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JUNE. 
BY LUCY L. STOUT. 
THE month of flowers is here. 
With its fullness of life ami light; 
With the out-gushing song of the birds by day, 
And breezy whispers by night, 
Till the air in glud with pleasant sounds. 
And the eyes thank Gun for sight! 
Sweet odors perfume the air,— 
Clover and new-mown hay; 
And the delicate, cream-white locust blooms 
With a willowy motion’s 9way; 
But their scent is keen with a hidden fang, 
hike a kiss that will betray. 
Fair are the flowers and birds. 
The old oak's glossy leaves. 
The delicate robe the maple wears, 
And all God’s beautiful trees; 
But they only give me pain when the breath 
Of the locust taints the breeze. 
For it brings another .Tunc, 
From the years long, long gone by: 
The ghost9 of those days come hastening back 
With a blush and a smile and a sigh. 
Till my heurt is mad with an anguish keen, 
And a pleasure that cannot die. 
Beautiful month of June, 
Sweet with the rose’s breath ! 
Sorrowful month of June, 
Moaneth my heart bereft I 
Tliou st rivesl in vain with sunshine and flowers. 
To brighten a world of death ! 
EQUAL RIGHTS. 
TrrE American Equal Rights Association, 
which is real I j a national organization to 
effect the enfranchisement of Woman, as¬ 
sembled in Annual Convention on Wednes¬ 
day, May 12, in New York City, and con¬ 
tinued its deliberations throe days. The 
sessions were well attended, all the most 
prominent advocates of Woman’s Rights, of 
both sexes, being present, besides a large 
numlk-T of lesser lights, and many curious 
spectators. Of course there were not a few 
excellent speeches made, and, that our largo 
circle of lady readers may bo fully advised 
as to what the “ Progressive Woman” claims 
for herself, we give extracts from the ablest 
of these. 
Mrs. Elizabf.th Cady Stanton delivered 
the opening address, of which the following 
sentences contain the pith: 
We never can have a true republicanism till 
the whole idea of aristocracy, Of sox or any thing 
else, Is abandoned. Tins is the only safety of i lie 
country, and the Woman’s Rights movement is 
therefore n great patriotic movement., it is not 
only morely the right of woman to drop a ballot 
into a box, that is fought for; it is the safety and 
perpetuity of our government. 
Laier,during the same session, Mrs. Stan¬ 
ton spoke at considerable length upon the 
proposed Sixteenth Amendment to the Fed¬ 
eral Constitution, which was submitted in 
joint resolution to Congress March 16,1869, 
by Mr. Jullan, and which says, in regard to 
the right of suffrage:—“All citizens of the 
United States, whether native or naturalized, 
shall enjoy this right equally without any 
distinction or discrimination whatever found 
cd on sex.” Said Mrs. 8.: 
l urge a speedy adoption of the Sixteenth 
Ameiidont for many reasons. I. A government 
bant'd on the ousie and class principle, cannot 
hraiid. The Bi telocraiiu idea. In any form, is op¬ 
posed to t he genius of our free Institutions, to 
our own declaration of rights, ami to thOOtUliZU- 
tIon of the age . .of all Wimls of aristocracy, 
that of sivv is (he most odious ami unnatural: 
invading, as it does, oUr homos, desecrating our 
family altars, dividing those whom (Jo J has 
Joined together, exalting the son above the 
mother who bore him, and subjugating, every¬ 
where, moral power to brute force. 
" I urge tho Sixteenth Amendment, because 
“ manhood suffrage," or a man’s government, is 
civil, religious, and social disorganization. The 
male element I* dost rum ivo force, stern, selfish, 
aggrandizing, loving war, violence, oouQUQst, uc- 
uulsitiou, brooding In the material and moral 
world alike discord,disorder, disease, and death. 
Whatever Is done to lift woman to her true 
position, will help to usher In a new day of peace 
and perfection for the nice. Here that great 
oonservnfor of woman’s love if permitted to 
assort itself, as It naturally would in freedom 
against all oppression, violence, and war, would 
hold all these destructive forces in check, for 
woman knows the cost of life better than man 
does, and not with her consent would ono drop 
of blood Over lie shed, one life saeriilcod in vain. 
3. I urge the Sixteenth Amendment, because 
when "manhood autJTogO" is established from 
Maine lo California, woman has reached the 
lowest steps of pol it teal degrad.tl ion T1 1 i n k 
of Patrick, and Sambo, and Huns, and Yung 
Tung, Who do nut know the dltference between 
a monarchy and a republic, who cannot mad t he 
Declaration of Independence or Webster's spell 
lag book, making laws for I.oorottu, Mott, Krne- 
sniin L. Rose, Susan D. Anthony nr Aimu E. 
Dickinson. Think of Jurors and jailors drawn 
from these ranks to decide the moral code 
by which the mothers of this Republic shall be 
governed! “Manhood suffrage’’ is national 
Huieidc and woman's destruction _When the 
highest oiliees in the gift of the people are 
bought and sold in Wall street, it Is a mere 
cham.-e who will be our rulers. Whither is i na¬ 
tion lending when brains count for loss than 
bull Inn, and clowns make laws for queens? 
*• 1 would press tike Sixteenth Amendment, 
because the history of American statesmanship 
does not inspire nut with eonthleuoe in man's ca¬ 
pacity to govern the nation alone, with justice 
and mercy. 
5. I demand the adoption of the Sixteenth 
Amendment, because the present isolation of the 
sexes ir opposed to the teachings of science, 
philosophy and common sense. Comte, the dis¬ 
tinguished French writer, in his “Positive Phil¬ 
osophy,' 1 shows clearly that the tirst step towards 
f-Oeuu re-organ teition involves the education and 
elevation ot'woman. H is only In gwing her 
sentiments and affections development and an 
enlightened direction thut govcrninenl.s can be 
made stable, that capital and labor can be re¬ 
conciled, intellect and activity harmonized. 
w hen we ask that woman be admitted into the 
world of politics that it may be purified and ele¬ 
vated, it a not that we consider woman better 
[ban man, but that the noblest sentiments of 
both arc called out by such associations, 
0. I urge the Sixteenth Amendment on your 
consideration, because the safety and dignity of 
woman demand her immediate enfranchise¬ 
ment. Manhood suffrage "creates an antago¬ 
nism everywhere between educated, re til led wo- 
’ IV. 0 n an d i he 1 owcr orders of men, especialiy at 
the .south, wnc-re the slaves of yesterday are the 
law-makers ot to-day.Theballot u ri, axrm- 
’bol of equality, and to recognize woman’s 
equality in every position of life is to teach her 
self-respect, dignify her in the eyes of man, and 
throw now safeguards round her virtue. Let 
society do as much towards dignifying the wo¬ 
man as the priest, teach the masses that there is 
no office so sacred as motherhood, and that it is 
a fouler sacrilege to desecrate u young, innocent 
girl than any altar or holy symbol of thechurch, 
and we shall soon end the gross assaults on 
woman so common to-day. 
From yonder hill top, at the setting sun, with 
nature in her sweet, e<mtiding moods, one may 
learn ail they care to know of human destiny. 
In hours like this, 1 have. a<ked i.he majestic 
rivers, mighty forests and eternal hill- that in 
their yenmmgg seem tu touch the heavens—I 
have asked the sun, the moon, the stars that for 
ages have looked down on human weal and woe 
—I have asked my own soul iu momontsof ex¬ 
altation mid humiliation, if woman, who, in 
thought, can touch lhe invisible, explore the 
planetary world, encompass laud and sea, was 
made by her Creator to bo q slave, a subject, a 
mere reflection of another human will ? and iu 
solemn chorus one uutl all have answered, tio! 
no!! no!!! 
The principal speaker in the first evening 
session was Miss Olive Logan. She related 
her experience in regard to Woman’s Rights; 
told how she had long been “ on the anxious 
seat,” as she expressed it, and said: 
Tstand here la-night full of faltli, inborn faith, 
in the right of woman to advance boldly in all 
ennobling paths, and full of faith in her right to 
do with her hands all that she is able to do, and 
what her brain and intellect tire (* 0011 ! to, and to 
reject all the drudgeries that, men dislike, and 
thus think ami say that women are peculiarly 
made to do. I have full faith In her right to en¬ 
ter into the arena of polities, and to set some¬ 
thing vigli i in pol it lea which is now nil wrong. 
I am not ready yet to see women wear trousers 
—(great laughter and applause)—nor men wear 
petticoats—(renewed applause) but. that la a 
branch of the sub jeel on winch I am going to 
speak more lolly upon at a future lime 
There are thouaandaof women who have no vital 
interest in l his question. They are happy wives 
and daughter-', and may they ever be so; but 
they cannot tell how soon tuoir husbands and 
brothew may be lo.r, lo them, and then they will 
find, aS so many have found, themselves desti¬ 
tute and penniless with no resources iu (hem- 
selves against misfortune. Then it will be l'Or 
such that wo labor. 
Mrs. Livermore made a speeeh which 
we hear characterized as racy and pointed, 
but of whicli we have no report. Wo there¬ 
fore. conclude our extracts by the following 
from the loading address of the second 
evening session, by Mrs. Ernestine L. 
Rose : 
I ask the same rights for women I hat are ex¬ 
tended to men—the right to life, liberty, ami 
the pursuit Of happiness; ami every pursuit, iu 
life must bo as free and open to me >es to any 
man in the land. Hut they will never be thrown 
open to me or lo any of you, until we have 
the power of tho ballot. In our own hands. 
That little paper is a great talisman. Wo 
have often been I old that the golden key can 
unlock all tho doors; that Utile piece of pa¬ 
per can unlock doors where golden keys fall. 
Wherever men are, whether in the workshop, 
in the store. In the laboratory, or in legis¬ 
lative halls, I want to see woman. Wherever 
man is, there she is needed : wherever man has 
work, to tio — work fur the benefit of man — 
there should men and women unite and co¬ 
operate together. It is not well for man to bo 
alone, or work alone; and bo eannot work for 
woman as well us woman cun work for herself- 
fttobfs a nil jHannrrs. 
to-day .The ballot is the sym- them.— Chesterfield. 
YOUNG LADY REFORMERS. 
We suppose it is quite suporlluous to tell 
the young ladies that they have grcul Influ¬ 
ence over young men. But will they pardon 
us fur saying that they might wield this 
influence lo better purpose than they do? 
Young men desire their company; ami upon 
such desire tho girls may base an excellent 
work of reform, 1 —for, though wo dislike lo 
confess it, most young men need reforming. 
A Western paper says;—“Theyoung ladies 
of Dover, Wayne county, Indiana, have 
formed themselves into a society for the 
redemption of tho young men from bad 
habits. Each of the members has pledged 
herself not to receive tins attention of any 
young man who uses liquor, tobacco or pro¬ 
fane language.” 
This organization for individual good is 
eminently proper. Would that tho ladies of 
every town anil village would imitate the 
excellent example hero recorded! Every 
girl then might glory in being a true reformer. 
If all of tho many who arc vaguely dream¬ 
ing of some “ sphere” ill life,— some splen¬ 
did opportunity for benefiting humanity,— 
would just, improve the opportunity which 
is in their grasp, how speedily would society 
be uplifted! We know a few dear good 
girls who decline all advances from young 
men of bad habits; but they are exceptional. 
Take it kindly, all young ladyhood, when 
wo assert that girls in general are rather 
careless upon whom they bestow their 
smiles. There are reformers among women ; 
but they are for reforming the world politi¬ 
cally. Let there he others,— young, lovable, 
with a sweet influence none can long with¬ 
stand,— who labor Upon the plastic material 
placed constantly within their ruaeh, and 
such a reform will ensue as shall render all 
other and minor ones of comparative ease. 
- +++ - 
True Sentiments.— Content will give a 
relish to all my pleasure, and make me 
epicurize upon my little fortune, and enjoy to 
the full height all I have; whilst covetous¬ 
ness would let me starve in the midst of 
plenty, and make a beggar of me, though 1 
wallowed in gold. Temperance and sobriety 
will give me life and health, a calm and free 
exercise of my reason, whilst gluttony and 
drunkenness would enervate my body, and 
stupify my soul.— Palmer’s Aphorisms. 
-- 
Good-breeding is the result of much good 
sense, some good nature, and a little self- 
denial, for the sake of others, and with a 
view to obtain the same indulgence from 
A TALK WITH THE BOYS. 
I 
by mintwood. 
“ Why don’t yon give the boys a talking , 
to?” said a little girl to me a short time ago. 
“ Not ono out of a thousand knows how to 
behave, and it is just as much your duty to 
talk to I hem as to us.” 
I at. once conceded her point, and told her 
the hoys should ha talked to. “ And, by the 
way,” she added through the door, “ by all 
means, do not fail lo tell them not to put oil 
on their heads!" 
I knew how much she meant by that, for 
she repeatedly relieved her mind on the 
greasy slickness of young men’s heads, which 
were incensed with the contents of bottles of 
hair oil. Before, leaving the hall she turned 
bade again ;—“ Moreover, Mintwood,” said 
she, “ tell them if their moustaches, whiskers 
or heads are red, flaxen* Maltese or nankin 
in color, to leave t hem so, and never, never 
dye them, unless they want to lie taken for 
villains, burglars or scoundrels. Tell them 
the girls make fun of dyed himiteness. I’m 
decidedly (h)airy in my ideas, you seeand 
she smiled herself out. again. 
I once read Ik. Marvel’s “ Reveries of 
n. Bachelor,” as faithful a panorama of a 
young man’s heart as has ever been unrolled 
to public view. With ft slight metamor¬ 
phosis, it would as t ruthfully reveal the heart 
reveries of most, young women, so it only 
the more strengthened my theory that hu¬ 
man nature and human feeling arc the same 
under broadcloth asunder silk or calico, and 
any talk that applied to girls was equally ap¬ 
plicable to boys, and this talk need not be 
regarded as any disproof. 
Most farmers, ns well as mechanics, take 
better care of their feet than their hands. 
They ride in the cold, work in the burning 
heat of the sun, blister the palms, scratch, 
and tear and mutilate their hands in tho 
most reckless manner, and perhaps feel a lit¬ 
tle inclined to sneer at \yorktncn who wear 
gloves. It is a very miserable sneer. If 
you cannot, afford to have gloves to wear to 
church for look’s sake, have good buckskin 
ones in which to plow and ditch, pick stone, 
prune trees and vines, and the many duties 
of farm life that can he executed just as well 
in gloves as without, and save you a vast 
deal of pain ami trouble. Keep your hands, 
finger joints and nails dean. If soap and 
water will not, clean nut the pores, use a nail 
brush. I don’t like to sit behind men in 
church, well dressed men, too, whose finger 
nails protect discs of fertile soil. 1 became 
impressed early in life from some source that 
it, was very ill-mannered for one to clean his 
linger nails before people. It. may be ill- 
mannered, but, as I hold it ill-manners to 
do that which is offensive, I think it far 
worse to carry dirty linger nails than it is to 
clean them before people. 
Fingers remind me of rings and jewelry. 
It needs but little in the way of precious 
metal or stone to furnish a man. One ring, 
and that a very serene band on his Utile 
finger, is quite enough. Brooch pins, bosom 
studs or watch guard, should never belong 
to what is termed “flash jewelry.’’ What 
a man wears is not necessarily himself, but is 
an index of the man within. It, is your duly 
to cherish the welfare and comfort of your 
body us well as to look alter your morals. 
And, boys, good morals do not have their 
headquarters In taverns and saloons; nor do 
they lounge about shops or stores, 1 always 
have a poor opinion of a young man tilled 
in a chair on a hotel stoop or dangling bis 
legs in a bar-room. Such places beget a 
swaggering air, and a swaggering man is 
neither manly nor admirable, and is as re¬ 
pelling to a good woman as vice is to virtue. 
The atmosphere-of rooms where mei> con¬ 
gregate to smoke and drink, cat peanuts, 
spin yarns and crack jokes, tell" stories - 
and you know what kind of stories some of 
them tell — is no more appropriate for you 
than it would be for your sisters. What 
would soil and contaminate them, will you. 
I find a wide-spread disposition among 
men to ridicule exemption from had habits 
among their own sex. They think a fellow 
terribly “green” who lias kept tho bloom 
and sanctity of Ins honor as inviolate as the 
sweet sister at his side has hers; and they 
say a fellow who doesn’t enjoy a lino cigar 
or a glass of claret, lacks in the Ingredients 
of what constitutes a “ good fellow.” It is 
the sheerest, nonsense, and tho most palpable 
falsity that ever wheedled a young man into 
its meshes. I am an “excellent judge” of 
men, and some of the very best ones it. has 
been my good fortune to know, have been 
men of honor, generosity, large-heartedness, 
sympathy, deep and strong in feeling, ap¬ 
preciative, possessing good sense and judg¬ 
ment; and they neither smoke, chew, drink 
intoxicating beverages, attend horse races, 
delight in the witticisms of the clown of a 
country circus, nor swear by damning or 
darning. 
Gentleness is just as much manliness as 
moral or intellectual strength. Toward 
women you should always be gentle. Some 
one has written:—“He who lays his hand 
upon a woman save in the way of kindness, 
is a wretch, whom ’twere gross flattery to 
call a coward.” 
Civility costs nothing. Little ceremonial 
forms cost nothing, and go a great way. 
The military salute many of the boys learned 
during the war, and which they now exer¬ 
cise so gracefully in recognition, achieves 
for them genuine respect. A very humble 
shop man I know always lilts his lmt when 
I meet him on the street, and I give him just 
a9 honest a smile and bow as if ho were the 
banker down the avenue. Ills courteous 
manner wins my respect, aside from any vir¬ 
tues he may possess. 
It is said that it. requires three generations 
to make a gentleman out of a boor. That 
probably means a trained gentleman; for if 
a man’s heart be gentle and I rue, one genera¬ 
tion will accomplish I he delightful (hgt. 
And a gentleman is a delightful fact. He is 
as grateful as the “shadow of a, great rock 
in a weary land,”—grateful, after one has 
civilly borne tin: annoyance of an intermin¬ 
able boor, who never knows when to leave; 
who is always ready with a significant leer 
at every accident, of move or speech, putting ( 
vile constructions on the purest intentions; < 
staring at one at street corners, hotel and , 
church doors; peering for a glimpse of a , 
girl's ankle, and giggling if he sees the color ( 
of her stockings or petticoats; looking where j 
his gaze is offensive, and compelling a. wo- j 
man forever Lo he in a defensive attitude for | 
self-protection. After such a masculine dose, , 
T say a gentleman, is especially grateful. 
Not long ago, being in a parlor with a i 
nuniW' of friends of both sexes, a gentleman 1 
said quietly, “ l do not think you know ; 
you have torn your dress,” indicating with 1 
his eyes the direction of the rent, which, , 
upon discovery, was any thing than orna¬ 
mental. I might have Haunted that dam- , 
aging tear the whole evening in blissful 
ignorance, but. for the kindness of the gentle- , 
man. He was a. German, and 1 shall never 
think of him without, thanking him for his 
real politeness. I do not know as Germans, 
as a rule, are more polite than Americans, 
but Americana differ greatly in different 
sections. The general demeanor of South¬ 
ern gentlemen toward women is much 
more respectful, courteous and gratifying 
than that evinced by Northerners. In 
the North, “ good clothes” is quite sure to 
insure civility and courtesy. In the South, 
a man never fails to remember that a woman 
is a woman, no matter what her costume 
may ho. The difference, is wholly in train¬ 
ing, and not in relative goodness. In New 
York, for a man to give up his seat to a 
woman is the exception; in Richmond or 
New Orleans it is the rule. A man, naturally 
selfish, may train himself to habitual unsel¬ 
fishness : and hollow and insincere as trained 
gCntiemanlii 1 ess may be, it is infinitely pre¬ 
ferable to the repulsiveness without the 
training. 
A woman’s neck without a, collar lias a 
lonesome, barren look; and a man’s looks 
just, as unfurnished. I know farmers who 
arc never without a collar, no mutter If it he 
harvest or logging time. A broad-rimmed 
hat keeps the brow white; face and hands 
washed, hair brushed, a clean linen coat or 
jacket drawn on, after work is over, makes 
one. presentable for the table or sitting-room 
with but little trouble. 
1 know of other men who have very faint 
ideas of cleanliness. A bath is of triennial 
occurrence, when it should he, weekly, if not. 
daily. A clean shirt is donned on Sunday, 
and worked in and slept in for a week. In 
riding over the country on a Monday morn¬ 
ing, and observing closely and critically the 
clotheslines, I should say that men’s night¬ 
shirts are as few and far between as angels’ 
visits. I don’t think half of you know, by 
actual observation, what a night shirt is, or 
what it is for, so I’ll tell you, and you may 
thank mo at your leisure. Winter ones 
should be made of heavy muslin or factory 
cloth, bleached or unbleached ; and those for 
summer of lighter fabric, They should be 
cut like any shirt, only long enough to reach 
the ankles. The shoulders should lie lined 
with the same, At night, they take the place 
of all other garments, and never being soiled 
with the dirt and perspiration of work, make 
a man a fit. subject for a clean bed. Aside 
from their healthfuiness, cleanliness, saving 
of dross-shirts, civilized aspect, 1 think the 
Stupidest man who reads this will agree, that 
for undress toilette, they will increase his 
self-respect a thousand fold, and have many 
other advantages 1 need not enlarge upon. 
-M-*- 
True Courtesy.— “Manners,” says the 
eloquent Edmund Burke, “ arc of more 
importance than law. Upon them, in a great 
measure the law depends. The law can 
touch us here and there, now and then. 
Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or 
purity, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine, 
by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible 
operation, like that of the air we. breath in.” 
--— 
Avoid glare and gaudiness in dress. 
Sabbath Ilcabhtg. 
LEAD ME TO THE ROCK. 
BY RACHEL BA BN. 
L eadmt tot.ht Roct that is higher than I.’’—Psalm61:2. 
Lead dw. O lead tno to tho Rock 
That higher U than I! 
Though storms may blow and tempests shock, 
Ou Thru i shall rely. 
If to t he Rock Thou leadost me, 
I novor shall re plan; 
My 8 Avidimus faro I then shall 300, 
And In Ills glory shine. 
Lead ?nr, O lead mo to the Rock) 
Where I shall sheltered be! 
Although the world my longings mock. 
Yet 1 shall floe to Thee; 
And of Thy Holy Joys partake 
And o’er Thy love possess; 
Thou wilt uphold for Jesus' sake 
My heart,, when In distress! 
Lead me, O lend me to the Rock! 
Some cleft, there may be found 
My soul to hide from tempests' shock. 
Though billows roll around. 
Helium, York Co., Fa., 18011. 
MATERIALIZING HEAVEN. 
Now, when the tendency of all things 
earthly is materialistic, it is perhaps not 
strange that there exists a desire to materi¬ 
alize spiritual tilings, and to make of Heaven 
only another mirth, possessed of every cir¬ 
cumstance known here except sin. But 
there is danger in this attempted materializ¬ 
ing; and if such speculation be curried too 
far, results may prove sad indeed. Ilowcvei 
much we may want to know what lies he 
yond tho grave, and just what, that, Heaven 
is like to which many of us hope sometime 
to go, curious querying* concerning it will 
avail us nothing. To human knowledge 
God has set a limit. “Thus far shall llioii 
go, and no farther,” is the limitation, and 
the “ thus far” is the grave. Through ihu 
green curtain of the sod we may not peer. 
Whatever awaits beyond that,—whatever ot 
detail or surroundings,—we shall know only 
when the green curtain swings outward for 
us to enter. 
And yet, God has given us some beautiful 
foreshadowings of Heaven,- some outlines 
of the picture, to lie filled in hereafter. They 
arc sufficient, for failli; they ought to answer 
all doubtful speculations of every kind. 
“For we know that when lie shall appear 
we shall be like Him.” It is possible to see 
in these words an existence quite different 
from that which some recent, writers presume 
the good will enjoy when they have put 
aside mortality. It is difficult to believe 
Him as taking part in very material pleas¬ 
ures; and if we are to he “ like Ilim,” we 
shall hardly ding to what, we here count our 
chief joys. The peace and gladness of 
lloavon may spring from Hie ii-ing of earthly 
appliances, with our natures purified, and 
the using thereby rendered spiritual; but we 
prefer to suppose, that in the Belter Band 
there will be. found better agencies of happi¬ 
ness, and that, taking on immortality, we 
shall take on immortal surroundings. 
“ T shall be satisfied when I awake with Thy 
likeness." I Icre is Hie only picture of J leaven 
that is necessary to our trust while yet on 
earth. “1 shall be satisfied /” This, with 
nothing added, would indeed be Heaven, - 
satisfaction. No more vague unrest; no 
more anxious longings after something out 
of reach; no more fear, no more doubt, no 
more pain. The promise of a full and final 
content should be our sweet assurance 
through all stragglings,—all inclinations to 
doubt, or speculate upon, the life immortal. 
| Let ns not wonder whether the content will 
come through one means or another. It is 
enough that it will come; and that in it and 
of il we shall find heavenly rest, and that joy 
which shall compensate for every earthly ill. 
-- 
LIFE PRUNING. 
A vine that is left to ramble till it grows 
all over the tree-top, is not half so much a 
vine as one that is cut back skillfully, anil 
Laid in fair proportions On the trellis, and tied 
there. And a man that lias his own way, 
and rambles just as bis affections choose to 
go, is not half so much a man as one whom 
God has tenderly pruned, and cut back, and 
laid, and tied in. In the case of 1 lie man, as 
in that of the vine, the one that is wisely 
checked and trained becomes more fruitful, 
and the fruit becomes better. 
-- 
Tiie Contrast. —When Joseph 8 a tel iff 
was near his last hour he said, “ 1 have been 
thinking of the difference between the death 
of Paul and Byron.” Paul said, “ The time 
of my departure is at hand, but there is laid 
up for rue a crown." Byron said, 
“ My flays are In the yellow leaf, 
The (lower, the fruit ot life Is g®ne ; 
Tho worm, tho canker uml tho grief 
Aro mine alone," 
.-- 
Every act of sin is more injurious to him 
who commits it, than it can possibly be to 
any other who sutlers by it; it will return 
into the conscience, and perform a strange 
work there. 
