loosened itself from the roof, but its owner I and wn nn 1 * 
1«. everything take ere of itself, sl „« Wro . ,, 01l8e . J « ld -•»"*'/ howe nappy if J were not y„ UI - idc „" 
1 "P 1,1 bl8 study, lighted Ills lump and deniv trmsnnrip ? inf n ’ . Slld ' lor it is in vain to search for perfection 
tl.e,e studied inMnlgubiy. „„ £ ZlTjZZ, Z*l"7 e ’l S A ”« ,f *»» »« T" «tS 
mestic was an old woman, who seemed quite carpet, at the curtains tlien^V S‘ f ® C ? uld kee P y° ur Jl0ll8e in order, cook your 
as much a part ot the old house as the an- drawers with its met tv r v of dlim ®'> mend your clothes, and keen 
tiquated furniture. She had served the nick-nacks!" 1 ” 1 ^ ^ ^ many tbin S 
P^ent owner’s father, who had been a rich 
merchant. The son, on his father’s death, 
had returned from the capital, where he had 
as the an- drawers, with its pretty cover and mam- m ® nd y 0Ul 'clothes, and keep cvery- 
srved the nick-nacks. y )in S neat and tidy, do you not think you 
2 en a rich “ May I offer you a pipe ?” said the V^tnr wou , ld lbeu be mudl happier and more rec- 
r’s death, and placed an arm chaironeded to your fellow creatures, and—” 
re he had I have nothmg belter thun J , 1 a,n af ' a hl it would not succeed. If I 
vajfiiai, wuerene Had i nave not hin.r beLter tlmn , . * ’ 
been studying preparatory to taking liolv offer von huu ! , mpen to 
nr,In,a r n.; D JT * ,V ' J ’’ °» ei JOW, but it was thought good in ,ntf 
orders, Phis change in his career seemed 
incomprehensible to the world. 
The Parsonage, where she lived, was 
bright and gay. The house was white, with 
green doors and shutters, and a white paling 
inclosing a little garden full of flowers and 
shrubs. In the porch was a seat, upon 
which the good pastor usually sat of an af¬ 
ternoon in his dreasing gown and slippers, 
smoking his pipe and sipping his coffee. 
They knew little of each other. She, 
when a child, had often passed his garden 
gale and, putting her mouth to the cracks, 
had called to him when she saw him walking 
inside with his book in bis hand. On these 
occasions he had sometimes shaken his 
stick at her, and she then hid herself behind 
the hedge. 
^ He never visited at the Parsonage, but the 
Pastor lmd occasionally met him out and 
declared that he could converse very agree¬ 
ably, if one could only once draw him into 
conversation, and then he was no longer the 
Strange, gloomy man people took him for. 
The Parsonage lay only a quarter of a 
league from “The Captain’s House”— (this 
was the name of the student's home, for Ids 
father bought it of a captain and it. retained , 
its former owner's name)—the light in his 
study might be seen from the first floor I 
windows. 
I ™er you, hut it was thought good' in my seam'treJ nn,"'; 0 Sh f be ™ y C00k ’ ■ “ A ""dent or a Doctor?” again soundc 
tune, and it is of no use to be particular n T ’ ‘ IflUndrC88 > bul equal in in hi* cars. n smMc 
the country.” ' .very tiling. She must understand me cn- “Well, I suppose I had better not mom 
“5j“ .1 ° mae 5 ™, ■» “"<* trouble.- S’,t e r^r h n r e r it, ‘ r * tieh,; tuerefore su 
•»* f- z?:l yoTJnt r mc "t ,Um tTc b viri 1 „aj , “ 
“ “ 'T\ 
^ glass of alo or a cop of wreatl ,.« Howe, on ber brig,,, h«a. t 
ib ‘No,,Ua„ k yMI1 do trouble for my sake, S „ 0 E £ |S,^ 
“ A cup of warm tea does nnn 1 „o perceived the stranger, and became still Sffa' They flew more ant 
a sharp norll, P Z *"» T sl ' c sl °°« " p >"g J " ?,7* 
tor rang the bell, and tbs tea bra.g.. ^ tTreUvTter TZ “ tUr "’ yel ” s 60 »?'••'. ami yet' J USd£. ''™ 
There sat the Student, in the comfortable » mu Jfi f „ cmbj ™»»?nt. Pdently on li.m; her white dress enveloped 
arm-chair, smoking his pipe ns if lie were r. n ' ’ ”!* v c,li ld, what is it?” said her b ^ Idee a cloud, her long sash waved like 
at home, and the Pastor sat onnn^ifr 11 father,smiling at her confusion. ^ b Jp s ' 1 last be b °wd l>er say, “No, 1 
,, i, ’ tne j-asior sat opposite him. “ oil it was „, l ii,:„, r i, . really cannot dance any more • I nm mii.n 
Do you not think this is comfortable? herhl » , 8Rld ’ piUtin « out of 1» real b.” y ’ &m quuc 
lou might live just as comfortably; you look inrun “ l? T S ‘ »’ ^ ut w5thout TI f t ber to a chair, and then first no- 
should marry.” J 15 | lg U P> 11 was °«Jy- then putting i>?ed that he was himself breathless vet he 
m s s ^rS'i^r,rr yo ? ^ 
"- The InDgkinJ” 01 
to any other.” W ° . 1 be 3 T wa "t me to come and dance ! The power to recall all this ? 1 ' U,at had 
as she pinclicd M.vncus’ arm to make him 
support her cause. 
“ A Student or a Doctor?” repeated Mar¬ 
cus, and now they were surrounded by the 
whole troop ; he heard again the clear voice 
distinctly as she looked at him with a mis¬ 
chievous smile. 
“ Well, I suppose I cannot help it ” he 
answered, looking at the two competitors 
before him. 
A Student or a Doctor?” again sounded 
m his cars. 
Well, I suppose I had better not mount 
uglier than I have a right; therefore Stu¬ 
dent shall it be.” 
Agnes curtsied and thoy began. Ho had 
not danced for years, not oven thought of I 
“Pono” .Ow. • i - r V, M'ooaor ami qmciier round 
moot” P ’ I, f ' nicrnly ' “ now you Y ,om P* for SOt everything; he only 
must feJie stopped suddenly as she A-GNES leaning On his arm, fresh as a c 
perceived the stranger, and became still be »P ri " k 1 , «* rosebud. They flew more 
dancing; but during the first, years of Ins ?!L HM nev,,r ful1 • hat w ere i true to thee, 
time at lpsala be bad been one'of tho best t, h‘V, U > 0 chyUUl > s t' lrit uown thy walks, 
dancers there. The music was livelv vet at P^h«nnr.» ore -, revlve t,,e faimine ot)es - 
first lie danced some what clumsily 5 but they That !C ,.rn S thSSui2 ofSte TV T * true 
yore obliged to keep time to the music, and And m„, the dJk!Sa, n 0 ?douM ' 
■ iS,’ r< wA!!™f K ,iclit 'r kr„„ sofdo ,, bt , 
ahliatli Ijrabing. 
NEW YEAR’S EVE. 
BV EMMA BURT. 
o, YEAR! x Stand in still expectancy! 
I stand in awe before thy op'nlug K ate, 
Choosing to step within, and gnisn thy elfta 
Of varied life. To anther for rnyself : 
C'- sip some sweetness, to enrich my smii. 
And t ben. perchance, I may disseminate. 
I Mt'ri, Tn d< ; UM ” btn,,lw - f* fearfulness 
shrink, O year, because thou hast a claim 
Vot’th“ y efI V rt TI * nM a ^'* t not f,, °d or raiment— 
Not the nntchlnery t,j mo. though that 
warm tea does one good after rosier than before iT, ,.. V 8UI) more lift 
»W.’ Saying .Ills; the Phs- Z wUh™ 8 “’° < ' '"""S' 101 ' tlmaigfi 
•ell, and the tea was brought in l'l’?,, knowing where to turn, yet She was 
i.« ci..j—. , .. . lookiug so pretty m her embarrassment. fidentiv 
Of doubts 
f throng of doubts, 
i of our life- 
faster ne’er designed 
“Well, my child, what is it?” said her ]| ® r li|{ e a cloud, her long sash waved 
turoiigu the air,—giddy, happy, breathless. 
, Wils 80 and yet she leaned so con¬ 
fidently on huu ; her while dress enveloped 
lint* t rn o olAtirl 1.1 . « . . 
father, smiling at her confusion. 
wings. At last he heard her say. “No 1 
rPfll Y' r*nitlYrit ..._ r J .* 
“Oli.it was notliing,” She said, putting SSt SfSSESJ« danco any “Ore; I am quite 
her head a little on one side, but without 
looking up; “it was only--” then putting 
her lips to her father’s ear. she whisnornd « 
He. led her to a chair, and then first 
■ was °»ly--” then putting that lie was himself breathless, yet he 
atlier’s ear, siie whispered a fe,t ' no ! 0,| k rcr old; youth, with all its'happy 
• « . 1 mHnnripa ifu fool!.,,,-, i 1 * •' 
It was a winter evening and there was a 
party at the Parsonage. The snow lay thick 
on the ground and the icy wind blew it tip 
in great drifts; but within doors all was 
gaiety. The windows gleamed with lights, 
the sound of merry voices mingled with the 
tinkling of the sledge bells, as one by one 
they drove up to the door and the little girls 
scrambled out while as snow flakes, but with 
led nose-tips ami frozen finger-tops; and 
then what embracing and laughing as they 
shook the snow off! Aud, although the 
wind squeezed its way into the passage, it 
coukl not. blow away the merry laughter or 
dim the bright, eye; it was indeed able to put 
tin? light out, and that was all. 
Hie Pastor sat in his room enjoying the 
comfort around him. The fire crackled in 
the stove, and tho floor was covered with 
thick, home-made carpets. The lamp was 
lighted and its mild, clear light sltoue over 
the whole room. The niche in the stovo 
was filled with rose-leaves, the curtains 
drawn so that all was warm and bright, and 
the Pastor himself sat there in his warm < 
arm-chair, smoking and turning over some 
papers which lay before him. Every now t 
and then he looked thoughtful, drew two or f 
three puffs at his pipe and sipped a cup of a 
tea which stood beside him on a tray at the f 
same time listening to the wind 'which 
howled without and the dance music iu the h 
d inning-room. 
to one, and therefore can never be engaged 
to any other.” ° 
“ W hat, are you already engaged ? To 
whom, may I ask?” and the Pastor drew his 
chair nearer to the Student. 
"To my books—to my studies,” answered 
the latter, calmly. 
“ Ah, is it not worse than that ?” said the 
1 astor, as, laughing, he pushed back his 
clmir and sipped his tea. “ We have gen¬ 
ially speaking, more than enough books.” 
, 1,1 l,,ero is a difference between books 
and people; to my thinking, books speak 
more wisely and earnestly than the people 
of tins generation.” 
•v.iw.y-Licmures, my young friend.” 
“ lam quite willing to do so, if I could.” 
Could? Go out in the world and try. 
You shut yourself up, and, I was going to 
say, admit neither sun nor fresh air. No 
you must, go into the world; that is the 
place for a man like you.” 
“ I have tried it, Pastor; but like the snail, 
when he tears danger, I drew in my horns 
amt retreated in in imr 11/viiias. •. ... 
* jjc) n nui rue to come and dance ! The 
hide tnad-caps! What do you say to that 
> Student?” 
5 “ When such a respectable man as Pastor 
Huk.uann takes the lead, one may safely 
follow,” was the answer. He had risen and 
stood looking at. the pretty pleader. 
" Oh, yes, you must come, papa; I have 
betted two oranges with Marcus that I shall 
succeed in hringingyou with me,” she said 
as she took her father’s arm and bent her 
head down to him. 
“ And you dared do that, you little puss,” 
said the Pastor, kissing her. 
“ Do you know, Student,” he said, sud¬ 
denly turning round, “ we two will go out 
and dance with the young ones to-night. 
Uli, nonsense, no excuses; it will do you no 
good, you will see.” 
I he Student hesitated; he looked at the 
Pastor s daughter as she hung on her father’s 
arm, as if she thought that her only place of 
safety. The Pastor again began to press 
him to stay, aud he at last yielded—at least 
until the sledge was ready. 
within huu. And it was dancing, this dan 
I cing which he so much despised, that had 
power to recall all this? 
“ So you chose the Student, Agnes ?” he 
said gaily, ns he stood beside her, 
I did not, choose any one," she answered 
laughing, as she darted off with another 
dancer. 
Boats against tlie bars of belli* rill 
»■ ull of weariness, it droops, nnd stops 
It- teasing effort, knowing not ’its well 
To be denied. 
' ent * r ■ What thy gifts may be 
1 question not. 1 only crave the seal 
Of Royalty be on them. May I not 
Shrink from use ot meager talent, but 
In humbleness and. strength perform 
The Royal Will. 
--»■»♦ -- 
THOUGHTS BY THINKERS. 
1 he Student looked after her, and did not 
perceive a little girl who stood curtseying 
before him. “What is it, little one?” lie 
5™ <>fa fa>e wanted to dance with him 
fur it was Inclination” dance Of course 
he c ould not say No, and so they began again. 
How did he dance, Agnes?” asked her 
iriends, as they crowded aromul her. 
^ b > 80 delightfully ! and held so firmly,” 
No?—do you really mean it? 1 must 
dance with him, too.” 
“And I” “and I!” 
Jlo was in a sad plight, for one after an- 
o her they tripped up to him and curtsied. 
Ol course he could not refuse. He had said I 
l us to one, and could, therefore, say “No ’’ 
to none. ’ J 
“The sledge is ready when you like,” 
whispered Uio Pastor as he passed him. 
I hank you, but 1 can remain a little 
longer, and he stayed until supper was an¬ 
nounced. r 
He proposed the Pastor’s health, which 
was warmly returned by the latter, who ex- 
—^. Moi/ui - »jui nice ine smii ~ uv uie mixer, who py- 
n he fears danger, I drew in my horns u Y y imas;,ne the eff, -‘ ct produced on PW* 8 f< 1 ^ hope that he would come again, 
retreated into my house knowimr that ie - v '- >un = ones "’lien Agnes made known ^ |lie Student dmnlt the children’s health, 
e the only place of safetv’” ° ' tbat t ie ^ tu(l6flt was coming in with papa a , s ( |)okc , 80 Jcuul, t y a , nfl 1‘eartily that they 
Try it again ; it, is a great pity that your 
learning and talents should be lost to the 
world. Do you not think a pair of bright 
eyes might have power to win you ?” 
" Possibly, for I am but flesh and blood 
and have not closed my ejms to the beauti¬ 
ful ; but after a year or two it would pass 
Hway ; the fair apple would be no longer 
f i lend made their appearance they had ar- while the supper was being taken away ’ 
ranged that he should dance, and that Agnes your damrhter sino-v nc i,^i «i.„ 
should take 
your daughter sing?” asked the 
-v.iut XYUflEO Qi, 1 ^- ‘ 
the lead in the cotilion and ‘ ^oi? ’ Tl h ® m.", ie l,p to tl,em - 
im. On . . () b. cs, a_lmk*; just enough 
The Chi-iniitiu I)utr. 
(( a recent sermon, Beecher said:_ 
“ Dear brethren, do you know that you 
I ? ould not do anytLin ff llial would touch my 
heai t so much as that which you should do 
to my child? You might put a fortune 
upon my shoulders, and I should he grate¬ 
ful ; but he who helps my child to begin his 
life aright burdens me with gratitude a 
thousand times more. If my child were In 
peril, and you should succor him in a distant 
city, and the tidings should come home to 
me, I could not find words to thank you for 
wlmt you did for him. I should lie grateful 
if you did it lor me, but not so much as if 
you did it for my child, because my child is 
himself and myself too; and my feelings for 
him are more than my feelings for myself. 
W hat you do for my child is the deepest and 
ti nest service that you can render me. 
And how do you think it is in the bosom 
of your God ami your Saviour? If you 
take up in your arras the despoiled, and the 
outcast, and the lost; if you wash them in 
your tears; if you are to them, in your small 
way, what Christ has been to you; if you 
call them, and bring them back again from 
wiong courses; and if you ure permitted to 
stand in his presence in the last duy, and say 
to linn, ‘ Here am I, and these,’ wlmt will 
m the joy which you shall experience I 
What, will be that gladness, what will be 
that love, which will roll forth from the soul 
dance with him On enterinVti a little; just enough to please ^ V ’ W11WU VVUI rou from the 
room which was deroratiS n he, A nl,} father,” answered the Pastor. of , J f. 118 t0 a,, y °»e of you that wat 
II, » UJU1 >V uecoiated for l.lin /W*flcfniY AaWQ mil I.AHil » .... r> .« • Wlflt liin» rvti A n «4l. _-V . . 
v mi . O OIGULU- lrt/1 . aiJYl \ (III 
“ Hni, ll0 f, 1,e ‘"“toguMied tlie cry of wl.,iU know 
A r P ’ ft u J ,,e ° pl<! w«. '»n,l nm- 
After a pause, Hai.sar came in. and said scnlntor lii^a 
wtiat i know. A child mind is as soft as 
wax, and may be molded to what form the 
wanted to speak to the Pastor. The iaiter done 
put Ins head out ot the door, and there stood duce 
, bidi waa decorated for the occasion Agnes put Imr hand on her father’s arm witb bil " on earth, 
n U + 7 e !F e ? nS ’ and lighled witb wax can- “ I can’t sing to-night, papa,” she whispered,' b ^alf of his little 
dies, the Student simply bowed to the some 2 s r ? d !l8 - a peor T “ 11 is 80 difficult when the 
twenty boys and girls, neither children nor a 
yet grown up. They still went to school but nt,, A ones — 3' 0 ’ 1 know I don’t 
had left off playing, ami generally sitl during »«. k ^^*5^ttt 
play hours and talked of balls, parties, «fe c . J* 8 ^fi. She sang a few ballads and old 
But this evening dancing had enlivened Swedish me odies. “ AMt sunder himmdem 
them. Their eyes sparkled, their cheeks \ c /‘ e !' M^horde KrUUUlen den 
me or you that watches 
and watches with him in 
ones!” 
head to foot. 
. ’ v jico in me wav . * 0 —uumuiai at nisi, ant trip wnnic 
cinau who of using the tools. But how often is this ?“? - f ^ Cblldren ; tIiCy Pfayed rather Inaudible ; but as shesung sje gahied 
The latter done rightly? What does the sculptor pro - coiuionmed tbe boys to all sorts courage, and there was something so sweet 
thrsu.den.co.hed «„ t“of ays ,f rrtvt! 0,,: in 
^ 1 bis liaud, and quite wiiite with snow from fehionahlo dolls, or el’sc ciarse ignorsM foll » wed ^ Stndcnt, 
housewives." ’ entered lbe room; and a few of the elder asked the Pastor, turning to him g 
uhlimr you “You iuda-e )imviirr_n.,ri _ b °y s stood up and beeran to feel 111 flwaii* u ExCGC*(lin£l V. It secillfi tn mn nl.vv/vcf 
How to Rend tlie Hcriptures. 
To minds untuned to holiness, the words 
ot God find 110 entrance,—striking heavy on 
the ear, seldom making way to the under¬ 
standing,—almost never to the heart. In a 
usual mood, ami a vulgar frame, they come 
to God’s word as to any other composition 
reading it without any .active imaginations 
about Him who speaks; feeling no awe of a 
sovereign Lord, nor care of a tender Father, 
nor devotion to a merciful Saviour. Nowise 
q-n,,. „ ,, iiwuotpjvcs, 
%h ,;;t" t«Tf 1 r? “ briSl,t a ■ 1 ^ h * I l»™ seen, and one’s 
so-ji iS, uv :'r,™“', w ‘ d ey “ i'° r <k r iv °- 1 '•»*•—•»«. 
and, what, is worse boi .Ln, ,1' ' " fa !°, v ' a “ d «««m—who conld 
“ 1 uolH simtls broken warm and hrio4G<>n i:a. ^ . .... 
„ > DOUI shafts broken 
May I beg you to lend mc a sledge to con¬ 
tinue my way home ? It is ftr an( , 
seivant shall bring it back this evening ” 
“ Come in-come in 1 I shall be most 
happy to render you any assistance in my 
power. But do come in,” and the hospitable 
Pastor pushed the Student into the room 
“ No, thank you, Pastor. I can very well 
TTT 01 1 lorn iivirit _ •* w J 
warm and brighten one’s life; fresh child- , - y ’ . C . r,ut 
natures, timid child-natures, timid as a bird ^ bUtl 
when noticed; but who could give their Cub) ^ te,roni 11 
whole heart, thoughts and feelings to those • .7® 
who had once won their confidence. And ? d ’ V hU ' 
I have seen the same after two' or three bome * but - v< 
years;-what have they learnt? They 1 SaW ; 
could toss their heads, use a fan properly - » t T° T’ 
that is to say, in a dozen different ways’— , L r Cl US ba 
J u f y tulu oegau to leel m their . r ^veeumgiy. Jt seems to me almost ns " hu no prosirations ot the soul, nor falling 
pockets for their white gloves; but, after a 1, a wbole llfe P assed before me when I hear at 1Iis feet as dead; with no exclamation as 
fruitless attempt at putting them on, put ®y ps nilitp .„ no f . of Isaiah, “ Woe is me, for I am of unclean 
.hem back egein. pj. W nper^wiAelr “‘T ™ ? mKS ' f' 1 ’ “ *»> »*” nor lei- 
T ' 8 ^Sht; young people should be finer; I. for my part, will not change'mv '° nt ejaculation of welcome, ns of Samuel, 
merry, cried the Pastor, coming in, with hidlads for them.” “ Lord, speak, for thy servant heareth;” they 
liis coat buttoned up to his chin and his o,,.* nd s l ,e can . really BiTty,” resumed tlie come to the word, feeling towards it as if it 
calotte from under which hung his gray hair, sang.” ! 8 ‘° understood aud fel1 what she were tlie word of an equal. No wonder it 
“Shan tve dance together, Sanna?” he “'Oh, yes, for those who are not difficult sb ,°. ldd tal1 of J)a PPy influence upon spirits 
-aid, to a little girl. “ How are they all at t0 Please she can—” which have, as it ’were on purpose, disquah- 
Iwvmo . I...* _ i J it rill 1. .. £* i . i • « . * 7 
^ es, quite true. Let them say that 
pieces from operas, with their roulades, are 
finer; I for my part, will not change my 
ballads for them.” J 
“And she can really a%,” resumed tlie 
Student; she understood aud felt what she 
-m ♦ , together, Sanna?” he “Oh, yes, for those who are not difficult Kl 01 J)a PPy mllucnee upon spirits 
-aid, to a little girl. “ How are they all at t0 please she can—” which have, as it were on purpose, disquali- 
home; but you have grown quite a woman , “ J b,l,1 A k 3'°° ( ‘ or the song,” said the Stu- fied themselves for its benefits, by removing 
since I saw you last—that is why you do de ”qu^ r ^ < S^ pa ?® ed -. .. , from the regions of Uiought and feeling with 
not come now, I suppose, as you used. was so difficult to'SinS tSl,?” 6 IZ L U U aCC0, ' ds ’ bll °. other re S ioils which it 
wait here until it be readv • I „ „ J ' l , T *' 1U !l aozea different ways,- 
,, . oe rtau .v , I am so covered talk scandal, and chatter lmd r x- 
wnh snow that ,t is impossible for me toen- theyVcmis4en u,o tSfc. . 
ter a drawrns-room, an d , besities, , am in a the iamps ?££ 
hurry.” ' ’ * 111 u 
“Ah, nonsense!—in a hurry? You are 
always in a hurry; hut now I have once 
caught you, 1 shall not let you ^ -at 
least not for some time,-so we wilt bang 
your fur coat here. It will be at least an 
hour before tlie sledge can be ready; for 
his evening we are engaged; my daughter 
ns fl cmnll ..... i • w O 1 
Let us have a galop, musicians, Sanna 
and I are going to dance.” 
Everyone began to laugh, but Sanna hung “ When the Student went home it was in S' ! H they would have it bless them, and 
her head and whispered to a friend that- it n-u i ve , • i , U ° hl . ed bis lara Pl his room do them good, they must change their nmn- 
was very “geuant\" ra ws?He tine whimset f° G^ St ° 0C l l ! ierebl ««of approaching it; and endeavor tobring 
Now, Student, we must get you a part- was too much awake to go ^ 0 ° bed -u-d tb <-mselves info tlmt prepared, and collected, 
ner, and then we shall see who dances best therefore walked backwards and forwards and reverent * al frame which becomes an iu- 
you or I,—no, no, Sanna, keep time I” ’ with his lnmds behind l.inx. ' “ terview with the High and Holy One who 
The Student shook his head and said ni'Sz', 1 a Jf cbild a S ain ‘o-niglit, and inhabited! the praises of auxnily.-Edward 
“r esc,,se me ' 1 Lave 1101 ^ aa *«** _ 
and she had a warm heart,—you heard that About immortality. 
. . . WI y° u not dance? Come, ]'' bcr ® ou .^"- Ahia, that all this unaffected If man had it not, his soul would miss 
° ne ° f y ° U ” h » *»”«• r merdy p-t; for ibo S e 
was so difficult to’fing toJSgl “'' sh l *n ^7 *! * acco, ' ds > i . nto . oUier re S‘0« 8 which it 
swered, blushing, and passing hastflv on V t0 °, severe dignity to affect, otherwise 
But she waa glad he had said it. J ' tliau With stern menace and direful forebod- 
has a small party, aud 
oneisbusr i con8e <P 1( mce every- brance burned within him, which no hand 
S ...UeL» 3 p „,M°T;, 0 7,,:r? ff >» “” W Pa3tor Mad guessed* it 
dm-, and ,„„k o# bis Mar °" ““ ^ S'e "7 T” " PW " ,Jr i" Ws a " im:,ted ,TOk 
“No Pastor” ho i , He sat a few moments silent,slowly shaking 
would not hear- Im draSl the P “ tM ' 7 if “Do not lee us 
made bim come He d off !, " d . d ' 8p "! c ; '“-aod raised Lis bead, 
when lie atnn i dld no ^ repent H 13 too true I am sorry to sav that in 
warmth! Z itX^nlw ^ ^ Z" 7 < T' Z r0M * ^ of P™i” 
l imn Rp “ “ . ‘ friendly light of the day are not educated as they should be • but 
te: ar ^ 1,01 “** • ^ 
5 wma, . a kind of tobacco. 
CDS sun , it is the sbowy dtess, tbo corn,pit- rn^ He 
b e outside, the empty shell tiiat dazzles and „„ ^ Sludeut - we mU8t get you a part- was too much awake to go to bed and 
blinds them. They have preferred this to nei > am ‘ then we shall see who dances best tb erefore walked backwards and forwards 
the culture of the heart.” you or 1 — no, no, Sanna, keep time I” with his hands behind him. 
The Student arose from his seat and w -J b ® 8tUdent sbook his Lead and said, it wm SeaSt again t< J‘ nig,lt ' and 
placed bis band heavily on tUe table. His , )°“ esc,,se 1 tore not danced An-1 alt’e w^’4,™ O^Udteh a‘ndS2' 
comttenance was serious, and bis tone was 7.^“, .„ site bad a warln bcaiSon belud S 
sufficient to show that, some bitter remem- . '\ bat - —will you not dance? Come, ! n licr sou -?; -Alas, that all this unaffected 
Ibe Student?” 
the^i^nrTf y Said tbiS before Marc ™> “ U S h r be yawning; “ it is pleasant 
j of the oranges, came up to him, to co , ! « a home here again, it is so quiet and 
holding by one hand Agnes, aud by the coob 
other another little girl. “ Which will you h He ! t00d tooughtfol a few moments, and 
have, a Student or a Doctor?” he said 10 a dra . w 1 erand took outthepor- 
bowing. 8aid > Q f a young girl; be held it up to the 
„q , light and looked at it ]on<>' “Sim i* iit- ( . 
Neither Student nor Doctor,” he an- J ^'', but not so fair,” he murmured • “ but U 
swered, laughing and drawing back; “ thank 80011 P«*—yes, soon.” 
you, I do not dance.” ’ ‘ ] He put the portrait away, undressed, said 
“ Oh, yes, I am sure you will,” said Agnes, cmitinued. g P1 ' ayC ‘ r ’ and M aslee P--[To be 
About Immortality. 
If man had it not, his soul would miss, 
uot merely the future, but the past; for these 
two are correlative. Without God and our¬ 
selves, the past would be nowhere. Noth¬ 
ingness would be behind and before us. And 
memory as vain as hope. 
Force of Perseverance. 
THEiiE are two ways of attaining an im¬ 
portant end—force and perseverance. Force 
falls to the lot only of the privileged few, but 
He put the portrait away, Undressed, said aus ^ eie ai 'd sustained perseverance can be 
continued^ prayer> and feJ1 aslee P--[To be practiced by tlie most insignificant. Its si¬ 
lent power grows irresistible with time. 
