MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
/■jV x j ♦ Y Again, I idle away three hours every day, 
(B.01U \ X 0 It H I ♦ and C0R ridcr it insignificant. But, behold, 
_ the year has passed and 1095 hours have been 
JIN TEACHING idly s P ent 5 in the life usually allotted to 
- * man (not including the years of childhood,) 
In none of the articles on three hours wasted every dav in idleness. 
ERRORS IN TEACHING. 
avix 
THE RUSSIAN PRINCE MENSCHIKOFF. 
THE DARDANELLES. 
make G| y ears ! Therefore let us learn to sentative of the ancient Russian party; that Romo was at war; and their modern proto- 
Eos. Rural:—I n none of the articles on three hours wasted every dav in idleness. t, ___,, m , t „ T , , 
, . , , r ^ Prince Menschikoff is in fact the repre- The old gates of Janus wero opened when 
education, however clearly the necessity make G 4 3 ears . T icie ore let us learn to sentative of the ancient Russian party; that Rome was at war; and their modern proto- 
and advantages may be set forth, are the malco good use of timo and money, and re- is, the old nobility, in whoso eyes the re- types, tho Dardanelles straits, are open only 
writer’s ideas of what constitutes education remember well the rule of multiplication forms achieved by Potor the Great have al- when a state of war makes treaty stipula- 
clearly expressed • whether it is book learn- with pennies and minutes. ways appeared the most unholy revolutiona- tions void, and the Porte deems it to bo no- 
ing-storing away in the mind the tho’ts “ All is well, that ends well By this we ry cha ?£ e8 "T t ! , . at part ? wb ’ ch hat f, a ? d pessary to admit his allies through them to 
g £ v 111 e imuu, mo uuis 3 curses the existing ameliorations, and looks protect his capitol. The accounts wo havo 
ot others, or the cultivation of judgment, must not understand that, it a person has forward to the future in renewing the are that they are now open for tho passago 
reason and understanding, so as to enable to remain in somo place for a whole year, abominations of tho past. IIo is the repre- of the British and French fleets, 
tho pupil to criticise, or sift tho thoughts of ho may conduct himself ill 3G4 days of tho sentative of tho violent and fanatical indi- Tho Dardanelles, from which tho strait, 
others; to separate truth from error, and year, but that it would in tho end be well if ^ d «als who feel themselves “ cabined, crib- or Hellespont derives its name, are four 
... i nnlv fnr«*v na w i bod ’ confined within the boundaries of strong castles built opposite to each other on 
originate and express ideas and thoughts ^ onlj forsakes h.s bad conduct at the end their vast ,, st epp e s,” and seek to lay still the European and Asiatic coasts; and are the 
correctly and truthfully. of the year. Tins provero is mainly in- larger tracts of land in bondage at their keys of Constantinople. Two of theso cas- 
It is a material error in tho present sys- tended for those who can conduct them- foet—of the declared enemies of European ties, were raised by Mahommed II., soon af- 
tem of juvenile education to fill the mind selves well till the end of tho year, and yet, civilization, reveling in the absurb idea that ter the conquest of Constantinople, in 1453 ; 
with thoughts of others from books, teach- when the year is drawing to a close, grow one da >" they will be able to subjugate the the other two, the new castles were built 
„„„ -.i , • - t f western continent, and remodel it in their m tho middle ot tho seventeenth century to 
mg implicit reliance on their truthfulness, impatent and peevish, exclaiming, “I am own Bchool of B i avish> base dominion; of protect the Turks against the Venetians - 
before reason and judgmont are sufficiently glad that it will not continue long now.”— that party, in fine, who know no right but Tho latter command the entrance to the 
matured to enable tho learner to compre- Again, there are many things, of which the that of force, no onward march but that Hellespont, and tho distance from each is 
bond and decide understanding^ as to end only will show, whether they aro good dictated by vile self-interest, and who in- about two miles and a quarter; in four 
such truth and worth, thereby acquiring a or not. For instance, in sickness I would ben ) a11 tbe ^barons impulses of a Cossack hours’ sail up tho strait aro tho old castles, 
, ,-Aj-.m m V 1 • HU*, „ , . . , ., .. , A horde. Men are not wanting who, m tho which are about throe-quarters ot a milo 
habit difficult to overcome, ci relying upon like to eat what the physician prohibits, but blindness of their partisanship, see nothing apart. These are well mounted with form- 
others for opinions, operating like a clog, a pour out into tho street tho medicine pre- but legitimate action in tho fall of Turkov idable batteries. All along tho European 
drag"chain, an incubus on tho advancement scribed for mo to drink ; but in tho end I and tho success of Russia; but they aro not j shore to tho Marmora, tho aspect of nature 
of mind. For evidence, examine the pro- feel myself restored to health. The ap- aware of the perilous evils that must wait in its ruggedness corresponds with the frown 
ceedings of the lato educational conventions prentice may sometimes think his master is Czar ', to , th ° the .§ ans; bu { the scenery on tho Asiatic 
, . - , , . . , present moment the imperial policy has shore is beautiful. The region abounds, too, 
and discover, it possible, (with one solitary capricious; hut, by means of that ca- been but dimly shadowed forth; hitherto in places famous in classic story. Here it 
exception,) a remedy proposed for admitted priciousness he becomes a skillful mechanic, the policy of Nesselrode only has been per- was Leander paid his nightly visit to Hero; 
existing evil, unless that ovil affected tho or a tailor, &c. Thus the end will teach us rotted to become apparent; but should the hero the ill-fated hosts of Xerxes crossed on 
teacher also. Extremo caution was mani- that everything was good. t. genius of the old Russian party tho bar- a budge ot boats ; hero Solyman crossed on 
*a —xi, rt i- __ _. baric genius of Menschikoff—be once in the a bare raft; and, in modern times, here By- 
' 1 , ‘ ’ stttptdtty ai?d Trwm? awrY ascendant, all diplomacy and negotiation ron swam from Sestos to Abydos. 
overstep tho bounds for a truth however biUDiLii, AND I GNORANCE. will cease, and tho domination of Might These famous straits havo been more than 
teacher also. Extremo caution was mani- that everything was good. 
fested to keep within orthodox limits, not to —--- 
overstep tho bounds for a truth however STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE, 
apparent, through fear of being thought T „ E sh herd Va|I a now 
.erotica ; preferring orthodoxies! error to odIted b a Catholic. and sanctiono 
heretical truth, and forgetting that all new- a* T 
, , , ,, the Archbishop ot St. Louis, presents 
ly discovered truth is heresy, and all cxplo- i-n„, •_, •, ~ • .. . . 
1 tollowing stupid effusion from its brain 
ded orthodoxies aro admitted errors. „ T , T , „. , „ 
VY e aro not the triend of popular ed 
“Ignorance is bliss, and tis folly to be tion as at present understood. The n< 
wise,” in a general sense is an exploded ax- larity of a humbug shall never, wo trust, 
iom, that no sensible person of the present * end us t° support it. We do not believe 
day would bo likely to defend; but rather that “. th ® rna8 f e8 ’’ as our modern reformers 
J J insnmmr v call thn Inhnrimr nlaoo m-n at>a 
that thorough education which would ad- 
The Shepherd of tho Yallev. a nowspa- a ‘v G CnSU °- , , .. , 0 . once passed In 1770, tho Russian squad- 
~ Al .. . . * JSo one can form a correct idea of Prince ron, under Elplnstono, appeared before tho 
pei edited by a Catholic, and sanctioned by Menschikoff’s personal appearance by the tower castles; and the admiral actually 
tho Archbishop of St. Louis, presents tho portraits purporting to represent him, he went by without damage. But the other 
following stupid effusion from its brain : has constantly refused to sit to any artist, ships did not follow him, and he returned, 
“We are not the friend of popular educa- This great-grandson of Peter the Great’s with drums and trumpets sounding A 
tion as at present understood. The pom,- fa .'.°" te ’ t is f ab ™ fc so . vent y of ag8 > of British fleet under Admiral Duckworth forc- 
laritv of a humbug shall never, wo trust m jdd estature, base losc-cut milk-whitehair, ed their passage m 1807. Duckworth, m his 
lead "us to support It. We do not believe ? h,gh ’ °P on torehead, sharply-defined tea- dispatch to his government, giving an ac- 
that “ the masses,” as our modern reformers * Ur f S ’ ai . K a ^ n ! ht b Sp ^ kl T g 0J : 0 ’ ? ,s § ait count ot th , 13 feat » acknowledges that ho ran 
insultingly call tho laboring class, are one ‘ S but s . 1,g ht!y hroping, from a a narrow chance. He set sail on tho morn- 
whit more happy, more respectable, or bet- ) VOR nd that ho receivedat these.geof Nerna, ing of the 19th of February. At a quarter 
ter informed for knowing how to read _ ! n 182S '. U 18 affirm 1 ed tbat , OI1 o evening before nine the whole squadron, under a 
“We are not tho friend of popular educa¬ 
tion as at present understood. The popu- 
insultingly call the laboring class, aro ono 
whit more happy, more respectable, or bet- 
vantage all classes of community. Tho tor informed for knowing how to read_ ! n 1S anirmed tRa t one evening before nine tho whole squadron, under a 
grand difficulty lies in first adopting and This is our private opinion, however; and hav,n ff g™ some orders that he wished to tremendous fire had passed the outer cas- 
pursuino - the right course A knowledge as entertained it before we had tho bap- T im P^itly obeyed, he st,-oiled through Res; at halt past nine the leading ship, the 
pursuing tne lg eouiso. a knowledge the camp; and as ho was returning to his Canopus, entered tho narrow passago of 
of tho arts, sciences, l.torature and pliiloso- > „„ nod “ pSuliarij' ? 1,art ° rs ; ■ t0 P.I! e < 1 »■’'> romtunod with his Sostos and Abydos, under a hoary cannon- 
pliy, aro essential as useful or ornamental p 0 oish doctrine. We think that the “ mas"- leg s stretched wide apart while he enjoyed ado from both castles, receiving stone shot 
qualifications to perfect characters ; still a ses” were never less happy, less respectable a P inch ot snRff - Suddenly the report of a of S00 pounds weight. Each ship, as it 
person may possess every other possible at- and less respected, than they hive been Ya ® h ° ar ^ a!ld n the pnncefel headlong passed had to endure this cannonade. The 
tainment and yet bo a nuisance in society since tho Reformation, and particularly t0 t! . e ld l but, on being taken up, ,t admiral remamed before Constantinople un- 
tan.ment, aim oo a nu.sance in society ^ was found that a cannon ball had passed bo- til tho 3d of March, when his squadron of 
tainment, and yet bo a nuisance in society S ’ RC 9 Reformation, arid particular 
from lack of moral principle. Tho present ^^bin the last fifty or one hundred years __ _ _ , uroudl 
... .... % *. ./ „ since Lord brougham caught tho mania of i J • i m i T 
condition of political parties is evidence of teaching them to read, and communicated vere ? m tho tnigh - . lurks had be , on J> u8 y. that castles 
the consequence of thorough intellectual tho disease to a largo proportion of the Prince Menschikoff is one of the most ex- were made “ doubly formidable. ’ Thead- 
culturo and neglect of moral, and the effects English nation—of which, in spite of all our tensive landed proprietors in the empire, roiial weighed anchoi in the morning of this 
upon tho peoplo of selecting and following talk - wo are to ° oftcn th e servile imitators. f. ad c c ,unti bis serfs by thousands; but un- day, and c\ery ship was in safety outside 
upon tno peopio or selecting ana lolloping Readi . g on] one method of „ ainin in . like tho generality of tho Russian nobles, ?t the passago about noon. I he admiral, 
smart, cunning leaders, who aro destitute ot formati ' on . an d a method that can sefdom who throw awa y fcho5r richos in extrava- in his dispatch, expresses his “most lively 
moral principle. Tho natural consequences b o pursued with any success in private gance > ho adds daily to his wealth. His sense ot his good fortune, and admits that 
of falsehood and deceit or a departure from where there is no one to direct the student, economy is without a parallel, and indeed, bad the Turks been allowed a week longer, 
right and truth, await tho perpetrators, and no guaranty that lie desires his own ! s sta tcd to descend to parsimony of the “ft would have been a very doubtful point 
W bich are as sure to follow as tho sun does improvement rather than his own amuse- °west grade. Strange tales are rife about wb ether a return would lay open to him at 
‘ !! a f , G „ d ® ment. One of tho best informed, most re- ium ’ but however grinding his avarice and a 1 • lost 42 kdl ed and 235 wounded, 
tho light, or as results follow causes, and S p ecta ble. and most respected men of his extor tion in his patrimonial estates may be, 1 he 1 urks were so indignant at the escape 
from which none yet have been found smart station in life that we ever knew could not be knows too well tho duties ho owes to his the British fleet that they believed the 
enough to escape. Professor IIalderman, and cannot read a letter to this dav. The high rank and station in the Russian om- Governor of the Dardanelles was bribed by 
at the Pittsburgh Convention, (tho excep- idR a that teaching people to read furnishes p . Ire t ° sm 0 P9 nl ) r against etiquette, and on ™ wort i and beb.eaded him _ 
tion referred to above! recommends the them with innocent amusement, is entirely all state occasions his appearance, carriages The Dardanelles are said to be in such a 
tion leteiroa to above) recommends the falge Ifc furnighos the majority ()f thos ' 0 and suite are most magnificent. He pos- formidable condition as to be impregnable. 
study of the natural sciences as the best who geek amusement f rom j J t wit {, tll0 most sesses a superb mansion at St. Petersburg!!; ------ 
means to strengthen and mature the judg- dangerous recreation in which they can in- f 118 establishment ot servants and equipages THE VATICAN, 
ment, but ho still leaves the main difficulty dulgo. In view of these and other facts ' s on tbo tbe m ost lavish footing; and he is 
untouchod, as how, when, and where the wo, on our own private account, and not as surrounded bv numerous aids de-camp, glit- This word is often used, but thoro aro 
study should bo commenced and pursued ; a Catholic, but a prudent man and as a good tclR1 g in J ai aric peai s an go d. many \\ ho do not undei stand its import. 
, , „ , . , . citizen, unhesitatingly declare that we re- Another peculiarity of this remarkable ine term refers to a collection of buildings 
w iAfhAr trnm mn.n r nr nahirA a hnn ;—in ■« .» .. . . • ,1 • i . ___ v _ i *n /* 
’ outside 
admiral, 
VATICAN. 
study should bo commenced and pursued ; 
whether from man’s or nature’s book—in 
and sontiments for himself, instead of re- --—^ 
lying upon imported articles from abroad. TEACHERS PROI 
Tho true philosophy of education consists Thank Heaven, tli 
in assisting experience in social, active life, in which tho teacher 
111 gard the invention of printing as the reverse roan is tho aversion ho entertains for for- on ono of tho seven hills of Romo, which 
the school room or in the broad expanse of of a blessing; and our modern ideas of edu- eigners. Not one—oven an ambassador— covers a space of 1,200 foet in length, and 
nature; learning to manufacture thoughts cation as entirely erroneous.” has ever been permitted to enter his palace. R00P in breadth. It is built on the spot 
e _ _______ Nor is this repugnance confined to those °nco occupied by tbo gardens of tho cruel 
, TEACHERS PROPERLY ESTIMATED wbo are stra ngers in the strict sense of the Nero. It owes its origin to tho Bishop of 
’ —1— * ‘ word, for several Finlanders of eminence Krone, who, in the early part of tho sixth 
TEACHERS PROPERLY ESTIMATED. 
Tho true philosophy of education consists Thank Heaven, there are somo countries wbo bad bcen acquainted with him when century, erected an humble residence on its 
in assisting experience in social, active life, in which the teacher’s vocation is honored. Governor General of that provice, have been s ^°-. About tho year 1160, Pope Eugonius 
to mature reason and judgment and in al- The King of Bavaria has lately delivered, denied access to him when they happened rebuilt it on a magnificent scale. Innocent 
wavs keenino- such maturity in advm™ nf vvith extraordinary emphasis, tho following to be casually at St Petersburg!!; the only b- a few years after gave it up as a lodging 
P ‘ ^ ^ 1 " 1 reply to an address of certain schoolmasters, favor accorded to them being the permis- place to 1 eter II. King of Arragon. Inl3- 
the search tor knowledge. Ad attempts to who had sent to thank him for having in- sion to take refreshment in his ante-cham- Clement V. at the instigation of tho 
forestall and study the abstruse sciences in creased their stipends. This royal reply bers witb ttl8 upper servants of tho house. N' n S Trance, removed tho Papal See 
advance of such maturity, will always prove deserves, says the Jlugsburg Gazette, tore- Various roasons havo been assigned for f rom Rome to Avignon, when the Vatican 
abortive, or produce juvenile prodigies that coivo universal publicity “ I thank you, this antipathy ; but, from whatever cause it remamed in a condition of obscurity and 
never fulfill -he nromiso of vnnth or in on. gentlemen, and I rejoice if in what I have may arise, the fact cannot be denied, and it n , < ?§ le 4 c , t 101 m .°„ ro . , an sover fty years. But 
,, r , - , , " done you recognize that I am the friend is equally true that in his private life ho alter tne pontificial court returned to Rome, 
surmountable disgust from the inability to of schoolmasters ; that I honor and esteem conducts himself with all tho imperiousness an event which had been so earnestly prayed 
understand or comprehend tho subject. their profession ; not only do I osteom it, of an ancient 
Tho whole school system needs overhaul- but I lovo it. Your mission is, I acknowl- of life and death 
boyard, possessing the power i * or b y_P 00 y Petrarch, and which finally took 
dh without tho least responsi- P blc o in 157G, tho Vatican wag put into a 
ing because errors lie in the foundation • edge, hard and difficult, and to fulfil it you bility. IIo is rough and fickle, and, when state of repair enlarged, and it was thence- 
and all repairs to tho superstructure are ”»ed of an angelic patience. Alton,1 anything offends him, ho becomes absolutely ^resIdMce oTthoToDes who one aftS 
1 . 1 to tne education of the people, for it is in a brutal. It is whispered m Ins own territo- ana icjiucnce or tno i opes, who, one attoi 
like putting new Aiino in old bottles, or new great measure in your hands; disseminate ries that at times ho has entertained ideas the other, added fresh buildings to it, and 
ideas in old heads, and this reform must everywhere useful knowledge, for it is that of freeing himself from the imperial yoke; g radua lly encircled it with antiquities, stat- 
necessarily bo the work of parents and which forms a moral and believing people, but wliilo ho bonds to it at present from u . 08 ’ P‘ ctures and books, until it became tho 
guardians of tho interests of tho rising gene- To11 5' 0ur brethren that I love them, and” motives of avarice or ambition, lie revenges richest depository in tho world. Tho libra- 
.. , . f ., . , , °° (placing his hand upon his heart) “the King his official servitude by brow-boating, threat- J y tbe Y atican was commenced fourteen 
ration, and not of tne teachers whose pecu- giv08 you his word 1 that ho wil [ do eyer £ ening and abusing all who havo the misfor- hundred . y ears a S°- Ifc contains 40,000 
niary interests aro to defend tho system thing in his power for you.” tune to bo connected with him; and as he rornm^riP*' 8 ’ among which are somo by 
from whence their livings flow. _ . . . _ __ is a man of considerable talent and indomi- T pn y’ St. Thomas, St. Charles Boromeo, 
Mareellus, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1853. s. graves. A r> nr r „ , table energy, he succeeds most marvelously and many Hebrew, Syrian, Arabic, and Ar- 
,. j * x v . 6fa (placing his hand upon his heart) “the King his official servitude by brow-beating, threat- r y ot tne Vatican was commenced fourteen 
ration, and not of tne teachers whose pecu- giv . 08 you his word 1 that ho wil / do every _ ening and abusing all who havo the misfor- hund red_ years ago. It contains 40,000 
niary interests aro to defend tho system thing in his power for you.” tune to bo connected with him; and as he roanuscripts. among which are somo by 
from whence their livings flow. _ . . . _ __ is a man of considerable talent and irulomi- Tliny, St. Thomas, St. Charles Boromeo, 
Mareellus, n. Y., Nov. 14, 1853. s. graves. a ti w m mi table energy, he succeeds most marvelously and many Hebrew, Syrian, Arabic, and Ar- 
--- i i IT T TheT t in his amiable occupation. It is not there- menian Bibles. The whole of the immense 
For the Rural New-Yorker. owimd ^ hu LUn^v^ioh 0 w.f X^ fore to bo wondered at that ho has many brokings composing the Vatican aro filled 
owned a building which^ was situated on enemios . ^ with statues found beneath tho ruins of 
USEJTULjPRECEPTS. and be ongmg to the Michigan Central Menschikoff is married to the Princess ancient Rome; with paintings by the mas- 
Many a man, who has received a good a ye "bad hand sent'a ^ thon\ettor »°lgorouki, of the best blood in tho empire, tors ; and withcuncnj medals and antiqui- 
, , , » , , .... 6 a >eiy Dau nanu, sent a snort letter to Mr. hv whom he has a son and a d inwhio.-. tko ties of almost every description. When ft 
knowledge of the art of multiplication, S. onleni3g him to removo tho building at hftter who is wedded to a nobleman of high is known that ifc contains more than 
rank, tain many respects the antipodes^ 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
USE3TUL PRECEPTS. 
else he would remember also how to make appeared that the man had received tho note ^ aken riSmingly i I the counted oh- tho artist ’ and th « 8chola ^ ^Phaol and 
use of it. For instance, I spend every day and not being able to make out its contents, tained a . t Baden but far Michael An §elo are enthroned there, and 
a dime for dainties, considering it a trifling had supposed it to be a pass over the road, f remaining at those celebrated baths their thron os will bo endurable as tho lovo 
sum. But at tho end of a year, lo ! thirty- and had b f" " d “g back and fortb ad she traversed g haTf of bcaut ^ and gClliu8 5n tho hearts of thoir 
civ rlnllavo aro nrAna knmlrA.l ^ 10 1. JlAr roliirn lA St PAtArcKnrrrli »< i l. n rona WOTShippOrS. 
six dollars are gone, three hundred and 
sixty in ten years, a large sum indeed squan¬ 
dered away, that might have been employed 
for useful purposes. 
mer on tne strength ot it! her return t0 St . Petersburgh vi h roses in worshippers. 
~ her cheoks, her father tartly exclaimed : |_ -— 
The teacher is like the _ candle which “ Congratulate the countess, gentlemen, on Men’s fame is like their hair, which 
lights others in consuming itsolf .—Italian tho benefit she has received from tho minor- grows aftor they are doad, and with just as 
Proverb . J M waters in tho capital of Franco.”— huIa uca iimm 
little use tc them. 
TIME. 
War sitt'st Ihou by that ruined hall. 
Thou aged carle bo stern and grey ? 
Dost thou its former pride recall, 
Or ponder how it passed away ? 
“ Know’st thou me ?” the Deep Voice critd, 
So long enjoyed, so oft misused— 
, Alternate, in thy fickle pride, 
, Desired, neglected, and accused ? 
Before my breath, like blazing flax, 
Man and his marvels pass away; 
■ And changing empires wane and wax, 
Are fouuded, flourish, and decay. 
I Redeem mine hours—the space is brief— 
While in my glass the sand-grains shiver, 
And measureless thy joy or grief, 
. When Time and thou shalt part forever 1— Scott. 
< LITTLE CHILDREN. 
, Weep not for them ! it is no cause for sorrow, 
. That their's was no long pathway to the tomb; 
, They had one bright to-day; no sad to-morrow 
Rising in hope, and darkening into gloom. 
, Weep not for them! their snowy plumes, expanded, 
E'en now are waving through the world of light; 
! Perchance, on messages of love remanded, 
They sweep across your slumbers in the night. 
i Weep not for them! Give tears unto the living! 
, Oil, waste no vain regret on lot like their’s 
But rather make it reason for thanksgiving 
That ye have nurtured angels unawares. 
[Knickerbocker Magazine. 
THE GARDEN OF THE HEART. 
“Wiiat has become of your garden ?” I 
said to a lady I was visiting; “ Grovrn up to 
weeds,” was her reply. In meditating upon 
it I thought of tho “ Garden of the Heart 
how many there aro who suffer to grow in 
their hoarts, garden, weeds so rank that they 
can never be subdued. 1 havo now in mind 
an instanco quite to tho point. A young 
man (who resided near my native place) of 
bright genius, superior ttilents, and fine in¬ 
tellect, but wholly dest ti.t ; of any mtr 1 
training, was suffered to grow up a wild, 
idle, vicious youth, and had so suffered tho 
Garden of his Heart to grow up to weeds, 
that it would have been almost impossible 
for a plant requiring tho genial ray of truth, 
hope, lovo, and righteousness to have fiour- 
ishtd thero. At times ho would visit tho 
house of God, and during a period of special 
interest in the church in tho vicinity in 
which ho lived, when many first tasted “ the 
sweets of pardon,” he was deeply convicted, 
but could not givo up his old companions 
in sin and chooso Christ as his portion, and 
cast all his burden on Him who caroth for 
all. I well remember the look of agony 
that was depicted on his countenance, when, 
as ho was leaving tho room ono night in 
company with ono of his companions, ho 
met a beseeching look from a young friend 
who wished his soul’s salvation; and ho af¬ 
terwards told her that ho did desire to stay, 
but as ho went in with his companion, ho 
thought ho ought to go out with him like¬ 
wise. Though he was often seen in the houso 
of Cod during that work of grace, yet ho 
always left it unreconciled to his Maker. 
The winter passed, tho man of God left, 
and as tho spring camo, decked its vernal 
beauty, my young friend departed from tho 
place, since which timo I havo heard noth¬ 
ing respecting him. 
Thero was Another, in whom tho “fra¬ 
grant blossom, that maketh glad the Garden 
of tho Heart,” had flourished well, its root 
lay deep, and ’twas as “ lasting as tho lilac 
crocus of Autumn who, during that work 
of graco was also convinced of his sin, in 
refusing the forgiveness of a merciful Fath¬ 
er; but ho laid himself a willing sacrifice on 
tho altar of his God, and found peace and 
pardon. 
Where do wo find him now ? Toiling for 
his Master among tho heathen in Africa; ho 
is ono of that noble band who havo taken 
their lives as it wero in their hands, and 
gone forth to proclaim tho news of salva¬ 
tion to a world lying in wickedness. They 
will both havo their reward ! 
Cousin Cara. 
Ogden, N. Y., Not, 1853. 
THE DESIRE FOR APPRECIATION. 
While giving pleasure to another wo fill 
our own cup of rejoicing. And, it is scarce¬ 
ly wrong or selfish to wish that our efforts 
to please bo successful and appreciated— 
that wo may not only bestow blessings but 
incite feelings of grateful affection ! In this 
way, though tho weight of the obligation a 3 
well a 3 tbo greater joy may rest with tho 
giver, it will tend to promote a deeper lovo 
and a wider benevolence,—spreading farther 
and farther an activo conviction of the truth 
which so strangely asserts, that, “ it is more 
blessed to givo than to receive.” So, too, 
though wo doubt not the sincerity of those 
who thank us, wo like to be reassured of a fact 
so pleasant to beliovo, and never tire, when 
we have aimed to do our best, of heartfelt, 
and grateful appreciation.— b. 
If you would not havo affliction to visit 
you twice, liston at once to what it teaches. 
