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patience is tried almost as much as it will bear, 
give not way to the feelings, but ever keep a sense 
of right before your eyes. Press on through the 
difficulties that surround you, and remember, 
“A pebble in the streamlet scant, 
Has turned the course of many a river; 
A dew drop on the tiny plant, 
Has warped the giant oak forever.” 
Cadiz, Catt. Co., N. Y., 1859. L. H. 
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TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION—ANNUAL MEETINGS. 
RIGHT KIND OF TEACHERS. 
The State Teachers’ Association of Michigan, 
now one of the recognized educational institutions 
of the Peninsular State, held its annual meeting 
at Pontiac. Addresses were delivered by Prof. 
H. S. Frieze, Rev. Dr. E. 0. Haven, of Boston, 
and by the retiring President of the Association, 
Prof. A. Winchell. The addresses were eminently 
practical. According to the Michigan Argus, the 
attendance upon the Association was fair, but not 
as large as it should have been. There is power 
in these meetings, and the teacher who will not 
make some little sacrifice to attend them, either 
does not properly appreciate their benefit or his 
position. During the session, papers were read 
upon various topics connected with teaching, by 
Messrs. Richards, of the Albion Female College; 
Fisk, of the Agricultural College; and Briggs, of 
the Ann Arbor Union School, which severally 
elicited considerable discussion. 
Hibam Obcutt, Principal of the Ladies’ Seminary 
at North Granville, in a little work entitled “ Glean¬ 
ings from School Life Experience,” thus speaks in 
relation to teachers: 
The Journal of Education was continued in its 
present able hands until the close of the year, 
when its future will be provided for by the Execu¬ 
tive Board. 
The following officers were elected for the ensu¬ 
ing yearPresident—E. J. Boyd. Vice Presi¬ 
dents—1st District, A. L. Watkins; 2nd, G.|W. 
Perry; Sd, D. H. Davis; 4th, E. L. Ripley; 
5tb, E. Olney; 6th, Rev. D. J. Poor; 7 th, Rev. 
B. M. Fay; 8th, E. Danforth; 9th, H. Bross; 
10th, A. L. Bingham; Lake Superior, 0. E. Ful¬ 
ler. Rec. Secretary—Frank Peavey. Cor. Secre¬ 
tary—D. Putnam. Treasurer—D. B. Briggs.— 
Executive Board—lion. J. M. Gregory, Prof. L R 
Fisk. 
The State Association of Pennsylvania convened 
at West Chester, Chester County, on the 2d ult., 
and continued in session three days. 
The following officers were chosen for the ensu¬ 
ing year: 
President—C. R. Coburn, of Bradford. Vice 
Presidents—J. E. Weaver, J. L. Richardson, of 
Luzerne; Jonathan Gauss, of Chester; David 
Dennison, of Allegany. Secretaries—Wm. Ster- 
ling, of Philadelphia, and S. D. Ingraham, of Har¬ 
risburg. Treasurer—A Rowe, of Lancaster. Cor. 
Secretary—Wm. H. Johnston, of Bucks. Execu¬ 
tive Committee—Messrs. Allen, Sherman, Thomp¬ 
son, Wickershain and Lawrence. 
“ A blight upon the trusting mind of youth.” 
“We need the noblest order of minds for this 
work. We need persons of ripe, extensive, thor¬ 
ough scholarship, persons of refined, elegant tastes, 
and high and commanding intellects; but they 
must be individuals of perfected power, who can 
communicate themselves, as well as their learning— 
individuals of profound impulses and burning 
sympathies, who have souls to move the world.— 
1 here is an acknowledged want of this kind of per¬ 
sonal power in many of our teachers. They may 
exhibit no prominent defects, either in character 
or attainments; may, indeed, be living editions of 
text-books, capable of patient elaborations and 
learned comments on the subjects before them, but 
they are destitute of all vital, transmissive, inspir¬ 
ing influence; no virtue goes out of them as they 
mingle with their scholars; they never stir the 
deep fountains of their souls, nor waken in their 
bosoms those lofty sentiments that incite to greater 
efforts and nobler deeds. The teacher who cannot 
rouse his pupils to think and act for themselves, 
who is satisfied to drag the almost lifeless body of 
an uninterested class through formal recitations, 
does not deserve the name he bears. No matter 
how great his abilities, or how extensive his learn¬ 
ing, his main work is undone. The high office of 
the teacher reaches far beyond the mere formalities 
of the school-room. Where acquisition ends, the 
highest education begins; hence, the paramount 
aim of the teacher should be to cultivate the facul¬ 
ties and cherish the spirit of a nobler life. If he 
possesses such a power, an unconscious tuition 
will be felt upon all around him; his spirit will 
have all the glow that imagination kindles, and 
will be filled with impulses more stirring than 
chivalry ever excited. Such a spirit will conse¬ 
crate him to his work, and bear him through his 
labors as a glorious pastime.” 
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GKROTJIP IN' THE BAZAARS. 
SHOPPING AT JERUSALEM. plant their feet, noiselessly pursuing their way as 
if untuitively afraid of breaking the silent gloom. 
by mbs. saeah Barclay JOHNSON. Suddenly, however, we enter a street where the 
people move more briskly—the camels are hurried 
The bazaars of no Oriental city are comparable along by loud threats from their drivers, and the 
BY MBS. SABAH BARCLAY^ JOHNSON. 
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upon it, fearing that he should find so entrancing sides of the streets with baskets of fruits and 
an earthly paradise as entirely to rob him of any vegetables. The shops of the dry goods venders 
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. - “ •/ iiic ouujLia Hi me ury guuus venuers 
esire to reach that of the skies. But Damascus are nothing more than rows of small platforms, 
is not Jerusalem, and as everybody likes to know four or flve feet square, with shelves arranged 
ow one goes s opping in Jerusalem, I shall not around them on which the goods are placed. The 
withhold a description of its bazaars because of purchaser stands in the street, while the mer- 
their small share of attractiveness. True, the chant indolently reclines on a rug spread over 
. . . ' uu a. lug apicttu uver 
idea of shopping in Jerusalem is not a very poet- lhe platform. With utter indifference he lays 
cal one and some, I dare say, suppose it is an aside his narghileh, and at first seems very care- 
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. ' ' iuuuv,uvo luiu vwiuuilltj UU IUC CAbClUJUbC Ui 
wi s an ing e indiflerence of the shops, find his fabrics. Oriental bazaars have not the least 
an occasional visit to them quite an indispensable pretensions to taste, but often make a great dis- 
requisite to their comfoit. My first expedition of pj a y 0 f r j c h]y embroidered goods. A white hand- 
this kind apart from the novelty, afforded me but kerchief is unfolded , which, although embroidered 
COMMON SCHOOL STUDIES. 
..... , " _ . • acicuici is uuiuiueu, which, miuou^u emoroiuereu 
little satisfaction. Being: uninitiated, I criadlv • ,1 • , ,, . , . 
, . ° ‘ , , s iau U in gold, is of the coarsest cotton, and tears in the 
accepted the offer of several of my Turkish friends • a „ . . . , 
, , ,, , J ‘“'-uus opening. Speaking of taste, reminds me that, 
to aCCOmnanv me. who cal ed mute pnrW In +1,^ .. . ' 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
A WORD TO TEACHERS. 
What do you teach? This is a question upon 
which teachers should think and ponder—a ques¬ 
tion that should not be treated with ridicule and 
contempt, or passed lightly over. It is a question 
that should engross attention; one upon which 
you should bring your minds to bear, and see if 
you are training the young minds entrusted to 
your care in such manner that, with a clear con¬ 
science, you can stand up and say,—I have done 
my duty—I have done the best that I could—I have 
sought to train them up in the way of truth and 
morality, and the fear of God. There are many 
who call themselves teachers—instructors of the 
young mind—that cannot, I very much fear, say 
this; that, if called upon to-day to give an account 
of the time they have spent, would be “ weighed 
in the balance and found wanting.” 
All teachers impart knowledge for money. This 
is well, certainly every teacher should expect and 
receive a reasonable compensation for his services, 
but there are those who make this the great and 
only object of teaching. Take the young man, for 
instance, who has been through the Arithmetic, 
looked inside of a Grammar, and, in a word, has 
merely skimmed over the surface of common 
English. He thinks if he can engage a District 
School for a winter’s term, it will pay pretty well. 
And then it is something to have the name of 
being a school-teacher. Ah, how it will lift some 
empty-brained fools above the “common herd” 
to teach a school. Observe some of the young 
ladies (I fear I should offend some verdant Miss 
if I did not call her so,)—just obtaining a smatter¬ 
ing of common English, and preparing to teach 
school. It would not look well to stay at home 
and help mother her hands are too fine for such 
drudgery she engages a school, and is metamor¬ 
phosed into a school teacher. Dressed to “ kill ” 
she parades into the school-room. It is a matter 
of little moment whether the lessons are learned 
or not, if the time passes by all is well. A dull 
hum-drum affair is the instruction of the young_ 
anything to kill time is the object sought. This 
is not the case in all instances, but I lear it is in 
far too many. 
Teachers, did you ever realize what a responsi¬ 
bility is resting upon you—did you ever consider 
that you are framing the minds and making the 
morals of a future generation. Perhaps you have 
under your charge one whose logic and eloquence 
shall yet entrance and hold thousands in its mystic 
sway. Some one, doubtless, is now instructing 
the future ruler of our nation. And who can take 
upon themselves the duties of the situation and 
pass it lightly over, as they contemplate and feel 
how susceptible are the minds of the young, and 
how lasting are early impressions? We all know 
that the minds of the young learn evil very quickly. 
One act, one word of the teacher, may entail upon 
the child a life of misery and woe. He sees the 
teacher do thus and so, and he thinks, why may 
uot I do the same. He observes the teacher com¬ 
mit moral and physical wrongs—he does the same. 
1 ou may say one error cannot effect much harm, 
hut remember, drops make the ocean—little sins 
make the hardened and confirmed sinner. Next 
to the mother the teacher has the strongest influ¬ 
ence on the child. Then should you not keep 
watch over your actions—lead the young by the 
hand of love. And if you feel weary, or if your 
One of the most prevailing vices of the present 
system of education, is the disposition to attach 
undue importance to collegiate, and undue indiffer¬ 
ence to common school studies. Without thinking 
that collegiate education, if not built upon thor¬ 
ough Common school training, is more gilding on 
mud; people are eager to see their children flaunt¬ 
ing their Latin attainments or their mathematical 
astonishments, as if these were the end of all 
instruction, instead of being only one process, and 
by no means the most important, in training the 
mind for life labors. The encouragement of this 
feeling we cannot think either a healthy indica¬ 
tion, or a possible benefit, and we therefore regard 
with some mistrust the great and growing dispro¬ 
portion between seminaries and common schools. 
Not that there are likely to be too many semina¬ 
ries, but that there are too few common schools. 
We must have good nurseries if we are to have 
fruitful orchards, and we shall be apt to find the 
best education in those States that give the best 
care to common schools. They are like the pen¬ 
nies of Franklin’s proverb, take care of them and 
the seminaries will take care of themselves. We 
need collegiate education, far more of it than we 
are likely to get soon, but we need much more the 
thorough, systematic, conscientious training of 
common schools. When our colleges turn out 
graduates every year who can’t spell, who blunder 
in grammar, who can’t solve a single arithmetical 
problem, though they may construe Longinus 
correctly, and demonstrate the binomial theorem 
easily, it is time that a little more attention was 
given to common schools.— Indiana Journal. 
, uueuiug. opeuft.iui' ui utsitJ, remmus me mat, 
to accompany me, who called quite early in the at, , ~ ’ 
. , , , , y among other purchases of one of my companions, 
morning, that we might devote several hours to , F ... .. 
,. . „ , , . „ 6 . . ov.ciui uuuia ou wag a S p 00 i 0 f white cotton, with which she in- 
this a 1-n.hsnrmnor fflminino r\nnn r*afi’/vv» r.^/4 4U« . . 
n V 1 • . . YY do U 51JUUI UI wane UUllULl, YY1UJL WII lull 
this all-absorbing feminine occupation, and the tended making up her robe of black silk! 
remainflpr nf fhrt 4,i o Vvo4V» i 0 x 
. - _ ~ luuueu juiaiviutL uu uci ruuc ui uiuufc. snii. i 
remainder of the day to a bath. _ Many quiet IIuge piles 0 f s ] 
tippers are tumbled from the 
Streets were threaded hef.iro imninrr ++.<» or rr 
. , n , : , „ ... x+uge pnes ui snppeis are tumoiea irom tne 
streets were threaded before mining the busy , , , 
, j , J s J shelves—some of the plain yellow morocco, with- 
crowd which thronged iffie bazaars. , , , A. J ... , ., ’ 
out ornament, and others with embroidery and 
Joiusalem being a of so much attraction rosettes of pearls inclosing colored stones—em- 
o e\eiy nation under Rfcaven, we here see every broidered jackets of purple—cotton velvet worked 
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variety of costume, making the bazaars a contin- w ith tinsel and bright silks, or gold and silk braid 
ual carnival. One moment you are greeted with —caps of scarlet cloth with high raised gold work 
n irtirh h»tnlra n ; n » +!,« n;~v,„„+ „ ... .1 . . . .„ ... . ° ’ 
a gaib betokening the highest civilization, and and tassels half a yard in length—striped silk 
the next, with the coarse camel’s hair garment of sashes from Damascus—napkins perfumed with 
a Bedouin from the burning sands of the desert. 0 tto of rose, and embroidered in the corners— 
At one step you meet the black silk wrappings of ready made trowsers, and red fez caps without 
the Egyptian women, and the next, the ghostly seam. Calicoes are not only rare, but almost 
white robes of her Syrian sister. But nothing worthless, and their prices nearly as high as those 
can compare, in richness aud beauty, with the of silks. Further on is a fancy shop, with spark¬ 
flowing robes and full white turban of her lord ling cut glass narghilehs, and little coffee-cup 
and master. Ihe wayfaring man wears a girdle stands of richly-embossed silver — Mohammed’s 
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which is so arranged that one end answers the prohibition of silver to the contrary notwith- 
purpose of a bag, in which he carries his money, standing. For these they charge a hundred 
valuables, and other small articles; and in his piastres, or five dollars. Other trinkets of ha- 
bosom may be found his balances, which every r eem use are here displayed, and next is the druo- 
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ilental cairies at all times, with which the coin bazaar, where all kinds of spices, drugs and per¬ 
is weighed and by which its value is determined— fumes, are sold. Otto of roses, as well as rose 
and if accompanied by his wife and children, you wat er,’ made from the roses of Wady el Werd 
wdl be reminded of the words of Isaiah:-« They (val i e y of roses,) can be bought at a marvelously 
snail nrinnr fhafi* ermc In it •.. . „ .. . . J 
. tuu wuuguuauamaivuouaiy 
s ia ling leu sons in their arms, and their low" price. Further on, the respectable Armenian 
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aug teis s a e canied on their shoulders.” ; s seen manufacturing small trinkets and trifles 
Tlio wrtmon no^nei/tnoll vr non*.V._... 
. io QCCil A11ULA UlUrUbUl liltj OUlU/ll l»JLAUiVCl3 ttUU bl lUCS 
ie woman occasiona y carries her child on her w £th. his scanty supply of instruments, and those 
shoulders, with a water-skin on her back 
of the rudest manufacture. With them, however, 
ui ii u,u lucui, UUWCVCl, 
ong ie ar an nariow allej s rather than he forms a ring, or sets an amulet, with wonderful 
stieets we grope oui way, now retreating within skin. Interspersed among these are shops where 
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NECESSITY OF HOME INSTRUCTION. 
It is the nature of a child to imitate what is 
around it. The influence of example is as certain 
as the action of the air upon the body. Influences 
educate the child long before it is large enough to 
be sent from home to school. It is in the unwrit¬ 
ten, unspoken teachings of home in our tenderest 
years that our destiny has its beginnings. Every 
word, tone, look, frown, smile and tear, witnessed 
in childhood, performs its part in training the in¬ 
fant for eternity. Instruction should begin early, 
but let it be oral, and consist chiefly of a few moral 
precepts, Bible stories, and chaste fables. A great 
error in our times is the pressing of the infantile 
mind, cramming the memory with what the child 
does not understand, and at the same time, so 
compressing and cramping it as to prevent the 
proper physical development, and impair the 
reasoning faculties. 
Another of the alarming evils in our day is the 
circulation of demoralizing publications. Earnest 
warning entreaties on this subject have often fallen 
from the pulpits. But the warning cannot be too 
often repeated. The influence of immoral prints 
and books is calculated more than anything else to 
corrupt the morals, and enfeeble the intellects of 
the juvenile portion of our country. To circulate 
such publications is a serious offence against God 
and man; and yet I fear greatly it is a growing 
evil; nor do I see any corrective so available, so 
potential and so practical, as family government 
and instruction. Let the home be for amusement, 
pleasure, knowledge aud religion, as attractive as 
possible.— Dr. Scott. 
' o oxviii. Oiiaav/ia£ u iavjou »A C OUUU3 wuere 
a 001 a ie approac i 0 the towering camel, and bushels of beads are displayed, made of camel’s 
now asti ) stepping out of the way of a string of bone, amber, sandal, and olive wood; then there 
donkeys trudging along under a load of brush of are amulets, blood stones from India, and trinkets 
gigantic dimensions. This is intended for fuel, in pearl, made, by the Bethlehemites, in imitation 
and reminds one of the expression used by our of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and 0 long 
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a\ 101 . ie grass w 11 c to-day is, and to-mor- catalogue of saints which are in great requisition 
row is cast into the oven, a passage w r hich greatly amon g the devout pilgrims. Here and there a 
. ; - — = 1 muuug iuc ucvuuu jiiigiimo. ucic uiiu mere a 
pe.p exes ose ning 111 a country whose wide- man ma y be seen standing by a small earthen 
cnniiwl fnrocto -+_:_l i-._ _ . ° " 
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spiea ores s a oid abundance of material for f urnaC e of embers, across which he throws wires 
fuel. But in the Holy Land, which is so scantily s tr U Dg with small pieces of mutton—a very popu- 
supplied with trees, the passage is perfectly appli¬ 
cable, for in the absence of wood, necessity com- 
lar dish. The bazaar is densely crowded with 
shrouded women and pilgrims from all parts of 
pels the people to burn brush, roots, dried grasses, the world, and the air resounds with the screams 
and weeds of all kinds, so plentifully growing in of t be camel and donkey drivers. Rooh, dahrac, 
- * cj v7i wuu vauici cimvi uuujvcj uuvcio. xvuuii y uauiac, 
the fields, and immense donkey-loads are daily WO ojac, they cry—“ stand aside, your back, your 
bi ought to the city foi this purpose. I horns also, face,” which, united to the babel of languages, 
which grow in gieat profusion, are used as fuel, an( j the fierce gesticulation, characteristic of 
and explain the figuies used in Ecclesiastes:— Orientals, presents a scene of noise and confusion 
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‘As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the completely bewildeiing. Add to this the braying 
laughter of a fool;’ and in Isaiah, “As thorns of donkeys, the growling of camels, the clattering 
cut up they shall be burned in the fire.” 
of horses’ hoofs on the uneven stones, one’s care 
There is a ditch in the centre of most of the to avoid, at every step, the accumulated heaps of I 
streets, but there are no sidewalks and no pave- filth and debris, and the hot rays of the sun pierc- 
ments, for the unevenly laid stones do not deserve ing through the ragged matting overhead, and 
the name; nor are there any lamp-posts. At the reader may be content with the picture with* 
y° u see h ere an( l there the dim flickering of 0 ut wishing to participate in the reality.— Hadji 
a little earthen lamp of olive oil beside a reclining in Syria. 
figure of a man, who lies sleeping upon a raised ‘ 
platform in front of his bazaar; and this is the Turkish Gbave-yabds. — The Turkish tomb- 
only light one enjoys in a nocturnal walk through stone, if it mark the grave of a man, is surmounted 
4V»n 4vr Unnoo m/\Annni4« ~f -; - Iw n f.nrKnn nnrl flirt HiVrtrciftr rtf’ fViT»mcs eViAn'o 4V.n 
the city. Hence the necessity of carrying our 
own lamp—a necessity which is still further en- 
by a turban, and the diversity of forms shows the 
different generations that have passed away.— 
V/tTU Iftlli^ - CL JLlUUV/OOil 11 11 lull IO a bill lUiblier tlU- M/111VJ.. — 
forced by the regulation inflicting fine and im- These round-headed, turbaned stones have very 
prisonment upon all who are caught in the street much the appearance of dwarfish imps, and one 
without a light after an early hour. The streets almost expects a pair of goggle-eyes to be peering 
are lined with bare stone walls of prison-like fr° m beneath the well-executed folds of white or 
are lined with bare stone walls of prison-like fr° m beneath the well-executed folds of white or 
houses, broken by a very few, and very small, g ra y stone. Those erected for women are deco- 
latticed windows, and covered usually with arches, rated with wreaths or bunches of flowers. Both 
The American Institute of Instruction held its 
Thirtieth Annual Meeting in New Bedford, Mass., 
on the 23d, 24th and 25th days of August. More 
than one thousand teachers were in attendance, 
and the deepest interest was manifested. 
or pieces of matting, stretched from house to kinds have inscriptions, and are often colored and 
house—the walls generally ruined, and the mat- highly gilded. Sometimes they are of a bright 
flrwv olnroiTo 4«44^«^^l fP U_ T__1__ . -_.’iL ’U 3 _ 
ting always tattered. Thus, Jerusalem wears an azure blue, richly decorated with gilt, and ex¬ 
air of gloom and misery, and its inhabitants move tremely beautiful. 
about in keeping with the wretchedness of the 
streets and houses. It is impossible to discern a 
OUR INFLUENCE. 
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to those of Damascus, a city which is so beautiful shopmen still more loudly proclaim the merits of 
in ever} lespect, that Mohammed dared not look their wares. Country women are seated on the 
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unpracticed art in this city of hallowed associa- i ess whether we buy or not; but presently 
ltions. But not so think the residents, who, not- l au nches into great volubility on the excellence of 
Eveey person, however humble his station in 
life, is destined to exert an influence, either for 
good or for evil, upon all who have intercourse 
with him. Even though he may not be aware of it, 
much good or much evil may be constantly flowing 
from our influence, which may not only last while 
we live, but continue through each succeeding 
year, to the end of time. Truly has it been said 
that “ none stand alone.” No person can say that 
he has no influence upon any other person,—that 
he is independent of his fellow-men, and that they 
are independent of him. Especially are the effects 
of good and bad influence apparent upon children. 
How many men there are, who, in moments of an¬ 
ger, and some from force of habit, and many mere¬ 
ly for the pleasure of the thing, will often, in 
presence of their own and neighbors’ children, 
make use of profane and vulgar language. If they 
were aware of the bad influence their words and 
actions may have on those who hear them through¬ 
out all the succeeding years of their life,—if they 
were aware of the awful responsibility resting on 
themselves,—if they were aware of half the evil 
they may be unconsciously doiDg, surely they 
would be more careful of their words and conduct. 
How many parents there are who will sometimes 
tell falsehoods in presence of the young, without 
seeming to think that children, encouraged by 
their example, will often be tempted to do the 
same. There are many children who seem to 
think that their parents can do nothing wrong, 
and if they use vulgar and profane language, and 
tell falsehoods sometimes, they will think it to be 
no sin for them to do the same. When we think 
how much easier it is to learn lessons of evil than 
those of virtue, and how long the remembrance of 
a kind or unkind word or action remains, causing 
us to love or dislike the giver, then how impor¬ 
tant it seems that we should be very, very careful 
how we act in presence of others. It would be 
blessed to think that good effects are constantly 
flowing from our influence; that we are constantly 
exerting our influence for good; but it would be 
terrible to think that our influence is only for evil, 
—that by the means of our bad influence others 
are led to sin. This, indeed, would be a terrible 
thought. Then how very important it is that we 
should so live that our influence may do much 
good, and no evil; that we may appear as a ray of 
sunshine, imparting warmth and sunshine to all 
we meet. These remarks are particularly appli¬ 
cable to the youth who are just commencing active 
life. If we can do this we shall not live in vain, 
and none shall say that through our influence they 
have been induced to enter the downward road to 
misery, but many shall rejoice that our influence 
upon them has been a blessing. 
Pitcairn, N. Y., 1859. W. H. H. Pearson. 
BLOWING. 
Many persons are addicted to what is very 
significantly termed “blowing.” This senseless 
practice arises from a belief which is quite gene¬ 
rally entertained by young men, too generally by 
older ones, that talking can liberalize meagerness 
of speech and facilitate the operations of the mind. 
The supposition is that talk begets talk; well, we 
grant it, but talk is nothing, and nothing may 
beget nothing forever. The fallacy of this practice 
lies in regarding language as a primary faculty of 
the mind, whereas it is secondary. 
Language is the vehicle of ideas — the channel 
through which thought is transmitted. It origi¬ 
nates with thought—is its servant. As the thun¬ 
der’s peal is simply an announcement of the 
lightning’s flash, so the sound of words is properly 
the echo of sense. 
Unless words are allied to ideas they become 
mere talk, and talking is no more the ally of think¬ 
ing than the shadow of a man is the man himself. 
Therefore, if we would speak fluently and forcibly, 
we must think fluently and forcibly. The defi¬ 
ciency in expression experienced by some is to be 
attributed, primarily, not to incapacity in the 
command of language, but to want of ideas. If 
you would do away with speechlessness, dissipate 
thoughtlessness. Think, for thinking is the very 
life of the soul. 
Nothing but lack of judgment will permit a man 
to speak except as he is prompted by forces from 
within. No advice is more mistaken or unsophis- 
tical than that which is frequently given to young 
men to speak, accompanied by the assurance that, 
if not interested to do so, it will benefit them to 
blow. If a man has anything to say he will not be 
troubled for words. Ideas are self-clothed, — they 
never come into the world naked. Yet the art of 
silence is mastered by few. There are many, too 
many, who have the presumption to bore humanity 
with frivolous prating. It is far wiser to counsel 
a man to think than to speak—for then he will 
speak uninvited, with an unction which ideas 
always inspire, and with a power which is ever 
engendered by thought, profound, original thought. 
Blowing never issues from the lips of 
Rochester, N. Y., Aug., 1859. A Tiiinkke. 
An indiscreet person is like an unsealed letter, 
glad face among them, and the camels carefully I which everybody can peruse 
Omniscience op God. —Nothing exists, moves or 
dies within the boundless universe unknown to 
God. Not a leaf of the forest expands from the 
bud, or trembles in the breeze; not a spire of grass 
springs up from the earth; not a flower puts forth 
its beautiful head that embalms the summer breeze 
with its fragrance; not a bird that cheers us with 
its musical notes as it happily flits from tree to 
tree, or chirps and flutters for fear or anxiety, 
unperceived by Him. There is not a human 
being, high or low, rich or poor, public or private, 
but that God knows of his existence and his cir¬ 
cumstances. 
Man can not do a deed, or even think a thought, 
in the most secluded part of the universe—whether 
it be good or evil, virtuous or vicious, but it is 
known by an Omniscient God. 
He knows even our inmost thoughts. How 
ought we, then, not only to avoid evil acts, but 
have our minds freed from the stain of sin._ 
A. C. P., Smithville, Jf. T., 1859. 
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