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LEAFLETS FROM MEMORY. 
BY L1ZZ1K WILLIAMS. 
AB In Dame Memory’s album, one lingering look I cast, 
And roused upon its leaflet*—the leaflets of the past, 
My mind soou gazed enchanted upon one darksome hour, 
When God had sent from Heaven a message of Mb 
power. 
The morning sun was shining, and Nature, calm, serene, 
Had thrown around the landscape her rich, autumnal 
ghees; 
The sunbeams through the lattice, sort melted intoghade, 
Bespeaking as a symbol — “ The brightest Impel must 
fade," 
Ah, yes! and more than sunbeams were fading fast away, 
For 'neath our mourning vision a dying father lay; 
Our last faint hope was flickering, Tor in his lived eye 
We saw a look unearthly—a halo from on high. 
He raised his hand and beckoned to bid us all adieu, 
And one by one he kissed us, and, though his words were 
few, 
They fell as “ Balm of Gilead ” to soothe our hitter grief, 
For they told us that his spirit was Ending sweet relief. 
He gazed then on our mother, and called her to his Bide, 
To stamp upon her forehead his last kiss ere he died; 
And, Oh! that scene of parting-that tearing heart from 
heart— 
Those thrilling words of anguish, “ 0, must we—must we 
part?” 
And then in broken accents he spoke to us again, 
" O, weep not that I'm dying, for I shall here remain.” 
This was his farewell whisper—he spoke to us no more, 
But moved his lips in silence, and smiled—and all was 
o’er! 
And now, when I in sorrow would think of other days, 
I only call to memory that last calm, peaceful gaze; 
But, 0! though God bereft us, our Savior will abide 
“ A Father to the fatherless, the widow's God and Guide.” 
Hadley, Mich., 1880. 
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RIGHT ACTION IS THE BEST OF ALL, 
« Act well your part; there all the honor lies.” 
How pregnant with meaning is the above line, 
every word opening before us a field of thought. 
" Act.” This first little word, we think, convey* 
important ideas to tho mind. Action seems im¬ 
printed upon everything, both in the moral and 
physical world, and necessary to maintain order 
and harmony, or secure ft otrong and vigorous 
development In tho planetary world, what 
beautiful harmony prevails; but should even one 
of the planets ceaso to act, how Boon would con¬ 
fusion ensue! The construction of man, physi¬ 
cally and mentally, Bbows conclusively that he 
was designed to act, in order to retain the per¬ 
fection pronounced upon him at his creation. 
For if he allows even one member to remain 
idle, or desultory in action, how soon will follow 
weakness, and a gradual decay of that member 1 
Still waters alone become stagnant. The polished 
steel retains its brightness only through use. Our 
mental development, in like manner, depends 
upon action. Every faculty must be brought 
into use, if we would possess a well-developed 
mind. We know from observation that the facul¬ 
ties most in use are the most prominent, and 
most obedient to our call. And we may, if we 
choose, trace this thought still further, and be¬ 
hold how necessary is action to our moral and 
religious growth; for if we fail to bo observant 
in our moral deportment, now and then saying 
or doing something which our conscience disap¬ 
proves, how long ere a moral corruption will 
ensue? We become inactive, nnwatchful, and, 
ere we are aware, one vicious habit after another 
has enslaved us, until we are a mere wreck of 
morality. And, likewise, in a religious sense, 
action is the only passport to advancement, or 
perfection. We, perhaps, at first, become negli¬ 
gent in what we are pleased to term the iniuor 
duties, but our slothfulness does not end here; 
we are soon found wanting in the more important 
duties of the Christian. Our places at tho prayer 
meeting and the family altar are forgotten, and 
then we go on, step by step, until Mme, Te/cel, 
shall be written against us in all the duties per¬ 
taining to a well-developed Christian character. 
Well.” We see the poet did not leave this word 
unqualified; it is not enough, then, that we act, 
but we must act well. Action in everything, in 
every relation of life, must accord with the laws 
of nature which govern them, to result in honor 
or good to any one. We might take the plane¬ 
tary world again for an illustration, and let every 
planet continue to act, which we before noticed 
was necessary to secure order and harmony; but 
now suppose one of the myriad of worlds should 
act in opposition to Nature’s laws! Confusion 
they are acting in opposition to the moral law 
given them by their Creator, and hence arise 
domestic broils and social disturbances. Where 
all act well, brother will not war with brother; 
the inebriate will cease his midnight, revels; the 
vender of Btrong drinks will no longer put the 
cup to his neighbor’s lips; and midnight darkness 
will not be used as a screen for plunder and 
bloodshed; the editor, in his vast sphere of ac¬ 
tion, will labor to disseminate truth instead of 
error, to dispel tho cloud of ignorance and super¬ 
stition, and to enlighten and elevate mankind. 
The minister of the Gospel, in acting well, will 
hold forth a crucified and risen Savior, instead 
of doctrines and the vain speculations of men. 
He will strive to inculcate those practical truths 
taught By our blessed Savior upon tho Mount, 
instead of seeking popularity by tickling the ears 
of fashionable hearers, or by flattering eloquence. 
The Church, when acting well, will endeavor to 
lighten each others burden, ever manifesting a 
spirit of forgiveness and Christian forbearance, 
knowing that “to err is human, but to forgive 
divine.” They will endeavor to be punctual in 
all their church duties, and seek to lighten the 
cares of their pastor, whom they should consider 
as sent from God, to tiring forth from that store¬ 
house of divine wisdom, “things new and old,” 
never forgetting that the laborer i? worthy of his 
hire. They will labor to be charitable, but not 
according to the popular definition of the term, 
that “ giveth to lie seen of men," but the Charity 
taught by our Savior, that “letteth not our right 
hand know what our left hand docth.’’ They will 
consider it a Christian duty, to support liberally 
their institutions of learning, knowing that 
knowledge is power, and that the right education 
of our youth is one great medium whereby our 
land Is to become christianized. 
“Your part.” We come now to this idea. And 
what is your part, my reader, in the great drama 
of life? This is a very important inquiry. We 
all believe, without doubt, that we have a part to 
act, and it is a matter of no little moment to know 
and realize what that part is; for the honor does 
not lie in acting well any other part than our 
own. In the planetary world, the order and har¬ 
mony wc have before noticed, would as evidently 
be destroyed if any of the planets Bhould assume 
to act another part, as though It ceased to act. 
And were we to follow out this thought, wc should 
notice the same result in our physical and rm ntal 
organization; but for want of time, wc pass on 
to notice this idea in the Bocial aud religious 
sense. We know from experience, that nine- 
tentbs of the confusion and disturbance which 
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A FLEET CARRIAGE HORSE. 
BY A. H. BULLOCK. 
Light passes at the Telocity of ninety-five millions 
of mileB,—our distance from the sun,—in about eight 
minutes, uearly two hundred thousand miles in a second, 
—Comstock. 
Is this “fast age, 1 ' he will outstrip 
Onr swiftest racers quite, 
Who shall contrive safe way to ride 
Upon a ray of light; 
And w ho—if single ray may fail 
Of size and strength for team— 
Can harness to bis lumber train. 
Of rays a splendid beam. 
Million* of dancing rays there are, 
O’er streamlets and in shade, 
If caught, and trained to curb and bit, 
Grand coursers would be made. 
Though people now are oft amazed 
To see how fast we go, 
The railroad cars, I promise you, 
Would then be labeled “slow." 
No one would then be heard to boast 
Or steam’s unrivalled power, 
Displayed in fierce and fearful speed 
Of forty miles an hour. 
In just one second, eight times round 
This dirty globe—the world— 
Can then, by ray, or bleam of light, 
A traveler be whirled. 
And when report from distant land 
Wo may in haste desire, 
We need not wait the tardy move 
Of telegraphic wire. 
Nor, Rural dear, your friends remote. 
To sec your lovely face, 
Be doomed to watch, as hours drag Slow, 
And curse the mail’s dull pace 
Burns, N. Y., 1880. 
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RISING OR FALLING WATER? 
Shall one go to Niagara or to Saratoga?— 
where water falls, or where it rises, to spend a 
few summer days in rest and enjoyment? This 
befall almost every community, arise from indi- question must be answered according to individ- 
vlduals neglecting to act their own part, and en¬ 
deavoring to act another’s; their neighbor's, or 
teacher’s, perhaps; or it may be, their minister's 
or editors — any but their own. Aud, according 
to the goneral law of cause and effect, can wo ex¬ 
pect aught but confusion from such a course? 
This may result from not realizing what their 
part is, or from, I am more inclined to think, 
falling to acknowledge their part, thinking it an 
inferior one. and wishing to act, more promi¬ 
nently. But suppose the smaller planets should 
refuse to act their part for t his reason, and assume 
to become buds? The order and harmony of the 
great machinery of the universe depends as much 
upon the perfect action of the most minute atom, 
as upon those vast orbs which thrill the beholder 
with their grandeur and Sublimity. 
Yon, watchful and affectionate mother, who, 
perhaps, is scarcely known outside you own 
happy home, may lie acting your part and answer¬ 
ing the end of your being better, and doing more 
to bless mankind aud honor your Creator, in your 
humble sphere, than those assuming ones, who 
arc always prating about their particulai sphere 
of action,—who are too proud to acknowledge so 
humble a calling as the rearing of sons and 
daughters who shall be capable ol honoring their 
country in every vocation of life. Your part, 
dear sister, is an important oue. You, perhaps, 
have an erring brother to reclaim, and who knows 
his sensitive nature so well as a fond and loving 
sister; who but her can so easily arouse those 
latent and liner sensibilities of his inner tnsu, as 
ttal temperament: according to the different con¬ 
ditions necessary to the rest of different persons, 
arid the various ideas people entertain as to what, 
constitutes enjoyment. The stillness and quiet 
in which one finds renovation and repose, may 
fret another with its dullness and ennni. On the 
other hand, the stirring, aotive scenes that win 
some minds from tbeir t Cares and anxieties, sup¬ 
plying relaxation and amusement instead, are but 
bewilderment and confusion to those of more 
pensive, thoughtful habit. Again, certain natures 
can conceive of uo oilier enjoyment than what we 
cal) social; those Of an opposite mold find their 
happiness in silence and solitude. 
Niagara has this advantage over most places of 
fashionable resort, that, while the gay, pleasure- 
loving world may assemble there, and enjoy social 
amusements without hindrance, the great object 
of attraction thither, the waterfall, is of such 
paramount and commanding Interest, that the 
reclnee, also, may visit the spot and enjoy a reason¬ 
able degree of his loved seclusion. The crowd 
is comparatively at) insignificant,—so lost in the 
immensity of the Cataract,—that il does not dis¬ 
turb him there as elsewhere. Just, as at the sea¬ 
side, wo fancy one secs and hears nothing but the 
ocean, so, at Niagara, the great sweep of waters 
wipes out all other objects. But to those who 
visit Saratoga for mere pastime, the multitude of 
people is the principal feature of the place. The 
season,—its commencement and its close,—de¬ 
pends on the coming and going of visitors. The 
show continues scarcely two months of the year, 
yourself? It is your part, then, to use the infln- daytime and evening, and then follows a long 
cnee, and those keen perceptive faculties with 
which nature has endowed you, to bring back to 
the path of rectitude that noble brother. 
And thus, had we time, wc might particularize 
the pari, we severally act in life, but we leave the 
reader to follow out the thoughts we have so 
hurriedly thrown out, and supply wb.it we are 
necessarily obliged to omit 
Susan E. Wickham. 
Grand Ledge, Mich,, 1860. 
HAPPY CHILDREN. 
Hoav mistaken are some parents who toil to make 
their children happy, by gratifying every childish 
wish: whether it be in food, or in dresB. or in inno¬ 
cent play-tbings! The very effort to please them. 
vacation. At Niagara, on the contrary, the at¬ 
traction is permanent. The waterfall has fixed 
itself there forever, and has made arrangements 
to exhibit perpetually. No in ter mission, no giv¬ 
ing out, day or nigbt, summer or winter. Tho', 
strangely enough, but little visited between au¬ 
tumn and spring, no one who has seen Niagara 
in summer, but can imagine liow much the ice 
and snow of winter must add to the effect of its 
solemn grandeur. 
If the thought were not too whimsical, one 
might almost believe that the opposite moral in¬ 
fluence of Saratoga and Niagara is due, in consid¬ 
erable degree, to the contrary movement of their 
waters. The forner, through the fame of its 
medicinal springs draws thither multitudes of 
invalids in quest of health, is yet the summer re- 
ills of the body. Shall we say it is the nature of 
the waterfall and the spiing to effect the mind 
differently? that the eminently healthful, purify¬ 
ing influence of Niagara, is in some way owing to 
its waters following a natuial downward course 
in an extraordinary manner? that the upward 
motion of water at Saratoga being, so to say, 
artificial.—contrary to nature,—incites to trifling 
and frivolity? 
The very limited time most people stay at Niag 
ara, prevents their doing the rvatcrfall and them¬ 
selves justice. It is not to be treated as a com¬ 
mon curiosity,—not to be exhausted in an hour. 
Doubtless thousands, after a hasty survey, go 
uway thinking that they h ive been disappointed, 
when, in fact, they were overwhelmed. To many, 
the Cataract does not, at. first, look so large nor 
sound bo loud as they expected, because being so 
much grander than anything they have seen or 
heard before, they lack preparation to appreciate 
it. After a time the sight begins to grow upon 
the eye, and the sound to increase upon the ear, 
or, perhaps, rather the eye and ear expand to 
that. The sound ia almost as great a wonder as 
the fall; it docB not, ns many expect, break on the 
car with such force as lond, heavy thunder; it is 
too full and deep for that. 
If it is your fortune (or misfortune) to visit 
Niagara in company with persons who do not 
know enough to bold theirtongues, eeparute your¬ 
self from them as much as possible, and view the 
falls alone. Exclamatory fools and garrulous 
guides are the pest of such a place; indeed, I can 
think of no greater impertinence of which one 
can be guilty there than speech. If you choose, 
have a guide conduct you to a favorable point of 
observation, and then vanish in silence, leaving 
you to look and listen in your own way, undis¬ 
turbed from morning till night; or, perhaps, yon 
wonld be more likely to sit from night till morn¬ 
ing. On some accounts the night-time is most 
favorable for communion with the spirit of the 
place; when every sound is stilled except the one 
you wish to hear, and all evidences of human 
frivolity removed from Bight,—nothing remaining 
to distract the attention from the one great obi set, 
—then the Beene becomes fully enjoyable. After 
having become sufficiently acquainted with the 
whole to make it yonr own, you may be curious 
enough to inquire the names of particular locali¬ 
ties, &o.; but breaking in upon one’s deepest 
absorptions with gratuitous information on this 
or that point of interest, is insufferable. a. 
Smith Livonia, N. Y , 1880, 
GOOD HABITS INDISPENSABLE. 
In the course of the address delivered by Hon. 
Mr. Gladstone, on the occasion of his installa¬ 
tion as rector of the Edinburgh University, to the 
students, he thus spoke of “the life of faith:” 
"The mountain tops of Scotland behold on 
every side of them the witness, and nmny a one of 
wbat were once her morasses and her moorlands, 
now blossoming as the rose, carries on its face the 
proof that it is in mail apd not In bin circum- 
stances that the secret of his destiny resides. For 
most of you that destiny will take its final bent 
toward evil or toward good, not from the inform¬ 
ation you imbibe, but from tho habits of mind, 
thought, and life, that yon shall acquire during I 
your academical career. Could you with the 
bodily eye see the momenta of it as they fly, you 
would see them all pass by you, as the bee that 
has rifled tho heather bears its honey through the 
air, charged with the promise, or, it may he, with 
the menace of the future. In many tilings it is 
wise to believe before experience until you can 
know, and in order that you may know; and be¬ 
lieve me when I tell you that thrift of time will 
repay yon in after life with a usury of profit be¬ 
yond your most sanguine dreams, and that the 
waste of it will make you dwindle, alike in intel¬ 
lectual and in moral stature, beyond your darkest 
reckonings. 
lain Scotchman enough to know that among 
you there are always many who are already, even 
in their tender years, lighting with a mature and 
manly courage the battle of life. When they feel 
themselves lonely amidst the crowd, when they 
are fora moment disheartened by that difficulty 
which is the rude and rocking cradle of every 
kind of excellence, when they are conscious of 
the pinch of poverty and self-denial, let them be 
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MORTALITY. 
O, who can view the wasted flower, 
The naked field, the dying leaf, 
When autumn winds proclaim their power, 
And still remain unmoved by grief? 
When summer odors wafted by. 
We praised the lovely, fragrant flower, 
And thought it then too fair to die; 
Bat see! It lives and blooms no more! 
An emblem this of man’s career; 
His life's unfolding and decay; 
He glories but a moment here, 
The fragile creature of a day. 
Though dead, the floral tribes of spring 
Shall bloom, revived by fairer skies; 
Like Phoenix, of unconquered wing, 
They’ll from their lowly graves arise,— 
And man a more congenial home 
Shall find, at length, 'neath heaven’s sky,— 
Like them shall he survive the tomb, 
But not like them again to die! 
Wheeler, N. Y., I860. 
“JESUS WEPT.” 
In the life of Jesus, as recorded for us by the 
Spirit, there are two weepings. Twice in the 
body, and on the eartb the man Jeans Christ shed 
tears; but in neither case were they shed for him¬ 
self Not in Gcthsemane, not on the cross, did 
Jesus weep. Both the sorrows were for our sakes; 
but they differed widely from each other. When 
he drew near Jerusalem, and beheld the city, he 
wept over it; when he saw a bereaved sister 
mourning for a dead brother, lie wept with her. 
The one weeping was for human guilt; the other 
was for human sorrow. The one marks his divine 
compassion for the sinful; the other his human 
sympathy with the sufferer. Each is precious in 
its own place, hut the places are widely diverse. 
The two examples exhibit different qualities of 
the Savior, and meet different necessities of men. 
His compassion for sinners, manifested in his 
tears over Jerusalem, is a link in the chain by 
which we are saved, bat it is an upper link; his 
sorrow with a sister beside a brother's grave is a 
link lower down, and therefore nearer us. His 
pity for me as a sinner shows that he is great and 
good; his weeping with me shows that bis great¬ 
ness and goodness are within my reach. When 
I could not arise to meet him in the region of his 
own spiritual compassion, he has bowed down to 
meet me in my natural weakness. I could not 
rise to lay hold of him, but he bends to take bold 
of me. Standing where I stand, and weeping 
where I weep, he enters by the openings which 
grief has made into my heart, and gently makes 
it all ids own. My brother, he insinuates himself 
iDto me through the emotion of onr common 
nature, that so 1 may be borne up with him into 
the regions of spiritual light and liberty. He 
takes bold of me by my sorrow, that I may get 
hold of him for deliverance from my sin.— Rer. 
IF. A mot. 
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THE YALUE OF SABBATH SCHOOLS. 
A fact which ought always to be remembered 
in estimating the influence of Sabbath Schools is, 
that very much of their work is “ underground,” 
or, as one has said, it is in its very nature a pre¬ 
paration of the ground and a seed-sowing—a 
work very necessary to be done, but which must 
be followed by other operations, or in the joy of 
the harvest, may be forgotten or contemned. In 
many instances the Sabbath School, while it has 
not indeed secured the couveision of those who 
have attended it, yet it has been a restraining 
power in all the after life; and itB instructions, 
carelessly received, it may be, when given, re¬ 
vived in after years, have prevented many an out¬ 
burst of wickedness which would otherwise have 
been given way to. The trophies of Sabbath 
conscious, too, that a sleepless Eye is watching Schools are on every hand, wherever the schools 
them from above, that their honest efforts are as¬ 
sisted, their humble prayers are heard, and all 
things are working together for their good. Is 
not this the life of faith, which walks by your side 
from your vising in the morning to your lying 
down at night—which lights up for you the 
cheerless world, and transfigures all that you en¬ 
counter, whatever be its outward form, with hues 
brought down from heaven ? These considera- 
have been conducted with the true spirit and with 
perseverance. From the various schools of this 
country, thousands and tens of thousands of souls 
have been added to the Church of Christ. Many 
most precious revivals of religion have com¬ 
menced in our Sabbath Schools; many vigorous 
churches have grown out of them, and they hare 
frequently followed the tide of emigration to our 
frontiers, and supplied for a period, in many in¬ 
stances, the only means of grace for the destitute 
would as evidently ensue in the latter as in the If improperly manifested, is an injury to them, sort of probably more gayety and frivolity than 
former case. And. also, in physical organiza- The first lesson to teach a child, is, that the will any other place in the Union. And, so far from 
tion, we may be active, every member being ex- of the parent is not law only, but that it is best for curing the frivolons of their folly, the influence 
ercised • but unless onr action is governed by if- The yonng mind Itates law, rebels against re- of the place seems to be to make them more and 
former case. And. also, in physical organiza¬ 
tion, we maybe active, every member being ex¬ 
ercised; but unless onr action is governed by 
wisdom and moderation, oue member may be 
overtasked, another may be acting at variance 
with its natural construction, and hence no good 
result,—we failed to act well. And in relation to 
our mental powers, action alone will never ac¬ 
complish much good, or achieve any remarkable 
honor. How maDy minds have been discernible 
upon the mental horizon, bidding fair to become 
ornaments ijt the literary world, but, alas, their 
existence was meteor-like; their sun soon went 
out in darkness, and they were heard of no more, 
because they acted to no purpose; they were 
content to be driveu along by the tide of circum¬ 
stances; in a word, they did not act well. As 
we notice this idea in the social and religious 
sense, we pause in confusion; for to act well in 
either of these capacities, is a very important 
attainment. A well-ordered community does 
Btraint, Hence the will of the parent must not 
be held up before the child as a rod, hut as u ben¬ 
efit—a blessing. It is astonishing how easily a 
parent may convince and persuade a child that it 
is not best for it to have its stomach loaded with 
more vain and thoughtless. For, according to 
report, the pleasure-seeking habitues of Saratoga 
make each succeeding season more distinguished 
than the last for reckless extravugance and vulgar 
display. But, at Niagara, persons of common 
tions are applicable to all of you. You are all in stances, the only means ot grace tor the desinuw 
training here for educated life, for the higher portions of onr country.— Preshy. Mag. 
forms of mental experience, for circles limited, -- 
perhaps, but yet circles of social influence and The Divine Estim ate.—W e make the following 
leadership. Some of you may be chosen to great- excerpt from the “Still Hour,” a book which 
er distinctions and heavier trials, and may enter every Christian man and woman ought to read: 
into that cluss of which each member while he “Oh! God’s thoughts are not as our thoughts, 
lives is envied or admired, Dear as onr happiness ia to Him, there is an- 
‘ And When he dies he bears a lofty name, other thing within us which is more precious in 
A light, a landmark, on the cliffs of fame.’ ” His sight. It is of far less consequence, in any 
_-Divine estimate of things, how much a man suf- 
Be Content, — Pyrrhus would first conquer fare, than —what the man w.' 
Africa and then Asia, and then live merrily and 
take his ease; but when Cyncas, the orator, told 
him he might do that already, her ested satisfied, 
condemning his own folly. Thou mayeHt do the 
sweet, pernicious things. When yon succeed, a sensibility feel their vanity and folly most sig- take his ease; but when tym as, toe orator, tom 
piece of wholesome bread is sweeter than sugar, nally rebuked. The most material can scarcely him be might do that already, her ested satisfied, 
It is so in matters of dress. What child does not look upon the dread magnificence of the impetu- condemning Lis own folly, lhou mayest do the 
feel as happy and as good, in neat, clean, plain ous, majestic waterfall, without some awakening like, and be composed in thy fortune. Thou hast 
clothes, as in costly apparel? It is so in toys aud 
play-tbings. Give your children plain food, plain 
dress, and a few play-things, and they will be far 
happier—if they are taught that Pa and Ma think 
it best—than if thousands were spent on them.— 
Mrs. M. E. Gorman. 
either of these capacities, is a very important Youth and Age.—T hose habits which dignify, bear witness to its healthful moral influence as 
attainment. A well-ordered community does or dishonor manhood, obtain their shape and experienced by himself. Indeed its waters de- 
not depend upon action alone, but upon well-di- complexion during our earlier years. The fruits serve to be as celebrated for their curative quali- 
rected action. The backbiter, the gossip, and of summer aud autumn vegetate in the spring, ty as those of Saratoga: they are as powerful to 
tongue of the slanderer, are generally active, but and the harvest of old age germinates in youth, heal diseases of the soul, a3 those are to cure 
of their spiritual nature, if only in the shape of 
wonder, awe, and admiration. The readiness with 
which the great Cataract incites to praise and 
adoration, poetic or prosaic, sufficiently attests 
its efi'ect on the cultivated, religious, susceptible 
and refined. Probably every thoughtful person 
who visits Niagara, if be chose to speak, could 
bear witness to its healthful moral influence as 
experienced by himself. Indeed its waters de¬ 
serve to be as celebrated for their curative qnali- 
enough; he that is wet in a hath, can be no more 
wet if he be filing into the ocean itself; and if 
lhou hast all the world, or a solid mass of gold as 
big as the world, thou canst not have more than 
enough. Enjoy thyself at length, and that which 
thou hast; the mind is all; be content; thou art 
not poor, but rich. I say, then, add no more 
wealth, but diminish tby desires; if you wish to 
be wealthy, despise riches; that is true plenty, 
not to have, but not to want riches; it is more 
glory to condemn than to possess, and to want 
nothing is divine.— Burton. 
Said Dr. Payson, “God has been depriving me 
of one blessing after another; but as each one 
was removed, He has come in and filled up iG 
place; and now, when I am a cripple and not able 
to move, I am happier than I ever was in my life, 
or ever expected to be: and if I had believed this 
twenty years ago, I might have been spared much 
anxiety. . f _ _ 
Cold prayers bespeak a denial, but fervent sup¬ 
plications offer a sacred violence to the kingdom 
of heaven. Lazy prayers never procure noble 
answers. Lazy beggars may starve for all their 
begging. _ __ 
Till we have sinned, Satan is a parasite; when 
we have sinned, he is a tyrant 
