-YOHEEK. 



THE CHILD- ANGEL. 



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THE MOBNING AND EVENING HOUBS. 



ONBwaswnftedon the wing.iof the night, radiant 

 with beauty, her brilliant plumage spangled with 

 glistening dew-drops I Slowly — majestically — 

 she seated herself npon her emerald throne, and 

 the gentle breezes, as they danced playfully by, 

 touched her robe and its silken folds floated lightly 

 in the air. Above her arched ao azure canopy, 

 adorned with light, airy clouds, penciled with 

 gorgeous hues and lined with silver. Pure-robed 

 flowersgreeted her and scattered drops ofpexfUEne 

 along her pathway. Then from the east the sun 

 appeared, casting a bright halo of light over the 

 earth and bathing it in a sea of gold. Then the 

 children of earth arose from their night couches 

 and hailed the new hour) the husbandman went 

 forth to his labors iu the Geld, and the merchant to 

 his counting- room. The weary child of poverty 

 awoke from brightest dreams ol wealth and sighed, 

 for Fancy hud conducted hiui through the flowery 

 vales and by Ihe rippling streams of Dream Land, 

 and there had he fouud ull his fondest hopes real- 

 ized, his brightest visions fulfilled; but the morn- 

 ing hour with her dewy fingers oped his weary 

 eyes and led him out from the fairy domains into 

 this world of reality. Wearily he engages in the 

 labors of Ihe day, cheered by no minisleriog angel 

 save the voice of Hope, which points upward— on- 

 ward ! Toil on tired wanderer I Soon will thy 

 weary pilgrimage cease, and thou wilt be called to 

 thy home above the sky ! There sorrow shall not 

 chase the sunlight from thy heart, but white-robed 

 angels shall welcome thee home to Heaven. 



The rosy hour has' tlown through the pearly 

 gates of Paradise, her pinions laden with many 

 an unkind act, wrong deed and unappreciated bless- 

 ing. Bui she became weary of her burden ere sbo 

 reached the throne of Gen and sank to rest 'ncnth 

 the Ocean of the Past. Vet. ero her form was 

 covered by the dark waters, the recording angel 

 caught the sius which she bore and laid them in 

 all their guilt before (Jon, then traced them in the 

 book of Remembrance and blotted the soiled page 

 with a tear. Never more may we behold the beau- 

 ties of that morning hour, for she has passed from 

 earth away. Did she not carry with her the wrong 

 acts und thoughts of our hearts? And docs not 

 each morning hour ascend lleaven-ward laden 

 with the burden of our sins? 



Another eame, and brought with it sweet rest 

 for the tired wanderer. It banished care from his 

 I. row -mil sorrow from his heart; and, as he thought 

 of the little cottage amongst the trees, it gave new 

 strength to his fainting soul aud cheered bis heart. 

 Gloriously sang the bright stars together and the 

 sunset clouds lay piled against the western sky in 

 beautiful confusion, over changeful, their light 

 ever growing dim, and dimmer. Fit emblem of 

 hi'.: tritfa ita ever varying clouds, now bright and 

 beautiful, now dark and lowering, then fading 

 away aud to bo seen no more forever. In this 

 dusky evening hour did the lonely one bow her 

 head in prayer to the Gon of Isreal, and implore 

 His divine aid to guide her— the light of Uis love 

 to radiate her heart. When the hour passed away, 

 it bore to Hcuven the pleading of the worn wan- 

 derer and placed it laden with Faith at the Savior's 

 feet, and ho sent an nngel of mercy down to our 

 earth i, m | p 01lr( .d a heeling balm into her wounded 

 spirit, and suo knew that Gon had listened to the 



A dying one greeted the evening hour and as the 

 pale rays of ih mwm mted upon bcr w&0 foa 

 tures, a smile pUyed about her fever-tinted lips and 

 she uttered the words "going home !" A fit time, 

 artthou, genii., twih,,., hour, m „ oicb ror a wh]le . 



ro bed logo! '" take U light to Heron 



The gay and jojoM aaoool-gM f ee l 9 her heart 

 grow sadder at this hour, and i„ ber aou l the purest 

 and holiest feelings gather honie. Remembrance 

 gilds the past, and all the bright 4mi( , s of „ [qq ' 

 •go" are before her. The birds have warbled their 

 good-night songs, and iu the br 0aa -spreading 

 brunches of the forest trees have gouo to r^t, y 

 thought of wrong enters the heart, naught save 

 the affections which twine about it and blouom 





a sorrow, did the gen- 

 ildreu of earth, then de- 

 parted to divell forever among Utt 

 past. Thus the sisters journey on —one fresh and 

 glittering with dew-gem.— the beauty of the other 

 only cnbonced by a s°('. bozy, »•'■ 'hrown about 

 her. One awakes from stumbor the sODSOfaMtb, 

 the other enfolds ibem m her gentle embrace, and 

 leads them "through the green meadows aud be- 

 side the- still fountains.'* of Dream Land. Tbey are 

 two angels of mercy sent to speak " peace" to the 

 weary ones of earth aud lift their hearts from its 

 toils and sorrows to Him who is e 



> the throne ol God! 



Mori- 



PUBLIC WOMEN. 



Howe 





ng in any measure 

 after perfection of character, voluntarily make 

 herself tho "observed of all observers," to a 

 crowd of curious gazers, who stare at her with un- 

 flinching curiosity, scrutinizing her person from 

 head to foot, and criticising her every feature, 

 every expression, every gesture, word and act?— 

 Not merely the actors and speakers, but the singers 

 and popular readers of the present day are, to roe, 

 I must confess, objects of disagreeable contempla- 

 tion, lauded and patronized, <w they are, by respect- 

 able people. I cannot help regarding them— where 

 I know wthiiuj of them exempt their profession — 

 with a sentiment very nearly allied to lhat which 

 rises spontaneously in tho mind when we look on 

 one who has gone astray from the path of virtue. 

 They certainly have departed from that sphere 

 wherein they were intended to serve God, and 

 bless mankind. 



Is there a pure-hearted, pure-minded person, — 

 one whose natural instincts are allowed to speak 

 with their own voice, — that will gainsay this*— 

 Does not oil natural sense of propriety, all refine- 

 ment of taste, revolt from the sight, from even the 



we avoid looking upon such a character as one 

 who has overstepped the boundary of true woman- 

 hood? And could we choose such oompanionship 

 with any expectation that it would aid us to rise in 

 the scale of moral excellence? If the tendency, 

 then, is not upward, must it not necessarily be 

 downward? Is there one, in all the crowd, in 

 whose presence such 



r feel. 







modesty and purity of character which is woman's 

 crowning charm? If these things are so, then let 

 all who have any influence, (and who has none?) 

 discountenance this evil to the utmost extent of 

 their power. u. n. 



AMUSEMENT AS A PABT OF EDUCATION. 





. Hie 



man is nothing else than an accumulation of fa- 

 tigue for a child. In order to aid his physical 

 formation, greater reliance should be placed upon 

 amusements of his own choice than upon exercises, 

 motions, and even plays, prescribed to him after 

 a preconcerted plan. At an early age, one duty 

 cannot afford relaxation after another duly. On 

 the contrary, when an amusement is imposed upon 

 a child, it becomes a new fatigue for him. Recrea- 

 tion and play arc, no doubt, most necessary for 

 him, but only on condition Unit I hoy must bo of bis 



which is caused by doing a thing by compulsion, 

 or for the soke of obedience. Amusement without 

 perfect freedom of choice, is void of pleasure, and 

 it is not only pleasure which gives the charm to 

 amusement, but which by a natural reaction of the 

 moral and physical elements, renders it salutary. 

 Have we not seen, thousands of times, how warm- 

 ly children contend among themselves iu their 

 plays'/ "I won't play any more," says tho one 

 who thinks himself aggrieved. He Hunks that he 

 a right to say so. The same child would never 

 think of saying, "I won't study any more." Com- 

 pel him to play at " hide and seek," and at the end 

 a is tired of it; but hud 

 he chosen this play, be would not be lired of it at 

 tho end of four hours. 

 Parents who pretend to make the physical alter- 

 >te continually wilh the moral 

 lucation, by arranging, after their own id< 

 tercises of the one und of the other, and 

 holding the child by the band, compel him 



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est importance; an 

 be of any profit, b 

 beiug as essential i 

 perfect freedom. 



Happiness op Cim niu-.s. Children may teach 

 us one blessed, one enviable art— the art of being 

 easily happy. Kind nature has given to them that 

 useful power of accommodation V' circumstances 

 which compensates for many external disadvan- 

 tages, and it is only by injudicious management 

 that it is lost. Give him but a moderate portion 

 of food and kindness, and ihe peasant's child is 

 happier than the duke's ; free from artificial wants, 

 nusatiated by indulgence, all nature minivers to 

 his pleasure; he can carve out relkity from a bit 

 or hazel twig, or fish for it successfully iu a pud- 

 dle. I loTO to hear the boisterous joy of a troop of 

 -agged urchins, whose cheap playthings are nothi- 

 ng more than mud, snow, slicks, or oyster shells; 

 >r to watch tho quiet enjoyment of a balf-clothed, 

 half-washed fellow of four or five years old, who 

 ilh a large, rusty knife, and a lump of bread 



SATURDAY EVENING AT TWILIGHT. 



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BEAUTY AND UTILITY. 



i'ltec philosophers may attempt to account 



-however they may theorize and speculate 



about the matter — the fact still remains that every 



pleased with whatever is beautiful. The 



child, as soon as he can exercise the sense of 



reaches out toward the red taper. As he 



older, be is pleased with images however 



rudely carved or colored. Every bird that sings 



above his head fills him with ecstacy, and be 



untarily stretches up eager to grasp it 



ice we find this to be the case with the savage 



ell as the civilized man, it becomes us to 



ire what was the design of tho Author of 



re in bestowing upon us this chi 



quality; and it will require but a fev 



serious thought to convince- us that it was given 



"or some great and good purpose. The world is 



ull of beauty, and could man but keep free from 



.In- gross things of the earth, which now so 



occupy his time and attention, and have his mind 



and vision clear to observe Ihe glorious objects 



that lie stretched at his feet — which hang above 



on every side — he would never' Bsb wli:it object w.is 

 to be accomplished by this delicate organization of 



There is, perhaps, scarcely any other study that 

 tends more to elevate, refine and purify the mind, 

 than a study of the things that Nature has so pro- 

 fusely thrown in our way. And nodangerneed be 

 apprehended from a too careful scrutiny of their 

 peculiar properties and distinguishing character- 

 istics; for new beauties will cm ih dually burst upon 

 the view and surprise us at every step. 



Yet many people seem to have so lost all relish 

 for these things, in which they once took the 

 grcali -I delight — to have become so materialized 

 as no longer to find any pleasure in them. Some 

 even appear to think it a wicked waste of time to 

 cultivate flowers, and adorn their premises with 

 shrubs and trees, or to show any taste in the con- 

 struction of their bouses and in the arrangement 

 of their gardens and fields. They have risen 

 above such things— have become men and put 

 away childish matters; never seeming to think 

 that, porhance, tbesewercthe v>n things designed 

 such children as are of the 

 Kingdom of Heaven. Who cau look up into the 

 blue sky in tho still hours of uight, and contem- 

 plate the steady, ceaseless and unwearied march 

 ic host spread out to ti is view, without 

 re to rise above and be free from the 

 petty strifes and conflicts with selfishness to which 

 liable every hour? Or who can behold a 

 flower, growing far away in the wilderness, or on 

 tho desert, without feeling bis heart lifted with 

 a who has everywhere put 

 something to please aud cheer us, and teach a 

 lesson of meekness aud trust? But il may be 

 that Beauty and Utility cannot well subsist 

 :her— are almost antagonistic. The falsity of 

 opinion may be easily tested. Did any one 

 imagiue that the sky displayed tho starry 

 firmament any less beautifully becauso it is blue, 

 rather than black?— or that the grasses and grains 

 of the fields, and the clothing of the Irees, accom- 

 plish any less useful ends because ibey remain for 

 i, rather than of some less 

 pleasant color? 



regard lo the works of art, who will say 





.iih i 







less comfortable and 

 structed in utter disregard of all rule? The fact 

 is, a building, or ils furniture, or any other work 

 , not only gives more pleasure to every one 

 aeholds it, when made with due regard to 

 proportion in all its parts, but also is far less liable 

 carelessly injured, and when accidentally 

 gcd, is much more likely to be repnired acd 

 aved Trom further harm than one thai bos no 

 etry or beauty to be marred. We place 

 rude, unpainted seats and benches iu our district 

 school-houses, with the expectation lhat they will 

 "le whittled and soon spoiled, and we are not dis- 

 ppointcd. Now, if wo should provide neat and 



tasteful furniture for tho school room, mil 

 would the different articles be agreeable objects of 

 Mght to all the lounges, but would also be much 

 less injured, while, at ibo same time, many would 

 be saved from forming the bad habit— of which now 

 almost every boy is guilty— lhat of defacing and 

 mutilating almost everything that knife and 



And then what attractions has a home where 

 everything is arranged to please and to improve I 

 How many youth might be prevented from biking 

 their first steps toward ruin in tho street-school, 

 rind other places of resort for evening amusement, 

 weie their houses mode as inviting as a little 

 expenditure of time and money would make them 

 And what a refuge from the cares and perplexities 

 of daily life is such a place I Come, look in with 

 ua upon a happy family group of the oldeu 

 gathered about tho large lire place lo pass tho 

 long winter's evening. Hereis one little company 

 sewing and knitting, another shelling corn, 

 one, chosen for the purpose, is reading for the 

 benefit of all. Now oud then, as the reading pro- 

 ceeds und the narrative opens up scenes of ihril 

 ling interest, see the work drop Irom the hands 01 

 this one and that one; and again, as they look 

 into the glowing coals, what wonderful thoughts 

 arise! What slrange and almost bewildering 

 visions appear before Iho excited imagination! 



But the cheerful and healthful fire-place is 

 almost wholly banished iu our Northern States, 

 even from the houses of our farmers. Yet there 

 are many advantages offered us which our fore- 

 fathers could not afford to enjoy. Works of An 

 and Nature, bolh ornamental and useful, appro 

 priate for the interior of (he bouse and for tin 

 premises, are now brought within the reach of the 

 great mass of our people. 



You may easily adorn your walls with maps, 

 and diagrams, and portraits — portraits of the 

 great oud good, the story of whose deeds and 

 noble examples, after being once recounted, shall 



in view. And trees, tall und straight, may be 

 out, the sight of which shall teach the rising 

 generations to be upright — to stretch forih their 

 hands with unwearied mi). i ui unity toward heaven, 

 whence cometh all blessing, and to bo deeply 

 rooted and grounded in that which is right, and 

 true, and good. And flowers may be cultivated, 

 the free and constant yielding of whose fragrance 

 shall teach them what silent, yet speaking i 

 there is in disinterested actions, and how beautiful 

 and useful is a life of good deeds, which 

 ascend as a sweet smelling savor before the throne 

 of God. 



Thus may be left a homestead to which 

 descendents will ever revert with delight, as the 

 spot of all the earth most dear — that about which 

 cluster tho most boly recollections. 



HOME. 





the heart, where the affections are cherished in the 

 lenderest relations, where heart is joined to heart, 

 and love triumphs over all selfish calculations. Il 

 is the training school of the tender plants. wbicL 

 in after years are to yield (lowers and fruits tc 

 parental care. It is the fountain whence come tht 

 streams which beautify and enliven social life. 



If any man should have a home.it is the man ol 

 business. He is the true working-man of the 

 community. The mechanic has bis fixed hours, 

 and when these have run their course, he may, ere 

 the day closes, dismiss all anxiety as hi3 tabors 

 ends, and seek the home circle. Comparatively 

 little has been Ihe tax on his mind, and not much 

 more on his physical system, as he learns i 

 all easy. But the man of business is under i 

 slant pressure. His is not alen-hoursystem, 

 an interval of rest; but he is driven onward and 

 onward early aud late, without the calculati 

 hours. He must bo employed. In theearnet 

 of competition — in the complexity of modern 



quently occur — iu the solicitous dependence ( 

 the fidelity aud integrity of others— be has i 

 leisure moments during tha day. With a uiii 

 incessantly under excitiDg engagements, and 

 body without its appropriate nutriment, he may 

 well pnnl for home, and bail the moment when 

 may escape from his tpils to seek its quiet, and 

 affection and confidence. — Imao Ftrri*. 



AUTHORSHIP. 



Tun chief difficulty with an author is to get bin 

 to begin. He will (hiuk about it, talk about it 

 smoke over it, sleep over it, read on it. But hi 

 usually dislikes to commit himself on paper. Once 

 let him get his pen at work, and if only 

 written, it will, in a great measure, work itself 

 free and clear. With somo men, to write tho first 

 sentence is hull' the battle, especially if before this 

 be done, a sharp outline, a well defined plan, tho 

 simpler the better, lie clearly iu the 

 ought always to be Ihe case. Be it a 1 

 cle for a review, a poem, or a sermon, let these pre- 

 liminaries be all clearly settled, and the introduc- 



of ten, all the rest will follow and flow softly and 



evenly as a river. Indeed, most persons will wrile 



far better the more rapidly they compose, if tbey 



have n clear plan in their minds. To write thus 



a the blood boiling, then lay aside the manu- 



pt and correct it six weeks afterwards. « ith a 



I and dispassionate judgment, will gem-rally 



produce the best things a man can write on any 



subject. 



Washington OS Vices aim Aiii-sbmexts.— " Let 

 vice and immortality of every kind be discouraged 

 as much as possible in your brigade; and as a 

 chaplain is allowed to each regiment, see that the 

 men regularly attend divine worship. Gaming of 

 evervkmd is expressly forbid, as the production 

 of evil, and the cause of many gallant und brave 

 officers' ruin. Games of exercise and for amnse- 

 meutsui-ivnot ouly he permitted, but encouraged.'" 



Mist 



" WHOM, NOT HAVING S EEN, WE LOVE." 



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Ic we know that an individual 

 nth God, that fact tends to givi 

 iim. Something within us tells 

 ng person is one who will 





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ciple that an infidel who was traveling, and who 

 was overtaken by night fall in a lonely and dan- 

 gerous place, confessed that he was relieved of hia 

 fears of being assassinated, when the owner of the 

 cabin where he had taken shelter led the family in 

 prayer before retiring to rest. The infidel slept 

 soundly after such a manifestation of Christianity. 

 A cabin roofed and walled by prayer could not be 

 an unsafe place, he thought. We hove authority 



point. In exercising hospitality to a clergyman 



heads of the house surrendered to him their own 

 chamber. Their little daughter, three years of 

 age, was asleep in the crib, and they concluded not 

 to disturb her. Quite early in the morning she 



pied by her parents, saw a stranger there. At first 

 she was startled, and covered her head with the 

 counterpane. Soon, however, she peeped out and 

 said, " Man, do you proy to God r" " Yea," was 

 ihe answer, "I love God, and pray to him every 

 day." ThiB satisfied Uh-IhiIc inquirer; she smiled, 

 turned over, and dropped asleep. 



THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. 



Tbr happiness we derive from creatures is like 



a beggar's garment — it is made up of pieces and 

 patches, and is worth very tittle after all. But tho 

 blessedness we derive from the Saviour is single 

 and complete. In him all fullness dwells. He is 

 coeval with every period. He is answerable to 

 every condition. He is a physician to heal, a coun- 

 sellor to plead, a king to govern, a friend to sym- 

 pathize, u father to provide, lie is a foundation 

 to sustain, a root to enliven, a fouutaiu to refresh. 

 He is the shadow from the heat, the bread of lifo, 

 the morning star, the sun of righteousness; alt, 

 ami in all. No creature can be a substitute for 

 Him, but He can supply ihe place of every crea- 

 ture. Ho is all my salvation, and all my desire ; 

 my hope, my life, my glory, and joy. 



Whom havo I in heaven but Thee? and there is 

 none upon earth that I desire besides Thee. My 

 flesh and my heart fuileth. but Thou art thestrength 

 of my heart and my porlio 



1,1 c 

 t be fearful. I c 



e sorrowful, with Thee. 



Worth ov Cufustiasitt.— We live in tho midst 

 of blessings nil we are utterly insensible of their 

 greatness, and the sourco whence they flow. We 

 speak of our civilization, our arts, our freedom, our 

 law, and forget how large a share is due to Chris- 

 tianity. Blot Christianity out of the pages of roaD's 

 history, and what would his laws hove been? 

 What is civilization:' t'hrislianity is mixed up 

 wilh our very berny and our daily life ; there is do 

 familiar ulijeet uroiind us which does not wear a 

 different aspect because the light ot Christian love 

 is on it— not a law which does not owe its great- 

 ness to Christianity— not a custom which cannot 

 be traced in all its holy, healthful parts to the Gos- 

 pel.— Sir AlUn Park. 



Tub Biblr the Kev to the flu*".- If * had 

 lock of very complicated construclion, and there 

 as only one key that would unlock it, I should 

 feel verv sure that key was mado by one who 

 understood the construction of lhat lock. So when 

 I find that, notwithstanding all the windings and 

 mysteries of it 





ami the Bible only, i» adapted^to it through 



and is able to P' 



there that the Bible w 



c knoweth the hearts of the 



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