MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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#[ Written for tlio Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE FIXED STARS. 
How often have we stood beneath the dark 
two clocks keep time together. We often for- v ..v ♦ . 
get in debate that the structure of two minds if! [V f (f f £ <2 W It 1 (2 t 
may differ as much as two bodies. ^ b U U I o' I + 
Teachers too frequently cultivate a morbid „.. 
SCHOOL VISITATION. sensibility. . I ( shows itself Oil every occasion, ,[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] * 
_ . and m various ways, they fancy the world 
Various expedients have been adopted in overlooks them * Conscious of possessing IHE HXEU MARS. 
. 0 , . 1 - ., e ■ stores of knowledge from books, they under- -. 
different .fates, foi the puipose o ensuimg Vil ] ue knowledge obtained by intercourse with How often have we stood beneath the dark 
frequent and efficient visit ation ol the Common society, and foolishly complain because a man blue dome of heaven at night, and gazed up- 
Schools. In some of the smaller States, a gen- of less study and more polish takes the prefer- ward8( with infinite delight, upon the beautiful 
oral Superintendent or commissioner has been in D ; 0 community. Ibis morbid sensi- , f , r , 
• . d wbnqe dntv it i« In nerambnlate the bility breaks out on too many occasions, and, stals taat & em tbc ^ ar ‘°^ and watched the 
JI ’ '. y .. ^ I. too frequently, a teacher can in no way injure movements of those silent orbs that twinkle so 
State, hold institutes, visit the schools, ant <o himself more deeply, than by complaining of mildly from their starry thrones, far, far away 
all things in his power most conducive to the being undervalued, or suffering from want of f rom earth, in the blue, ethereal space, where 
progress and encouragement of education.- respect, by tenaciously contending always for tb are evcr wheeling on in tlieir vast jour- 
Many of these expedients have been tried from neys through the realms of ether, and where 
time to tune with only partial success; and 'pp e exhibitions of this morbid sensibility have the operations of those laws that govern the 
some of them abandoned. In our own State, brought the blush to many a wise teacher’s universe, are being carried on upon a scale of 
some years since, a County Superintendent face. magnitude and sublimity that baffles all human 
™> <“ «“* wh “ «- wKSSffAyS understanding, and that **. the collective 
peeled to exercise general saperymry and vis- ^ who ailltr from you Cidfe Powers of all human calculation! 
■tonal powers over the schools ... Ins county; bencvoleut feeling towards others; love hu- The immense distance at which some of the 
but the expenses of these offices were deemed man.ty notwithstanding its faults; respect the ncarat M sltm „ know „ bc plMcd 
so onerous pecuniarily, that the County Super- opinions of others, and show your respect by , , , , „ 1 
intendencies were after a year or two of trial every word and actio,..-JV. T. Teacker. proves them to he globes of prodigious sme, 
abolished by law. In a commonwealth like 
ours, containing ten thousand school districts, THE HO,HE OF NOAH WEBSTER’S CHILDHOOD, 
it would take a single visitorial committee over 
thirty years to go once round—a sufficient Noah Webster, author of the “America! 
i a. f.- • . . i ■, , , , Dictionary of the English Language,” will b( 
length of time, it must be conceded, to elapse , , n ., . , b ° ’. , , 
° .... ’ . remembered as long as that language is heard 
between each visitation: tlionce the question From the venerable halls of the oldest college 
arises, how can a proper supervisory board be in America to the rudest cabin in the westen 
best established for our schools? The best "’ikls, his name is familiar as household words 
nevoieut leehngs towards others; love hu- The immense distance at which some of the 
inity notwithstanding its faults; respect the ncarest fixed stara are known to be placed, 
unions ol others, and show your respect by , , , „ . 
ery word and action.—.V. Y. Teacher. proves them to be globes ol prodigious size, 
____ not inferior to the sun—shining with their 
IE HOME OF NOAH WEBSTER’S CHILDHOOD. ° wn ’ and not with reflect l d li ? ht :t is ’ th ® n * 
by no means unreasonable to suppose that 
Noah Webster, author of the “American each ° r thc unnumbered millions of twinkling 
possible supervision, if it could be effected, 
would be a frequent visit of parents and pat¬ 
rons; but it is a fact too well known to all 
in xxiiilsi iLlivJ 1 UUC51 UtlUlil III LI1U „ i < 1 t it 
wilds, his name is fa.. ns household words P l: with unnumbered worlds re- 
When one lias won such a remembrance in the living* around it, and satellites around cacli 
hearts of his countrymen, and attained so hon¬ 
orable an eminence in the eyes of mankind, we 
naturally look upon him with a reverence 
teachers, that the light of such a countenance which causes us to regard with peculiar interest , . , ! 
seldom appears within the school-room door, everything connected with his history. c uimci, 
unless indeed it be to enter a complaint against ™ at "! tere8t is strikingly manifested in rcla- The san 
of them, and all moving together, in silent 
harmony, through the vast infinity of space, in 
an immense orbit, around the great center of 
unless indeed it be to enter a complaint against ' T 1 ? ia 11 V 
„ * ... lion to the home ol his childhood, and the 
trespassing pupils; or to call the teacher him- 8Cenes f amiliar to his youth. Hence we natu- 
self to account for some supposed sin of omis- rally feel a desire to visit those places which 
1 hat interest is strikingly manifested in rcla- The same starry scene that was unfolded to 
lion to the home of his childhood, and the the vision of angels as they lingered around 
the morning of creation, is now presented to 
sion or commission; the former by reason of he so often frequented, and especially to behold us, and we gaze upon the same beautiful stars 
too great leniency in some quarters not spe- house in which he passed his infancy and that shed their pale light on the first of “Ai>- 
cially touching his own children, and the latter . sl l a lL Sa L tbat this !? “? t . a AM ’ S racc ”>' and though long, weary ages have 
UIUI 1 V bUUlUiiiL’ mo uwu auu iuv; 1 „ l j i 1 - J O'-. v 
by reason of a merited flagellation inflicted others to more’zealouTeflbrts to'attaina high tbc y lh « 
upon a favorite but impudent and disobedient position of usefulness in the world: 
dark realms of space, and their fires kindled by 
j[ d< It is with such feelings that we turn to view * be l° rcb the Almighty, their glory remains 
T , , . „ . , the birthplace of Noah Webster, and even a unchanged and their brightness undimmed. 
In cities where a large number of scholars picture 0 \ lhe home of his childhood, has at- Wp fnrm , f . . 
are contained in narrow limits of territory, and tractions. It is situated on an elevated ridge .. ‘ . f heir immense 
property is of sufficient value to admit of taxa- of land, about one mile south of the Congre- < is ance rorn us ’ w icn we remember that 
rom us, when we remember that 
tion to support a City Superintendent, the ne- S a ^’onal church, in West Hartford, Connect!- Hght, tiaveling, as it does, with the almost in- 
cessity of school visitation is provided for in cut, and about four miles west from the city of conceivable velocity of twelve millions of miles 
the form of such an officer; but in the country ar^se°en' from' thT'house; ^aiso'‘’\Vullsvvortl!V per J rould u P wards f K j x years in 
and in sparsely inhabited localities the matter Tower, on Talcott Mountain, about six miles to reach | n & ns ,rom tlie nearest fixed star; and 
is much more difficult. The State Teachers’ the northwest w<:n ' d be blotted from existence to-day, 
Association during its late annual meeting at I his house is owned by Mr. Samuel Hurl- its light would blaze on with the same bril- 
Oswego, with commendable zeal for the pro- wl £ V 1 -T a ;’° ng pC ' Hancy for six - years to conie - ere ita would 
. b ’ , _ _ , , . 1 nod. In after life Webster cherished a warm be ouenehed in eternal rlnrkneoa. ,,.i,:i„ ^ 
motion of the Common School interest, ap- affection for the home of his childhood, and on , ? , , . ' . ^kness, while other 
pointed an agent at a salary of one thousand his last visit to the house, about a year before S a1 . 8 an< ne ,l ieie ar< ;’’ 80 remote the 
dollars, to travel through the State during the bis death, in 1843, he requested Mr. ilurlbut IC 'g> 0I|S of space that their light would be tnil- 
sufficient to keep at least one agent in the field, cultivated a small farm for the support of his on their silent journey, have never reached us. 
where there is room for the active labors of bunilv, consisting ot two daughters and three It has been computed that one hundred 
a hundred. All he can do, at most, will be to ^fimlustry in th^emp^ . milli ° n8 ° f bUu8> . rei " 0te for tho naked e - ve 
visit the counties and principal points where Ti )e early advantages of Noah were very to gaze upon, are distinctly .visible through the 
the teachers of thc vicinity can be easiest as- limited, yet he so overcame them by carefully telescope; yet this vast assemblage of worlds 
sembled, give them such lessons of instruction improving his time, that he entered Yale Col- and systems, immense as it may be, perhaps 
as he can impart, and encourage them to meet !l!K e . at '* l( . ! a |?p <d sixteen. His subsequent forms no larger a proportion to the boundless 
together more frequently for mutual aid and ^ & ( es< n I ),1<)1 > 11 re. depths of space that lie beyond, than does a 
comfort A general visitorial duty is impossi- -_ particle of vapor to the mighty ocean, and the 
ble, as he would become grey with age, and t,, e London Morning Chronicle, in an elab- ,UllvC, .’ se would suffer no ,noru from de- 
the pupils themselves assume the positions of orate notice of the Educational Exhibition Auction than would the verdantffoliage of the 
fathers and mothers in many districts—if not n( ? w °P en j n London, thus speaks Of the con- forest, from the fall of a single leaf; and were 
in Israel, with their own children in the school- lI *butions from this country: ihc light of one of these twinkling stars to be 
house, long before the agent would approach , “Of foreign countrie^ America is the Iarg- quenched forever, its place would no more be 
in Israel, with their own children in the school- lld,,lt ' 011K bom this country: ilie light of one of these twinkling stars to be 
house, long before the agent would approach “°f'foreign countries, America is the larg- quenched forever, its place would no more be 
their neighborhood in his extensive peregriua- New York h^ sent‘a la?ge^olle^io.?o\Tdm the heaveris ’ lhe mind that could 
tions. cational works, which are interesting from >c universe, than a single grain-of sand 
1 1 ♦ 1 *- their classification. They are arranged under woldd be from the matter of ten thousand 
1I0W TEACHERS SHOULD TREAT ONE the heada of algebra, analyzers, arithmetic, worlds. 
ANOTHER. astronomy, atlases, book-keeping, composition, ]t ] ia8 been ascertained that many of the 
definers, dictionaries, drawings, elocution, ex- ... „ , , J , 
„ , , , , , , DOsitors etvmoliurv »r fl /mi7>f*r« stars, in various parts of the heavens, have a 
It has long been the scandal of the medical ' ' ’ ] . b a/ ctu u., geography, f - • ,, , 
profession that doctors disagree. If our teach- geometry, globes, grammar histones, music, P«oper motion in space, and by accurate and 
ers’ meetings are taken as an illustration, an r f der t 6 P eJler f; a ‘ ld Ia 'SceIlaneous. There is unwearied observations of the quantities and 
adage to become equally common may be ad- also a large collection of specimens of writing, bearings of these motions, together with the 
ded concerning teachers. ' iawin f> aa< designing, from various ward and judications afforded by the parallaxes, and the 
, r i r r primary schools. lhe specimens have attach- ... .. tl . . ’ 
Why do medical men disagree more fre- ed to them the names and ages of the pupils influeQces of tI,at beautiful theory of Nkwton 
quently than lawyers. I'roni these two rea^ the lowest ace boinir seven, and the l.io-lmu —universal gravitation—astronomers have ar- 
1I0W TEACHERS SHOULD TREAT ONE 
ANOTHER. 
astronomy, atlases, book-keeping composition, ]t hua been a. ocerla j ned that many of the 
denners, dictionaries, drawings, elocution, ex- , . . P : , 
positors, etymology, gazetteers, geography, s a,S| 111 vanous P arts ^*e heavens, have a 
geometry, globes, grammar, histories, music! P ro P er uiotion in space; and by accurate and 
readers, spellers, and miscellaneous. There is unwearied observations of the quantities and 
also a large collection of specimens of writing, bearings of these motions, together with the 
drawing and designing, from various ward and judications afforded by the parallaxes, and the 
primary schools. The specimens have attach- . „ „ 
ed to them the names and ages of the pupils, in uences 0 1 ,at beautiful theory ol Nkwton 
the lowest age being seven, and the hbdiest —universal gravitation—astronomers have ar- 
lorce to readier*. i.u uns reason may oe au- American schools. Messrs. Karnes & Co., the „ 1,1B LUU vv u > ana 
ded several others, peculiar in a good degree extensive publishers of New York have sent the unnumbered millions of stars that compose 
to them. Many have little acquaintance with over a very large consignment of the best of this immense cluster, but exclusive of the more 
rt!!v W ! fI Vftn! Un Enp ieM r tIieir educati °ual works. Nova Scotia and remote nebulae, which belong to other systems, 
maintain them and tlieir authority before their Sff ® olonies make Hence they have been led to fix upon the star 
their opinions alone Long accustomed to the British North American colonies make 
maintain them and their authority before tlieir but a com paratively poor show.” 
pupils, without opposition, they become ear- 
nest combatants when opposed. Difference of 
opinion merely, in a man of limited experience, Evkry well-read and well-taught instructor 
too often creates strong dislike, and sometimes knows that thc march of intellect of the pres- 
Alcyone, of that group, as the center of grav¬ 
ity, and, consequently, the great central sun, 
around which myriads of mighty suns are per- 
active opposition. Theories formed in the ent day, has been greatly developed in the ad- furmiug tlieir vast journeys through the heav- 
closet are for the first time shown false or as- vanee of the science of training the youthful uns, each followed by a retinue of planetary 
saulted, and the teacher fires up at the exliibi- mind from infancy up to manhood; and that worlds, and around which our own sun, attend- 
tion or onset. . its progress is marked by a degree oI excel- ed b „ j by golden train of worlds, is rapidly 
Too few teachers have trained themselves to lence, us superior to that of thirty years since, , .* , 
perfect self-ccmtrol-the very secret of govern- as the threshing machine of modern times is wh , eeb ^ °“ m a CirC l U,nference 80 va8t - tliat 
ing others as well as ourselves. In many superior to the antiquated flail—or as the light would be more than a thousand years in 
there is a want of enlarged views, the result of steam-boat of our day excels the keel-boat of traversing its diameter, and requiring, as it is 
a limited acquaintance with the active bustle of a half century since. To extend the benefits supposed, upwards of eighteen millions of 
life. of these improvements in this science by means ‘ »__ , , , 
The wider our acquaintance with mankind, of those who are adepts in the art, and who W a,s 0 1 H 0 111 1 C ° mp * L revou ion 
the more we study the various opinions of oth- are specially charged with the duty, is one im- arour,d ‘Hytant centre. I lien the great 
ers, if our hearts are right—the more liberal portunt object iu the law of 1854.— Penn, horologe in the circle of Time will beat one, 
we become, the less we value our own opin- School Jour. and the sun, with its golden train, start off 
ions, and the more we respect the opinions of 1 • ‘ “ anew on another of its vast journeys through 
other men. Evkry man certainly has a right to 1 ve, and , , , « 
. .. ) m i „ r v." i l tu i * p . . J * * i . i • the dark realms of ether, to regions more dis- 
Ch.irles V. who employed some of lus last the duty of every just man is to let him live.— > ft 
days iu manufacturing tiine-pieces, often ex- Dlessed be the day, if come it ever should, font than Geometry ever measured, and upon 
pressed his regret that he encouraged the per- when man will learn tliat his own true prosper- R scale of magnitude that baffles all human 
seeutiem of some of his subjects for different ity is essentially involved in the prosperity of conceptions. D. Bkainkkd Abbky. 
religious opinions, when he could not make his neighbor. Southport, n. y., August, 1854 . 
THE EMrEROR NICHOLAS. 
The Courier des Elats Unis, says:—Born 
in 17%, Nicholas is now 58 yearsofage. He 
has passed, according to the vulgar phrase, to 
the condition of a handsome man who takes 
the fair round belly. His abdomen and shoul¬ 
ders have a portly fullness; age has thinned 
the hair on his temples; his eyes are nearly 
buried under the protuberant mass which 
swells out over his cheek bones. He affects 
the look of majesty, and would still sometimes 
appear majestic if lie showed less solicitude up¬ 
on that point. 
To appear magnetized, fascinated, by bis 
look, is to address to him the sweetest of all 
. flatteries. Louis XIY.' had also those tastes 
which are those of most despots; but, more 
skillful than Nicholas, lie knew how greatly 
: mystery increases the impression of majesty, 
and was difficult of access. Nicholas, on the 
contrary, is one of the men you most frequent¬ 
ly meet in the streets of St Petersburg. It is 
there that lie makes his favorite promenade, 
and as he cannot endure the odor of tobacco, 
he has strictly forbidden every inhabitant of 
the capital to smoke anywhere except at home. 
In winter, thc Emperor rarely fails to be pres¬ 
ent at the masked balls and assemblies of the 
nobility, where he takes pleasure in allowing 
himself to be called Nicholas by the French 
actresses, who take him by the arm and talk 
to him in the most familiar manner. 
Nicholas occupies himself much with France 
and with what the French think of him. On 
his visit to Rome, Fanny Ellsler asked to be 
presented to him: “No,” replied he, «it will be 
said at I’aris that I came to Rome for the pur¬ 
pose of seeing dancers.” 
In his youth, Nicholas was often surprised 
carving thc name of Napoleon on the bark of 
the birch trees of Petershoff. He indulged in 
• dreams of a warlike destiny similar to that of 
the great Captain; but nature had refused him 
military genius, as the war against Turkey in 
1828 fully proved. 
1 le felt compelled to change the direction of 
his ambition; and lie endeavored to make him¬ 
self the symbol of authority, and to unite in 
his person the highest degree of authority and 
power which a man has ever supported. I las 
this attempt succeeded? One can boldly an¬ 
swer, no. 
Skasonabi.e An vice.— The Philadelphia 
Sun administers the following sensible advice 
to its readers. If strictly followed, we may bid 
defiance to the cholera and other diseases so 
prevalent at this season of the year: 
“1. Take exercise daily and amply, but 
avoid excessive exertion or fatigue. 2. Eat 
regularly and temperately of wholesome, nutri¬ 
tious food, but avoid everything which tends 
in ordinary times to produce indigestion or 
cholera morbus. 3. Be careful of the night 
air, avoid physical effort after night-full, and 
keep good hours inflexibly. 4. Never let a 
corrupted appetite seduce you into a seeming 
belief that brandy or any other stimulant is a 
preventive of cholera or any other disease, nor 
be persuaded to take one drop of an intoxicat¬ 
ing beverage, unless it shall be prescribed by 
a physician whom you know to be capable and 
strictly temperate. 5. Keep a light, heart, a 
cool head, and a clear conscience. These rules 
are applicable alike to the city and country, 
and we believe they will be found safe and sal¬ 
utary under almost any circumstances.” 
The Asteroids. —The small planets, whose 
orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter, 
arc called Asteroids. Their discovery ‘be¬ 
longs to the present century, the first having 
been seen on the night of January 1, 1801 .— 
The other planets have been known from the 
earliest times. New Asteroids have been dis¬ 
covered from time to time, especially of late 
years, and there are now known to be no less 
than twenty-nine of them. The following are 
the names which have been assigned to them, 
almost exhausting the catalogue.of goddesses, 
which is the acknowledged treasury for planets’ 
names:—1. Ceres; 2. I'allas; 3. Juno; 4. 
Vesta; 5. Astrea; 6. Hebe; 7. Iris; 8. Flora; 
9. Metis; 10. llygen; 11. Parthenope; 12. 
Clio; 13. Egeria; 14 Irene; 15. Eunoine; 16. 
Pysche; 17. Thetis; 18. Melpomene; 19. For- 
tuna; 20. Massalia; 21. Lutetia; 22. Calliope; 
23. Thalia; 24. Themis; 25. Phocia; 2(>. Pro¬ 
serpina; 27. Euterpe; 28. Bellona; 29. Amphi- 
trite. 
Extreme Length of the Hair. —Sir Chas. 
Wilkins states that while he was a resident at 
Benares, he saw a fakir, the hair of whose 
head reached the enormous length of twelve 
feet. (Saturday Magazine, No. 1G8.) The 
hair tails of the Chinese frequently reach the 
ground! and their moustaches have been culti¬ 
vated to the length of eight or nine inches. 
White mentions an Italian lady whose hair 
reached to her feet when she stood upright; 
the same observation may be made of the 
Creek women. A Prussian soldier had his 
hair long enough, when loosened, to touch the 
ground; and, in several instances, English la¬ 
dies have had it from five to six feet long.— 
One instance occurs to my memory,in the per¬ 
son of Mrs. Astley, the wife of Mr. Astlcy, of 
the Amphitheater, in the Westminster bridge 
road .—Rowland on the Hair. 
Cost rkr Mii.k of Railroads.— Western 
(Mass.,) $64,250; Boston and Worcester, $70,- 
231; New York and New Haven, $81,014; 
New Haven and Hartford, $54,355; New 
York Central, $67,181; Hudson River, $81,- 
812; Camden and Amboy, $66,576; Pennsyl¬ 
vania Central, $54,400; Baltimore and Ohio, 
$51,292; Michigan Central, $35,657; Cincin¬ 
nati, Hamilton and Dayton, $44,327; Little 
Miami, $31,359; Michigan Southern and 
Northern Indiana Railroads, $23,500; Cleve¬ 
land and Toledo, 25,000. 
There is no little enemy. A man either 
hates you with his whole heart, or lie don’t, 
hate you at all. This hating a little is a good 
deul like blowing up a powder mill a little. It 
can’t be done.' 
Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to 
us from unexpected sources. It is not where 
we have gathered up our brightest hopes, that 
the dawn of happiness breaks. It is not there, 
where we have glanced our eyes with affright, 
that we find the deadliest gloom. What slio’ld 
this teach vs? To bow to the great und only 
Source of light and life humbly, with confiding 
resignation. 
[Written for Moore’o Rural Now-Yorkor.] 
I’D RATHER BE SAD. 
I’D rather be sad I The ocean deep, 
la mute with sadness, Is hushed in sleep : 
’Tis the shallow streams that are noisy and gay ; 
I’d rather bo like the ocean than they— 
I’d rather bo sad t 
I’d rather he sad 1 thc forest green 
Reposes in gloom, in deep sadness is seen ; 
On the landscape the eye loves better to dwell, 
When twilight casts o’er it her shadowy spell— 
I’d rather be sad I 
I’d rather he sad 1 Spring is joyous and gay, 
And Summer as glad and as laughing as May ; 
Hut Autumn is sad; yet her treasures are grand, 
She bestows her rich fruits with a lavishing hand— 
Give me Autumn, though sadl 
I’m happiest when sad Twhen alone, all alone, 
Through the wildwood I wander, o’er pathways unknown; 
To commune with my thoughts, and with nature converse, 
Far away from the world and sin’s blighting curse— 
I’m happiest when sadl 
Then let me he sadl ask me not to return, 
To the world’s heartless scenes, or now vanities loam I 
Ask me not to he thoughtless; or sadness beguile I 
’Tis better to weep when sad than to smile. 
Ask me not to join in the lightsome laugh I 
To bo gay with the giddy, or pleasure's cup quad— 
I’d rather be sad 1 
Collihsvillo, Ohio, 1854. R. Iinvur Mo. 
[For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE BLESSINGS OF RABBI JO (HI AN AN. 
[A Rabbinical Tradition compiled from the Talmud.] 
The learned and wise Rabbi Jocii.vnan lay 
enfeebled from old age, and felt that, his last 
hour was fast approaching. His pupils stood 
around his bed in deep sorrow, and became 
more sorrowful as they beheld tears rolling 
down the cheeks of their aged teacher. After 
a long and melancholy silence, one of the 
pupils said :—“Rabbi, why weepest thou? Is 
it hard for thee to depart this life? Didst 
thou not teach us the vanity and nothingness 
of our earthly existence? Didst thou not 
point out to us a better life, a heavenly ex¬ 
istence?” 
“Certainly,” replied the Rabbi, “I taught 
you all this; and l weep not because I must 
leave this world !” 
“Rabbi!” began his pupil again, “thou hast 
been our light, an our rock, and image of 
virtue and piety! If thou, in the moment of 
departure from this earth, sheddest tears, what 
will befall us, who do not possess thy virtues 
and the purity of thy heart? Will we not, on 
such an occasion, despair?" 
Upon which thc Rabbi replied:—“If an 
earthly prince should, on a sudden, summon 
me to him, a prince of flesh and blood, who 
must himself one day give an account before 
the great God,—who lives to-day and may be 
in the grave to-morrow; whoge punishment 
cannot be everlasting,—a man who could de¬ 
prive me of my being on this earth only,—a 
prince that can he appeased with words, mid 
won with gold, would I not fear and tremble to 
appear before him? Why should I not weep, 
when I am about to come before the august 
throne of the King of kings, whose dominion 
is eternal? This King cannot be softened with 
words, nor won with gold; for He is the Lord 
of all treasures. His rule is imperishable, and 
11 is word may condemn me to eternal misery. 
His judgment only decides what path I am 
about to wander, whether to Heaven or to the 
lower world! and for this reason, my friends, do 
I weep.” 
The tears of the Rabbi flowed more copious¬ 
ly, and his pupils stood cast down with heavy 
grief. They pressed closer round the bed of 
their dying teacher. The virtue of their mas¬ 
ter and the power of his piety tilled them with 
holy awe. 
“ Bless us, thou lamp of Israel!” they mourn¬ 
fully cried, and sank upon tlieir knees. 
The grey-haired Rabbi sat up, spread his 
hands over the kneeling, and said :—“ Fear 
continually the Almighty, as you fear an earth¬ 
ly King, a King of flesh and blood!” 
“ What! shall we not fear God more than an 
earthly King?” 
“Do but consider,” said the Rabbi feebly, 
“ how you would tremble, when you believe 
that some evil deed of yours has reached the 
ear of your earthly King, and how zealously 
would you strive to conceal it from him I May 
the like fear only ever fill your heart towards 
Almighty God, for lie is omnipresent, and no 
act of yours can escape his knowledge.” 
_S. T 
Words Fitly Broken.— Gen. Cass said re¬ 
cently in the Senate of the United States:— 
“ Independently of its connection with human 
destiny hereafter, I believe the fate of the re¬ 
publican government is indissolubly bound up 
with the fate of the Christian religion, und 
that a people who reject its holy faith, will find 
themselves the slaves of their own evil passions 
and of arbitrary powers.” He never spoke a 
truer sentence. 
