MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
dlnitaiifiitHl. 
MAKE YOUR MARK 
Ik the quarries do you toil, 
Do you delve upon the soil ? 
Make your mark 
In whatever path you go. 
In whatever place you stand, 
Moving swift or moving slow. 
With a firm and honest hand, 
Make your mark. 
Should opponents hedge your way, 
Work by night, or work by day. 
Make your mark. 
Struggling manfully and well. 
Let no obstacle oppose; 
None right shielded ever fell 
By the weapons of his foes— 
Make your mark, 
What though born a peasant’s son. 
Good by poor men can be done— 
Make your mark. 
Peasant’s garb may warm the cold ; 
Peasant’s words may calm a fear : 
Better far than hoarding gold 
Is the drying of a tear. 
Make your mark. 
Life is fleeting as a shade, 
Marks of some kind must be made. 
Make your mark— 
Make it while the arm is strong, 
In the golden hours of youth; 
Never, never make it wrong; 
Make it with the stamp of truth; 
Make your mark. 
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTES. ?| Vcf I AM’ TUB WOLF NURSES It INDIA. 
®scnu vpliu. XnB WO if inIralin in^wupo n .a S it »>* 
e l n ,- > ai “V ?'?"?■ —...... merly was in northern Europe, as a sacred jmi- 
‘X* 1 Ireudy perfected then- mul/ Almost all Hindoos I are a superstitious 
organization, and othera are only waning the * 11 S S E S. dread of destroying or even injuring'it; and a 
fnte”?ct,,’?%lrrhfb^ e £lttr I» the vegetableYoTthe animal kingdom, •“>»«& fa?* 
bv e tte > SuSntenle. l t aV t r Inst "," le f lled lLerc are descending grades of organic dovel- believes itself doomed to destrurtion* The 
point pupUs to Urn Normal SchTol ‘°&t VI 0 P“” t ’ mU ! "* *? te ™ i " a,es *» tho * ll “‘5“ h8 <l ¥ ri f lras 
any case that opportunity should not be e,»- [° mt where ...organ,c matter beg,ns ; or per- 
qrakg JUabing. 
[For the Rural New-Yorker.] 
ST. HELENA- 
Jiaae your main, _, ; , , 
each county, will be secured. 
What though born a peasant’s son, - The first step after 1 lie appointment of the 
Good by poor men can be done— Advisory Committee is for them to appoint a 
Make your mark. Principal, and then with him to select the lec- 
Pcasant’s garb may warm the cold; timers and teachers to give the needed instruc- 
Peasant’s words may calm a fear : tion, and thon to devise aD order of exercises 
Is the^drying of a tean ^ for the session. Much depends upon these 
Make your mark. preliminary measures, for if they be well plan- 
ed, aud the labor well classified among the dif- 
Life is fleeting as a shade, f erent teachers, order and efficiency will prevail 
Marks of some kind must be made. ^ The courseo f studies and lectures should 
vr -1 1 miU •« t be com P^ ete and comprehensive. Especially 
Make it while the arm is strong, ‘.i ,, , f ’ l,y 
in the golden hours of youth sbdul< f the branches usually taught in 
Never, never make it wrong ; ? cbools be . reviewed, and the best methods of 
Make it with the stamp of truth ; inipai ting iusti uction in each clearly presented. 
Make your mark. Opportunity I or discussion on all practical 
__ . ■» . --questions should be afforded — such as school 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] classification, uniformity of text books, modes 
DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOL-SO. III. 
. In school, as well as; elsewhere, I have found geJleml "education, showingThe^rel^ 
it to be true that a little matter will sometimes tions that exist between society and schools— 
produce a great fire. Mr. Butler, of Ken- between parents and teachers— superintendents 
tucky, whipped a boy for transgressing a simple and school districts,—as also the duties devolv- 
j Moult to ab tom ioe to which kiogdon, the aci.,g ,„.,oog (T ojg the attest 
Clerk to appoint the Advisory Committee - dlvldin S sub J ect P^perly belongs. ?, klil dr t) catc 1 tbem ’ ^ven these, however, 
Either of the above methods would answer the Among the lower orders of the vegetable ^ w- l ha J e no , superstitious fear of the 
demands of the law, aud if properly carried out, creation may be reckoned the Mosses, two of w j t b its usuaUlens and haunts verv^Mdom^t 1 
^hrr;m“ber,,. l od ^ ° r **« 10 - u *- <■» 
The fircif ft fw ti„‘ w, • 4 , r ., Leafed Scale Moss, are represented in a magni- profits they make of the gold and silver brace- 
tied form by the accompanying illustrations. i eb * and necklaces worn by the children whom 
| the wolves have carried to their dens, and 
; whose remains are left at the entrance. In all 
parts of India, it appears, numbers of children 
are daily murdered for the sake of these dan¬ 
gerous ornaments. 
The wolf, however, is sometimes kinder than 
man. In the neighborhood ofSultanpoor, and 
among the ravines that intersect the banks of 
the Goomtee river, this animal abounds; and 
our first instance of a “ wolf nurse ” occurs in 
that district. A trooper, passing along the 
river bank near Chandour, saw a large female 
wolf leave her den, followed by three whelps 
aud a little boy. The boy went on all fours, 
apparently on the best possible terms with his 
companions, and the wolf protected him with 
as much care as if he had been one of her own 
whelps. All went down to the river and drank, 
without noticing the trooper, who, as they were 
about to turn back, pushed on in order*to se¬ 
cure the boy. But the ground was uneven, 
and his horse could not overtake them. All 
>^==f re-entered the den; and the trooper then as- 
Ad sembled some people from Chandour, with 
A - pickaxes, who dug into the den for about six 
or eight feet, when the old wolf bolted, follow- 
e( l by her three cubs aud the boy. The troop- 
er > accompanied by the fleetest young men of 
the party, mounted aud pursued; and having 
at last headed them, he turned the whelps and 
* the boy (who ran quite as fast) back upon the 
^ men on foot. They secured the boy and al- 
/. a f lowed the others to escape. 
Fig. i.—T hk Pear-shaped Moss. r Ihe boy thus taken was apparently about 
The former (fig. 1) is frequent in moist n * n ®, a r tun years old, and had all the habits of 
cLdre in ' ,r^L In a Wild animal. On his way to Chandour he 
‘“f™ j**frA is zsexezspet# s SjfTf§8 r ^ 
cruel murder. And wherefore ? Because an su biects of uhvsiolo«n- nhilnsnnhv ob om ; et J A - pickaxes, who dug into the den lor about six 
injudicious mother dropped a hasty word in geology, &c., might*’be dwelt upon at leaJt ed bfhef^thr^c^aud 1, thlboy 01 The? 110 "'' 
the presence of her son. It is no new thing enough to give general ideas and awaken an er accomnanied bv "the fleetest vnn!I „!° 0p ; 
that the spirit from mother to child is remark- interest in studies of that kind. Such an in- ^ the party mounted and pursued- and haviiur 
ably contagious. Sometimes mothers do much „f telcteLfa,™ mSquem^cau* them tota “ 'f them - >* ‘“"“f »Wl» and 
more than they are aware of to promote more energetic aud enthusiastic in their efforts ^ jf Tl\ S’? q uite as back upon the 
trouble in school. They love their children, to “train up the child in the way he should go.” /II \ | , ? the others tiTesnLnp 013 th6 b ° y &Ud al ‘ 
of course, and it is no very difficult thing for 'I’he subject of music should be embraced in v . T mu e u nv t i 1Ilc , ta u pn ‘ , 
’ . 17 f the order of daily exercises Fig. i.-The Pbar-shaped Moss. ine boy thus taken was apparently about 
them to enter into their sympathies and feel- 1IC . , 1 « cruses. nine or ten years old, and had all the habit« nf 
,. . , . „ , As soon as lecturers and teachers have been The former (fig. 1 ) is frequent in moist .,, . - 7 , 1 ,. “ dt ‘ dU ., ae Ha °i ts ot 
ings—to participate m all their childish difficul- .»™„A nnnn it, u n , : . v , , , r , ,. . , a wild animal. On his way to Chandour he 
° 1 1 „ , . .... , . ,, agreed upon, the announcement should be made shady spots in limestone districts, and is select- otruiro-iefl Wd hi rn<ffi , , 
ties and sorrows. But how illy qualified is the through the countv naners and bilk tw.nl v i t ♦ u ri • 11 n i * struggled naru to rush into eveiy hole or deu 
, . , „ , , . I j . N J ja I J V ’ 11 0U1S Ireel > ed as illustrative of the highly cellular struc- he passed. The si<>ht of a orown-im nprsmi 
child to mdge of the regulations and manage- posted throughout the entire county. If this * P P , . , Tn ... ,, e ’, . , s 0 ) u U P peison 
J b , b , B 1 * , tureofthis tnbe of plants. J he latter (hg. alarmed him, and he tried to steal away: but 
ment of the school room ; and yet, upon the be judiciously done, the attendance cannot fail . , /. , , . A K 6 he rushed at a child with a fi Plw Jnl 1 i;i-„ 
. g 7 1 to be prompt and full 2) is found on moist heaths, and m damp ne rusnea ai a enna wim a tierce snarl, like 
judgment of the little boy or girl, the mother ^ } . ^ eut]emftn w alrfifldv ^ and thickets, and esneciallv bv the side tbat ot a do ?>. and tned to blte ^ Cooked 
Fig. 1.—Thk Pkar-shai>kd Moss. 
ed as illustrative of the highly cellular struc- he passed. The sight of a grown-up person 
ture of this tribe of plants. The latter (fig. alarmed him, and he tried to steal away ; but 
-. . , . . , , . ^ n _ •'i 
imiu lu T " gu “ u '7 u “ u : ; r • y * ture of this tribe of plants. The latter fig. alarmed him, and he tried to steal away ; but 
ment of the school room ; and yet, upon the be judiciously done, the attendance cannot fail . , /, , v & he rushed at a child with a It 'li m “ 
. f 7 1 to be prompt and full 2) is found on moist heaths, and m damp ne rusnea ai a enna witn a tierce snarl, like 
mdgment of the little boy or girl, the mother „ v i i .,. . . ■, that of a dog, and tried to bite it Cooked 
J , , .. . . . . bevei al gentlemen have already signified woods and thickets, and especially by the side moof j,. . j 
makes up her estimate in regard to the school their willingness to take charge of Institutes, 0 f wells and rivulets. ^ f? ’ v be + . seized raw 
and schoolmaster. From this she draws all and where counties desire conductors or lec- with eagerness, putting it on the grouud under 
of wells and rivulets. 
her conclusions and regulates all her actions, turers from abroad, they can have references 
Mothers have a wonderful influence in our f^ en by addressing the State Agent (James 
, . , , a .. ti Johonnot, of Syracuse,) or the State Superin¬ 
schools, as everywhere else. Sometimes I have tendent at Albany 1 
thought they exhibit a want of charity in some l n case no call of the Town Superintendents 
department of life—perhaps in the “ depart- can be secured for an Institute, the teachers 
ment of Common Schools.” 
I do not think this is remarkably prevalent 
Mothers have a right to be deeply interested 
in the education of their children, and should 
should get up one by their own contributions. 
There never was more need of such instrumen¬ 
talities as Institutes than at the present, nor 
were there ever such facilities for holding them. 
The State Agent will devote the entire season 
watch carefully their progress step by step ; to them, and the State Superintendent will 
but they should be sure aud make suitable reil der all the aid in his power to give them iu- 
„ .. , t . ,. terest and utility, 
allowances lor childish passions and preiudices. r.-, .i , J , , , , . 
t i j l r.,, , bellow workers! let us be up and doing.— 
Let the child know that the teacher has the During the months of September, October and 
sympathy of both his parents, and there will November, there should be an Institute in 
generally be very little difficulty in managing every county in the State. There should be a 
him. But should the case be otherwise, the £ en . er£d awakening oi the almost dormant en- 
c i •] j mi u i j ergies of our schools, so that progress—sure 
progress of the child will b e very slow aod aod pern,o,,o„t progress-el,oll'borealkd 
very uncertain. Mothers are slow to believe P. S.—Will every Advisory Committee no- 
tlieir children guilty of folly or crime, and if tify the Superintendent of Public Instruction 
there is fault, would be glad to locate it some- as . 1° tb e time and place of holding their In- 
vrViprf' iAsa Hnt. il la nn phqv tbinorIn StitUtC. — I. II. L>., ill J\ eiV I Of/c 1 CdclltV. 
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his hands, and devouring it w-ith evident pleas¬ 
ure. lie growled angrily if any one ap¬ 
proached him while eating, but made no ob¬ 
jection to a dog’s coming near and sharing his 
food. The trooper left him in charge of the 
Rajah of Husunpoor, who saw the boy imme¬ 
diately after he was taken. Very soon after 
he was sent by the Rajah's order to Captain 
Nicholett’s at Sultanpoor; for, although his 
parents are said to have recognised him when 
first captured, they abandoned him on finding 
that he displayed more of the wolf’s than of 
human nature. 
He lived in the charge of Captain Nicho¬ 
lett’s servants nearly three years, very inoffen¬ 
sive, except when teased, but still a complete 
animal. He could never be induced to keep 
on any kind of clothing, even in the coldest of 
weather ; and, on one occasion, tore to pieces 
a quilt, stuffed with cotton, aud ate a portion 
of it, cotton and all, every day with his bread. 
When his food was placed at a distance from 
him, he ran to it on all fours, like a wolf, 
and it was only on rare occasions that he walk¬ 
ed upright. Human beings he always shunned, 
- ' .. and never willingly remained near them. On 
Sowerbv says, speaking ot the Mosses : It ^ he other haud> he geemed fond of dogg and 
there is fault, would be glad to locate it some- as . to the tune and place of holding their In- T WU T 
, v -r* x • i, • , . stitute?—T. H. B., in JYew York Teacher Fig. 2 .—Tuk broad-leafed Scale-Moss. caupiignt. 11 uman ^ejngs he always shunned, 
where else. But it is an easy thing to conceive i>., m ^ ew x on. i eaciier. ^ _._„ Ti and never willingly remained near them. On 
how the “schoolmaster” may err. It is no —*■* + .* -- _ ^ Sowerby says, speaking ot the ilosses : it the other hand, he seemed fond of dogs and 
troublesome task to settle the difficulty with CHILDREN NOT TAlfiJIT TO THINK ENOUGH, chiefly in the economy of natme that we jackals, and, indeed, all animals, and readily 
the father He is willmo- to listen te a fair and must look for th e utility of these little plants, allowed them to feed with him. He was never 
r'lndid explanation of the whole matter • but i ^ Tl;I ? T ’ an . d de means of study, areindispen- that she has fashioned with so much care, and known to laugh or smile, and was never heard 
candid explanation of the whole matter; but sable; but all study and no reflection will never for the renrodliction and dissemination of to s P eak unlil witbin a minutes of his 
with the mother it is not always so. make a scholar. A man may read a monu- , . , e . ie -P roductlon a • ; ‘ o . ot death> wben b e put his hands to his head and 
There is a custom of tattling, sometimes ment of books, and never know the more; be- 
very prevalent, in our country districts which ? ausd kn ? wbl o but Httle of all, he knows noth- 
v’orks sadly against the school and teacher. 
ment of books, and never know the more; be- wbich sbe bas invented so beautiful and corn- 
cause knowing but little of all, he knows noth- plicated an apparatus, though they are des¬ 
ing definite of a part. So with the children.— tined for the most part to flourish where no 
Such stories always engender prejudice and Moderate study, and rigid, scrutinizing, un¬ 
strife, and sap the foundations of all school tiring thought, will bring a child any sufficient 
I hey should obtain a faculty of reflection.— human eye beholds that beauty, no intelligence, 
Moderate study, and rigid, scrutinizing*, un- . , , . ,, , 
tirimr thought. Will hrina°H i-hiLl .nlL* save ber owu > caD calculate the necessity and 
said it ached, and asked for water, which he 
drank and died .—English paper. 
THE ECHO. 
interests: Another custom, not heretofore kjoJtedgeT'Who isftS'suW^THe adra “ ta ef. < ’ f their existence Their minist^ ^ A k ^J^ w JrS,S’ , S. , JS?S<r' 
alluded to, works perhaps as much as any oth- ) v ld Ibinks. M ho is the distinguished pro- is put sue, m concert with other families still sion, when left alone in a meadow, he cried out 
er against the real interest of the school. I ST"aTwIio lower 1U tbe scale of ve S etable bein g5 tbesraa11 ' loudly, “01 01” when he was directly answered 
mean the practice of irregularity so generally bookworm Ask Newton with his' apple ^ SpedeS a ^ Sting ^ thG l )roductiou of soil U P' r p ° m lhe hlU clo f? b - v > “ °. ! 0! ” prised to 
tolerated by parents. I have always remarked Watt with his engine, or Franklin and MoL on ne^dy formed lands, clothing with verdure the o™WhowyonP 
one thing in regard to the progress of scholars with the kite and lightning, and they will tell most barren spots, anc gradually fitting them » YVho are you?” He then screamed out' 
-the boy or girl that is punctual and steady you ’ 88 f b ; story P orU ' a f s ’ / bat knowledge for the support of the higher order of plants ; « You are a silly fellow,” and “ silly fellow ” was 
in attending school, always makes good im- n^thT^^^ while the larger are occupied in no small de- answered from the hill, 
provement; while on the other hand a want inquisitive, and when he conms to manhood I gree in the production of land itself especially more anpy and he 
of regularity is always followed by backward- will point out to you an intellect; or the girl tbe a( * uatic kmds ’ wblcb bx theraselves u Pon n SamXiitT M reneared 
ness and diLtisfaction. It is a very certain who sees beauty in nature and admires nature the surface of lakes and stagnant waters, al- exactly aL he uttered’them! He then wentlo 
way to destroy interest in the mind of the child, teMlS rU< i I 0 ’’ w WlU Sh ° W 7 interlaced Wltb tbe sleuder stems of tbe look for the boy, in order to strike him, but he 
to keep him away from school a considerable ^ inte llect ual bri ghtness. Char# Confer ox, and plants of similar habit, could find no one. So he ran home, and told 
nortion of the time and esneciallv when he is r, "* „ gradually converting the liquid plain into a fis mother an impudent fellow hid himself be- 
portion of tne time, and especially ahen he is Catholics and Common Schools—T he partially solid one on which eventually urates tb e trees on the hill, and called him nick- 
detained without any reference to the order or Cleveland Leader says that the Catholic editor P , y „ ’ ,, . e entuaiij grasses, naines _ Having explained to his mother what 
importance of his recitations. This difficulty of the Chicago Tablet, in a lecture delivered ru& lGS ’ c ” ar> ca P a J e °‘ g rowin g ! thus are b ad taken place, she said to him, “George, my 
exists everywhere, and is certainly a formidable at _ Joliet, Ill., expressed the following opinion formed morasses, which, by a further progress boy, you have deceived yourself. You have 
one. But I have merely hinted at a few e:en- of col U mon spools: “The common schools of of vegetation, become at length fertile meadows, heard nothing but the echo of your own words; 
i j;pc„„np,„ on j tLo •e America are fountains of prostitution and While thus slowly operating to increase the it you had culled out a civil word towards the, 
eral difficulties, and the reader, especially ,f a crime, and all manner of indecencies and im- exteut of the hal i ab J e wol .f d their • T “ hill, a civil word would have been given back 
teacher, will think of many more. At some moralities are practiced in them. I know it to ,, , . ‘ ’ ifluence iu retura _» « 0!” said George, “I will go down 
other time I shall be glad to examine another be so, because I was educated the fh’st twenty Irec y an In 11 ec ^ a ecbs in vanoua ways, to-morrow and say good words, and get good 
and perhaps a more interesting branch of the >' ears of ni y life in them 1 ” but more frequently, perhaps, unseen and un- words from the echo.” 
subject And I hope, as many teachers read ,, --: t - 7 — , 6US P ected - tbu welfare and interest of tho.se “So it is,” said George’s mother, “in life, 
the RiiRAT some of them with nermission of . Error.—E rror is like that genius in the who are too apt to despise their apparent with boys and girls, and men and women. A 
the Rural, some of them, wit! permission of Arabian Nights, who, though his bulk, when i us irrnifioance and too proud to stoon to the goad word generally produces a good word; 
its editor, will publish therein some of their unconfined, reached from earth to heaven, fc . ,. ' 1 . 1 f ° 0p t0 1 or, as the wise man said, “ a soft aiwwer turn- 
solitary cogitations. J. W. Barker. could yet squeeze himself into the compass of examma . n n _ lieir surpassing beauty. Of e th away wrath.” If we smile on the world 
Brockport, n. y. a quart pot. It is surprising from what small fhe species which render their feeble aid in the world will smile on us; if we give frowns. 
solitary cogitations. 
Brockport, N. Y. 
J. W. Barker. 
Disappointments derange and overcome vul¬ 
gar minds. The patient and the wise, by a A cheerful temper, a kindly heart, and a 
proper improvement, frequently make them courteous tongue, cannot be too sedulously 
contribute to their high advantage, cultivated. 
beginnings most monsters grow. 
thus converting water into land, are some of s b ft D h ave frowns in return. If we are un- 
the little frondose Scale Mosses.” civil or Ullkind towards others, we cannot ex- 
-____ pect anything better of them in payment 
Heaven is a day without a cloud to darken ♦ * ♦ - 
it, and without a night to end it Money does not always make the man. 
1 BY MARY J. CROSSMAN. 
i Thk spirit of my fancy 
Oft lingers fondly with lliee, child of Ocean 1 
Within thy bosom there have rested from 
Life's din and strife, the earth-immortal and 
The heaven-renowned. Thy walls of adamant. 
Long lashed by tireless surges of the sea, 
Have given safe watchguard to a foreign trust,— 
“ The sleeping lires of goodness and of crime.” 
' Proud conquerer of the East! ’twas thine to fan 
1 The glimmerings of war's red torch, until 
Night was no longer night, and nations met 
, Upon the crimson tide of human wo. 
Ambition’s most unhallowed fires were kindled 
Within thy soul, till on the fearful ruins 
Of happy homes, of wasted mirth/of crushed 
And bleeding hearts, uprose the glittering fano 
Of self-aggrandizementand in its light, 
The fadeless laurel ou the victor’s brow 
Was placed; yet in the cup of worldly weal, 
Was more of bitterness than nectar found. 
Prometheus-like was Heaven’s own genius-fire 
To godless purpose given—lienee his reward. 
Spirit of light I heir of immortal joy 1 
A glorious guerdon hath thine earth-toils won. 
That seed of heavenly origin, ’mid earth’s 
Dark places sown, wanned by celestial rays, 
Hath burst its bonds triumphantly: Burmahs' 
Benighted sons, from proud Pagodas turn 
To Calvary’s cross ; from idle worshipping at 
Gaudama’s shrine, to Him whose praises wake 
Angelic lyres to higher, bolder notes. 
Oh, laborer thrice blest! whose hand hath sown,— 
Hath reaped immortal seed :—yea, more ; 
Hath pressed the spring, that moves angelic hosts 
To loftier praises of redemption's theme. 
Isle of undying fame! 0, tell me whose 
The brighter path ; whose is the higher meed! 
The veteran warrior’s, or the teacher’s wife. 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
SABBATH iHUSINGS. 
Oh! how calm, how beautiful this Sabbath 
morning. How well calculated to inspire the 
heart with love and gratitude to our Maker 
with thoughts of the pure and good, and to re¬ 
call to the mind bright aud golden recollec¬ 
tions of the post. 
How charmingly has nature adorned this 
lovely retreat in which I sit, and as I gaze with 
admiration on the beauties around me, sweet, 
yet sad memories of the past linger around my 
heart, like a cloud on a bright summer day; 
memories of a r gentle, departed friend, an as¬ 
sociate from childhood, a being that none 
could know without loving. 
But one short year ago, another, as bright 
and beautiful a morning as this, found me at 
this loved spot, reclining on this same mossy 
couch, the tall trees, with their luxuriant foli¬ 
age, gently waving over my head, and upon 
whose widely extended branches the merry 
songsters rested, aud caroled forth the sweetest 
notes of praise to their Creator; the same bril¬ 
liant display of flowers were scattered in pro¬ 
fusion at my feet as now; and then a being 
with a heart so good and pure as to charm all, 
was here to admire with me the beautiful 
things which God in his infinite wisdom has 
placed upon earth for the pleasure and benefit 
of man. But now no form, no gentle voice 
like hers awaits me here, as of old, for her pure 
spirit has taken its departure to its long home; 
to that land of rest where pain, sorrow and an¬ 
guish of heart are unknown, where all is joy 
and happiness complete, and far away behind 
yonder beautiful hills, her clay tenement quiet¬ 
ly reposes beneath the shade of the willow.— 
But why should we mourn her loss? He that 
“ruleth all things” hath taken her to dwell 
with Him forever. Happy—happy thought! 
that there is a place where the weary spirit can 
find rest, where all who repent of their sins 
aud come unto Him, shall, when their spirit 
quits its earthly tabernacle, dwell in a place of 
eternal rest and happiness. Nellie. 
Maple Yale, 1854. 
HEAVEN. 
Whittier, speaking of Heaven, says:—“ We 
naturally enough transfer to our idea of heaven 
whatever we like and reverence on earth.”— 
Thither the Catholic carries on, in his fancy, 
the imposing rites and time-honored solemni¬ 
ties of his worship. There the Methodist sees 
his love-feasts aud camp meetings, in the 
green pastures of the Blessed Abode, 'i’he 
Quaker in the stillness of his self-communion 
remembers that there was silence in heaven.— 
The churchman listening to the solemn chant 
of vocal music, or the deep tones of the organ, 
thinks of the songs of the elders, and the gold¬ 
en harps of the New Jerusalem. 
The heaven of the northern nations of Eu¬ 
rope, was a gross and sensual reflection of the 
earthly life of a barbarous and brutal people. 
The Indians of North America had a vague 
notion of a sunset land—a beautiful paradise 
far in the west—mountains and forests filled 
with deer and buffalo—lakes and streams 
swarming with fishes — the happy hunting 
ground of the souls. 
A venerable New England clergyman on 
his death-bed, just before the close of his life, 
declared that he was only conscious of an 
awfully solemn anil intense curiosity to know 
the great secret of death and eternity. 
Yet we should not forget that “ the king¬ 
dom of heaven is within;” that it is the state 
of the affections of the soul; the sense of har¬ 
mony with God; a condition of time and eter¬ 
nity. 
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