MOOEE’S EURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
? (IKhtlf ntinnnl maladies has not been broken by a single obedient upon the great .interests of education, to increase 
I WUUt- UHUIIUI '>KO FjiUV and virtuous life, who can conceive of the animal the intensity of its action, to enlarge the compass 
^ debasements and depravities that may centre in a of its beneficence, and to cheer and stimulate each 
^ _ * single person. At every descent, the worst may other in the discliarge of their respective duties._ 
^ ^ ~~ become more worse; and the possible series of de- If each shall brim?, thoue-hitbebut atauer’s livht 
j KATIOKAI EOTCAIIOKAL COH^mON, Bof„. ,h, human ™e, „r .heh united ravs will rflrd „f 
Invitation to Attend the National Convention of becomes more diseased, or pliysical- upon the whole path of duty. If each shall inspire 
^ the Friends of Education, to assemble in Phil- restore?— the others, though it be with but one flash of en- 
adelphia. Pa., on the Fourth Wednesday in through education, or thro’ thusiasm, their union shall become as it were 
^ Au(rust A D 1850. rniracles; and it would require more than three tongues of flame, uttering prophecies and hymns 
a/u Nuional Convauliou ot ll,o Friend, of Ed- *“ f™' " «»<’'' «'■«" ™parl 10 hi. btelhron, 
5 ucatiomheld at Philadelphia, on the 17lh, 18lh >“V0 1,00111 and strength under our present v.c.ou. though it be but a feeble impul*. their eombined 
and 19th of October last, the following Resolutions ° f ° not expect the inter- force will endue every arm with a resolution un- 
were unanimously adopted:— miracles, are false to their families, to known before; so that each shall return to his own 
» First. That this Convention will meet in the f ® community and to God, if they do not urge sphere of duty, to work no longer in a lonely field 
^ City of Philadelphia, on the Fourth Wednesday in me work of Physical Education as the and by his own solitary strength, but with an ener- 
^ August, A. D. 1850. mily moans of rescuing the race from an infinity gy borrowed from a thousand arms, and with a 
^ Second. That in the judgment of this Conven- si^messes, weaknesses and pains. Public living consciousness that all good men and angels 
) tion, the Friends of Education in all its depart- Sch^^kre the only instrumentality for inculcating and our Father in Heaven are co-workers with 
) to be enlisted in its deliberations, and upo\^Pcommunity at large a knowledge of the him for the improvement of mankind. 
Matural listorq. 
)Uitbaq 3S.taMng. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION. 
and 19th of October last, the following Resolutions .. .. . , , 
, , ^ volition of miracles, are false 1 
were unanimously adopted:— ,, ., j . , 
^ . , the community and to God, 
“ First. That this Convention will meet in the , , i r>i_ • 
City of Philadelphia, on the Fourth Wednesday in 
August, A. D. 1850. mfiy moans of rescuing the ra 
''Second. That in thejudgment of this Conven- si^messes, weaknesses a 
tion, the Friends of Education in all its depart- Sch^^«re the only instrumen 
ments ought to be enlisted in its deliberations, and upo\|^w community at large a 
that in issuing notices, or an address for the next ^reatkiws of Health and Life, 
annual meeting, the invitation should be so framed 
as to comprehend both those interested in Common There never was such a nec 
as to comprehend both those interested in Common There never was such a necessity of imparting 
Schools and those connected with Colleges, Acad- power to the human intellect, and of replenishing 
emies and other institutions. it ^ith knowledge, as at the present time; and in 
» Third. That the President of this Convention i 3 necessity so imperative as in our 
be requested to prepare, on this principle, a short 
address, to be published by the Committee at least common affairs of life require a hun- 
community at large a knowledge of the him for the improvement of mankind, 
s of Health and Life. HORACE MANN, 
President of the late National Convention 
' of the Friends of Education. 
Washington, May 18th, 1850. 
addreirto^e puSmd bTthe'crrJTmittee atleSt common affairs of life require a him- following topics it is expected 
three months before the no.xt meeting, urging the dred times more knowledge now than they did a . made by Committees appointed at the last 
attendance of the I’riends of Education through- century ago. New forms and kinds of business, *i^c6hng of the Convention, 
out the countr}^” too, are daily emerging into practice, which must }■ Territorial, or civil subdivisions of the State 
The time having arrived, at which the duty pre- be conducted with intelligence and skill, or they involving the extent to which'the District Sys- 
scribed in the foregoing Resolutions must be per- will ruin their conductors. How much more which^the^same jgmodifications of 
formed, the subscriber respectfully presents him- knowledge and art are requisite to make a cotton o A I 
too, are daily emerging into practice, which must 
be conducted with intelligence and skill, or they 
1. Territorial, or civil subdivisions of the State 
-involving the extent to which 'the District Svs- 
_IJ . V. 
will ruin their conductors. How much more ^ the modifications of 
, , , A * • • which the same is susceptible. 
formed, the subscriber respectfully presents him- knowledge and art are requisite to make a cotton o i „ j .i / ^ 
self before the public, and solicits, for a few mo- or woolen factory, with all its nice and numerous size, modes of ventilation, warming and seating! 
ments, the favor of their attention. appendages, than to make a spinning-wheel ora ^c., of buildings intended for educational purposes! 
Although the Convention from which the fore- distafl'; to manage a locomotive on a rail-road, 3. -Sc/woi AWenrfance—including the school age 
going Resolutions emanated was composed of the than to drive a team on a highway; to build and of children, and the best modes of securing the 
Friends of Common Schools, yet it is expressly re- navigate a steamship, than to sail a vessel; to make ’’^golar and punctual attendance of children at 
quired that “ the invitation be so framed as to com- a chronometer, than a dial or an hour-glass; to 
prehend both those interested in Common Schools, manage a telegraph, than to send a courier; to acter ^^each number and char- 
and those connected with Colleges, Academies make a power-press that shall strike off ten thou- r ^ ^ v ■’ ■ r. 
and other institutions.” sand copies in an hour, or a telescope that shall tuaT, Smiranjf S^ot! VsfheS 
quired that “ the invitation be so framed as to com- a chronometer, than a dial or an hour-glass; to 
prehend both those interested in Common Schools, manage a telegraph, than to send a courier; to 
and those connected with Colleges, Academies make a power-press that shall strike off ten thou- 
and other institutions.” sand copies in an hour, or a telescope that shall 
and other institutions.” sand copies in an hour, or a telescope that shall tual. Moral and Religious, Esthetical, InduS! 
This comprehensive invitation was liberal and lay open the structure of the universe, than to copy Studies—Books, Apparatus, Methods.* 
wise. It proposes to unite A.:*!. Teachers of youths manuscripts or profess astrologj'. The profoundest 6. Teachers —Their Qualifications_their Ex¬ 
in one co-operative effort. The different periods sciences are working their way into the every-day ami nation and Compensation—Normal Schools, 
and degrees of education so meet and flow into business of" life, and carrj-ing power and beauty Teachers’^ Listitutes, Books on the Theory and 
each other, that they are hardly susceptible of be- and multiplication of products wherever they go, „ « eac iing. 
ing even theoretically separated. From the first and whosoever cannot seize upon the benefits 
form ill the primary School to the highest class in which they confer, will be left in poverty, misery 
the University, there is a perfect continuity of pro- and contempt. 
gress. No break, no chasm, no change of iiiden- Not only in all the departments of business are’ 
tity, interrupts the course. The succeeding grows there ever 3 ’where more life, energy and compass; 
from the preceding, as the oak of a hundred years but the masses of the people are investing them- 
has grown from the germ that cleft the acorn; or selves, or are becoming invested with new social 
7. Support —Tax on Property, Tax on Parents, 
School F’und. 
8. Su 2 >ervision—^ia.i(it County, town. 
9. Parental and public interest. 
10. Supplementary means —Library, Lyceum, 
Lectures. 
as^o bii-d that soars undazzled towards the me- and political prerogatives. The freeman who may 
ridian sun, has grown from the eaglet just chip- go where he pleases and select whatever occupa- 
ping its shell. Hence, the President of a College tion he pleases, needs vastly more judgment and 
and the Teacher of a Primary School, though intelligjsncc than the subject of a despot^m who is 
standing far apart, stand in the most intimate re- born into some niche of labor, and must staj- 
lation to each other. Without the labors of the where he is born. The citizen who manages not 
latter, the former would have no material on which only his own personal affairs, but those of his mu- 
his processes could be performed^ and without the nicipality; who governs himself in all his political 
former, the works of the latter would remain crude relations through representatives chosen bj' him- 
and incomplete. They aire engaged on diflerent self; whose vote may determine not only who shall 
parts of but a single work, and there is the same bo rulers, but what measures of national or inter- 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
An Ei.ementary and Practical Aritiiji£tic, — in which 
has been attempted Various Improvements in Arraiice- 
ment ami Nomenclature, as well as in the means of se¬ 
curing Thorough Discipline in the Principles and Appli¬ 
cations of the Science. 15y .Iames H. Dodd, A. M., Mor¬ 
rison Professor of Mathematics and Natural Pliilosophy 
ni Transylvania University: late I’rofessorof Mathemat¬ 
ics, &c., in the Centenary College of Louisiana. Kighth 
Edition. New York: Prait, Woodford & Co. 1850 — 
12 1110. pp. 2-11. 
The arrangement of the subjects contain¬ 
ed in this book is on this wise: The author, 
after giving the Fundamental Rules, pre- 
parts or but a single work, and there is the same bo rulers, but what measures of national or inter- giving the .t undamentcll Rules, pre- 
common interest between thorn as between the national policy shall be established or anulled; on seilts the remaining subjects in the follow- 
sower of tb.e seed and the gatherer of the harvest, whose will peace or war, national honor or national ing order, viz:_ Composite Numbers_ 
Heretofore, there has often been something, at infamy may depend;—such a citizen, in capacity, T>v|rnp Ti'o/.fnr <5 _P n* 
least of indifference, if not of alienation and repul- in knowledge, and in wisdom, should be as a god, Af*^! • Ommon easuie, Com- 
sion, between those who presided over the com- in comparison witli a Russian serf or a Hindoo i-lultiple, Fz’actions, Common and 
mencemeiit of education and those who superin- pariah. At this time, then, I saj', there is vastly Decimal,— Federal Money,— Reduction,— 
tend its close. It is time they should see that their more for the mind of man to do and to understand Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and 
interests are not adverse, but identical; nay, that ti^an there over was before; and, therefore, that Division of Denominal Numbers_Duod 
when pursued in harmony, they are cumulatively mind must be proportionately stengtheiied and il- av f id a a / • 
beneficent. These parties may create some bene- lumined. KJUO^ arts, Ancdysis, Can- 
fits when acting separately; but when co-operating. There never was a time when the moral nature DatlO, Proportion, including 
they multiply those benefits by a high moral pow- of man needed ciilturo and purification more than Partitive Proportion, (commonly called Fel- 
er. The child, whose mind was well developed it needs them at the present hour. What we call lowsbip,) Medial Proportion, (commonly 
in the school room, not only shoots ahead, but civilization and progress, have increased tempta- called Allio-ation ) _ Conjoined and Com 
speeds farther and farther ahead of all that he tions a thousand fold;—in this couiitrj-, ten thou- pound Pronnvtinn ^ T i 
could have been without such early dervelopement. sand fold. The race for wealth, luxury, ambition _ ta- ^ Percentage, Intel est. 
His advancement is represented by a kind of com- and pride, is open to all. With our multiplied “ of Payments,— 
pound as well as geometrical series, made up by privileges, have come not only multiplied obliga- Compound Interest,—and Powers and 
multiplying time into velocity. When, in his turn, tions, which may contemn, but multiplied dangers Roots. For “denominate numbers” ap- 
sucli a child becomes a parent, he sends better into which we may fall. Where oppression and plied to SUcll expressions as 3 miles sVears 
prepared children to the school room. And outof despotism reign, all the nobler faculties of man are ond fbp lil-p ’ 
a larger number of minds, awakened in their youth dwarfed, stunted, and shorn of their power. But ^ substituted, monomial quan- 
and made self-conscious of the existence of their oppression and despotism dwarf, and stunt, and monomial ; for “ compound num- 
faculties and of the glowing delight of their excr- despoil of their power, all the evil passions of men, ^ers,”or “compound denominate numbers,” 
else, all the colleges are sure to lengthen their cat- not loss than their nobler impulses. In this conn as 2 bu. 1 pk. 3 qts., is used poh/nomial 
aloguesi for a child whoso mii.d ha, be,,, fired by „y, all that i, b .,0 and depraved i„ the human quantity, or simply rohjnmmal. these new 
a love of knowledge cannot bo kepi back from lioart has ,uch full liberly and wide compass, and forms ore litoeoll,, o„v , inesonow 
those deeper fountains where his thirst can be hot stimulus of action, as have never been k^own ^ appropriate, 
slaked. The college draws him irresistablj% and before. Wickedness, not less than virtue; diabol- precise, and will be found to pos- 
ho will break through ever}' barrier,—poverty, dis- ism, not less thon utilitarianism, lias its steam en- decided advantages over tlie terms for 
couragement, toil, sickness, and all but the “ un- ginos, and its power presses, and its lightning tel- wbicll they are substituted. The Analysis 
conquerablo bar’’ of death iteelt, to roach and ographs. Those e.xternal restraints of blind revo- of the contents of the work will bc found 
emov it. T ho roliftfrAS UM 1 imt nnK’^ IPTinrtlion _ /• .1 , . . . . . viiv yyiii uo lUUllU 
enjoy it. Tho colleges will not only lengthen their pence for authority, and superstitious dread of re¬ 
catalogues, but ilhiiiiinato them with brighter Hgious guides, and fiery penal codes, which 
names. And a commiinitv so trained and advan- vpnrAB«Pfl ivncoicMvo „..,i i 
ced, will look back wUb filial piety to the mstitu- energy, are now lifted oft'. If internal and moral published. It contains the art 
Iron, where llieir honorable career began, and will rbsirainta bo trot substituted for the external and and Science of Arithmetic in less comutlSS 
love to che™!, honor and elevate them, and all 
wbol.be, them. Such act,on ...d re-acUon stead of being conqueror, and sovereign, over their have examined l>'nd that WC 
cannot fail to lift up the race. It is. therefore. __ u. si...- _• - . nave examuieu. 
repressed the passions of iiion and paralyzed all 
energy, are now lifted oft’. If internal and moral 
f i-e- of great utility to the teachers, to whom 
Tnu commend this book as one of the best 
cannot fail to lift up the race. It is, therefore, 
most earnestly hoped that all grades of teachers, 
from the earliest to the latest, will attest their in¬ 
terest in their #acred profession, and their regard safed to 
passions, will be their victims and their slaves.— 
Even the clearest revelations from Heaven, and 
tho sanctilying influences of God, unless vouch- 
for each other, by their presence at tlie proposed all violation and' conscience of ours, would ’ not are highly 
preclude a virtuous training as an indispensable ^‘duable pioductious, and take a high rank 
A few considerations will servo to show that pre-requisite to a happy and honorable life. He among the other works of their kind. 
there never has been a period in the history of man, talies but a limited view of the influences and the_ _^ _ 
when Universal Education was so imperative a du- efficacy of Christian ethics who does not strive to t 
Olnev’s School Geography and At¬ 
las, and Quarto Geography, are publisb- 
us so daily and momently as to supersede , 11 , 1.1 i ’ 
tion and co„sci«,iD« nf nnv. 'li «flby the same bouse. These 
when Universal Education was so imperative a du- efficacy of Christian ethics who does not strive to Aa.v-ttvx. t t 
tyas at the present moment. I mean education . iiicorporato and mould them into the habits and .-n 1 OF InstruC- 
in its most comprehensive and philosophic sense, sentiments of youth; who, as fast as the juvenile bold its next annual meeting in 
as including flie education of tho body, the oduca- mind opens to the proception of wonder, of beauty, Northampton, Mass., on the 13tb, 14th and 
tion ot tho mind, and the education of the heart. and of truth, has not an cxhaustless store of moral 15th of August, jnm. The Institute was 
In regard to tho first topic, it is well known that wonders and beauties and truths ready for transfii- organized in Auo-ust, 1830, and has met 
physical qualities are hereditari'. Disease and sion into it. __n . ° ’t, 1 , 
weakness descend from parent io offspring by a By force of these weighty considerations, which useful LTwlcre'^m 
law of nature, as names descend by a law of cus- pertain to tho whole circle of human interests in- knowledge 111 regard to Education, 
tom. God still ordains that tho bodily iniquities of dividual and social, iportcal and immortal, I ain in- lectures and discussions.— ' 
the fathers shall be visited upon the children of the structed to entreat those most eft'ectivo guides and '^’^e last meeting was held at Montpelier, 
third and fourth generation. When we look back- reformers of mankind,-those guides and reform- Vt, and was one of extraordinary mteres/ 
ward and see how tho number of our ancestors is ers who act most efficiently upon the race, because We hope to see a o-Qod dcleo-ufinn fbn 
doubled at each remove m the ascending scale, it they act upon it in tho ductile and impressible state Qfntd nf lY V f 1+1 bom the 
aflriglitsus to rofle#Dhow many confluent streams of childhood and .'adolescence, and who can act iOrk at the next meeting, 
from vicious fountains may have been poured into also upon the Largest numbers as well as with the -— 
thepbysicalsystem of a single individual. Where, greatest powor,—to assemble at the time and place ' A civil answer to a rude Speech COSts 
for many generations, this horrid eutailmont of specified in the first of the resolutions, to deliberate not much, aud is worth a great deal. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Among the most striking features in the 
habits of animals is one said to subsist be¬ 
tween the crocodile and a bird called the 
plover, with the Latin designation of Tro- 
chilus. When the crocodile stretches itself 
out on the banks of the river, as is its cus¬ 
tom, to sleep jn the rays of the sun, it is 
obliged to open its mouth. In this situa¬ 
tion it is at once assailed by innumerable 
little insects, that abound in France, and 
still more in Egypt. They fasten in such 
quantities upon the fleshy parts of the 
mouth that the natural redness is no longer 
visible, asid the color is changed from red 
to brown. They are provided with a pro-, 
boscis, at the end of which is a sucker, with 
which they create an irritation when it 
comes in contact with the softer parts of 
the flesh, which is so acute as to be almost 
beyond endurance. One may judge of the 
extent of this when produced by countless 
tliousands of these insects upon the palate 
and tongue of the crocodile. Nature has in 
this instance happily provided a remedy. 
The birds to which we have above allud¬ 
ed, feed on these little insects; and tempt¬ 
ed by a strong instinct they do not fear to 
penetrate into the jaws of the formidable 
animal, to instal themselves there, and to 
destroy a great number of those who are 
firmly fixed in his flesli. Thus, while they 
soothe the pangs of the suffering reptile, 
they indulge the prevailing appetites of their 
nature. Grateful for the solace ^y aftbrd 
he not only offers them no harm, but car¬ 
ries his complaisance still further, for when 
he wishes to bury himself in the water he 
makes a movement which warns the birds 
of his design. The latter at once take the 
hint and fly, and the crocodile appears like 
some noble host, who from motives of poli¬ 
cy, has given sumptuous repast to an infe¬ 
rior guest; a type of some of the great 
ones of the day. This singular fact was 
known by the ancients; yet, although He¬ 
rodotus, Aristotle, and other writers among 
them have spoken of it, our more modern 
naturalists have doubted its truth, and con¬ 
tended that it was a fabulous tradition.— 
M. Geoffrey de Hillaire, however, a cele¬ 
brated Savan, attached to the expedition iff 
Egypt ‘under Napoleon, has confirmed from 
his own observations this interesting fact. 
The same curious fact has been observed in 
St. Domingo, with this difference only, that 
the bird is of another species.—TAe Two 
mrlds. 
ICE BIRD. 
A FRIEND handed us the other day, says 
the Gloucester JVews, a fine specimen of the 
ice bird, probably the smallest of the divine 
species in existence. It is the Alca Alle, or 
Little Auk of Wilson, and is also known un¬ 
der the name of Greenland dove, sea turtle, 
Ac. Wilson says it is a very rare bird, and 
it may be in the middle States; but on the 
New England coast, and further north, they 
are very numerous. They arrive in this 
vicinity about the first or middle of Novem¬ 
ber, and remain during the winter, at the 
close of which they return to the frozen re¬ 
gions of the Polar sea. 
We are told by a shipmaster of this port, 
that it is very common to see them diving 
under vessels on our coast in winter, in 
search of the barnacles growing on their 
bottoms. The ice bird flies quick, dives 
well, and is incessantly dipping its bill in the 
water when swimming on that element_ 
It feeds upon crabs, barnacles, and small 
shellfish. It possesses none of that shyness 
and cunning common to most aquatic birds 
and is easily taken. Its internal organiza¬ 
tion is exceedingly curious, the bird beino- 
so constructed as to be capable of contract¬ 
ing or dilating itself at pleasure, a peculiar¬ 
ity no doubt designed to aid in its swim¬ 
ming and divinof. 
The ice bird is about nine inches in length 
and fourteen in extent. The bill, upper 
part of the head, wings, and tail, are black; 
the upper part of the breast and hind head 
are gray, mixed with asli; the sides of the 
neck, whole lower parts, and tips of second¬ 
ary wing quills, white; and above each eye 
! is a small spot of white. 
Strength of the Sword-fish.— Anoth- 
er illustration of the well known power and 
agility of the sword-fish, the formidable 
enemy of the whale, was discovered by the 
workmen engaged in repairing the brig Le¬ 
onidas, whaler, at this port, a day or two 
since. In searching for the cause of a leak 
which had occurred during lier last voyao-e, 
it was found that the side of the vessel had 
been penetrated quite through, including 
the copper sheathing and two thickness of 
sohd oak plank, not lesss than five inches, 
by the sword of one of these fish. The 
sword was about twelve inches in length, 
and had produced a seam by splittinglhe 
plank at its centre. It was broken off 
smoothly at the Side of the vessel.— 
Bedford Mercury. 
Man can neither bo happy without virtue, 
uor actively vigorous without liberality, nor 
securely free without rational knowledge. 
DOING GOOD. 
Every mind has a mission to fulfil, an in¬ 
fluence to be felt, either for good or for 
evil ; and none are so lost, so degraded, 
but that some spark of moral fire is burnincr 
within their bosom—and that little sparf, 
thougli faint and feeble, may kindle a bright 
and glowing flame. Say not it is too insig¬ 
nificant, too trifling to accomplish any use¬ 
ful end. Whatever is good, is worthy of 
preservation, is worthy of cultivation.’^The 
little germ of Truth you throw by th^ay- 
side,_will not be lost—it shall not perish; 
no! it will be guarded and nurtured by an¬ 
gels, and shall flourish forever! 
We shall not fail, then, to speak one kind 
word at least to cheer the wounded spirit. 
Think not, when some wanderer crosses 
your w'ay, that a word of warning will be of 
no avail; though the erring one may scorn 
your counsel, that friendly word will come 
to him again, and lead the spirit that hath 
gone astray back to the path of virtue.— 
Words of counsel spoken in love, will never 
be forgotten; faithful memory will treas¬ 
ure them up, and the fitting time will come 
for them to do their good work. 
Think not, then, a look of kindness, an 
act of love, however trifling may seem the 
word of friendly admonition, think them not 
thrown away, whenever the opportunity to 
speak, to act, is seen; then do your duty, 
your good deed will be recorded in heaven 
—and you will find even here on earth, a 
full and satisfactory reward! 
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. 
Let Philosophy be the hand maid of Re¬ 
ligion. There is not a star in the heavens, 
not a flower in the fields, which does not 
declare the glory of God. To look upon 
nature, therefore, without any reference to 
its Author, to admire tho work without ad¬ 
miring the Workman, is folly, is stupidity, 
is atheism. How cold is the heart, and how 
dull the understanding of the man who, 
contemplating the magnificent spectacle of 
the heavens, feels no pious emotions arisino- 
in his breast, and is completely absorbed in 
his speculations of science. He is not to be 
envied, although the voice of fame should 
pronounce him to be the first of philoso¬ 
phers, who sees nothing in the universe but 
matter and motion; and having pointed out, 
perhaps more successfully than others, its 
constitution and laws, still refuses to ack¬ 
nowledge an intelligent Agent, who made 
and governs it. Alas! that, in this enlight¬ 
ened age, there should be any to whom°the 
severe hut well-founded remark of an in- 
sphed Avriter, concerning the sage of anti¬ 
quity, may be with too much justice applied: 
“ Professing themselves to be Avise, they be¬ 
came fools.”— Dr. Dick. 
Expense of War.—G ive me all tlie mo¬ 
ney that has been spent in Avar, and I Avili 
purchase every foot of land upon the globe. 
I Avill clothe every man, Avoman, and child, 
in an attire, of Avliich kings and queens 
would be proud. I Avill build a school-house 
on every hill-side and in every valley over 
the Avhole earth; I Avill build an academy in 
CA'ery town, and endoAV it ; a college in 
evry State, and fill it with able professors ; 
I will croAvn every hill with a place of Avor- 
ship, consecrated to the promulgation of the 
Gospel of Peace; I will support in every 
pulpit an able teacher of righteousness, so 
that on every Sabbath morning the chime 
on one hill should ansAver to the chime on 
another round the earth’s Avide circumfer¬ 
ence ; and the voice of prayer, and the song 
of praise, should ascend like a universal ho¬ 
locaust to Heaven.— Stebbins. 
Holy Emulation.— It is certain that a 
disposition to excel others in beauty, dress, 
learning, riches, power and honor, may 
prove very corrupting, and gender envy, 
“hatied falsehood and’ strife. But there is 
a principle of this kind in our nature; and 
there is a course in which you may seek to 
surpass, without danger to yourselves or in¬ 
jury to others. Be ambitious to be great in 
the sight of the Lord. Be not satisfied with 
the reality of religion, but go from strength 
to strength; and be changed from glory to 
glory. Increase with all the increase of 
God. Do not compare yourselves Avith low 
models, but Avith the highest examples.— 
Pray that you may do the will of God on 
earth, as it is in heaven. And be ye per¬ 
fect, CA en as your father which is in heaven 
is perfect— Jay. 
Hoav feAv of us would feel it iu our hearts 
to censui'e others, if we knew tlie particular 
complexion of their hearts. While the 
coui se ot life is smootli Avithin us, they may 
experience its sad reverses. • While joy 
sparkles in our pathAvay, grief may be 
brooding in their bosoms. They haA'e trials 
peculiar to themselves of which you have 
no conception. There are sorroAvs locked 
up in the heart that are never knoAvn to 
mortal man. And Avhile we condemn in¬ 
dividuals for this thing and another, it may 
be that in the eye of heaven we are far 
more guilty. They suffer enough Avithout 
the finger of scorn or censure, and by our 
course we may add ten fold to their sorroAvs. 
