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Mourn, 0 rejoicing heart! 
The hour’s are flying !— 
Each one some treasure takes ; 
Each one some blossom breaks, 
And leaves it dying 1— 
The chill, dark night draws near 
Thy sun will soon depart, 
And leave thee sighing ;— 
Then mourn, rejoicing heart. 
The hours are flying ! 
Rejoice, 0 grieving heart! 
The hours fly fast!— 
With each some sorrow dies ; 
With each some shadow flies ; 
Until at last. 
The red dawn in the east 
Eids weary night depart, 
And pain is past;— 
Rejoice, then, grieving heart, 
The hours fly fast. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE POWER OE THE SPIRIT. 
A sad and sorrowful commentary on poor 
human nature is this; that there is nothing 
good which the heart of itself can originate.— 
Evil and alone evil grows there spontaneous and 
abundant, and if there be a holy thought—a 
pure desire or a heavenly aspiration—if the 
soul have one earnest longing for holiness and 
God, it owes its origin and continuance to that 
spirit which worketh in every willing soul, to 
will and to do of his good pleasure. Every Chris¬ 
tian feels his need of this divine influence, and 
oft with a sorrowing heart he sings : 
“ Come Holy Spirit! Heavenly Dove, 
With all thy quickening powers, 
Come shed abroad a Savior’s love, 
And that shall quicken ours.” 
If at every step of his weary pilgrimage this 
blessed, heavenly companion, had him by the 
hand, his heart tells him, and tells him truly, 
that he is on the way to heaven and to God ; but 
if it forsake him, he is like a ship in wide ocean 
without ballast or sail. 
It was with this fact in view, that Paul 
prayed that the brethren at Ephesus might be 
strengthened by His (God’s) Spirit in the inner 
man ; and it was doubtless with a solemn con- 
DEAF AND DUMB ALPHABET 
prived of so essential a sense as that of hearing, 
but their ridicule changed to admiration, when 
they afterwards witnessed the wonderful results 
of his labors. The Abbe De L’Epee devoted 
his life to the service of the deaf and dumb, and 
received the thanks of both the sovereigns and 
the nations of all Europe. He reserved out of 
his income just sufficient for his own humble 
support, and the balance was given to his pupils. 
He died in the year 1789 at the age of seventy- 
seven, and the King of France pronounced over 
him a funeral oration. He bequeathed to his 
pupils and to the whole class of deaf mutes the 
legacy of a life devoted to their service, the re¬ 
sults of which were the manual alphabet, the 
means of acquiring mental and moral culture and 
of becoming both useful and happy. 
One of the greatest misfortunes that ever be- 
fel a human being is to be deprived of an impor¬ 
tant sense from birth ; first and foremost is that 
of sight, and second that of hearing. Through 
the indefatigable researches and ingenuity of 
certain men, however, who have devoted their 
lives to the service of these unfortunates, modes 
of instruction have been invented by which the 
mind can be developed and the soul lifted up to 
an elevated sphere of spiritual and intellectual 
enjoyment. By means of raised letters the 
blind man can read by the sense of touch ; 
while, with the manual alphabet, the deaf mute 
is enabled to converse with remarkable facility. 
The above cut represents the single-handed al¬ 
phabet used by the deaf and dumb ; and it is 
wonderful to see with what rapidity an adept 
THE SUEZ SHIP CA¥AL. 
We published not long since, among other | 
items taken from foreign papers, a statement 
that the survey for the proposed ship canal across 
the Isthmus of Suez, had discovered almost in¬ 
surmountable obstacles in the haid underlaying 
rock. The statement does not seem to be au¬ 
thenticated. M. Lesseps, who has recently sur¬ 
veyed the route, under appointment of the vice¬ 
roy of Egypt, declared the construction of the 
canal perfectly feasible, and estimated the ex¬ 
pense at some thirty millions of dollars. He is 
now in England presenting the enterprize to the 
attention' of capitalists, and has published a very 
full and interesting account of his survey, with 
minute estimates of the nature and cost of the 
different portions of the work. 
This great enterprize, in which the commerce 
of the whole world is so largely interested, it is 
said can be completed in six years, uniting the 
Mediterranean to the Red Sea, and shortening 
the route from Loudon to Calcutta from 13,00C 
We estimate a mother’s importance in her 
family as high as any one can ; and yet we do 
not believe that she monopolizes all the qualities 
needed for the great work of training up human 
beings. Her very familiarity with her children 
disadvantage 
A traveler in Russia, says that the storms of 
that country are divided into three classes the 
first and mildest kind is called the Matsal, the 
second, more severe, the Samjots ; and the third, 
which is absolutely terrific, the Winga. In a 
conversation between himself and a priest, the 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE OLD ENGLISH READER. 
that old English Reader — not for the 
for the clearness of its 
of thought. Look 
with the 
•espects, at a 
places her, in some r ^ 
for the exercise of wholesome authority, the 
wise father will not indeed take the reins of 
family government from his wife; but he will 
make his children feel that her gentle sway is 
sustained by a firm and steady hand ; that be¬ 
hind their mother’s tender heart stands a cool 
judgment, and a will stronger even than their 
own, and that they cannot impose upon the one 
nor resist the other. But if he would be truly 
the father of his family, he must not be a stran¬ 
ger to them. It will answer no purpose for him 
to come in once in a while to meet some great 
emergency, and awe down rebellion by haid 
authority. He must be the companion, the 
friend of his children. Strong natural love 
must be the basis of all beneficial discipline. 
But this is also, I had almost.said, equally ne¬ 
cessary for the father himself. Nothing keeps 
thp heart so fresh and young, saves it from bil- 
I LOVE 
beauty of its binding, nor 
type, but for its master-pieces 
at its commencement. Hoes it begin 
vapid or fancy articles, too often found in our 
modern reading books ? Does it keep us wait¬ 
ing in the vestibule of the temple of thought ? 
When invited to feast upon the good things of 
knowledge with which it abounds, are we ob- 
lio-cd to take something weak to prepare our 
minds for receiving the more solid parts ? No. 
It puts away these trifling things that pci tain 
to the fancy merely, and gives us the realities. 
It brings us by a way we knew not into the 
very temple of thought. It sits us down to its 
well-supplied table, and gives us the substance, 
« What then,” cried I, “ is the Winga V 
« A prelude to the last day,” answered the 
priest. “ Fortunately, unmistakable indications 
announce its coming for some days beforehand, j 
Then nobody sets out upon a journey, not even 
to the next village, though it be but a verst or 
two off. Precautions are taken for the safety of 
the house, by protecting it on the north side 
with heavy stones, and by propping, it up, as 
well as barns and stable, on the south side. The 
tabunen —troops of wild horses—scamper in all 
haste to the nearest forest; droves of cattle and 
flocks of sheep seek shelter wherever it is to be 
found. Whatever the storm overtakes on the 
open plain, man or beast, caravans drawn by 
oxen, or caravans drawn by horses, is lost with- 
and we shall never glory save in the cross of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, by which we are crucified unto 
the world, and the world is crucified unto us. Such 
shall be our life—a perfect dedication to God— 
if we are strengthened by His Spirit in the 
inner man, 
0 then let us give ourselves up to the uner¬ 
ring teachings and guidance of this Divine 
Spirit. May it enter our hearts and make them 
temples from whose smoking altars shall con¬ 
tinually ascend the sweet incense of prayer and 
praise to the throne of God. . s. A. e. 
THE CHILD’S PRAYER OE EAITH. 
Not long ago, (says a traveler) I was on a 
journey in a mail coach, with a woman, who, 
after two years of complete blindness, had re¬ 
gained her sight by a successful operation. Her 
heart was full of praise to the Lord, who had 
led her to think of the plan. She wag over¬ 
flowing with love and gratitude to him. It was 
touching to witness her anxiety to see her only 
child again, a boy of six years old; and she 
was constantly talking of her darling. Among 
other things, she told me this little anecdote of 
The fireside is a seminary of infinite impor¬ 
tance. It is important because it is universal, 
and because the education it bestows, being- 
woven in with the woof of childhood, gives form 
and c'olor to the whole texture of life. There 
are few who can receive the honors of a college, 
but all are graduates of the hearth. The learn¬ 
ing of the university may fade from the recol¬ 
lection, its classic lore may moulder in the halls 
of the memory, but the simple lessons of home, 
enameled upon the heart of childhood, defy the 
rust of years, and outlive the maturer but less 
vivid pictures of after days. 
So deep, so lasting, indeed, are the impres¬ 
sions 
of early life, that you often see a man m 
the imbecility of age holding fresh in his recol¬ 
lection the events of his childhood, while all the 
wide space between that and the present hour 
is a blasted and forgotten waste. You have, 
perhaps, seen an old and half-obliterated por¬ 
trait, and in the attempt to have it cleaned and 
restored, you have seen it fade away, while a 
brighter and still more perfect picture, painted 
beneath, is revealed to view. This portrait, first 
drawn upon the canvas, is no inapt illustration 
of youth, and though it may be concealed by 
some after design, still the original traits, will 
I shine through the outward picture, giving it tone 
while fresh, and surviving it. in decay. Such is 
the fireside—the great institution furnished for 
our education.— Goodrich. 
Rules for Study. —The other evening Prof. 
Davies, the eminent mathematician, in conversa¬ 
tion with a young friend of his upon the impor¬ 
tance of system in studying, as well as in every¬ 
thing else, took a piece of paper and wrote off 
for him the following important rules 1. Learn 
thing at a time. 2. Learn that thing well. 
Working for Health.—" If we would make 
a well man sick,” says Theodore Weld in his 
Report on Manual Labor Institutions, “or kill a 
sick man by piecemeal, we need only to require 
him to practice some formal muscular move¬ 
ment, and to keep up his spirits by such a sing¬ 
song as this: 
< l’ m doing this for my health, 
I’m doing this for my health, 
For my health, for my health, 
I’m doing this for my health.’ ” 
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3. Learn its connections, as far as possible, with 
all other things. 4. Believe that to know every- 
thinsr of something, is better than to know 
A wise man will use every opportunity to im- 
•ove his mind and extend his knowledge. 
How frequently we gain an experience by the 
loss of a pleasure. 
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