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<• THE PINE “
Is well sung in the following stanzas, which W. H.
s'. Hosmer contribute® to the columns of the Home
Journal:
While nv>*y old pine* *ang a lullaby wild,
I couched on the graß, when an innocent child.
And fancied that angel* were hovering round
No Instrument fashioned by frail, mortal hand,
Could rouse in my bosom a feeling so grand
As that magical, soft aod mysterious sound.
In keeping with Freedom'-i proud throne on the hflU,
How the roar of a storm-troubled pine foreet thrill*
The heart of the mountaineer mantled in cloud ;
It send* to the valleys a voice of dismay,
And ftoumlrt like the quick march of hosts to the fray,
While drums heat the charge, and the trumpet is loud
Though soft are the tones that the wild winds evoke
From the glossy-leaved beach, or centennial oak.
The pines give a sweeter response to their call;
And often I think, when the branches are stirred,
Os rich, organ-peals in some old minster heard,
While ghost l * sceiu to start from the echoing wall.
When winter is coating the hi 11- side with snow,
And dropping a shroud on the meadows below,
The pine, like a sentinel, stand** on the height;
foe cover* its trunk with a glittering mail,
tnd It welcomes the rush of the pitiless gal*-.
Its green arm* uptossing in frantic delight
Meet place for the bird of our banner to re-t,
Or build tor hid royal descendants a nest,
Is the tall, misty cone of some towering pine;
iwhruiiehr* give tongue, and proclaim him a king
When sunward, in circles,he mounts on the wing.
To the jra>* on the earth like a virion divine.
Oh ! grand is the dash of the surf on the snor*.
And wild the mad torrent's tumultuous roar,
While cliffs, overhanging, with spray-drops are wet ;
But the sigh of the wind in a forest of pine*-,
Like troops on the hill-summits marshalled In Ihv
Pa sound that a poet can never forget.
Now It swells on th* car, with a billowy roll ;
Anon breathe.- in whispers of lo?J to the soul—
For spirits ar* touchiug the. emerald key*:
Talk not of the magic of lute or of lyre:
Poetic emotion they cannot inspire
Like melody woke, in the pines, by the breesc.
THE WAV OF THE WORLD.
The Way of the World windeth ever from our
view, among the hills of the Future; and the sort,
blue haze of imagination covereth the darkness and
ilanger of distance. But stern-browed Truth walk
eth as we walk ; and fair shadows flee from her clear
and unWenChing eye. The sound of every footstep
falls dreary on our heart; but Hope whispers there
-weetly of the pleasant paths beyond, and the foot
step grows quicker to such music.
Hope deceives, and the fruit of her offering is the
head Sea apple with its outward beauty and inner
ashes. -Still move we on this Way of the World;
for we cannot turn hack ; and suffering tesrheth wis
dom ; and the companionship of Truth philosophy,
philosophy, so sail and cold, that we all must learn
with toil and tears. Yes, we must move on, Ahas
uerus-like. though the still star of Destiny has now
grown visible, and its beau s have power to calm our
aching soul.
Then the Way of the World no longer lies ainid
those mists of imagination—-Truth and Philosophy
have made it clear though sombre ; and
ment departs when we know the worst. Our eyes
have meltesL, and our souls been rung till grief has
made us callous almost; and we fear little for we
have naught to lose.
We tread the bleak Wav of the \\ orld, and we ex
pect to find in that World the Way which eost iis so
much sorrow once.
A friend come* warm with goodness and esteem,
and proffer* aid w <■ need not and generous’ sacrifice.
We return his friendship feebly at the first ; but lie
-lands fiifn and strengthens in that friendship, until
we seek it in exchange for our own. and feel its com
fort well and truly. The next day dawns with the
•tin behind the cloud; and we look for the lost bright
ness in our new-made friend He has gone as the
sun, find we are friendless once again. The old tear
moistens our eye ; but we remember our knowledge
and grieve not—'tis the Way of the World!
The sweet-faced image of our dreams, the lovely
maiden with the star-like eyes, leans upon our heart,
and thrills our frame w ith sympathy, and offers the
full wealth of her earnest love. We are man, and
what we thought the adamant of our U.sotn yields;
and another life enfolds. Then trial and affliction,
and the idol of our soul w.- turn to, become* a false
idol, and pities not out grief. She is a woman only,
and frailty is her name. One little struggle,—one
prompting to complain , and all is over—murmur
not, thou philosopher,— tis the Way of the W orld !
Happiness tiits by, O, how radiant and full of gold
en promise ! We might have grasped it if we would
leboteii tc Cmprntiue, literature, Central .Intelligence, auk the latest Ildus.
li- still within our reach; and fume, and content,
aiut honor, tnd power are in hi* hand NVe hurry
towards the shape: we breathe tho breath of its
row's- we pluck them, and feel alone the thorns.—
rile dropping Mood ft nm inaiiv wounds remind us,
his the NS ay of the World 1
- Such tho bitter teachings of this life. Remember
them; and ‘t hen the -tars arc dim which should have
shone, and the heart freezes which vowed to burn,
remember too, to murmur not, —’tisthe Way of the
World 1
Heaven be praised, then* are other ways than
those ot the world, even here, sometimes; wavs
that are. tin* Eden of the Earth, w here Knowledge
is not giief. but Light, and Life, and Love! —lMlnr
Time*.
Iff.NSISTE.Vt V A,\D I'RUtKAIE; ILl,l STRITEB BN
THE -FIRST ME\“ OK HI MBI.EVILLE.
Consistency is a jewel; sensible men hate to dis
play much jewelry, and think it is bettei te-te not to
be too consistent. The good Pastor Prudent has
ministered at the altar in llumhleville for the last
twelve years. He ha.-preached the Gospel, which
i some itiink includes preaching righteousness, tern
j perance, ami a judgment toeomc, to rich, fat sinners,
ias well as to lean and poor ones. Rut he has preach
ed nothing hot the tins pci. His oldest deacon is a
distiller, his richest parishioner an extortioner. Col.
Grampus is a whig, Squire Slick is a democrat, and
half the people follow one, and half the other; so
Pastor Prudent never meddles with jiolitie.s or reli
gion in his pulpit; preaches nothing hut the Gospel.
He never neglects the ancients, and we have known
him to he very severe upon Pharaoh, and to give
proud Korah’s troops the benefit of a gratuitous Eu
logy “over the left,” which must have been harrow
ing to the surviving relatives. The sin of Canaan,
who did not cover the drunken shame of his grand
father, which Ham, his father, discovered, lias been
very feelingly set forth in the Jlumhleville pulpit,
much to the credit of our Pastor's moral courage, lor
who could not sec how this dealt u treiucndous(ly)
oblique blow at the aw ful consequences of drunken
ness!’ This was much to venture in such a nest of j
dram-drinkers as Hiuubleville lias unfortunately he- j
come, in spite of our Pastor’s labors in behalf of the
i Gospel.
If he could have been more pointed in his ministry,
without giving offence, there is no doubt the effect
would have been beneficial. Hut harmony in the
church forbade, safety to our Pastor's influence and
temporal hope of his declining years forbade; though
temperance itinerants and noisy reformers have made
not a little disturbance in the parish, after all his con
ciliating course. Thaj say, these saucy radicals,
that our dear old Pastor is a dumb dog, and his house
of prayer is a—well, ft retreat for disreputable peo
ple, in short; hut that is not just, for four-fifths of
our people never go there, hut gather in the neigh- ;
boring grog-shops on the Sabbath.
We are happy to he able to say more for our ven
erable Judge, the great Judge Wudget. He is an
active temperance man. Ilis name is on our modc
j rate pledge; the move radical orders do not suit him,
they seem ton rash, too much like pulling a horse’s
tail out by the wholesale, instead of hair by hair, as
were more reasonable, he says. True, a restive boast
might kick his brains out a hundred times during the
operation, if the brains would bear such minute sub
division, while, in fact, one hold slash of a dare-devil
horse-dealer would clean off the whole caudal ex
tremity.
Hut the great Judge NVudget ha- saved his brains
I and his influence by being considerate, and throws
i the whole great w eight of that precious influence
j into the blessed cause; and the g'Kid cause feels to
\grntfful , it i.- willing to overlook the facts that the
I great Judge NVudget is sustained by the combined
action of proud integrity and brandy-smashes, and
that he has wine at all his parties. |f ( . must indeed,
or what would become of his influence v and with
popularity sacrificed what could he do for the cause?
We have heard the great Judge lecture, feelingly,
upon the subject, arid tears as large as goose-shot
would roll down the unctuous channels of his face,
and almost wash out of mind—out of generous minds,
we mean, the memory of his Champagne-parties;
“Levees,’ he called them etmimj or getting
up at bed-time, by a pretty contradiction in lan
guage, which harmonised well with his moral contra
dictions.
\Ve are meek ourselves, hut we have a saucy re
lative, who would break out upon such pretenders
in this rude way
•‘You whited sepulchres, with tin- whitewash in
thin streaks, which without are no great shakes,
indeed, and within are full of- all sorts of disagree
able things; i• pent of your hypocrisy, and never
dare to rebuke the drunkard reeling in the lied of
the slippery mill-race, while you arc hoisting the
“ate and lettin? the murderous flood upon him.”
Hut we are meek, we -ay again, and r i indulge
t in no indecorous language, lest, perhaps, we lose the
patronage of these kindly disposed gentlemen The
’great Judge Wudget pays us—the compliment of
. being well engaged.
And our excellent physician, the celebrated I>oc-
I tor Brandieth, is a large sympathizer with our tem
perance movement, and several notable reforms, be
dsides bavin? an unlioimded respect for religion, so
unbounded that he takes the limitation of no church
vows, and divides hi- liberal low between all sects
within his ride. By suiting his conduct to all peo
ple, he is enabled to exert more than common influ
ence over them. He speak- it om temperance meet
ings. very cordially treating u- n.-> brothers, in par
ticular about election times; but he has often had
to commiserate with its on the unhappy disappoint
PEIIELD, (iEORCH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1855.
‘That will be the Is—t way,’ -aid 1 er mollier, *inil
j mis
T hat smile encouraged Currie wonderfully. She
wished that grandpa would come then, w that she
might tell him at once, and have it over with, Hut
he w ould not he home before sunset He did not
come that evening till alter dark Carrie drew her
little chair closer to grandma’s when she heard tin
carriage drive into the yard
’ lie’s come,’ she whispered, ami her hand trem
bled as she laid it in grandma - lap
Ves, dear,’ grandma answered, ’ and bis little
grand daughter need not be afraid to tell him the
truth.’ Grandpa went to tin bam and took care of
his horses. Then In- came in and sat down in the I
corner near the fire.
Ami you're up yet, mv little girl,’ h : -aid kind
Iv, addles sing Carrie.
The teai - came into Carrie’s eyes
‘Tell him now, dear,’ whispered grandma
Ye\ grandpa,’ Carrie aid, ‘I I at up to see
you.’ j
The child burst into terns.
‘ Why, Carrie, what’s the matter- Inquired grand
, pa, in surprise.
• Grandpa,’ nobbed the child, ‘ I’ve broken your
j bedroom w indow-,’
And Carrie hid her face in grandma's lap.
Broken my bedroom window!’ uid grandpa. *Ah
,how did you manage to do that V
Carrie explained the matter as well a- she could
foi crying,—grandpa listened attentively and said,
i when she bs,l nnsjM- 1 —M**nt *“•'* eating,
i victim, meanwhile atilt bound b.
meat w* haw all experienced, when our officers
refuse to do our work, though elected hj urn <
votes; hut the good Doctor being a strong partisan,
lias one consolation in his share ot the affliction, that
thej never forget the interests of his party.
By h constant use of brandy in his medical pre
scriptions, he is attempting to create a di-gnst for
the article as a beverage, and to show for what, alone,
it is really useful, tint, somehow, his success is limit
ed, for while men shrink w-ttlf n natural dread Iron;
his jalap and pills, they are only too ready to take I
the brandy on very slight indications of disease
Our testy relative speaks in this severe manner of
the good Dr. Hrandieth : “The miserable truckler,
who, with a IVaction of a heart, eked out with a wad
ding of sponge, feeling an infinitesimal pulse of hu
manity on its fleshy side, to be immediately sucked
up by that thirsty padding of self-interest, party
policy and social standing, is a subject for supreme
contempt, and a pity which, could he understand it,
w ould he keener than I lint contempt.’’
Ah, cousin, such words are cruel, for do you not
know that the skillful Doctor has saved more than j
one hard-drinking patient from the shame of filling j
drunkard’s grave*—by hurrying them off “half cock-;
ed?”—/Vrt/Je’a Organ.
THE BROKEN WINDOW.
a stn II \ to l< CII 11.1> HIS.
Currie was spending a few weeks at her grand
father's. Her mother, and brother, and sister, wore
then , t’hildrcn alway s love to visit their grand par
ents. t’arrie was having a nice time, till one morn
ing, in her play, she broke a pane of glass in the
bedroom window.
‘ Oh, dear I’ she exclaimed, bursting in tears, ‘ it's
grandpa’s w indow ! Wlmt w ill he say F
Grandpa was away that day. He had gone to the
city early in the morning, and would not icturn till
night. Carrie sought her grand-mother, and confi
ded her trouble to her.
‘O, grandma!’ she said, * I’ve broken grandpa's
window’ I’m sorry. Don't tell him I did if!’
‘How did you break itV inquired grandma.
‘1 was running round the room,’ Carrie answered,
‘ and my foot slipped and 1 caught at. tin rocking
j chair to keep me from falling. The chair rocked,
and the hack went against ihe window. Don't tell
grandpa, will you ‘<
■ But grandpa mu-t know it. was the reply; ‘there
must he anew pane of glass set,’
‘Well don’t tell him I did it,’ urged Carrie.
‘What shall we tell him F -aid grandma.
‘ Tell him the chair rocked against it,’ Carrie ans
wered.
‘ But he will want to know what made the chair
rock,’ said grandma.
’Tell him one of the children did it,’ said Currie,
‘let him think it was Albert or Kmiiia; don't tell
him I did it.’
‘ But don't you sot- my child,’ interposed Carrie's
mother, who had not vet spoken, ‘don’t von see that
this would not be honest ‘< You do not want to
throw the blame of breaking the window upon your
brother or sister, when you broke it yourself do
| you ?’
‘No,’ said Carrie ‘hut grandpa will scold at me if
| he knew 1 broke it.’
! • I don't think he will,’ grandma remarked, ■ I
j think the be„st way will he for you to tell him the
truth yourself, as soon as he comes home.’
‘O, I can’t tell him!’ Carrie exclaimed.
‘ But he will see that the window is broken, when
he goes into the bedroom,’ said Carrie’s mother, 4 he
will inquire how it was done, and w shall have to
tell him. It will he much betlei tor you to tell him
j yourself, before he knows any thing about it
Carrie saw that this was reasonable, hot it was a
long time before she could make up her mind to do
w bather mother and grand mother lliouplit was best.
; At last, after a long crying spell, and a great many
, earnest endeavors to lind some other way ot getting
| out of the difficulty, Carrie said
‘ Well, mother, I’ll tell grandpa rny sc If when he
j comes home
‘1 am sorry that you mei with -ncli >n , * ij,m,
my child; I must M t anew pmie t t!” ihn.- to
morrow.’
And grandpa drew ach ii tin m 1 .1 ., *UiJ - k i
down to eat hi- suppei N**w j I'mn. hi nt
was lightened.
‘Grandpa did'nt h! nn. nn a hit 11. only phi I
me,’ she thought.
And ten minute.-sffei sh. wu> sound asleep in her
bed.
I’D** next morning was eleai anti n o-tv, tint Currie
was s. anxious to set* w ith her ..ten c\ts the mi
chief she had dune remedied, that gran.lnm bundled
her up in it warm Imod and shawl and sent her. up
into the bedroom w here grandpa wa- setting a pane
ol glass. She cairn* ul again when the work was
done, with sparkling eye- and glowing cheek
‘Telling the truth wa-(he best wav tiff, i all was'nt
it Carrie ?’
‘Oil, milch the best. Cairn tin-weied. ‘I iii.iin
tu tell the truth always ‘
IF I WERE A PASTOR.
Aye ! If I were a pastor, I should doubtless leave
undone many of tile good things lie doc-, and add
many sins of commission to tny list ol omission-.
Still, il 1 wire a pastor, l should li.r mine own oa-e
-ake do some things they do not.
Knowing the Sabbath to he a laudmark of relig
ion, the keeping up of which most effectually distin
guishes the vineyard of the church from the com
mons of the world, I should dedicate the lir-l Sab
bath of every year to a plain practical sermon on
the authority and obligation of the fourth eomniand
m.nil, and the benefits flowing from a religions ob
servance of the day. It is dear if ilit. two require*
moots of this commandment were faithfully met, it
would work a change in secular a- well a- religious
prosperity almost incredible. The fir-f requirement
I have never heard insisted on, yet the. obligation is
laid upon nil equally, to labor -i v days, nml if con
scientiously complied with, dishonesty and want
might be banished from the enrtli, the church's
treasury overflow with tithes, and weary bodies
and worn out mind- would timk. (In second require
mt nt of the same commandment set m a Messed
privilege instead of an irksome restraint.
If I were n pastor, I should lay aside all proud and
delicate apprehension of being suspect, and of -übs. iv
ing my own interest, pica. fi another umitial sermon
enforcing in its length and breath, the doctrine of all
property being held in stewardship fur God I
should assert his absolute claim to the earth and its
fullness, and insist on the duly oi evert one's laying
by every week, according As God prospered him, a
part of his earnings for the service of his Maker.
If this doctrine ami duty wore closely pres s'd on the
ntinds and consciences ol om people, there ie not a
member of our eoimutinilv would neglect and vet
dare pray for God s kingdom to mini’
If I were a pastor, I should constituti tnv-pll. or
one of my session, an agent Ibi the. papet of my
church, and zealously promote its circulation So
should my heart lie choi red while pent up in my
study, with the thought that I had a taillilul . oadju
tor, giving line upon lino, nml precept, upnii precept
in support of my Sabbath lahut> So would I keep
my member.*’ posted up with a knowledge of the
church's wants and effort, for the advancement ol
Christ's cause, and -o would I rah white when I need
ed aid for those causes to receive abundance of fret:
will otlerings, without having lotus!.t a eull profile, and
with long explanations and apologi. -
SAI |{i:i\i:ss OK Tl! I Its.
I)> Johnson observes Thei-i is a ncrodnt- - ill
tears. They arc not, t mark of weakness, hut of
power They speak more eloi|ii< ntly than ten thous
and longues. They an- the im eiigei of nvcrwlicl
iiiing grief, of deep contrition; ot uiiitfn ukable love,
i If there were wanting tiny inure irgiitni-iiiH to prnv< I
| that inaii is not moral, I would look lor it in tin !
strong convulsive emotions of lie bre.i t, w hen the I
soul has been deeply agitated, win n tie fountains of!
feeling are arising, and when thy tout- at- gu-bihg
forth n ctysUll stmilie- till’ -peak not liar- hly lo
j the stricken one, weeping In silence Break not the
deep solemnity by rud* laughtii-oi inlm-iw tbot-i
steps Despise not women tcai- the; aieuhnl
made an angel, tjcoll’ not it the stem lieio lot man
hood is sometimes melted to leal they ar- what;
help to elevate him uhovc the brute. I love to see
lents of affection. Tlu-y are painted token- hut till
most holy. There i a plea-nre ill leal - -an awful !
pleasing. It there wen- none on curtli to shed a
tear for me, 1 should he loth to live . and if no one
migffil weep over ui\ grave I eoiild never ilii in
peaci
KVrifKH MVfIIEU O.V I’UOIIIIIITIOV.
“My Ihi'i Yi/iini/ iiitml The ipii; lionol pro
j lubiting tin -ale ol ardent spirit*. and tin many nth
er intoxicating drink- which ate to be found in our
country, i not new to mi—-the principle of prohi
bition seems to me to he the only afe and certain
remedy for tin- evil- of Iriteinpcranci This opinion
has been strengthened and confirmed by tin hard
labor of more than twenty years in tin Temperance
i cause. I rejoice in the welcome intelligence of the
! formation of a Maine Law Alliance, w hich f trust w ill
be the means under God of destroying the fruitful
source of Crime and Pauperism Allow me to thank .
j you, for your earnest, active, and m l t tL-Jih la- j
‘• born in this great movement.
I flee by the papers that you at tin- subject of
’ petty and mean persecution of tie publicans; this
will, in the end, speak well for tin >’ -
Yours very truly,
TH RGB A1 GM ClAlK’ii.-- -
the t will follow you. wrts? am!
S JAMES T. BLAIN,
l pumeu.
VOL Xa-MIBER 36.
X BKAI TIFIL SENTIMENT.
“The m.i.m loots calmly .l"*n ttlicn D .in t .lyin,■
The . .tril. atlll hol.l* her ;
1 l.twrr-hroathc tleir [.erfume, nn.l U.cwln.N krepaißUng.
N’Miieht •**••!!,* to or %in.v “
Clasp the hand- meekly ovci tin* still breast
they’ve no more* work to do; close the weary g V .s
‘h.y\, no i,tor. tears to shed; part the damp
lock- there’s no more pain to hear Closed is the
.■u dike tu love, Kind voi v, anti calumny'* stinging
whispers
i>, if in that still heart yon lmvu ruthlessly planted
a thorn, if from that pleading eye you have carries
ly turned aw ay ; if your loving glance, and kindly
word, and clasping hand, have come all too !<itr
then t.od forgive you N\> frown gather, on the
marble brow
O, rapacious grave’ yet another victim for thv
voiceless keeping! H hat ’ no words of greeting
limn tlu* hoii-chnld sleepers ? No warm weleonu
I"'" 1 sister’.— loving lip- y \ 0 throb of pleasiux
from the dear matenml bosom ’
tfiU nt 01/ ‘
(t, if these broken limbs wen never gathered up
li beyond death -wi llingflood there were no etern
al shore! If for the struggling hark then* were no
port of pence ! If athwurl that lowering cloud aprang
no hrighf hmv of promise’
Ain* lor life, if this be all,
And mi light Inf/oml.
THE (1 USE OF THE At,E.
11 limit* is any oue thing more apparent than an
other, it is the deleterious intluonccß of intoxicating
th ink- upon the health and the morals of Urn people,
and the social, domestic and political interests of so
•it t> Audit’ there bo one duty paramount to an
other, it i- that of i iddiitg society and the country
of so fearful a curse. The right thus to destroy the
beautiful tample ul intellectual groulncsrt cannot be
given by God, or claimed tinder the principles of u
free government- and yet in our own republic, mil
lions of its inhnhitaiifs defend the right to destroy
body ami soul as one of the “inalienable’’ rights, giv
to by God Himself, and guaranteed by the laws oi
republican freedom and propriety.
The results of this great moral and political w rong,
are every where visible, in a blighted soil, a hlaaiid
population, ruined intellects poverty, misery and
degradation. That, with all other forms of moral
wrong, it will pa-s away, tin-philosopher may prove,
the stalesman admit, and tho Christian believe. Tho
leaves of this dreaded 1 pas tree may look green, and
its far spreading branches seem destined to overshad
ow the entiio earth, hut in il root, and trunk, and
heurt it contains the elements of decay; and it must
full Ihn growth of centuries; burked by an aggro
gate capital ot thousands of millions of dollars, sup
ported by the eloquence ot statesmanship, the sanc
tity nt religion, its decay and overthrow must hi*
gradual m ojilt i to he permanent. Violence and ha
lied, frenzy and fanaticism, riot amt lawlessness,art
all brought to hear to sustain and perpetuate it. Rut
such n course of action will, of course, soon work its
overthrow, and trout them the friends of temperance
reform have nothing to fear, in the end.
But. while n wait for evil and wrong to work their
ow n downfall, ft is, also our duty to must.their ad
vnnrctnent. There must he resistance, moral and
political, firmness, personal kindness to the unfor
lunate and the ensnared, increasing effort to enlight
en, and a confident hope, have in the past been the
effective weapons of the patriot and philanthropist;
and they have lost none of their efficiency. From
the great heart of the nation, w hose pulsations arr
felt from Maine to California, w hose vibrations reach
tin- shores of two mighty oceans, the edict has been
sent forth, tlns liquor traffic a licensed, legalized
moral and political tuonalrosity must he banished
Political honor, private and social quietude, and in
dividual safely nil icqitire it Its existence is a con
stant, and manifest Slate and National reproach ; a
reproach in which every citizen voter must nocessa
rily and justly sham It must lie put down—it will
In- quietly, gradually, lawfully. God speed the
dnv when the American f.agle may hover over our
land w ithout hearing the wail and anguish incident
to the liquor curse.. Spirit of the Age.
I ItKNOT.
I cannot gel icudy in time for public worship on
the Sabbath morning, lain so tired on Saturday;
so hard at work all the week. Could you get ready
if you hud a pleasant journey to take ?
I cannot keep awuke in the house of God lam
drowsy. Would you he drowsy sitting to hear a will
read, if you were expecting a legacy was left you,
though the reading of it last an hour 1
I cannot find time foi secret prayer or reading the
S’ riptuii sin private Lather say lam not willing.
Were you to receive tripplo w ages for an hour’s ear
)y rising, would you say I cannot ?
I cannot have family worship 1 never was uccus.
touted to it. Do you tell the beggar what he has to
say ‘ Can you calmly reud in Jeremiah x. 20—
“Pour out the fury upon the heathen that know thee
not, and upon the families that rail not thy name,”
and not feci V and friend, ill thi-excuse please you
on a death-bed ’<
I cannot make profession of religion, for fear of
dishonoring the cause of God. IKoes not the Lord
promise to assist you ? for none goes a warfare on
! his own charges. Does not Paul say I can do all
I things, through Christ strengthing mo?
I cannot give my heart now to Jesus; by and by
1 [ hope to do so. Boast not thyself on to-morrow.
r -—-evil I plants. It would betray Still
jgreater to deny reason to animals, since the faculty.