MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
(BDuratiomil Department 
BY L. WET HER ELL. 
POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE TEACHER. 
Having already spoken of the importance 
of employing good teachers, of having good, 
or at least comfortable school-houses, plenty 
of dry fuel, and of parental co-operation, 
wo would next call attention to the Power 
and Influence of the Teacher. And in do¬ 
ing so, we copy with some slight changes, 
the following article from the Ohio Journal 
of Education : 
How many of tho Teachers of our coun¬ 
try govern in Schools, in tho full import of 
tho term ? The question is not asked, how 
many keep reputable order, and secure a 
decent share of respect from their pupils ? 
but, how many can, with a simple, unim¬ 
passioned request, or a single glance from 
the eye, cause all hearts and minds to move 
as one ? How many can, at pleasure, change 
the current of thought and feeling in the 
entiro kingdom over which they preside ?— 
How many witness, quietly, even their half- 
formed wishes anticipated, their slightest re¬ 
quests cheerfully gratified ? 
How many are there, who suppose these 
things to bo possible any where ? How 
many, with sleepless vigilance, study those 
hidden sourcos of influence and power which 
give this rare, imperial mastery to the Teach¬ 
er ? 
It is one of the present serious defects of 
our school training, as well as one of the 
strongest and most palpable evidences of 
imbecility in the Teachers’ profession, that 
so feeble an influence is exerted upon the 
mind of tho child while under the care and 
control of the Teacher. Instead of meet¬ 
ing in him that creative energy, that living 
soul, which can mould, at will, tho senti¬ 
ments of his pupils, we oftencr find him ex¬ 
erting all his powers to savo himself from 
the overwhelming tide which has flowed 
from other sources. lie stands tho slave, 
the victim, as it were, of public sentiment, 
rather than its master. The caprices of 
fashion, tho allurements of pleasuro, the 
excitements of the world, hourly threaten 
him with irretrievable ruin. More pitiable 
still—not unfrequently some single pupil of 
keener foresight, more vigorous intellect, or 
more active sympathies, exerts a wider and 
more lasting influence upon the minds of 
the pupils, than the sluggish mortal, ap¬ 
pointed to develop their natures, and give 
proper shape to their destinies. 
All conceded, do you say, gentle reader, 
fellow Teacher ? All conceded, and more 
—that, in part, these statements are true in 
my own case; but what can be done to change 
for the better ? Pray listen a moment to a 
suggestion or two. Do you, in the first 
place, earnestly desire to be a true Teach¬ 
er ? Do you desire excellence, tho highest 
excellence, in your calling, as the artist de¬ 
sires perfection in his ? More still: — is it 
your High ambition, your fixed determina¬ 
tion, to leave such traces of exquisite skill 
on the imperishable minds of the children 
placed under your care and direction, as 
shall be felt and perpetuated through suc¬ 
ceeding ages ? Do the bright and glowing 
forms of a higher and purer Ideal in your art 
allure you on through trials, and sustain you 
in all your disappointments ? If so, take 
courage, my friend and fellow laborer:— 
there is hope in your case. If you have 
not forfeited your fair namo by your own 
imprudence, if your honor is untarnished, 
your integrity unsulled, undoubted, a bright 
career is before you. 
Begin, then, your noble efforts for im¬ 
provement, by the careful study of your 
own naturo, and at once practice the most 
rigid control of your appetites and passions. 
Learn to bo calm and composed under all 
imaginable circumstances. Let the line of 
conduct proper for you to pursue be the sub¬ 
ject of the most deep and anxious reflection 
and when once prudently, conscientiously 
chosen, follow it undoviatingly, as a guar¬ 
dian angel. 
Next, study carefully and faithfully the 
characters of men, living and dead, who are, 
or have been, conspicuous for the influence 
they have exerted on mind. Read history 
and biography for the explicit purpose of 
analyzing the secret sources of power which 
other men have possessed. Boldly, perse- 
veringly inquire of tho historian, what un¬ 
seen culture, what secret discipline, gave to 
Washington his untroubled serenity amid the 
stormy conflicts of tho battle-field, and tho 
still more stormy conflicts of public opinion. 
Learn of tho biographer, how Marion, in 
boisterous timos, and among still more bois¬ 
terous men, could bind his followers to him 
by affection, rather than commands, and 
how tho magic influence of his strong, free 
spirit, could make lawless men truo as stoel, 
in the hour of danger, to their leader, and 
to their country. Follow Penn in his inter¬ 
course with the red man of the forest.— 
Mark how his own scrupulous regard for 
treaties could extinguish perfidy and treach¬ 
ery in the breasts of those unused to the 
refinements of civilized life, and unaccus¬ 
tomed to the teachings and restraints oj 
Christianity. Observe how one heart, over¬ 
flowing with friendly regards to these un¬ 
tutored tribes, could securo respect, protec¬ 
tion and friendship, for a whole colony for 
more than seventy years. Learn, again, 
how Cromwell ruled with more than des¬ 
potic sway, and how Siddons seemed almost 
to create tho very atmosphere in which she 
and her audienco lived. Mark, too, the ten 
thousand instances in history and in com¬ 
mon life, whore gentleness has triumphed 
over force, and where affection has subdued 
bitter enmity. From your whole range of 
reading and observation, strive to incorpo¬ 
rate into your own naturo those qualities 
and excellencies which you find worthy in 
others. 
Above all, study the Bible, practice its 
precepts, and drink freely of its spirit. 
Finally, fix definitely in your own mind 
the sentiments and opinions that you desire 
to infuse into those around you, and then 
tax your energies to tho utmost to devise 
appropriate methods for accomplishing your 
object. 
Be vigilant, bo fearless; and resolve that 
if you (lo not conquer tho hosts of igno¬ 
rance, you can retire honorably, if retire you 
must, from the field of conflict. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Popular Anatomy and Physiology, adapted to 
the use of Students and general Readers. By 
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beautiful Lithographic descriptive Illustrations. 
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Practical Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, 
Hygiene and Therapeutics. By T. S. Lambert, 
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over 100 wood engravings, pp. 250. Also 
Hygienic Physiology. By the same author.— 
Finely Illustrated by numerous wood cuts and 
colored engravings. Portland, Me.: Sanborn <fc 
Carter, pp. 142. 
“Why should Physiology ho introduced 
into Common School ?” Road Dr. Lam¬ 
bert’s answer extracted from his Preface to 
tho last mentioned book of tho three : 
“ If for no other reason, that no one may 
disgrace his intelligence by asking, such a 
question. If it were to-day understood, as it 
should bo by every person, the money saved 
by quackery, tho ensuing year, would build 
a fine school house in every district, buy for 
it an elegant library, supply all the scholars 
with toxt-books, double the salary of every 
teacher, while at the same time tho moral 
and physical health of the community would 
be benefited beyond computation. 
If physiology were correctly understood 
by all, tho increased profits of every farmer 
would more than pay all the educational 
expenses of his family. If every person 
understood physiology our young ladies 
would be more beautiful, graceful and 
healthful than now, and at less expense; our 
boys would be more easily governed, our 
young men more expert as laborers, trades¬ 
men, or scholars; the middle-aged and ad¬ 
vanced in life would be still better and more 
happy, and surrounded by a thousands bles¬ 
sings to which they are now strangers.” 
Sanborn & Carter’s Publications are for 
sale at Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.’s. 
HOW TO SPEAK TO CHILDREN. 
It is usual to attempt tho management of 
children either by corporeal punishment, or 
by rewards addressed to the senses, and by 
words alone. There is one other means of 
government, the power and importance of 
which are seldom regarded. 1 refer to the 
human voice. A blow may be inflicted on 
a child, accompanied with words so uttered, 
as to counteract entirely its intended effect, 
or the parent may use language, in the cor¬ 
rection of the child, not objectionable in it¬ 
self, yet spoken in a tone which more than 
defeats its influence. Let any one endeavor 
to recall the image of a fond mother long 
since at rest in heaven. Her sweet smile 
and ever clear countenance are brought vi¬ 
vidly to recollection; so also is her voice; 
and blessed is that parent who is endowed 
with a pleasing utterance. What is it which 
lulls the infant to repose ? It is not an ar¬ 
ray of mere words. There is no charm, to 
the untaught one, in letters, syllables, and 
sentences. It is tho sound which strikes its 
little ear that soothes and composes it to 
sleep. A few notes, however unskillfully 
arranged, if uttered in a soft tone, are found 
to possess a magic influence. Think we 
that this influence is confined to the cradle ? 
No; it is diffused over every age, and ceases 
not while tho child remains under the par¬ 
ental roof. Is tho boy growing rude in 
manner, and boisterous in speech ? 1 know 
of no instrument so sure to control these 
tendencies as the gentle tones of a mother. 
She who speaks to hor son harshly does but, 
give to his conduct the sensation of her 
own example. She pours oil on the alrea¬ 
dy raging flame. In the pressure of duty, 
wo are liable to utter ourselves hastily to 
children. Perhaps a threat is expressed in 
a loud and irritating tone; instead of al¬ 
laying the passions of tho child, it serves 
directly to increaso them. Every fretful 
expression awakens in him the same spirit 
which producod it. So does a pleasant 
voice call up agreeable feelings. Whatover 
disposition, therefore, wo would encourage 
in a child, tho same we should manifest in 
the tone in which wo address it.— Christian 
Register. 
Dress and Merit.— Girard, tho famous 
French painter, when very young was tho 
bearer of a letter of introduction to Lan- 
juinais, thon of the council of Napoleon.— 
Tho young painter was shabbily attired, and 
his reception was extremely cold ; but Lan- 
jjinais discovered in him such striking 
proofs of talent, good sense, and amiability, 
that on Girard’s rising to take leave, ho rose 
too, and accompanied his visitor to tho ante¬ 
chamber. The change was so striking that 
Girard could not avoid an expression of 
surprise. “My young friend,” said Lanjui- 
nais, anticipating the inquiry, “wo receive 
an unknown person according to his dross 
—wo tako leave of him according to his 
merit.” 
Thoughts for Parents. —Here we ad¬ 
dress tho following exhortations to all per¬ 
sons, parents or tutors, who are charged 
with tho task of education, beseeching them 
to give serious attention thereto : 
1. Bo what the children ought to be. 
2. Do what tho children ought to do. 
3. Avoid what they should avoid. 
4. Aim always that, not only in the pres¬ 
ence of the children, but also in their ab¬ 
sence, your conduct may servo them for an 
l oxamplo. 
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Written for the Rural New-Yorker. 
THE OLD FIRESIDE! 
The Fireside ! — Who, in all this broad 
land, loves not to sit beside it and read tho 
thick clustering memories of youth ; so fond¬ 
ly treasured when life was now and un¬ 
changed, and when he best loved everything 
glowing and fanciful ? Who, among us all, 
loves not to muse of those fairy tales of tho 
olden time, perused in the springtide of ex¬ 
istence, while now the fire mouitfs spirally, 
forkedly upward, and licks its shining 
tongues in and out, and among tho browned 
and blackened logs which Lie before him.— 
The story of tho Knight, clad in burnished 
armor, with rattling spur and mail-clad 
limbs — the smile and glance of “ fayro 
ladio,” tho hostess of somo lordly castle, 
or forest keep, her gentle courtesy and 
queenly bearing ? And who loves not to 
cast a sudden, backward glance to the times 
when be plucked the tiny violet from the 
brow of some beetling crag, or the gaily 
tinted rose from the grass grown bank of a 
loved stream ? Who is there among us 
that does not feol a stifling sigh come invol¬ 
untarily from the recesses of a feeling heart, 
as ho sits by tho fireside and thinks of days 
now faded and withered in the broad track 
of time—days of joy, pure in nature, and 
days sw ept ruthlessly and forever by. 
Who feels not thus ? The fireside is a 
charmed spot,—tho remembered fireside of 
an old homo ! What, ’mong all the tracings 
on memory’s tablets forms so beautiful a 
picturo as this ? Where tho child first 
learned to know and prize the accents of a 
loved, mayhap noiv an angel mother, and 
where a fathers’ manly caress and encour¬ 
aging voice was first appreciated, and listen¬ 
ed to with thrillings of delight—and where 
ho oft has sat for many an hour in after 
years, when hot youth was tumultuously 
welling up from tho doeps of his soul!— 
Ah! gone is my old fireside, and nothing is 
left of it!—’Mong tho “ pictures hanging in 
Memory’s Halls ” is ono painted by the wiz¬ 
ard hand of love — a sweot and prized pic¬ 
ture, tinted with affection’s bright hues. A 
curtain hangs over it, the curtain of past 
time, and yet it is strangely distinct — the 
old firosido ! Geo. R. Poulton. 
Jonesville, Mich., Oct. 25th. 1852. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
HUMAN LIFE. 
The true scholar— and may we not add, 
Christian ? — will feel that tho richest ro¬ 
mance, the noblest fiction, that eyor was 
woven, tho heart and soul of beauty, lies 
enclosed in human life. Itself of surprising 
value, it is also tho richest lesson for his 
elucidation. 
Ho must bear bis share of tho common 
load. He must work. He must work with 
men in houses, and not with their names in 
books. His needs, appetites, talents, affec¬ 
tions, accomplishments, are keys that open 
to him tlio beautiful museum of human life. 
Why should ho read it as an Arabian tale, 
and not know in his own beating bosom its 
sweet and smart ? Out of love and hatred, 
out of earnings and borrowings and lend¬ 
ings and losses, out of sickness and pain, 
out of wooing and worshiping, out of travel¬ 
ing and voting and watching and caring, 
out of disgrace and eon tempt, comes our 
tuition in the serene and beautiful laws.— 
Let him not slur his lesson ; lot him learn 
it by heart. Let him endeavor exactly, 
bravely and choerfully, to solve the problem 
of that lino which is set before him ; and 
this by punctual action, and not by promises 
and dreams. J. s. G. 
Media, Pa., Nov., 1852. 
EMPLOY MEN T - BRE A.D - EDUCATION. 
Where there is employment, thoro will 
be bread ; and in a country like our own, 
above all others, will this truth hold good— 
a country liko ours, where, with a great deal 
of spirit and activity among tho masses, if 
they can find employment, there is always 
great willingness to labor. If they can ob¬ 
tain fair compensation^ for their labor, they 
will have good houses, good clothing, good 
food, and the means of educating their fam¬ 
ilies ; and if they have good clothing and 
good food, and the means of educating their 
children, from their labor, their labor will bo 
cheerful, and they will bo a contented and 
happy people. 
The above, which it is said was uttered by 
Daniel Webster in a spoech in tho Senate of 
tho United States, is sound common sense. 
Contentment and happiness is the true end 
of life. The moans to securo this end is the 
equal rights of all men. The remedy for 
many, if not for most of tho evils which af¬ 
flict and oppress mankind, is to be found in 
enlightened common sense. “ Wise ends and 
means make wisdom.” Tho wheels of truo 
reform will not bo clogged with uncongonia! 
preliminaries, nor its shafts pressed down 
with the weight of extraneous burdens. “It 
is more blessed to give than to receive.” It 
is only to know unerringly tho proper ob¬ 
ject—to discover clearly tho right means, 
and apply them. Not sayiug but doing; and 
doing now, is true reform. 
Mnturnl Histort]. 
BROODING PLACES ON THE FALKLAND 
ISLANDS. 
Br the namo of “brooding places,” the 
navigator’s of tho South seas understand 
places selected by various sea fowls, whore 
they in common build their nests, lay their 
eggs, and bring up their young. Here they 
assemble in immense massos, and in the 
laying out and construction of those places, 
exhibit great caution, judgment and indus¬ 
try. When a sufficient number havo assem¬ 
bled on tho shore, they appear first to bold 
a consultation, and then to set about execu¬ 
ting the great purpose for which they havo 
come together. 
First they choose out a level spot of suf¬ 
ficient extent, often of four or fivo acres, 
near the beach. In this they avoid ground 
that is too stoney, which would be danger¬ 
ous to their eggs. Next they deliberate on 
the plan of their future camp, after which 
they lay out a regular parallelogram, offer¬ 
ing room enough for the brother and sister¬ 
hood, somewhere from one to five acres.— 
One side of tho place is bounded by the sea, 
and is always left open for entrance and 
exit; tho other three sides are enclosed with 
a wall of stones and roots. 
These Industrious feathered workers first 
of all remove from tho place all obstacles 
to their design; they tako up the stones 
with their bills and carry them to tho boun¬ 
daries to compose the wall. Within this 
wall they build a perfectly smooth and oven 
footpath some six or eight foot wide, which 
is used by day as a public promenade, and 
by night for tho back and forward march of 
the sentinels. 
After they havo in this way completed 
their embankments on tho threo landward 
sides, they lay out tho interior into equal 
little quadrangles separated from each other 
by narrow footpaths, crossed at right angles. 
In each crossing of these paths an albatross 
builds his nest, and in tho middle of each 
quadrangle, a penguin, so that every alba¬ 
tross is surrounded by four penguins, and 
every penguin has an albatross on four sides 
neighbors. In this way tho whole place is 
regularly occupied, and only at somo dis¬ 
tance are places left free for other sea fowl, 
such as the green cormorant and so called 
Fellyr. 
Though tho penguin and albatross live so 
near and in such intimacy, they not only 
build their nests in different fashions, but 
tho penguin plunders the nest of its friend 
whenever it has an opportunity. The nest 
of tho penguin is a simple hollow in tho 
ground, just deep enough to keep tho eggs 
from rolling out, while tho albatross raises 
a little hill of earth, grass, and muscles, 
eight or ten inches high, with tho diameter 
of a water pail, and builds its nest on the 
top whence it looks down on it next neigh¬ 
bors and friends. 
None of the nests in tho entire brooding 
place are left vacant an instant until the 
eggs arc hatched, and the young ones are 
old enough to tako caro of themselves.— 
The male bird goes to tho sea for fish, and 
when ho has satisfied his hunger, hurries 
back to the place of tho fejnale, while she 
in turn goes in pursuit of food. Even 
when they are changing places, they know 
how to manage so as not to leave their eggs 
for a moment uncovered. When, for in¬ 
stance, tho mate comes back from fishing 
ho nestles close beside the female and grad¬ 
ually crowds her off the nost with such caro 
as to cover the eggs completely with the 
feathers without exposing them to tho air 
at all. In this way they guard their eggs 
against being stolen by tho other females, 
which are so greedy to raise largo families 
that thoy seize every chance to rob the sur¬ 
rounding nests. Tho -royal penguin is ex¬ 
ceedingly cunning in this sort of trick, and 
never loses an occasion that is offered. In 
this way it often happens that the brood of 
this bird on growing up turns out to bo of 
two or three different species, a sure proof 
that their paronts are no honester than 
their neighbors. 
It is not only interesting but instructive 
and even touching to watch from a little 
distance the life and movements at these 
brooding places. You can see tho birds 
walking up and down tho oxterior path or 
public promenade in pairs, or oven four, six,- 
or eight together, loooking very liko officers 
promenading on a parade day. Then all at 
once, the whole brood place is in continuous 
commotion. A flock of the penguins come 
I back from the sea and waddle along through 
the narrow paths, to greet their mates after 
this brief separation; another company aro 
on tho way to get food for themselves or to 
bring in provisions. At tho same time the 
cove is darkened by an immense cloud of 
albatrosses, that continually hovor above 
the brooding place, descending from thoir 
excursions or mounting in tho air to go up¬ 
on them. Ono can look at thoso birds for 
hours, and not grow weary of gazing, ob¬ 
serving and wondering at their busy social 
life. 
Musical Dog. —A gentleman of this city, 
says the Boston Traveler, has a favorite par¬ 
lor dog, who has long manifested a decided 
taste for music, uniformly taking up his po¬ 
sition near tho piano whenover it is played, 
and evincing unusual interest in the per¬ 
formance. A few days since, as tho gentle¬ 
man informs us, his wife, while sitting in an 
adjoining room, was surprised to hear, as 
she supposed, somo person fumbling at the 
piano in a singularly awkward manner. On 
examining the cause of tho disturbance, 
she found tho dog, seized by an impulse of 
imitation, standing upon his hind feet, and 
actually engaged in attempting to play upon 
the instrument. That is a wonderful dog, 
and no doubt, with proper training, may be¬ 
come a musical prodigy. 
He who borrows to build, builds to soli. 
Sabbiitfi Headings. 
LIGHT AND LOVE. 
Light waits for Ds in heaven—inspiring thought, 
That when the darkness all is overpast, 
That beauty which the Lamb of God has bought 
Shall flow about our saved souls at last, 
And wrap them from all night-time and all woe; 
The Spirit and the word assure us so. 
Love lives for us in heaven—0 not so sweet 
Is the May dew which mountain flowers enclose, 
Nor golden raining of the winnowed wheat. 
Nor blushing out of the brown earth of rose, 
Or whitest lily, as, beyond times’s wars, 
Tho silvery rising of these two twin stars! 
Ladies’ Repository. 
For the Rural New Yorker. 
WHERE ARE OUR TREASURES! 
In judging of tho state of the heart — of 
tho moral altitude of its purposes and affec- • 
tions,—wo can ask ourselves no more impor¬ 
tant and searching question than this:— 
Where aro our dearest prized treasures de¬ 
posited ? For tho Savior has declared, in 
one of those brief utterances which com¬ 
mand at onco tho assent of every reflecting 
mind,—“ Whore your treasure is, there will 
your heart be also ?” 
Where aro our treasures ? lot all ask who 
read thoso paragraphs. Aro they hidden 
in earthly coffers, are thoy placed on earthly 
wisdom or honors ? If so, our hearts aro 
fixed on transitory things; they dwell in tho 
strong box where our wealth is hoarded, 
they are bound up with the honors wo havo 
gained, or havo become a part of tho wis. 
dom of which wo pride ourselves. Our 
hearts havo no homo but with tho earthly 
and fleeting; they live with their empty, 
vanishing honors, with their wisdom which 
provos folly in tho light of eternity, or with 
their wealth which takes wings liko a fright¬ 
ened bird, fleeing at onco and forever away. 
Nor can ono of these valued possessions 
prove of any worth beyond the present ex¬ 
istence. Death strips us of all treasures 
laid up in earthly coffers. If moth and 
rust corrupt not, and no thieves steal away, 
yet an hour comes when all must be left bo- 
hind, and tho heart bo ushered into tho eter¬ 
nal world, naked, poor—with none of thoso 
possessions which it has hithorto made its 
pride and solace — its hope and stronghold 
in its earthly journey. 
Whoro arc our treasures ? let us ask again. 
Some who read are of thoso who have look¬ 
ed upon tho earth and everything it ostecms ; 
and found nowhere a worthy homo for the 
heart and tho riches most to be valued.— 
Tho admonition, “Lay up for yourselves 
treasures in Heaven,” wo havo thought that 
of wisdom, and through tho graco of God 
gavo hoed thereto; and our treasures are 
safe with Him, boyond tho reach of moth or 
rust or prowling thief, and thoro our hearts 
aro also. Wo love to contemplate tho riches 
of lovo Divino, which oven now are ours, 
and tho priceless joys wo shall soon inherit 
in tho chosen homo of our hearts, where is 
laid up that “pearl of groat price” — the 
hope of eternal life. 
Who would not “ lay up treasures in 
Heaven ?” They are safe thoro, and though 
wo enjoy them continually, they shall in¬ 
crease thereby. The heart need never fear 
of becoming bankrupt which has there its 
treasures in deposit. And, oh ! how brief 
and vain our present life and all its pssses- 
sions. Of our immortality wo spond on 
earth but a moment, yet in that moment wo 
fix its destiny. “ Lay up for yourselves 
treasures in Heaven.” Make it tho home of 
your heart while on earth, and it shall be 
your homo in the eternity to which we all 
aro hastening.— b. 
^BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN SENTIMENT. 
Gregory, of Nyssa, ono of tho’ Greek 
Christian Fathers, and brother of Basil, tho 
Great, givos expression, as follows, to tho 
softer and more profound emotions of ono 
who felt tho mysteries of Christianity : 
“ When I see every rocky lodge, every 
valloy and plain, covered with new fresh 
verdure, the variegated foliage of the trees, 
and tho lilies on tho ground, gifted by be¬ 
neficent nature with the combined attrac¬ 
tions of odor and color ; when I see the blue 
ocean at a distance, toward which the clouds 
seem to bo floating on their way through 
Ileavon. my soul is possessed by a melan¬ 
choly which is not entirely without a senso 
of enjoyment. When the fruits have with¬ 
ered away in Autumn, and tho leaves fallen 
to tho earth, and tho boughs of trees, de¬ 
prived of their green garniture, wave dry 
and shrivelled, wo are led instinctively, in 
tho midst of tho everlasting and regular 
changes of Nature, to feel the harmony of 
thoso wondrous powers which inform all 
things. Ho who contemplates thorn with 
tho eye of tho spirit, recognizes the little¬ 
ness of men surrounded by the wondrous 
magnificence of tho Universe ! ” 
Promises made in time of ailliction re¬ 
quire a bettor memory than people com¬ 
monly possess. 
The storms of adversity are wholesome; 
though, liko snow storms, their drift is not 
always soon. 
