* 
THE ARMY OF THE KNITTERS. 
Fab away in vour camjis by the storied Potomac, 
Where your lances are lifted for Liberty’s weal, 
As the North wind comes down from the hills of the home¬ 
land, 
Say, catch ye the clash Of oitr echoing steel? 
Our hands are untrained to the touch of the rifle. 
They shrink from the Wade that grows red in the fight; 
But their womanly weapons leap keen from their sheathing, 
And the work that they find they will do with their might. 
Yonr host that stands marshalled In solemn battalions, 
Beneath the dear flag of ihe stripes and the stars, 
Hath as loyal a counterpart here at our hearth-stones 
As ever went forth to the brunt of the wars! 
Uplift in yonr strength the bright swords of your fathers! 
Repeat for yourselves the brave work they have done! 
We’ve ’.he ridr arm* our mothers wore proudly before us, 
And the heart of the field aod the fireside is one! 
We rouse to the rescue! We've mustered in thousands! 
We may not march on in face of the foe; 
Yet, while ye shall tramp to the sonnd of the battle, 
fool to fool we’ll keep pace wheresoever ye go! 
Ay, seal onto sou! are we knitted together! 
By link iipop link in one purpose we’re bound! 
God mete us the meed of our common endeavor, 
And our differing deeds with one blessing be crowned! 
Botlon Transaipl. 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
A LEAF FROM LIFE. 
May 20tb.— I am home once more, dear Ellen. 
The shadows of the elm trees fall upon me as I write; 
their low, sighing music has soothed me from tearB 
to meditation, and from meditation I turn to com¬ 
munion with you. 
It is home still, though sadly changed. You would 
scarcely recognize the garden which wo so loved four 
years ago; this grass is springing in tho neglected 
walks,— the roses grow rank and untrimmed,—the 
arbor vines lie trailed upon the earth,— and Susie's 
flower beds, in which even father took so much 
pride, are half overgrown with weeds. Jt looks des¬ 
olate enough without. Within, Margaret's careful 
hand has preserved better order; but the nicest 
arrangement cannot dissipate the gloomy Rolltude 
that pervades the house. The swallows build within 
the chimneys, doors creak upon their hinges, and 
shutters open slowly as If they had long been closed,— 
and so they have. 
I entered the library this morning for the first time. 
Margaret must have anticipated my movements, for 
the east window was open, and the sun peeped in 
through the luxurious woodbine. Upon the table lay 
father's hooks and papers, ns if he had just for a 
moment left the room. Unconsciously 1 took up the 
duster, half inspecting ho would come in and wonder- 
ingly inquire why 1 had not finished my morning's 
work. Oh, Ellen, what a thought that until the 
grave claims its dead 1 shall hear his voice and see 
his smile no more. Father, mother, and sisters, all 
gone. All! a weary, aching heart heats often beneath 
the calm exterior which I have learned to wear. 
I have spent nearly the whole day dusting and 
arranging the volumes upon the shelves. It has beeu 
a sad, yet pleasant duty,— pleasant because it brought 
me into companionship with those whom I loved,— 
sad because every fresh reminiscence only told Bl© 
more plainly that they were gone forever. 
Junk 4th. — Good news, dear Nell, for I am sure 
you will rejoice with me. Fred is coming home, - 
home to stay. His letter came last evening, and I 
can neither sleep nor eat for joy. And yet there is 
something like apprehension in my heart, for now, 
dear cousin, he does not come alone,—one dearer 
than I will walk by his side, will love him, and 
comfort him, while I must stand aside. Now, Ellen, 
don't reproach me,— don't say, “ Amy, can you feel 
thus? arc you indeed so jealous of your brother's 
love, so selfish as to claim all his affection." And 
I will answer, remember how you mourned when 
Olive married, though all your family beside were 
left you, and then think of me, with none in the wide 
world dearer than my brother, aud yet in his heart I 
must henceforth be satisfied to receive only the 
second place. But this is not all, Ellen. Doubtless 
you have heard from mo his praises of the mission 
families of Hawaii, more especially of this family to 
which his bride belongs. How much of thiB praise 
was real truth, how much the coloring of his own 
warm, enthusiastic nature, you, perhaps, can tell as 
well as I; this I fear, that love has run so rapidly 
neither judgment nor reason have kept pace. 
Yet l'or one blessing I feel as if I could not suffi¬ 
ciently thank Gon, ami it is this, that Fred comes 
home with the same high principles, the same pure 
heart, with which lie left. I know this from reports 
I hear from those who have known hirn there, I know 
it from bis letters, 1 cannot be deceived in them, 
every line tells me he has been true to himself, true 
to his Gon; and for this, come what may, I rejoice 
and am glad. And yet, inelhinks there will bo more 
sorrow than joy in this reunion. Three years have 
snapped many of the tender cords that once hound 
me to life. For Fred, this new affection will indeed 
compensate for much that is lost; and yet in his 
return he must realize more fully how great that loss 
has been. 
Our mother died so long ago that her memory is 
to me a souice of mournful pleasure rather than of 
pain. I remember her voice and her smile; some¬ 
times I dream of her, a dream so real, so life-like, 
that when 1 awake I feel as if her presence were 
around me, brightening and purifying my life. But 
these thoughts lead me on, dear Ellen, to the time 
when you were with us, your first, last., sometimes I 
fear your only visit to our Yankee land. We were all 
together then —Father, Harriet, Feed, Susie and 
I. How kind and good, how devoted to his children 
was my father,— what a dear loving sister,— what a 
mother to us all was Harriet, —what, a true, noble 
brother was Fred; hut loveliest, merriest, dearest of 
all, was Susie, — doubly dear because so like our 
mother; so our old neighbors said; and by the deep, 
tender light within.his eye, we knew that father often 
thought although he seldom said it: and of myself is 
it not enough to say that I loved and was beloved by 
all that dear home circle. But then came sorrow. 
First Fred went away, and though, doubtless, it was 
wisest, beat, that he should go, still it was very hard 
to bear; and then, oh! Ellen, came the anguish 
which has made desolate my life. I look hack now 
upon those days and feel once more Susie’s fond 
parting kiss,— once more Harriet's bund clasps 
mine in a last farewell,—once more I hear father’s 
dying blessing, and the despairing agony of that 
time comes over me with a power I cannot resist. It 
was well for me that then yonr father came. Hud I 
been left alone, either reason or life must have given 
way. Yet I shrank from accompanying him home; 
my heart turned to my far distant brother with a vain 
wild longing. Could I have chosen, to Hawaii not 
England would I have journeyed. It was well for 
me that I had no choice. That long, monotonous 
B ea voyage did me good, and then those two peaceful SONNET FOR JUST NOW. well d iSin^ i ntellects" tolibn'snmZt own’land, ****** for Moore ' B Riml XewTorkeR > 
years of English country life,- dear wmiojw — in the c3U9e of Gon and’ humanity? Thousands of S ° RR ° W ' 
and vour kind family how many quiet joys I owe. Ykt one amila more, departing, distant sun, ... , , . , , , 
Strength and courage to take up once more my share One mellow smile through tho soft vapory air, youths are looking to the church for both moral and nr a. t. *■ cl abkb. 
of life’s burdens have I gained from you. God grant Ere, o’er the (men earth, the lond winds ran, mental discipb ne. Can she meet this deman( i er are 00 joy * on earth; 
that I may bear them patiently anil weU. Or * nf ' w * rirtcd 0>r,lie *»*Aow * ,,ar<! members fail to cultivate to the utmost their minds? How often tbns wo, weeping, sigh, 
, One smile on the brown hills and naked trees, How is it with the press? Can the children of Gon , , t Uttlu worth 
Oct. 27th.—F rbd has been homo near y re And the dark rock* whom so miner wreaths are cast, be guiltless if they fail to furnish the age with reading For jays and friends are doomed to die; 
months, and I have only written one short note to A nd the blue gentian flower that in the breeae tbat bUU be characterized alike by literary merit And Change is written on the tide 
you meanwhile. I have waited because I feared my Nod* lonely, of the beauteous rac* tho U*t apd & of picty? We need men w ho Cftn drive And 0 , er tbe fl(d d* ^ Vlhu!) 
first impressions might be erroneous, and I would Yet a few annoy days in which the boo infidelity from the fields of science and literature,- And on man’s glory and his pride, 
not that you should share them till time had proved Shall murmur by the hedge that skirt. the way, - . an(} phjlosopber9 to As oo each flower of varied hue. 
their truth, fun is very kind and thoughtful, aB reason, with proper defference to tbe teachings of the Th.«* God that nu bo; He doth know- 
that a Bister could usk. Hmsc thru y . Yet one rich smile, and w* will try to bear scriptures. If, then, the disciplining of the intellect He of the infinite heart and mind- 
changed him very little. His manner is n ' jCC The piercing winter frost*, and winds, and darkened air. is of so great importance, can we innocently neglect That which Is heat for ns below, 
graver and more Bubducd than of old, less of boyish _ t , & , t _ the training of its powers? S. L. Leonard. White “ hnow nothin g> and are blind." 
fun and more of manly dignity; but who would wish ‘ Porh*«t er a wiB 1861 His wtedom gra*p* the scope of years 
otherwise? I at least scarcely regret it. I feel at [Written for Moore’* Rural New-Yorker.] ' ’ * t ^_ Tbat circle round the Eternal Throne; 
tirnpsasif the Old boisterous mirth would jar harshly MENTAL DISCIPLINE. * _ , He’a wiser than the hopes and feara 
’ . ,, . „ r ,D _ [Written for Moore'B Rural New-Yorker.] That all Hlg creatures e’er have known. 
upon me now. And his wife. Her name is Maude, .nmnitur mvs 
a sweet pretty name I used to think when hut a child How the mental powers shall bo properly d.sci- AUTOMNDAY8. Ho sceR wtotfall , thfttM(8t 
1 r a L! h 7 isz ss?J ewess zt ...»po„s“*■ 
™ L "1‘win.i with A, fairest and ft. ter, all the power, of o„r mind mo.t b. enltiva.ed; possessed of .Ion of nat.re the; are full of «d»ta- *—;« «■• pr.»ote.....„. i 
name tnat ever o.io g degree of importance be attached ite enjoyment. To walk in the groves, with the fall- And while He rales « love, and knows 
best. And ah is ^ to one faculty. We often meet with persons who ing leaves rustling beneath our feet, and look up at What frwiU life.ap^UU may bear, 
somewhat pioud, though her pride has melted more nowerof the mind trained to a high the giant trees overhead, their tops swaying in the He gives us joy*, and only woes 
than once ere this at thought of home and the dear the incase of other faculties. Such a *‘ nd > each variety of tree sighing in.its own lan- High wbdom aces that we should bear, 
ones there. For hours yMUrdaymind may be strong In one particular direction, but g™ge, to have the heart stirred with emotion. So, when life’s way doth darker grow, 
arms weeping bitterly, and I, nmemt * » _ u js g ,. n / ra | ly incapable of taking enlarged views of Everything speaks the language of fullness or decay. And fall like summer shower* tby tears, 
a good angel, you have comforted me, strove even * ^ H(?ld(JIP fall to be hob by The hickory trees are sprinkling tho earth with their Or when thy lot seems sad below 
thus to comfort her, and not in vain. But I am sad J * f with contempt upon those abundant treasures. The corn, its golden grain just While thinking o’er the pains of years, 
for her sometimes so very young,— for she ih scarce riders, and to loolf turn [ p , . , , , . Roll Sorrow’s tide of feeling back, 
“r <L:IL ll- friend., . k* b~.be. of knowledge -hlek do teed to devel- 
, , ’ f„ r , r o»tinflr that her home iB ope that particular power of the mind whioh they hand or the nusnanaman. tne apple trees begin to While Kakh beholds Lhe ehining track 
almost, nay hate written, ftrge g • have labored so assiduously to cultivate. The meta cast their stores to the earth. The locust trees, their Of thoso who'vn gone to Heaven before, 
henceforth here, and that her chosen rio ■ i ■ ic , M 8f . ldom fai i H to despise the poet, while the tender leaves crisped with the first frost, would alone Academy, New Haven, vt., 1801. 
her. Strange, almost marvel ous, ° * J 7' ,, oe t looks coldly upon the discoveries of the meta- tell that October had come. The bud, now daily shorb -. - - --— 
is that love for wln'di ahe u ^ U .. )V physician. The undue training of tho judgment, ening his stay, is often obscured by clouds; but when FAMILY PRAYER, 
hood held dear. Lon grant t y J ^ Ug su y,j ect too fond of disputation, visible, pouring down its burning rays with what 
prove worthy <U tlila great oonuaeme. There Is danger of his becoming a mere disputing seems to be added fervor, hlddlngushastcn our labors The grand infirmity of family prayers, or what is 
And for me, I look down the pat way o coming and j t wj |j be we j[ be doc8 no y con . ere winter is upon us. All nature is changed except sometimes called family religion, is that it stands 
years and almost smllo to see how soon the sober bimgelf iuto a ,., utc of ftlnl0ht nniversal the evergreens, and the pine and fir trees seem now alone In the house, and has nothing pnt in agreement 
hues of autumn are gathering around my li AepticiBnu The history of literature affords many In take on a deeper greenness as the vegetation with It. Whereas, if it is to have any honest reality, 
and Fnto both wish that I should ren ■ • inPtance8 in wb ich snob a result has been produced around them fades; and when every other green leaf as many things as possible should bo soberly and 
Daily, almost hourly, cffttlmes, as it e such a course . How unhappy wae tho state of has fallen, and the wind whistles through the bare deliberately put in agreement with It; for, indeed, it 
scious y, ocr .hide uia > , niafiirlv Cdilljnoworth's mind for a greater part of his life, branches of the maple and oak, they will stand fresh iB a first point of religion itself, that by its very 
guidance. By-and by it may be this • J wuh Qne of tho ni httot i ut «llecta that England as in their earliest spring foliage, rejoicing the eye nature it rules presidingly over everything desired, 
affectum will fll the void m tuy heart wluc y ^ luCf , d( he waa nn8e Rle.l in his religious and the heart with the sight; for the beautiful ever- done, thought, planned for, and prayed for in this 
longs for the o d brotherly love. Asltls, my y Wjth abUlty to rftasoI1 wh ich enabled him greens appear to us, amid the desolation of nature, life. It ia never to finish itself up by words, or sup- 
pass on with quiet happiness, am 11 g _ 1 tQ wri|c 0Iie cf tha bcst defences of Protestantism like those fixed principles of faith and goodness in plications, or even by sacraments, but the whole 
" dVl . CROe ' L "‘‘l" 1 . , C i j ‘ ’ that haa ever been penned, he uses the following the soul, which shall survive when the sunny light- custom of life and character must be in it by a total 
and that very differently from what w«W « < language Jn regard to himself: “ I know a man, that heartedness of youth and the fervid Impulses of man- consent of the man. And more depends on this a 
have chosen, still I am satisfied and trust that - ^ moderate Protestant turned a Papist, and tho hood have passed, and the winter of age approaches, hundred times, than upon any occasional fervors, or 
bly, cheerfully, bravely, may walk d8y 1hftt , 1( , flld fl0( waB conv inccd In conscience that An humble trust in Goi>, and a love of all that He passionate flights, or agonizing*. The grand defect 
_- his yeaterday’H opinion was an error. The eame man has made, beautifies old age as tho evergreens amid will, in almost all cases, he in what is more deliber- 
AWT PAimi^T a ppfai TO MOTHERS afterwards, upon better consideration, became a the wintry storms attract our attention by their con- ate, viz., in the want of any downright, honest caat- 
AN EARNEST APPEAL TO MOTHERS. ^ ft doBbtiBg PapiBt a con . trusts with all around. a. 0. n. Ing of the family in the type of religion, and as if 
A distinguished physician who died some years firmed Protestant.” Hla vacillation may, at least to a Geneva, w,,, October, 1861. that were truly accepted us the first thing. 
since rATZlared -i believe that during the degree, be explained by the fact that he had given - - —- Bee just what is wanted, by what ,s so very com- 
t wenty-six years I have practiced in this city, 20,000 way to a love of disputation until he had almost HOME AFTER BUSINESS HOURS- monly not found Fust; of all, the mere observance 
3 KZL to tk. ccmdria »c,i- 0,*tro,cd hi, ability to Oi,« B goi,h b,tw„n truth - °> t**’ «■“ »l»lob pr»y- io th. fam, y to keep 
Oca to the absort custom of eaposiog their arms ash aud error. Tub road along which the man of business travels up a reverent show, or aoknuw.ot gement ol nUflm 
necks ” But if the mental powers are to be properly devel- in pursuit of competence or wealth is not a macad- is not enough. It leaves everything else in the life 
It would not be- wide of tho truth to say that fifty oped, they must be employed upon subjects that will arnized one, nor does it ordinarily lead through to be an open space for covetousness, and all the gay 
thousand^chBdreu are eveij year immolated upon tax their energies. It is as true of our mental as of pleasant scenes and by well-springs of delight. On Listings of worldly vanity. It even leaves out 
the altar of capricious fashion, in civilized society, our physical natures, that a want of exercise deprives the contrary, it is ft rough and rugged path, beset prayer; for the saying of prayers is, in no sense, 
flowaver°much F inteUigenoe° Mie”' may be possessed them of their strength. Borne of the paths of litera- with “ wait a-h.t" thorns, and full of ,.it-fa!ls, which really the same thing ns to pray, ^ntrary to this 
of it is an undeniable fact that our women - espe- lure should not he too extensively traveled. Poetry can only he avoided by the exercise of watchful care there should he some real prayer, for the meaning a 
dally mothers - are the slaves of senseless and out- lends us through flowery meads, and along purling and circumspection. After each day’s journey over sake, and for the shell of religious o«cn y ,_ in w m 
rageons fashion. Health, comfort, and happiness streams, and charms us with the melody of her this worse than corduroy turnpike, the wayfarer the semhlanceimay ^ d 
are each in turn sacrificed to the all-potent query, notes; but we may linger too long in her society tar needs something more than rest. He requires solace, indeed, for no return ^ bl ^ f n 
” What will Mrs. Grundy say?" Children must he our good. And how injurious to the Intellect is the and he deserves it. lie is weary of tho dull prose of for ft certain religions effect accompli, he, ly the drill 
models of style whether they live or die. Short modern novel. It requires no mental effort to com- life, and athirst for the poetry.’ Happy is the busi- of repet.t.onal observance. There is also 
dresses, low necks and hare arms make our daughters prehend it; and it may be doubted whether any ness man who can find that solace and that poetry at kind of atte “ P ^ '^n the p/ayer 
look more angelic than their grandmothers did in person ever arose from the perusal of even one of borne. Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond families, iri.lch is much \ , * V 1- 
their homespun wrappers, but not half so oozy and Scott's stories without having been injured in his glances from bright eyes that 19 ^.^of dbob,diene' or some mere mcca- 
lovable. A sweet face peeping out of an ample mental character. If tbe mind ever poaseBseB great ft Mark oar coming HhTiSS which he' haa fallen Nothin-can be more 
hood, and limbs covered up from the smiting blasts strength, it muBt become accustomed to studies that And look brighter when we come,” " , . . , . ' , . hour of nravc-r a 
of our northern climate, arc altogether more bewitch- give full play to all its Te the welcome shouts of children, the thousand little for the subjects of itf and 
ilia than tbe abrivelled ami bloodless forms with when almost every thin# valued according to tbe ” ” r ’ , ... “ \. r “ 1 in n 
® , , . . 4 . ,, i at a -a ni .a ir, 41 .ami manu arrangements for our comfort and enjoyment that nothing could more certainly set them in a iixta 
thplr frnnKi* ski n ni moles. A correct taste is seldom price that it will command in the market, and many ° , , . . , ^ , mi« 
uverimnstrativc A living President of one of Slink that all study is useless which does not bring silently tell of thoughtful and expectant love, the aversion to religion, and to everything sacred. This 
our oldest medical schools always gave this parting immediate pecuniary profit. But was man’s mind gentle ministrations that disencumber us into an old kindof prayer p-ays, in fact .for exasperation s sake, 
our Oldest medical schools auajs gave par mg in j y i . , ? .. and easy seat before we are aware of it,- these and aud the effect will correspond .-Dr. Bushnell. 
advice to his classes on their graduation day: given hi in only to qualify him to gain wealth? May ... .. .. . ,, ini)ft , bv conati tnto the 
” Young gentlemen, take good care of tho old lathes not such studies give to the intellect ft strength that 1 ' .‘. f .... J. ... > f Bf , VPn tv 
-aZ will l, e an, more." Tina aan.il,la I, of grnate, vain, than all the Bold mine, of Cali- P»«'T »!>«■ « *» h » I” 0 *”' lf '- Tl " ,,k An Boom to-The poor p.ttanw.of seventy 
adZ wI. predicated on tlie destraellve ont.re of f„nita7 When looked npon from thin .^<1 point. Of thU yo wives and daughter. 01 tmmm to year. Is not worth being a villa,o for. Who matter 
iulMCC was ] lcditateu 0 ...... u,» Think of the toils, the anxieties, the mortifications i s it if vour neighbor lies in a splendid tomb? Sleep 
nrevalcnt fashions. Let our women break away from how valuable does the Bible appear. How greatly ‘ , ib n 11 your neignpwr wo iu « * r 
Se mwment of custom .his winter, and dies* up does the sublimity of the subjects of which it treats «*d wear that fathers undergo to secure for you com- you wiUl innocence. Look behind you through the 
their darlings to the ears in warm apparel, and their tend to invigorate the mind. Other things being fortable homes, and compensate them for their trials track of ttnio! A vast desert lies open in retrospect; 
increased health and vigor, together with the diminu- equal, he who studies the Scriptures will have a by making them happ y by their own fireside . wearied with years and Borrow, the ^ in ^ ^° m ^ 
Hon of doctor's bills, will more than compensate for more powerful intellect than he who disregards them. ' . . Wlllk8 of man * \ oU Za JL 
the frowns of the whole school over which darne Great arc the benefits, that flow from the disciplin- Hen ok Letters.— 1 ryphiodorus, in his Odyssey, fall; and y ou are to go a 1 e ur or . 
Grundy presides .—Fall River iW ing of the mind. The mere fact, that God has given had no A In his first book, and uo B in the second, find eternal rest. Wha^ver you “V 
_. _— us intellects capable of improvement, shows it to be and so on in the other hooks with the letters of the ter between the cradle and the 8»ve. ev«ry mornen 
_ _ ir r. t i our dntv to cultivate them The untrained mind is alphabet one after the other. Lopez de Vega wrote is big with events, which come not m antccssion, hut 
The Training or Home Convkrsation.-To sub- ou to^ cultmita^ hem. 11 e un ra ned mmd ^ ^ ^ fi r8t without an A, the sec- bursting forcibly from a revolving and unknown 
ordinntc homo training to school training, or to not likely to e “ ^ haa reveaJed ond wilhout . a u. the third without a C, and so on. cause, fly over this orb with diversified influence, 
intermit the former in favor of the latter, is a most and ol human auty. it is uuc tnai ue us* revemeu r . -- »- 
palpable and ruinous mistake. It is bad even In an himself in his word; but ihe undisciplined mind is cns 0111 ® ara nng 1 ZZt verses*of his Profit ok Prayer.—A fter prayer is not the heart 
intellectual point of view. To say nothing of other not as well qualified to comprehend the teachings of o lem rea o ie pot 1 . . . k lighter and the bouI happier? Prayer renders afflic- 
disadvantages, it deprives girls of the best opportu- that volume as he is whose powers have been care- '>" n 'J' ^ C xi) 0C te.l• the author said how- tion less sorrowful, and joy more pare. It mingles 
nities they can ever have of learning that most fully trained. Many of the theological errors that with as the author expected, the author said, how an uus . jeaUable 8we etuess, and adds to 
feminine, most beautiful, most useful of all aecom- have prevailed in the church, have been the effects "ver, it was wit ioo ou a ^ w J r da the other a celestial perfume. Sometimes tbero 
plish.nei.ts -the noble art of conversation. For of the want of a proper mental training on the part tin S letter Aliff had been w ^ 8 ' ™ ovcr the fields l wind which parches the 
conversation is an art as well as a gift. It is learned of those who have undertaken to explain thflBcnp- . ami rep ici. ” vou have writ- plants, aud then their withered stems will droop 
best by familiar intercourse between young and old, tures. Had George Fox’s head been as good as his away a e ' t " » n titled toward the earth; but watered by the dew, they 
in the leisure and unreserve of the evening social heart, he would never have embraced many of tho ten. ^ inoii < name ng j;\ ( r ‘ regain their freshness, and lift up their languishing 
circle. But when young girls arc banished from this errors that arc taught In his writings. 0 .' l uga p ' u VJ ’ . . . P ... r , beadB So there are always burning winds, which 
circle by the pressure of school tasks, talking with But if we would understand the character of Gon, work is that all the words begin with a C. Lord buafe Jo totr* an y K dew 
Xe aid mates till they “ come out " into society, and our own duty, we must become acquainted with North in the time of James I, wrote a Bet of sonnets, 
and then monopolized entirely by voting persons of the teachings of nature. Borne tell us that nature each beginning with a successive letter of the alpha- which refreshes it again. 
their own age, they easily learn to mistake chatter can tcaoli us all upon these subjects that it is neces- bet .-All the >eur Bound. DQEg ^ Tkee Lbah? _k if the tree 
for conversation, and “small talk” becomes for life sary to know. These persona run to one extreme; ' * ’ * fal l toward the south or toward the north, in the 
their only medium of exchange. Hence, with all the but those who would have us believe that natnro Early Rising.—I was always an early riser. Hap- lace whcnj the tree la ileth, there it shall he.” (Eccl. 
intellectual training of the day, there never was a says nothing in regard to these matters, are equally p y the man who is! Every morning day comes to ^ There is a solemn meaning couched under 
greater dearth of intellectual conversation. far from the truth. The Scriptures inform us that, with a virgin’s love, full of bloom, and purity, tb | g metaphor. The tree will not only lie as it falls, 
__ _ “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the and freshness. The youth of Nature is contagious, } t w m & i„ 0 f a u a5 jt leans. And the great question 
Delicacy. —Above every other feature which firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day ]i ke the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if any whicb every one 0Q ght to bring home to his own 
adorns the female character, delicacy stands foremost uttereth speech, and night unto night slmweth knowl- , nan caa bc called old, so long as he is an early riser l)0goni( witbout a moment’s delay, is this, What is 
within the province of good taste. Not. that delicacy And will not ho who possesses the best disci- and ft » early walker. And, oh! youth-lake my tUe mc l iria tion of my soul? Does it, with all its af- 
whieh is perpetually in quest of something to be pliued mind, he the best, qualified to understand the word for it—youth in dressing-gown and slippers, fectiongi lean towards God, or from him?-J. J- 
ashamed of. which makes a merit of a blush, and teachings of the heavens and the earth. Who can dawdling over breakfast at noon, is a very deeripid, Gumey _ 
simpers at the false construction its own ingenuity for a moment suppose tnat, the Hnturored peasant can gliastly image of that youth which sees the sun blush - ZXr* hardness Never 
has put upon an innocent remark; this spurious read the lessons of God s wisdom and power, that over the mountains, and the dews sparkling npon No Cross, no Crow ”'“ Go ‘ d in the 
kind of delicacy is far removed from good taste as are inscribed upon the pages of nature s volume, as blossoming hedge rows .-Blackwood. dream of a MiW. ^ tbe 
from good feeling aud good sense; hut that high readily as Herscuel or Huai. Miller. Whenv ewei -——- gardens of Egypt, whom Uoses n * 0 “ n J no } b ^ e wil . 
minded delicacy which maintains ite pure and unde- m the light that the Scriptures cast upon her, to he A Noble Sentiment.-TIic patriots of the Revolu- burning bush. Many lhe 
viating walk alike among women as in the society well disciplined mind, nature exhibits -tews of the ^ neVM nlten .d a raore noble sentiment than Gov. derness; commend ^e country, t lo 1^ q{ 
of men; which shrinks from no necessary duty, and character of Gon which are never possessed by others. Sprague> of Rhode Island, expressed, when he said, conquest as ! m J 0! T ZZn ixt It drink the cup 
can speak, when required, with seriousness and But if we would he greatly useful, we must possess “ Wealth is useless unless it promotes the public honor witn Z-ebedee s c’ by be aring 
kindness, at things which it would he ashamed well disciplined minds. A man of an untrained welfare, and life itself but a bauble unless it ministers of affliction. Nu wearing a i or ified till 
indeed to smile or blush. This is the delicacy which intellect may be of some ubo to the church and tbe to the honor aud glory of our country.” Thenobility tho Cross first Lhris. iim-e 
forms so important a part of good taste, that where world, if lie be deeply pious, hut his usefulness will 0 f this sentiment is attested by the fact that Gov. first cruc ified.— Irajp-p. * ^ - 
it does not exist as a natural instinct, it is taught as fall far short of that of the intelligent Christian. Sprague, who is the wealthiest man in New England, ^ Sri i —Live as near to Jesus as you posai- 
the first principle of good manners, and considered And the times greatly demand disciplined minds, has given from his personal fortune immense sums ^ but die to self. It is a daily work. Jesus is 
as the universal passport to good society. The church needs men who are qualified to attack to promote the cause of the Union, and has periled > L ‘|“’ J on theotherside of the mountain, 
---- idolatry and infidelity in their strongholds. Are men ids life in the foremost ranks of the army upon the ^ ^ then a supbeam com es over the top; we 
Matching and Marrying. —Marriages are often of untrained minds prepared to carry the gospel to field of battle. _ _ __ f °r,d ltM , 30 , a sort of twilight apprehension of the 
called “matches;" yet, of those who are married, the heathen? Are they prepared to overcome the ~T*T* * a q „a loh hrf»rbtneas of’the sun- but self must be much more 
how few are matened! Temper, tastes, and disposi- prejudices of the educated minds of India and Uhina, Don't let your children earn goo ® m,bdued before we can bask in tbe beams of the ever- 
tion should be well studied before marriage. Hus- or to oppose successfully the infidelity of France and indiscriminately. o ® B ®”’ . . ® j blessed Jesus or say in everything, “Thy will be 
bands a.n a ires are like locks and keys, that rather Germany? True, if men are ever converted, in either eradicated in after years, but it is easier to sow clean b 7 
break than o, en if the wards be rot answerable. heathen or semi-heathen lands, their hearts mast seed than to cleanse dirty wheat. 
SONNET FOR JUST NOW. 
Ykt one smile more, departing, distant sun, 
One mellow smile through tho soft vapory air, 
Ere, o’er the froxen earth, t he lend winds run. 
Or snows are rifted o'er the meadows hare. 
One smile on the brown Lille and naked trees, 
And the dark rocks whose rammer wreaths are cast, 
And the blue gentian flower that in the breeze 
Nods lonely, of the beauteous W-e the lo.'it. 
Yet a few snuoy days, in which the bee 
Shall murmur by the hedge that ekirte the way. 
The cricket chirp upon the rurset lea, 
And men delight to linger in thy ray. 
Yet one rich smile, and w« will try to bear 
The piercing winter frost*, and wind*, and darkened air. 
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[■Written for Moore'* Rural New-Yorker.] 
MENTAL DISCIPLINE. 
How the mental powers shall bo properly disci¬ 
plined, is a question of no little practical import¬ 
ance. If wo would possess a proper mental charac¬ 
ter, all the powers of our mind must be cultivated; 
and not an undue degree of importance be attached 
to one faculty. We often meet with persons who 
have had one power of the mind trained to a high 
degree at the expense of other faculties. Such a 
mind may be strong In one particular direction, but 
it is generally incapuble of taking enlarged views of 
subjects. Such persons seldom fall to be hobby 
riders; and to look with contempt upon those 
branches of knowledge which do not tend to devel¬ 
op© that particular power of the mind which they 
have labored so assiduously to cultivate. The meta- 
undergo a change that cannot be wrought by any 
human power. But Gon use3 human instruments in 
the accomplishment of his work. Tbe age of mira¬ 
cles is past. And is there not a strong demand for 
well disciplined intellects, to labor in our own land, 
! in the cause of God and humanity? Thousands of 
youths are looking to the church for both moral and 
mental discipline. Can she meet this demand if her 
members fail to cultivate to the utmost thejr minds? 
How is it with the press? Can the children of God 
be guiltless if they fail to furnish the age with reading 
that shall be characterized alike by literary merit 
and a spirit of piety? We need rnen who can drive 
infidelity from the fields of science and literatnre,— 
who can teach poets to sing, and philosophers to 
reason, with proper defference to tbe teachings of the 
scriptures. If, then, the disciplining of the intellect 
is of so great importance, can we innocently neglect 
the training of its powers? S. L. Leonard. 
Rochester, Win, 1861. 
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[WritteD for Moore's Rural New-Yorker] 
AUTUMN DAYS. 
The glorious autumn days are upon us, and to all 
possessed of a love of nature they are full of exquis¬ 
ite enjoyment. To walk in the groves, with the fall¬ 
ing leaves rustliug beneath our feet, and look up at 
the giant trees overhead, their tops swaying in the 
wind, each variety of tree sighing in its own lan¬ 
guage, is to have the heart, stirred with emotion. 
Everything speaks the language of fullness or decay. 
The hickory trees are sprinkling the earth with their 
abundant treasures. The corn, its golden grain just 
visible in its covering of husks, hangs ripe for the 
hand of the husbandman. The apple trees begin to 
Cast their stores to the earth. The locust trees, their 
physician seldom fails to despise th© poet, while the tender leaves crisped with the first frost, would alone 
poet looks coldly upon the discoveries of the meta- tell that October had come. The sun, now daily shorU 
physician. The undue training of tho judgment, 
tends to render its subject too fond of disputation. 
There is danger of his becoming a mere disputing 
machine; and it will ho well if he does not con* 
trovert himself iuto a state of almost nniversal 
skepticism. The history of literature affords many 
instances in which such a result has been produced 
by such a course. How unhappy wae tho state of 
Chilljnoworth'h mind for a greater part of his life. 
With one of the mightiest intellects that England 
over produced, he was unsettled in his religions 
belief. With an ability to reason which enabled him 
to write one cf the best defences of Protestantism 
cuing his stay, is often obscured by clouds; but when 
visible, pouring down its burning rays with what 
seems to headded fervor, hlddlngnshastenour labors 
ere winter is upon us. All nature is changed except 
the evergreens, and the pine and firtreeB seem now 
to take on a deeper greenness as the vegetation 
around them fades; and when every other green leaf 
has fallen, and the wind whistles through the bare 
branches of the maple and oak, they will stand fresh 
as in their earliest spring foliage, rejoicing the eye 
and the heart with the sight; for the beautiful ever¬ 
greens appear to us, amid the desolation of nature, 
like those fixed principles of faith ami goodness in 
tbat has ever been penned, he uses the following the soul, which shall survive when the sunny light- 
language in regard to himself; “ I know a man, that 
of a moderate Protestant turned a Papist, and tho 
day that he did so, was convinced in conscience that 
his yeaterday’H opinion was an error. The eame man 
afterwards, upon better consideration, became a 
doubting Papist; aud ol a doubting Papist a con¬ 
firmed Protestant.” His vacillation may, at least to a 
degree, he explained by the fact that he had given 
way to a love of disputation until he had almost 
destroyed his ability to distinguish between truth 
and error. 
But if the mental powers are to be properly devel¬ 
oped, they must he employed upon subjects that will 
tax their energies. It is »b true of our mental as of 
our physical natures, that a want of exercise deprives 
them of their strength. Somo of the paths of litera¬ 
ture should not he too extensively traveled. Poeiry 
leads us through flowery meads, and along purling 
streams, and charms us with tbe melody of her 
notes; but we may linger too long in her society for 
our good. And how injurious to the Intellect is the 
modern novel. It requires no mental effort to com¬ 
prehend it; and it may be doubted whether any 
person ever arose from the perusal of even one of 
Scott's stories without having been injured in his 
mental character. If the mind ever possesses great 
strength, it must become accustomed to studies that 
give full play to all its faculties. We live in an age 
when almost every thing is valued according to tbe 
price that it will command in the market; aud many 
think that all study is useless which does not bring 
immediate pecuniary profit. But was man’s mind 
given him only to qualify him to gain wealth? May 
not rucIi studies give to the intellect ft strength that 
is of greater value than all the gold mines of Cali¬ 
fornia? When looked upon from this standpoint, 
how valuable does the Bible appear. How greatly 
does the sublimity of the subjects of which it treats 
tend to invigorate the mind. Other things being 
equal, he who studies the Scriptures will have a 
more powerful Intellect than he who disregards them. 
Great arc the benefits that flow from the disciplin¬ 
ing of the mind. The mere fact, that God has given 
us intellects capable of improvement, shows it to be 
our duty to cultivate them. The untrained mind is 
not likely to have enlarged views of JI ia character, 
and of human duty. It is true that he has revealed 
himself in his word; but the undisciplined mind is 
not as well qualified to comprehend the teachings of 
that volume as he is whose powers have been care¬ 
fully trained. Many of the theological errors that 
have prevailed in tho church, have been the effects 
of the want of a proper mental training on the part 
of those who have undertaken to explain tho Scrip¬ 
tures. Had George Fox’s head been as good as his 
heart, he would never have embraced many of tho 
errors that arc taught in his writings. 
But if we would understand the character of God, 
and our own duty, we must become acquainted with 
the teachings of nature. Borne tell us that nature 
can teach us all upon these subjects that it is neces¬ 
sary to know. These persons run to one extreme; 
but those who would have us bedieve that nature 
heartedness of youth and the fervid Impulses of man¬ 
hood have pasted, and the winter of age approaches. 
An humble trust in God, and a love of all that He 
has made, beautifies old age as tho evergreens amid 
the wintry storms attract our attention by their con¬ 
trasts with all around. b. c. d. 
Genera, Wis., October, 1861. 
HOME AFTER BUSINESS HOURS- 
The road along which the man of business travels 
in pursuit of competence or wealth is not a macad¬ 
amized one, nor does it ordinarily lead through 
pleasant scenes and by well-springs of delight. On 
the contrary, it is a rough and rugged path, beset 
with “ wait-a-bit” thorns, und full of pil-fiiMs, which 
can only be avoided by the exercise of watchful care 
and circumspection. After each day’s journey over 
this worse than corduroy turnpike, the wayfarer 
needs something more than rest. He requires solace, 
and he deserves it. He is weary of tho dull proF<? of 
life, and athirst for the poetry.' Happy is the busi¬ 
ness man who can find that solace and that poetry at 
home. Warm greetings from loviDg hearts, fond 
glances from bright eyes that 
’• Mark oar coming 
And look brighter when we come,” 
the welcome shouts of children, the thousand little 
arrangements for our comfort and enjoyment that 
silently tell of thoughtful and expectant love, the 
gentlo ministrations that disencumber us into an old 
and easy seat before we are aware of it,— these and 
like tokens of affection and sympathy constitute tho 
poetry which reconcile us to the prose of life. Think 
of this, ye wives and daughters of business men. 
Think of the toils, the anxieties, the mortifications 
and wear that fathers undergo to secure for you com¬ 
fortable homes, and compensate them for their trials 
by making them happy by their own fireside. 
Men or Letters. —Tryphiodorus, in his Odyssey, 
had no A In his first book, aud uo B in the second, 
and so on in the other books with the letters of the 
alphabet one after the other. Lopez de Vega wrote 
five novels in prose; the first without an A, the sec¬ 
ond without a B, the third without ft C, aud so on. 
This custom existed among the Persian poets. One 
of them read to the poet Jami some verses of his 
own composition, which Jami was not so struck 
with as the author expected; the author said, how¬ 
ever, it was without doubt a very curious poern, for 
the lettor Aliff had been omitted from all the words. 
Jami replied, “You can do a better thing yet. Take 
away all the letters from every word you have writ¬ 
ten.” A monk named Hugbald wrote a work entitled 
the “Eologa de Culvia.” The peculiarity of this 
work is that all the words begiu with a C. Lord 
North, in the time of James I, wrote a set of sonnets, 
each beginning with a successive letter of the alpha¬ 
bet.— All lhe Year Round. 
Early Rising.— I was always an early riser. Hap- 
says nothing in regard to these matters, are equally py the man who is! Every morning day comes to 
far from the truth. The Scriptures inform us that, 
“The heavens declare tbe glory of God; and the 
firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day 
uttereth speech, utid night unto night showeth knowl¬ 
edge.” And will not he who possesses the best disci¬ 
plined ruiud, he the best qualified to understand the 
teachings of the heavens and the earth. Who can 
for a moment suppose tnai. the untutored peasant van 
read the lessons of God’s wisdom aud power, that 
are inscribed upon the pages of nature's volume, as 
readily as Herscuel or Hugh Miller. When viewed 
in the light that the Scriptures cast upon her, to the 
him with a virgin’s love, full of bloom, and purity, 
and freshness. The youth of Nature is contagious, 
like the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if any 
man can be called old, so long as he is an early riser 
and an early walker. And, oh! youth—take my 
word for it—youth in dressing-gown and slippers, 
dawdling over breakfast at noon, is a very deeripid, 
ghastly image of that youth which sees the sun blush 
over the mountains, and the dews sparkling upon 
blossoming hedge rows.— Blackwood. 
A Norle Sentiment.— The patriots of the Revolu- 
well disciplined minds. A mau of an untrained welfare, and life itself but a bauble unless it ministers 
intellect may be of some use to the church and tbe to the honor aud glory of our country.” The nobility 
world, if he be deeply pious, hut his usefulness will 0 f this Bentiraeut is attested by the fact that Gov. 
fall far short of that of the intelligent Christian. Sprague, who is the wealthiest man in New England, 
And the times greatly demand disciplined minds. bas given from his personal fortune immense sums 
The church needs men who are qualified to attack to promote the cause of the Union, and has periled 
idolatry and infidelity in their strongholds. Are men b [s life in the foremost ranks of the army upon the 
of untrained minds prepared to carry the gospel to field of battle. 
the heathen? Are they prepared to overcome the-77 , ,. 
prejudices of the educated minds of India and China, Don't let your children learn good and bad things 
or to oppose successfully the infidelity of France and indiscriminately. To he sure, the bad might he 
Germany? True, if men are ever converted, in either eradicated in after years, but it is easier to sow clean 
heathen or semi-heathen lands, their hearts mast seed than to cleanse dirty wneat. 
of affliction. No wearing the crown but by bearing 
tho cross first. Christ himself was not glorified till 
first crucified.— Trapp. 
Die to Self.— Live as near to Jesus as you possi¬ 
bly can, hut die to self. It is a daily work. Jesus is 
as a sun that shines on the other side of the mountain, 
and now ami then a sunbeam comes over the top; we 
get a glimpse, a sort of twilight apprehension ol tbe 
brightness of the sun; but self must be much more 
subdued before we can bask in tbe beams of the evei- 
blessed Jesus, or say in everything, “Thy will be 
done.”— Beveridge, 
