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V ftqnare three ownth, without alteration, f .*> 00 I “ aix “ altered quarterly, T Oil \ “ twelve 41 ** “ I*2 (M) •j -4juarrT* “ fc * “ l*s 00 ts - • ** ** 2l 00 \ *♦ 44 “ “ ** 2.A 00 not marked with the number of insertion*, Kill be continue*! until tbrhid, and charge.! accordingly. Merchant. l a, Druggivt®, and other*, may contract f..r adver tising by the year, on reasonable terms. . ... ■■■■■- —pi ■■ ■ <• 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.