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p \ /,_ y , thy God with all thy heart,” &c. Suppose that 
/(^\u jp, these passages have been familiarly explained and 
illustrated, who shall say what influence they may 
t — not bav0 durin S tbe da 7 * n g uard ' n S ^eir young 
hearts from sin? The course of which we have 
7 * 1 ^.'- spoken may be pursued, or some one subject may 
be selected ■> and each member of the famil 7 ’cam 
some text bearing upon that subject, thus bring- 
ing together, perhaps, the concurrent testimony 
OUR IDOL. of several Bible witnesses, and presenting it in a 
- clearer light than any single one would be likely 
Close the door lightly, to do ; and through the day all the different mem- 
Bridle the breath, hers of the family might be striving to exhibit in 
Our little earth angel their lives the same gospel principle—might watch 
Is talking with death. over and correct each other if they saw any devia- 
Gently he wooes her, . ,, „ 
She wishes to stay, tion therefrom. 
His arms are about her— These are some of the ways in which Scripture 
He bears her away. lessons may be engrafted upon the mind. A 
- Music comes floating watchful mother, whose own heart is influenced 
„ Down from the dome: thereby, will often find occasions, in the adminis- 
Angels are chanting tration of family government, for impressing 
The sweet welcome home. upon the consciences of her children the authority 
Come, stricken weeper! of the Word of God. There is something there 
Come to the bed, adapted to every circumstance of human life. No 
Gaze on the sleeper— course of human action so complicated that the 
Our Idol is dead . Bible does not furnish a clue to its untanglement! 
Smooth out the ringlets None so deep and hidden, that the Bible does not 
Close the blue eye— ferret out the motive that prompted it. It “ is 
No wonder such beauty quick and powerful, sharper than any two-edged 
Was claimed in the sky , sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of 
O’er the while breas' soul and s P* n ‘» °f toe joints and marrow, and is a 
So like a wild spirit discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 
Strayed from the ble 3 t; How appropriate, then, that the mother often 
apply this probe, not only to her own spirit, but 
This Idol ofours t0 those of her offs P rin g- that 8he may discover 
Let her grave slumbers and ,a ^ ?P en an ? festerin g that may have 
Be ’mid the sweet flowers. hidden itself beneath the garb of formality or 
_,. ,_ outward piety, but is still there, poisoning the 
nr •*»_ t , r. , _ . soundness of the soul, and endangering its exist- 
Wntten for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. „ s 6 
tm • m n j. \ • tit , T ence. Selushness, the monster evil of the age, 
Earn Talks to American Women.-No. 16. may be lying in the inmost recesses of the heart, 
drinking at its life-fountaiDS, and yet so silent be 
by meo. m. p. a. c rozieb. its wor j-j n g S that the outer world shall not sus- 
Bible Teaching. —We have occasionally alluded P ect i*- 8 presence, and the heart itself, “deceitful 
to this in former “ Talks”-in the present we wish above a11 thin S s >” onl 7 fanc 7 the presence of some 
OUR IDOL,. 
Close the door lightly, 
Bridle the breath, 
Our little earth angel 
Is talking with death. 
Gently he wooes her, 
She wishes to stay. 
His arms are about her— 
He bears her away. 
> 1 * Music comes floating 
it Down from the dome; 
Angels are chanting 
The sweet welcome home. 
Come, stricken weeper! 
Come to the bed, 
Gaze on the sleeper— 
Our Idol is dead: 
Smooth out the ringlets 
Close the blue eye— 
No wonder such beauty 
Was claimed in the sky; 
Cross the hands gently 
O’er the white breast, 
So like a wild spirit 
Strayed from the blest; 
Bear her out softly, 
This Idol of ours, 
Let her grave slumbers 
Be ’mid the sweet flowers. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
Plain Talks to American Women.-No. 16 . 
BY MES. M. P. A. CROZIEB. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
AUGUST. 
BY CLAEA AVGUSTA. 
Eicib-suttd and green the trees— 
The wild vine hangs its flowers 
Out on the hill’s rock towers, 
And in the faint-lipped breeze, 
The poplar’s tender leaves 
Tremble and rouse to life! 
And from the dell-copse’ shade, 
The cuckoo’s song 
Floats beauty rife. 
Pearl tints the morning skies— 
Crimson dyes all the clouds 
Like mighty christening shrouds, 
They spread their draperies; 
And o’er the fragrant leaves 
The sunshine weaves its veil 
Of gold and amber light, 
And threads of glistening white 
And shadows pale. 
August! the founts are low, 
The pastures cry for rain; 
The cattle plod the plain 
Seeking the clover blow; 
And where the streamlets flow 
O’er the rocks cool and gray. 
The little snow-white lambs 
Come with their nimble feet 
To drink at set of day. 
The forest throbs in pain, 
Summer is flushed to death— 
The last of her rich breath 
Streams o’er the ripening grain; 
And where the flowers have lain 
Sad Autumn’s feet come slow; 
White with the harvest moon 
She sweeps her frosty robe, 
And buries Summer’s glow! 
Farmington, N. H., 1S59. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
A HYMN FOR A TROUBLED HEART 
O, Tnov who eomfortest the sad. 
And bids the broken-hearted live, 
Send down that sweet relief to me 
Which is in thine own power to give. 
I grope in darkness and despair, 
My heart is troubled and afraid; 
And often unbelief shuts out 
The grace by which I should be stayed. 
Dear Savioe ! I do not desire 
These clouds removed against Thy wiU, 
But only Faith to see through all, 
And seeing through to see Thee still. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
FORGIVE THE LIVING. 
We forgive those who have wronged us in tho’t, 
to consider it more at large. 
agent adapted to produce sensations of pleasure, 
Every mother whose heart is warm with the which ’. iu its igt)orance of true bliss ’ ft falscl 7 
love of God, and who rightly appreciates His denomiriates happiness. 
Woi’d, will naturally desire that her children’s 0ne child ’ P erha P s ’ is fond of en g a S ia g in acts 
souls be also imbued with Divine grace, and that of benevoIence > and tri P s awa 7 lightly through 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
they also should reverence the Sacred Volume. the storm ’ a11 comfortabl 7 clad as 8b e is, to carry THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAPLE TREE. SALMAGUNDI. rankle in th 7 bosom tU1 a fire be kindled, which, i! 
0, the depth, the tenderness, of a Christian some blessing to the poor, but all the while her _ _’ nourished, will burn thine inmost soul—unfitting 
mother’s prayers for the conversion of her off- little heart is puffed up with self -righteousness, The subjoined was found upon the trunk of a A cruel insinuation thee t0 g ° 0ut amon g th Y fellow-men lest they im- 
spring! How can she who possesses a bright and and as she goes she flatters herself that she is huge maple ’ soon after U felL Doubtless its When man fell from his high estate bibe of the unrest and aa gry turbulence of thy 
abiding hope of immortality —how can she bear Ter 7 S ood ’ and ' vonders who among her friends authorship could be traced to the departed spirit As Eve in sin the apple ate spirit —unfitting thee for all high, holy, heaven- 
the thought that those so near to her heart should are observing her, and praising her charity. Let ofthetree. I believe Isaiah, chapter 55, and final Quoth Adam, “Woman’s curse is great; born aspirations—unfitting thee for life, death, 
be lost—lost forever ? And if one who has given the motber be watcbful to discern a case like this, clause of verse 12, suggests the mechanical ability ’Tis written in the book of fate, ’ and a blessed immortality. Forgive, though a 
no evidence of preparation for eternity is prostra- and a PP’j for a remedy texts like the following:— of a tree to write. Waiving all desire to pursue For evermore in-sin-u-ate.” wound be made causing all thy future in this world 
ted by disease that brings him near the gates of “ Take heed that do not y° ur alms before meD > the C0D J ecture farther, I submit the subject of the DEA eee, yet deaeke aet thou love to me t0 be covered with a heaT 7 pall. Forgive! taking 
the tomb, what agony is hers lest the spark of life to be seen of them ; otherwise 7 e haTe n0 reward same the reader - H., Jr. Deak Latjea , whgn ’ ’ w w f » r thy example the meek and lowly Jesus, then 
should be quenched-his lamp go out in obscure of ? our Father whicb is in Heaven ” . _ “ Two hundred years ago-if the fibrous circles And I was your dutiful swain, ‘ miSS ’ shdl be S athered in the “ cr own of thy rejoicing” 
darkness! How does her heart upbraid her then Too large a share of the responsibility of re- composing me indicate my age — I was a tender Your smiles could exalt to the summit of bliss, jewels whose lustre and brilliancy exceeds all mor- 
if she has been unfaithful to his soul! How caw b gi° us education should not be thrown upon the twig in this vicinity. Born amid forest flowers, Your frowns would o’erwhelm me with pain; tal thought. “For if ye forgive men their tress- 
ske say “it is well,” when the drops of life are Church and the Sunday-school. These are im- my insignificance at first was without humiliation- You were dear to me then, love; but now you’re my P asses > y° ur Heavenly Father will also forgive 
*__ui:__• _. - nortant, anviliaries to home instruction hut _ 1 _ j_ -_.j • ... ’ wifo von” A V W^ 
home among my branches, prevailed, I should have jj ft J 
numbered many more shadows. Or, had the wood- U3u ^ ^ 
chuck that was once seen at my roots weeping, re- _ ~ 
appeared in his sorrowful mood, my destroyer ' / ^5^ =1 ^ 
might have been moved with pity. But my death j' 
was not without consolation, for it carried with it i 
a humiliating revenge. A post-mortem examina- 
tion, commenced in a saw-mill and continued in a 
cabinet shop, revealed the fact of my utility after — "" __. 
death. Will it be thus with the rich tree-hater, Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
my destroyer? Let him think of this another A HYMN FOR A TROUBLED HEART 
winter, as he warms himself before my blazing - 
limbs.” O, Tnou who eomfortest the sad, 
-- And bids the broken-hearted live, 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S INTEGRITY. S^d down that sweet relief to me 
\V hich is in thine own power to give. 
But few have it in their power to do so much I grope in darkness and despair, 
good or evil as printers. We know they all glory My heart is troubled and afraid; 
in Dr. Franklin as a father, and are wont to men- And often unbelief shuts out 
tion his name with veneration. Happy would it be S race by which I should be stayed, 
for them if they would read the following, with a Dear Savioe! I do not desire 
resolution to imitate it: These clouds removed against Thy will, 
“Soon after his establishment in Philadelphia, But only Faith to see through all, 
Franklin was offered a piece to publish in his news- And seeing through to see Thee still, 
paper; being very busy, he begged the gentleman K - 
to leave it for consideration. The next day the au- —--*-♦-*- 
thor called, and asked his opinion of it. Franklin Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
re P lied: FORGIVE THE LIVING. 
‘“Why, sir, I am sorry to say I think it highly - 
scurrilous and defamatory. Being at a loss, on ac- forgive those who have wronged us in tho’t, 
count of my poverty, whether to reject it or not, I word, or deed, when they are laid to their final 
thought I would put it to this issue:—At night, rest—we speak kindly, tenderly, even lovingly,— 
when my work was done, I bought a two penny H we speak at all,— removing the veil which has 
loaf, on which, with a mug of cold water, I supped hitherto obscured so much of their life’s harmony 
heartily, and then wrapping myself in my great and sweetness, at the same time drawing it over 
coat, slept very soundly on the floor till morning, those faults and foibles, temptations and failures, 
when another loaf and a mug of water afforded me which are strewn so thickly in our own pathway, 
a breakfast. Now, sir, since I can live comfortably written so indelibly in our heart’s history. We 
in this manner, why should I prostitute my press never seek to penetrate this veil, nor even wish to. 
to personal hatred and party passion, for a more And why? They have passed from earth forever. 
I luxurious living ?’ ” Their bodies are mouldering in the cold and silent 
One cannot read this anecdote of our American tomb. This is sufficient. It seems to forbid all 
Sage without thinking of Socrates’ reply to King entertainment, much more e-xpression, of aught 
Archelaus, who had pressed him to give up preach- but good will and kindly sympathy for the dead, 
ing in the dirty streets of Athens, and come and But is this real, true-hearted, benevolent forgive- 
live with him in his splendid Court: n ess ? No! it is not worthy of the name. Forgive 
“Meal, please your Majesty, is a half-penny a tbe living — those who mingle with you in the 
peck at Athens, and water I can get for nothing.”_ dad Y walks and avocations of life; they whose 
Printers' Nexcs Letter. lives you may cheer, beautify, yea, ennoble if you 
-*-•-*-— will. Forgive a light, an angry word, let it not 
SALMAGUNDI rankle in thy bosom till a fire be kindled, which, if 
nourished, will burn thine inmost soul—unfitting 
a cruel insinuation. thee to g0 out am0D S th y fell ow-men lest they im- 
When man fell from his high estate tho unrest and an S T T turbulence of thy 
As Eve in sin the apple ate, 8pmt ~ unfittlD S thee for bi g b » holy, heaven- 
Quoth Adam, “Woman’s curse is great; born aspirations unfitting thee for life, death, 
’Tis written in the book of fate, and a blessed immortality. Forgive, though a 
For evermore in-sin-u-ate.” wound be made causing all thy future in this world 
DEAEEE, YET DEAEEE, AET THOU, LOVE, TO ME. ^ ^ C0Ver6d F0 ^ ! 
n_ r . Tm * f i, . for thy example the meek and lowly Jesus, then 
erou ” gnl! '' shaI1 bega,herediDthe “"v 
Your smiles could exalt to the summit of bliss, J ewels whose lustre and brilliancy exceeds all mor- 
Your frowns would o’erwhelm me with pain - tal tbou g bt - “ For if ye forgive men their tress- 
A CRUEL INSINUATION. 
WnEN man fell from his high estate 
As Eve in sin tbe apple ate, 
Quoth Adam, “Woman’s curse is great; 
’Tis written in the book of fate, 
For evermore in-sin-u-atb.” 
DEAEEE, YET DEAEEE, AET THOU, LOVE, TO ME. 
Deab Lauea ! when you were a flirting young miss, 
And I was your dutiful swain, 
you.” 
Ypsilanti, Mich., 1S59. 
Addie E. Walkeb. 
trembling in the vase that totters on the brink of P ortaat tmxiliaries to home instruction, but ought but when deprived of their companionship, and y ife ’ you.” Addie E. Walkee. 
ruin? She fears to speak then, perchance, of the not ’ * ndeed ^ ann °l> supersede it. If a child’s witnessing the giant forms of my kin about me I 11 is strange the fond tie should be nearer, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1S59. 
subject that most agonizes her, lest it prove too attention is directed to reli S icm and tbe Bib le only became envious. A wise maple warned me against F °" when 1 am pay j ng your b ] 118 ’ on m y life ’ ---—- 
great a shock, and she fears to delay, lest the u P on tbe first da 7 of tb e week, it will be no mar- cultivating this habitVj^d dropped a leaf bearing ou 8eem gee eater an earer ! An Eloquent Extract.— “Generation after gen- 
moments of probation pass. God pity— God help vel be come to cousider Christianity only a the instructive liint,4^Jp^; twig is bent tbe tree Labor.— It is only by labor that thought can be eration,” says a fine writer, “have felt as we now- 
in such an hour! Mothers, then, whose darlings ® unda y conceri b and that if he only observes that j g inclined.’ A sad ^-perience had given him made healthy only, by thought that labor can be feel, and their lives were as active as our own. 
are in health, be faithful now! Teach your little da Y_with, propriety, and attends to its assigned wisdom and sympathy, for I learned in after years made ba PPJ> and the two cannot be separated with They passed like a vapor, while nature wore the 
ones the Gospel while their hearts are tender and dut * es ’ ^ wdl not matter greatly if he is not very that his gnarled and crooked form was the result ^ m P unit 7- same aspect of beauty as when her Creator com- 
their intellects regally wear the crown of reason. watcbful of bls conduct during the remainder of 0 f early misdoings. As long as he lived he exer- A truly grateful heart may not be able to tell manded her to be. The heavens shall be as bright 
Commit the treasures of the Sacred Scriptures to the week ’ Perba P s this 1S reason why we c ; se d a beneficial influence over me, and died ex- its gratitude, but it can feel, and love, and act. over our graves as they now are around our paths, 
the keeping of their hearts, so that if, perchance, have so I " any “ Su “ day Christians” —men and pressing his satisfaction at my comely appearance, An envious man repines as much at the manner The W ° rld WiU have the Same attracti ons for our 
the sun of the mind burn dimly in that eventide, wo “ en who g0 to Cha rch regularly, and attend wbich he ve ry justly attributed to wholesome re- in which his neighbors live as if he maintained offsprin S F et unborn, that she had once for our 
as in the “eventide” of the “age to come,” “it to 1116 sacraments > wear a solemn countenance straint imparted in youth. I was honored in being them. ° children. Yet a little while, and all will have 
shall be light.” during what they consider holy time, but whose permitted to exemplify, even to the last of a \ , happened. The throbbing heart will be stifled 
We know not whose was first the beautiful every-day lives are no attestation of the purity of numerous family reared by Mother Earth here- * 7 \ ’ a ° eglected Wlfe ’ a slan ‘ and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will wind its 
thought to gather the family circle around the gospel pn “ cip,0S ’ 8b ° a l d realize more than abouts, the benefits derived from judicious training. Si 3 g J Coascience ’ are four way, and prayers will be said, and then we shall 
fireside at morning and at ere, to listen to the we do, thst o« time is boly, and sbonld beconse- - When a saolino shut mbt iltl iT' things whose presence gives great pain. be left alone in silence and darkness for the worms, 
words of tbe Most High, and kneel for His bless- <f>ted to Gon-tbat be h« gmmn. no license to „ ceslors> the P occu S ; reMes abo 7 J " 7 Ll « >>e merry as well as useful. Even, And it may be but a short time we shall be spoken 
shall be light.” during what they consider holy time, but whose permitted to exemplify, even to the last of a \ , happened. The throbbing heart will be si 
We know not whose was first the beautiful every-day lives are no attestation of the purity of numerous family reared by Mother Earth here- ^ WR0XGED credltor > a neglected wife, a slan- and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will win 
thought to gather the family circle around the gospel P rinci P ,es - We sbould realize more than abouts, the benefits derived from judicious training T neighbor, and a guilty conscience, are four way> and g wiU be gaid and then we 
fireside at morning and at eve, to listen to the we do, that all time is holy, and should beconse- M Wbeu a in bv the thlDgS whose presence g lves g reat P ai “- be left alone in silence and darkness for the wc 
words of the Most High, and kneel for His bless- crated to GGD_ * hat he has glven us no license to ancestors the occurrences above and around LlFE “ ay be “ erry &S Wel1 a8 USefuL Ever F And i4 ma y be but a short tim8 we shall be sp 
ing, but what has shed a holier radiance upon the sin on .any day, but requires that “ whatsoever we were a su ’ ccession ^”” yl Th/thWr f PerS ° D ° WDS & m ° utb baS alwayS a good of ’ for the thin S s of life will creep in, and 
hearth-stone of home, than the fires kindled from do ’ whether we eat or drink,” be done to His ZZ ^ Th ® thlck S loom opening for a laugh. names will soon be forgotten. Davs will emd 
a uu oecm iu get uearer ana aearer: t, .. _ 
An Eloquent Extract.—“G eneration after gen- 
Labor. —It is only by labor that thought can be eration,” says a fine writer, “have felt as we now 
A truly grateful heart may not be able to tell manded ber to be. The heavens shall be as bright 
5 gratitude, but it can feel, and love, and act. over our g rave s as they now are around our paths. 
An envious man repines as much at the manner T 7 G 7° l ld wil1 bave tbe same fractions for our 
in which his neighbors live as if he maintained od8pnn S Y at unborn > that she had once for our 
em . children. Yet a little while, and all will have 
A ... , , , happened. The throbbing heart will be stifled 
A wronged creditor, a neglected wife, a slan- and we ghal i be at regt . 0ur funeral wiU wind its 
red neighbor, and a guilty conscience, are four way> and prayers wiU be said> and then we gbaU 
ings m ose pi esencc giv es great pain. be j eft alone in s ii ence and dar kness for the worms. 
hearth-stone of home, than the fires kindled from ao ’ wnetner we eat or drink,” be done to His ... 
Heaven upon a Christian altar there ? How gl ° ry ‘ Feeling deeply this truth ’ we sha11 not hrightn^fonowTnf^Srtften 11 thC 
delightful the hour of s.cred worship! How tiuge of be.utr restlu'ou^ 
opening ior a laugb. names will soon be forgotten. Days will continue 
Women and young men are very apt to tell what mov e on, and laughter and song will be heard 
secrets they know, from the vanity of having been tbe room in which we died; and the eye that 
, ... , r - Acoputi, ii mi. auto, joyser used to say, 
c othing as there are wolves in sheep’s. he was like a good meal o’ victuals, your were 
“ Why don’t you ask your sweetheart to marry better for him without thinking on it. 
unigHHU! Iiuur UI sacrea worsmp! How . , . V 7 “V . tinge of beauty resting on evervthing ibmm nereis mey know, irom tne vanity of having been m me room m wmen we died; and tbe eye that 
pleasant to hear a whole family,-from the aged »“ >" “7"- “ “ ch 5h “ U '*» . ,h“ r m „f de li-hT no? unJugTcd w«HSd.tr ‘ rUSted - m<n,rMd f0r 115 ’ V i U be dried . “ d *«•*«■> 
grandfather who Wends over the old large-print °"d°d«“r ° W “ leSS0 “ 5 ° f * ra,h through every fibre of my srstem. The withering Politskess is like an air-enshion-there may be j ° 7 ’ a ” d erc ” »»f«l>i'dren will cease to think 
winds of l“ frlHe hnt refer ,0 an institution to which „„r blight descending in,he darkness upon the fniiage? «»‘bi»g solid in it, but it eases jolts wonderfully. *"> and w.ii not remember to lisp onr names." 
how beautiful to see them bend, all in silent wait- own heart owed ’ perbaps > man 7 of its early re- , ® Pn JJ D , 8 ? lt r° f ,, ® buG °! f ^ tbou f h rendered The taste of beauty, and the relish of what is 
ing upon the Lord save one till the first words of Fgious impressions, and which we consider may be , , lful in death and reducing to skeletons the decent, just, and amiable, perfects the character FlIt Parish Minister.—T he author of Adam 
the “Our Father’which art in Heaven” break greatly P romotiTe of tb e interests of which we tenderest and ba i'diest tree alike, was a sad of a gentleman. Bede, in sketching the rector of a parish says, he 
from the lips of him who leads, when all softly speak ’ viz ” the “Eternal Association.” It is “ yStei7 ' S °. WaS tbe rene ^ aI of our foliage its By the use of eye-glasses, you may see as much WaS “ 0t “ UCh ofa P reacher - He preached short 
join in the holy prayer of Jesus, and as the elho long since we accepted U as «ur duty to become £ ^1°^ B “ tho ^ stran gelyterrible was as is to be seen; by the use of another kind of serraons - But then he acted pretty much 
of the “Amen” dies away, rise from their knees a d i sc o n n ected in a manner from the religious J “ ' , U ^ r U , ie [ !, eadl ° g Swlft dcstru ction glasses, you may see twice as much. ° " b ^ h<2 ^ dldn t . set up for be,Dg 80 
Pnd uiMcnj Uw u hi tx iii x society under whose fostering care flonrislipd tho into our midst. ^ hole forests twisting and writh- -r, . ,. different from other folks one day, and then be as 
God-biess d household! It would almost seem ~™ *“* commotion. Branches of a «~»«^aswell as a gen- like'emas two peas the res,; and he mad,folks 
soph S , lr .'7 wouid grow into Christian.ty under mATJS kotZoli thT'toS ““‘"T’s growth were tossed as leaves. The de- “‘TP *T *" “ ra “P 5h “P i» solves- love and respect him. Mrs. ioyscr used ,o say, 
*° * he S0Ciet7 ™»‘b,y Lt ?or the Conridt ** - « "ith a terrihe crash, ^ ~ ^ —1 »’ ™tn.is, your were 
Exercises of this character “should not be vorv ation of maternal duties ’ and soclal P ra 7 8 r for the ? arfull f S,ghlDg aS the - v d88 nended, while the ask your sweetheart to marry better for him without thinking on it. 
children under its watch-care, and quarterly gath- .?*-“* stre 7 «bove intensified , he T", 1 f h ; W "“ didi ---- 
bi interested. Short Bible readings,^Accompanied ered “ ‘“''go proportion of those children for E’ “sneM.mesmyhttleness was • te/~n o er. "All Yoon AW’-Why was the “Bread of 
by familiar explanations and practical remarks religi ° US instructioR - We couId d e«ire that every 8afety ’ though 1 observed that many of my supen- A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing life” hungry, but that he might feed the hungry 
and short, simple, expressive prayers are best’ circle of Christian mothers might adopt some such o rs > grown up in apparent discretion, yielded with than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing with the bread of life ? Why was “Rest” itself 
If too much is read, but little is retained in mem- plan ° f concerted efiort for the more full under- b ° WC ° rm and surviyed tb i s power. to another than to knock him down. weary, but to give the weary rest? Why was the 
ory, and the impression produced is less deep standin £ of their responsibilities and duties, as “Mature tree-hood acquainted me with the A pretty girl and a wild horse are liable to do “Prince of peace” in trouble, but that the troubled 
than where a few verses are slowly pronounced such > and for the influencing of the minds of their origin of these mysteries, and the night with its mu ch mischief; for the one runs away with a mi S bt have peace? None but the Image of God 
and fully understood and appreciated. ’ cbildre u towards her whose “ways are pleasant- stars, the day with its morning and evening fellow’s body, and the other runs away with his could restore us to God’s image. None but the 
Another very pleasant way of imbu'i th ' d ness >” and whose “ P atbs are P eace -” glories, the tempests and lightnings, were often bear t- Prince of Peace could bring the God of Peace and 
with Scripture precepts, is to have^afh member In a timG WhCD skepticism is as ™ it ^ e P eated in. a U tb eir grandeur. Then were my Vice and folly may feel the edge of wit, but the peace of God to P oor siuuers .-Old Author. 
of the family select and commit to memory f“ A "A" 1 ^ “ li,llC old - &sMo “ ed b , ra,, ' hes the 1 »““ t of rirtne is invulnerable; aquafortis dissolves the -~- 
each moruing, a text to be repeated and remarked ?° TZ “• A .■ ,‘ b * cr ’' s “ » f ,he ^ baser metals, but has no power to dissolve or cor- Life's Dt™.-It most doubtless be the design 
upon at the breakfast table and the terts thus 1 T7.? lb ,0 f lru , c ! I0 “ eblldr “ 1 b »‘ 7 5 n,ght ’ dl f d *» morn.ng's rode gold. of our Heavenly Fother, that all this toil for the 
selected may be mottoes for the day. How many tb !* a we fa OU d e ' er lors, i e3s | be ^hl Book f a atbe a ^ t, b pm ieS ■ D f kS ?! . thG Philosophers say that shutting the eyes makes supply of our physical necessities—this incessant 
lessons of wisdom would thus be treasured up, u° maD7 °x? ^ f 6 ™ °° n ' and markimrthe mitivchnnai-q °d the sense of hearing more acute. Perhaps this occupation amid the things that perish —shall be 
and how great might be their practical bearing! ° , 1 f “t , a8 b , UDg 0ver !; he da?k ‘ Va ey ene d by the“differen/enemfes of T 6 aUd accounts for the habit some people have of always no obstruction, but rather a help, to our spiritual 
For instance, suppose tbe mother had selected fo? °7 ° f a bow of promise bright “ d ^ tbe d iffe nt enemms of our race. But I dosing their eyes during sermou-time. life. The weight of a clock seems a heavy Lg on 
her morning text the following :-“In your £ ^ ^ ° immortalUy! ^d forbid \ f t “ 7 C0 ^ m0 ^ ^ It is a beaut ful cugto ^ in ^ 0 . . , , , the delicate movements of its machinery ; J, so 
ah jour pa we should ever love it less of them penshed in this now naked meadow but ir is a oeautitui custom in some Oriental lands r „ ,. . J \ 
tiencepossessyeyour souls!” How careful would --- yesterday within the circuit of my shadows Here ^ leave untouched the fruits that are shaken from ^ arresting or impeding those movements 
she be through the day, that, amid all her trials, Health Promoted by Family Music.-M usic, fell one whose lungs were devoured bv insects the trees b F the wind * these bein g regarded as ^ 18 indl8 P ensable to tb « r steadiness, balance and 
the blessed spirit of patience govern her! Sup- like paintings and statuary, refines, and elevates, inducing premature decay. There fell another—his sacred to the pour and the stranger. accuracy._ 
unf f 1 er +u aS T Pea ^ ed th0 < ' ex *~'“ Withhold a^d sanctifies. Song is tbe language of gladness, heart laid bare by the lightning’s stroke. Yonder, Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, Almsgiving not Charit-— ft is difficult to be 
in the nower^f h ^ 7* A Wh6n ^ 1S f 1311 ^ 7 th6 Dtterance of deTot i°H. But coming where my evening shadows faded away, died the and of eas e, and the sister of temperance, of cheer- w i se i y charitable—to do good without multiplying 
ILauthori v/f 5^*75 14 18 itr0uses patriarch of the forest, of old age. Just beneath fulness and health; a,d profuseness is a cruel thl ^ scutes rfL We to ^ 
th- dav vrhp >v- h ^ e . be ] ^ ely ’ d unng the circulation, wakes up bodily energies, and dif- me fell an aged relative in conflict with a tempest, and crafty demon that generally involves her fol- aims is nothing unless we give thought also • and 
turn awa ’th ^ e mone P in 13 poake *> to fuses life and animation around. Does a lazy man But the greater proportion perished by that great- lowers in dependence and debts—that is, fetters that therefore ’ it is written not “ Blessed is he 
Twf 6 ?T 0fan eYe f S1Dg? a milk-and-water character ever est enemy of our race, the axe. I was so destroyed, them with “irons into their souls.” that>“S voor” 
the cheerful obedience of the parents''totted of meltaltndXricI actirity, anrfnmetse^both a!l a SiTv-fofl b hId Pl !i ofWoo^d ‘1^° ^ f d d d^T "mV sbock ( ing coat th " poor ’” aRd we know that a littie 
Lmdtor (hut A f ? ' “ ?°'v” 0 ™ A-A 1 *° S,ng 01 de, »‘°“ s 8 »'eeto eBS -w«, forgone., ood my eyo hoIfclosed.es if taking aim at his victim- _L,_ 
“Uve voor Lemies '' a tU-d ■ Z ‘ be S0 “ gS ° f ( Z, “' K».P»t of oor rel.g.om "or- graceful appearance, that had spared me m earlier "I feel, young man, as if I had a coat on which I The mistake of idolatry is that it took the 
xxove your enemies, a tnixa, bwear not at ship is sweeter than this. In David s day it was days, now aDDealed in vain TT-M v. a -a e i „ „ .. ,. . T xt.- > ^ ia huat, wv. 
’ and a feurth—“ Thou shalt love the Lord a practice and a studv w n a a r •, ’ + . “ . e unit "f pro ’ had P aid for ^ a luxury of feeling which I think grosser part of humanity to represent God—that 
test f tLe feathered family, that found a welcome you have never experienced.” I part which was common to themselves and animals. 
and fully understood and appreciated. 
Another very pleasant way of imbuing the mind 
with Scripture precepts, is to have each member 
of the family select and commit to memory for 
and how great might be their practical bearing! 
For instance, suppose the mother had selected for 
her morning text the following:—“ In your pa¬ 
tience possess ye your souls!” How careful would 
she be through the day, that, amid all her trials, 
ccounts for the habit some people have of alwavs no obstruction, hnt rather a help, to our spiritual 
losing their eyes during sermon-time. Bfe. The weight of a clock seems a heavy drag on 
It is a beautiful custom in some Oriental lands th ° delicate movements of its machinery; but, so 
) leave untouched the fruits that are shaken from far fr0m arrestin S or impeding those movements, 
le trees by the wind ; these being regarded as 1118 mdl8pensable to their steadiness, balance and 
icred to the POt>r and the xStrancrpr accuracy. 
and a feurth “Thou shalt love the Lord I a practice and a study. 
