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J..1'*.; l-'-J." lLJ-Ji._JL.-L" ' I frlfrtrii ^nrtri). ; 1 ODD BLESS THE KOHEST LABORER i 4?od bless the hon?u laborer, Hie hardy son of toil, < The woiker in the cluttering mills, ' The deliver in the hi il; # /The one whose brawny arms linrc torn From earth her hour,led weiihh, | Whose nolo ret in ii from ceaseless. toil, I Is Nature's b'>on?sweet health. < L* * Hies* Itiin who wields the ponderous sledge, i Olml in hi* leathern mail, .. 1 That safe as warrioiW panoply, I. t .1 I.I 1 * I ' -?w mm inim iire-nveumij; nan. |f TTi.it gusho* f.-oiu IwhSrtflt the stiokc, ; ? Kflcli mighty crushing hlnw. Who seeks to lighten labor's toil, , , ' Whwe rude the lire* doth glow. who turn* the matted *<>11, VVlin w iilt the riuTy dawn , 11 i-Heiis to gather Nurture's store? I Auri reap the yellow corn; Who plant* in Nature'* bosom wide Tin'fi ui.ful golden grain. And give* it to her ganrdian care, , The auashinc and the mill. ldc*,t ltun wlu> lays the nvt*-lvo keel. Who bend* the trusty sail, ' That hid* the ocean wnnderer 1 Safe battle with the gale; Who rear* the tall and blender mast. Whence floats to every breeze, The star* and stripe* of liuerty, ' A rainbow o'er the sea*. 1 Hies* Witt whose rUda?d palace rest* ^ Upon the heaving sett. , Who scorn* the danger of the flood, ' The broaker guarded lea ; *? J1 Who hi WieWceiin cn*1!e *li*eps I Calmly in atorm-ffMbght tj CiifenKog that fii*? hark will qtinil . Before the tempest'* power. - >?4p^yump<^f v ^ ^ ^ t ^ Blea* bitn who given each beauteoui thought A reeling place, a n*m?, And twines it* ancient glories With the fadeleaa wreath of fame? Who sends it forth on every brcexe, Ami bide it Jive to Wow, While eeaaeles* click* the slender type, Ami gronu# the printing p ees. BJ. m all who toil. God'* blowing real On them with <lo?W*? power, Whose honest brow the aweat-drops deck In every daylight hour. Blew them, though poor, and may they win 'WEsl ?$3tl! never gain? ^ V * A' Contentment with their lot on Wh, A bnlm for every pain. JjA.UL.^ ^L-L, L_ . 1 . htomirigant Excuakob*?Some genth man, h? the advertising Cole inns of one of the dailies, any* the Phikrdelphin Snnday Mcr ouem to e*0i?nge a chert of carpenTJ t?r'? tool* for a gold waIcIi. Thi* vImiah < one of lb* lendencit* of tUo present Age.? , T?sjp^ mon V our *iUt*g to > 5^*?w Wobialn!f)gf iho of the n*A J asudt bellw idea fur ?uno ai our jrom>g?<> ? I to trade OU their gold watohe* and other . W W*, tut jftckplAue* and liHnd*H.vii. Hi , ytogwewee to work, delight in t ikiir ilvM. Uftkl oa. boiriu U? 4M??AodL rth wfll^rd your y >l?i levon^^jj^ * r ihsntratif fkrtrlj. naai.l .Mi ;> *i ; v. f tr* itT > ,1 g OF heai-IS^,^ B I eucbUg Sfot j. The editor of the Chicago Time*, having treen on the North sj<te of the city to see a r?iend, ittiis recently prevented frotn reaching lii? home, in consequence of a steam tug laving pulsed tip "the "river with ft small foet of vowels in tow one of which had l?ecii and ott and hauled ill just west of the bridge, caving the 'draw* still open. While wailing lie witnessed the following scene: f Tlw vessel we have mentioned whs nioorrd or made fast outside of several canal boats; ?nd n* wo stood harking at the men upon litr tktio rtf litem ? is-. ' 1 ? 4* * 1 - 1 .v., V* M?v(ir ?ji|?vnVHl"*| 71 WIIO tad Int'ii crouched tiprtW deck, ?ind Addressing her, p-inled to the shore, then to die It fdge. iiwi then down towards the dironged ion I IhmY streets of I vttig, uioe tig, headlong She rose picked up A small l.otnllo, front which she Vow ioith n coin which she tendered to i die hardy Mriior. lie refuser! it, whateter j i was, nod holding her n hand, helped her lYoin the vessel to the dock tip to tlie bridge, rty this liuioM I*r4r^. r??wd of ]?or.ons throng*1 the North end of where tit l? idge would ire if it wore always a Inidge; And in ontriuphitiug the new face#, and the representative* oi the cation* chisM^. tin-re hsSchiLU-.!, tve lord almost forgotten the incident we IMtve u-Kted. t till Attr'iilioti wits calks J froin , die \ Mill endcarpr to discover some cessation >f tngs going 41 p ?uid rhtw ii, mid (nigs nnd tlWAXiiwn ptiiiii g iv tin out hy hearing a iio.hi **h? tioin inn* near us. It wa* ; ml the >?4? of childhood, imu?cd hy Mime ! U.1J.-I. change In mi g.iiety to grief; it w?? j lie m l? < f Hum mitoer hreasi, tilled with h lenso ?if l-meliiie-.H and despair. It reached it fir. OUIS llntu plfiv*. A l.id\ dressed in a manner which l*. f'lkeit wealth which o>uJd gratify taste ami ih-galiye, and who, like ourselves, was dcallied nt that place, Moml near, accompanied l?v three children, wUose de>?re to g*-i Kt the i'Xtriiuc edge of the platform the with ditti . nlty rcpie* yd. with a woiiihiiV tenderness Iter heart rce-.?{f'"*''d the stifled ebullition of4 'oj;r??w *ud approaching the ypiwoii front iv!?..iii it came, who wiu ivne other than the *<>iuan ?' h d j >*1 vni land f out tho ves?el sln.? <j ieilv. and in that sweet v..icc of iviiiiian which H"Uecjlll losist. iinjnired if |?e -1 ...d in n>i;d, oi w.e -lie ill. (K wa* her i-'iTow M'leh that she ^'iiiJd ii<|t. he relieve^, A jinrtioti i?f the tailing war its was vacant, tiel lo.vaids that and almost at onr side lime two women ea.nn to convenes, The (ranger was a fair, handsome giil of aliout evintam year*; neai'y Knt coarsely dressed with shoes it *f only well wo n (ait henvy, ind unauitcd a* much for her wex it* for the M'aann. The [nwr girl, in honest simplicity, ind with alt ea-nest inn* nJiadt de pair alone an im|Mtrt, related her hi?tofy, uniiiUriupied lw a single observation f-mi her com i??ld.mi. list often accompanied hy the tears f both. We h i*v ma sp !? ? for ii at length, !mt we will give. changing its order, just *?iong'i to enable m Kt state ii l>rii-tl v. She Mud that -lie wa* born in Hoiton * die had no brother n<>r M.-tor novr, *ho reucml?ered tli,it she Irad a >isl*r, year- ago, iguhtst her father'* will married, and ?ttb her bu-baiid having been banished "rum her father** sight. had gone off and utt heen heard of since, no doubt wan dead. At the time of her sister'a rna-riugc her pa enta were wealthy." 1 he pride which drove iway Lizzie had brought silent regret*, and ifter awhile came tnrlatu'holv obmphiining* ?y the mother sighing f ?r the embrace of ier Hint horn. These soon led to auger and :iminatior? at home, and dissipation by the ather nhrond. Lo*ae* came upon them, md at la*f. gathering the few remaining f?od? tliev po ae?ed, jhey left the proud city if their hinh. an I settled five year* ago up ?n land purchased of the Government tn tiYMWDli?in. Her brother*, aome older and ?nnc y anger than herself, one by one droop kJ and died; iifid aoon the n itlier, culling n agony ujkhi her long exiled daughter. latfd h ? boy* iar n b^tcner eihne. >fone veto now left ImiI.the father nud tliia poor |iil. lie too wan humbled #kih1 <drickened ?y the alow but certain di*eu*e which light* ip I lie check m:d lire* the eye. with brillian- 1 7 of health even when its victim U on the sonftne* of eternity. , ' t .. .tYd \i i lie wviild ait and toil to bia surviving r.ihl the act* of winning love an I sacrificing lev'i licit whi.lwhml made, hi* Lizzie tin- very ibjecl of iii* tilt.' fie would talk of her tweet sinilo and happy disposition, until nertory wotthl lead biro to the hour when te hid her depnit, and not let him see Iter nee again, ilia decline bro- .rapid, and this l.<ra> child aaw the flower* which the wai with favoring had called from1 the *t<ll of her , n^tlwr'a jprave disturbed^ uprooted aiid hrmvn aside, and that lite ashes might ninglo with thoee of ?the myther of hi* jchti ir^ii, \j?}' * ' /? VL *' Hi Mir dirtMh hefclmrged her to p*y off wrfrw audio might la) a hie, the debt* inrnr?l fe^pKmire wie necessaries of life. The and, which from want of culture, had not neHtaaed tn ytrttie, waa sdW; and left Iter but i 4* dollar*. Theae she expended in rwtng *?>?* Vmrda to maffr tt?? xfldt ebire *ne ... .+ . ,v. a? ? ?> ^^11 y.*~1 T"" hud *ceh buried. one ufiei another, her W! loved kindred. Slie had heard of Chicago. She heard Hint in this city there were offices whfere strangers wishing employment could fthd woik. She had on fool travelled many mile*, until she hud reached ItfiHvauhie, and th? nee by the kindn**Rir>f a poor sailor, who j had seen her 'VfaylfdaV'W* the dock, watching the sleanters-depart, had inquired? and ascertained that slw Wished to come hither, but had not the money, lie brought her to Chicago on Ids own vessel, and had V?ld her llial by cowing the bridge site j could find ofte of those places where siiun huii-'iiw* |(irtu iu ?inmmt n|i|>iu-nnis. j Such was her story. i>be had mentioned no name eacepv iimi of uuu?*t, (itoilin^ ar.d { the very endearing aj pellation* of brother Geoige, Willie 4c. llolh of the womtti wore cryingbitterly. Thefashionably drees*: ed lady turned her face toward* the licer that her team at such a crowded and niUM>' al place might not he observed. She re-1 quested us to take lmr two hove, George and Willie, alio called them, by the hand, to keep them from danger, and putting hoc hand around the neck of the poor wandering stranger, said: ** \rOH are my tinier. I am Lizzie." i Those two being*, children of the rnme parents, how differently have been their pat hat and how differed* their suffering*! We have seen them together in Lizzie'* cai*- ! tinge, driving along Lake alrect. Thoy are doubtless as happy a* their bereavements, | relieved only l?y the consciousness of duty faithfully jierformed, can permit. Hut while! the Bufferings of that father And mother may ; tie faintly known from the story of the (laugh ter, what must have been the mental agony of that other daughter, unkindly banished from her mother's ~side, and driven out into the world without a Mtliern blea*mg ? Wlmt must have Won her grief when her letters written from* fuWjmrou* city,! from the house of her wealthy and kind hu.-hand, telling them of her success | and the birth of her children, were untiutiecd and unanswered I She must have felt indeed that the heat (a of that father and mother, her Meters mid brother* must have' been hardened against iter. That scene will 1 live iti onr tnein>ary while we can remember . the holy love of a father, mother and kindred.! MsrtfliintoitiJ T\fai>iug. 1 l\ J. C & 3 0 p It) 5) 0 i 11 (J GooO. I w as n rude l?ov and very fond of play. Evoiy moment when out ><( scIhkm, was g?v-j en to Homo sport or other, and anything j which stopped nte iu my game* w ad borne | with an ill temjter. One day, at tea, ttrv mother directed me to take n small ba*k?*l of food and some wood to a poor w-om.iti in a distant part of the Tillage: charging mo-to go at oneo, as she waa aick *and in great want. Ft wa* winter, ami the pond* were covered with ice. While securing in a little ba-kel my-tnother'a gift. H group of schoolmate* came along, ( on their way to the mill pond to rfide.? j Tliey called for me, and said they alum Id 1 have fine IfMff. "Come, Charley !v th?y eeied, "we are nil wailing far you? come along !* ' "I cannot go now,*' I replied; "I've got to| take these things down to widow Long1*." i *'Yro? would Out catvlt me doing such In lain ens as /Aaf," said one ; I let people car ry tlieir pwn wood ! "OyJ1 said another, you have plenty of time to slide and do that too.** Little did I neeJ urging; so leading the wood and basket, we Were soon sliding on the pond. The evening came on ; it was moonlight and the crusted enow sltono like silver.? There were many ineu and boys enj tying the spurt.*, ami tlie air rang with merry shonts as ihe skaters swiftly glided about, and the sliders tripped one nnother tip. At first conscience smote major my selfpleasure seeking, for my mother's strict charge told m a that it might lie at th$ cost of another's suffering. This, however, was soon forgotten in the excuse that a few min utes would not imili<K AJ?<! in }\#> j'T oftU? occasion the village cirxK struck nine, tt was then too lAte to go the errand ; so, hurrying home, I ciept softly to boti, not eating to meet my parents. urvtiKiHAi nexi morning my momer | nid lo me, *Well, (JlmrUa, how did yoH Hnd Mm. Long. Iwrt joightf^" ? ' ** '' My cheokv became quiie red, Mid f made no sn*wer. **m>- + Wi.un the truth'ws* know*, I shall never the look of pain with winch it wmi receive I. 'Oh P my mother cried, "what may not tliHt poor woman have vuffered from your JK'gieut. Gladly would 11 wive gone myself, rather than Wfi her to it." TT' Then adding to the store ofgood things, ?4*e hurried m?,sw*y. 1 wns unluippv, and iw ?early 10 Maine ih^jwor, for Ming poor, and thus other* trouble. Uow eokl r titan all other mornings teemed tbai, *? 1 "Yea! flint door at the right h.tnd, at the head.of tho atalra." * ,.? '; Those narrow, rickety stair cases; how plainly I seem to see them now! Happing at the door n feeble voice *ai.l: "Come in !*V I entered, and what n scene! All atone, an ber lowly, ibiiilv-covered cor, lay the aged woman, helpless from pain and at, with no food, no fire, and the snow siftby the winda through the loose window*, had fallen on the floor. This was a hew vccnc to in?, brought up. as 1 had been, in the midst of pieuti&.-h.4ily hcurt was touched, . . - . v; " ' Here nro some thing* my mother sent j yon," naid I, showing her tho basket. : tiAl. .1 ? - ? ? " * I v/ii, mar.K :::c i^ita sis? *>'!. nisingi lu*r lunula in deep feeling "How go?>d he j is to raise me. up such a frieud, and how i kind vour tnotlier is to send these things.? And ! nerd them so much just now. lhit our heavenly father knows what we need, and the bot,time to give it to us. Last night I lay here eo cold aud faint, without food, aud no ouo to help. lint I called on my Savior, and late in the evening, the man who lives la-low, a poor diinking man, came in with Homo wood, aud made me up a (ire, and got me a good howl of poiridge. lie could not do uiuch for me, he is wo jmor himself, hut it was so strange that he whoald doit. Oh.if was the Lord's doing*, and I praise him for it." "I have brought some wood for you, too,'* said I; "and it is at the door; let me get it aud make you a fire." "Thank you ! thank you !" The scene of poverty and piety had wrought a sudden change in tuy feeling*, aud 1 hastened tor the wood, with ming'ed emot'onv of *elf-reproach for my hard heart- j ed neglect, and joy in being ahlu to do any- j tiling for one wo |iiou* and so needy. That face?calm, tru-tful. grateful, even amid the wutfcring* of dying old age >uid the discoin fort of the gUiiny ehainher?beamed on lue like a star muid thick darkuew*. Aw the fire threw i)? faint warmth over the room, the aged woman called me to ber bed aide, to thank uu* again and again for what I hail dotie. "I cannot rewind you," said whe, with failing tears; "hut Dotl can! Tlit-n alio praye^l?oh, how fervently ? that 1 might "grow up to be a pious man, and through faith in Jesus Christ la-come an heir of lieaveu." I* it strange if the prayer of such a one, at such n time, moved the wayward hoy < Never in after life, could he listen to the tale of want without the alining* of sorrow, and the desire to alford timely re lief. ? e ir 3 o ? q I qppcqiqrtc* o f J b e j Italians. I i Dr. Hubert P. Harris, of P'.iiladelnhia. at present in Eii?i)n'i in wiitfng to the Evcniny Journal. thus speaks of the Italians * **TIi4 inhabitants varv much more in apj pearanec in tbu differentkingdoms, tlian one I would naturally expect. The Neapolitans ! are the darkest in completion. The lower J classes are about the Color of ihc brh-k-yard Isiys in Philadelphia, at the close of a hot Milliliter. They arc lean wlmoit to a man. This was ao Uiih-h a subject of remark. that I kept a record of the exceptions whilst I was in Naples. I saw two fat women and one fit man. Verily, this docs not say much f.>r the salubrity of the climate. The Venlttans are perhaps next in point of color. They arc n?H m> dark n yellow, and are. upon the whole, rather more c?mely. The delicto arc a sha le iighterjnnd much handsomer than either. The females wear one of the moat Wconifng heiid dresses in the world, which nets off their features in the best po* sible manner. It eonsbts of a long, white, and exceedingly fine veil, which ia fastened by the middle across the top of the head, and falls fiom this over the side* anil back of the lien I, and over the neck and shoulders. The Milanese I.dies are n very pale yellow-, which gives them a sickly, ghastly hue, nnytliing but agreeable. In Koine we have the type of inhabitants which corresponds most with otrr preconceived ideas of the Italian ; but j with.ope exception, l'oets and painters, have exalted in our minds the beauty of the; lawie-y. OfTtff,-t We ?fc doomed to dhnn ! tHiintmcnt here, for lieanly such as wo see at! I . - . .1. noine I-* a rareqimiuy in any jhiii ui in</| '0!?l WorM. Sometimes one does m?? an I'a'ian lw?anty ; hot nn rare i? this that lucky is the roan wlro ha* this good fortune. My own party had ltd* happiness once in Route The \ oung Ndy ?'*.* very pretty indeed, arei no dnttht looked to the lajst advantage to iw, when OOntra<*trd with her I ohm gifted eouutry-wottien. At home wo should Jiuve admired her, hut there -the went of ran*)' would have detracted from her excelled or. "The lad?** of Tuscany are perhaps the liaMieomost of all Italy. They are light in complexion, and in scune place*, a* at Viennit, have frecpieutly a rose color in their cheeks. Tn FUweaee otui eras them to the beat adVautage, fer taste in drewt add* v?r\ much to natural charm*, and here there i* wealth and fashion, enough to give to orna mentation of the person ?l* full power*. I need scarcely apeak of the inltaUitant* of Tnt in, wlm leave scarcely atry of tl* character istfc.'. of fcatnre or completion, 'fbyy re ?*niWo the t*wrh?lmt? rfaoro than they do any rafier Btit they have n mam rial advantage ?v*r the world of Pari*, when beauty is the subject for consideration. <r. Spiced tyincgqlr. In the winter of *47, while residing in New Orleans, ? youth who flood about five feet eleven incites mid three Quarter* in his stockings, who hailed frotn somewhere up the WittMfh. wm8 invited by a friend to dine at the eatne house where I wne boarding.?sTliiv was the lloosier'* first trip away horn and he told bis friend, who wai in the produce business, and had purchased his cargo of corn. As thoy took their neat at ilie table the voutb told bis friend that he eXI>PC!e<l t iiru im wonlil Jmw liim alt the sight* of the town, ah he wanted to let all Hit? folk lit home know nil about it. The servant brought him a plate of soup, and oh.-terving a {OMitlcinan opposite put considerable catsup in his dish, our lloosier pointed to a bottle of peppernauce and asked what 'I was. ' Spiced vinegar," was.the reply. "AVhI. s'pose you 'blige a feller by handing it along." ' Certainty," wa? the answer. The lloosier took the little and commenced dousing it on hi* soup, but as the sauce j | did not flow very freely, lie look out the I \ cork, at the same time observing to liis : fiiend ? "Kinder close folks rcr stoppin' with, to put audi ft plaugy little liolo in th?t cork, to prevent n feller talkin' much of that 'ere stuti". I it come* high, do?Tt it." During the time he had poured neat Jv n I ft ilie gin#* flit) into his roup, and taking ! Iifs spoon lie dipped it full, together with several pepper*, and putdt 11110 hi* mouth. The next iimiant he spurted the content* of j liirt >pu?n aerow into a French gentleman's ; bosom, anil bawled ? I "Water! water! snakes and wild cats, give me some water ! I'm all afire !" "By gar. *air," exelnimerf tlie Frenchman, i in ? "rage, jumping up from the tfthle, uyoti ; iiave spoiled my sliitt. my vest,sftir. Spoil | ed everything, sair. By gar, L shall see jtbont this, sftir," In the meantime the Hoosier had veized a pitcher containing water, and had taken a tremendous draught. Setting the pitcher down, he eyed the Frenchman for a moment I and then yelled? ! "Dod Mast your old ?hirt ! Spose I was going to hum my inards out for you or your f old shirt r YouT'tiss! Comedown to the ! (>oat and I'll give you one of mine 1" ll wit* with diitk-ulty that the IloosieiV , friend could allay the Frenchman's rage, and ct matter* .straight again. Hut ever afier the 'Vpired vinegar" waa a by-word and suUiouMit to the whole table in a roar. " t H yotiog Cbctoelr CulreO. Ok Imard ship, one day, when one of the ; hoy* came with his hammock on hi* shoul* j der, a* lie passed, the first lieutenant perceiv: eil that he had a quid of tobucco in his i mouth. i 'What have you got there f asked the lieutenant; 'a gumboil? Your cheek is much swollen.' 'No, sir,' replied the boy ; there's nothing at all the matter.' Oh, there must l>e; pet hap* it is a bad tooth. Open your month, and let me see. Very reluctantly the boy opened his month which contained a large roll oftubacco leaf. 'T see.' said the lieutenant; 'poor fellow ! you must suffer! Your mouth wants overhauling and your teetli cleaning. 1 wish we hto a dentist on board; but as he have itivt I %uill ixtiiifuta oc tvr?ll na T nun ^uitwl lliv armorer up he. e with his tongs.' NVIien the armorer made hi* appearance with his big tongs, the hoy was eotwpelfcd to open hi* month, while the tobacco was extracted with thi* rough treatment. 'There now !' said llie lieutenant. Tin sure that you feel better already. You never could have had an appetite with such stuff in your mouth. Now, captain of the after guard, bring n pieces of old canvas# and some sand, and clean his teeth nicely.' .'i'ii* captain of the nfiar-guard cam* forward and grinning from ear to ear. put the boy's head l?etween his knees and scrubbed his teeth well with canvass and sand for two ,or three minutes. 'There, that will do,' ??id the lieutenant. 'Now, ii)y little fellow, take some water and rinse, out your mouth, tnd yon will enjoy your hieakfvt. It whi impoa-dble for you to have eaten anything with your mouth in such a fihhy condition. When you are troubled in the satne way again, cotne to me, and I'll be your dentist.' The lad was completely cured, by the ridicole of this occurrence, of the habit of to baflco ehewiag.? Capt. Marrgatt, I Capt. Narvahas VVti ktnh waa an great ? blusterer as Uohndil. lie was very qurreb -toiur, bat he could never be made to answer 1 for I is insolence. One time % ooinrndc, whotn he had offendod, ordered him to choove hie weapon?"the sword or pistol at pihirty Ja*c?*.w "Very well," said Captain Barnabas, "I'll chooue. the sword, at thirty paces." &, iSctulrf of Sip. Look now at sin vplnrk off that paint* mask, <uid turn upon her f uo the lunp \r the Bible. We start; it reveals * deaths head. 1 stay net to quote teit* dtecHptivn <>f sin ;it is K debt, rf otudeto. ? thtef^ H *kk" ness. r. Jepioar, n'plague, *_ poiso*. ? wwiei. a sting?etory thing that wiujt hate* Hh; ? load of evils beneath whose snort Crashing intolerable prow me "the whole creation groHnetli." Name me the evil thai springs not from this root?the ciinte that lies not at this door. Who in the hoary sexton tLut digs man his grave ? Who is the painted temptreM that steal* his viitue? "Who is the sorceress that first deceives and thf# damns his soul! Sin! Who, with icy breath, blights the sweet blossoms of yonth f Who breaks the hearts of parents f Who brings gray hairs with sorrow to the grave f Who, by n more hideous trfctamorphoais than Ovtd ever fancied, changes sweet cliildren into vipers, tender mothers into moo* stem, their fathers into worse Ihan Herod*, the murderers of their own innocents V .Sin !? Who casts the apple of discord on home hearths ? Who lights the torch of war and came* it over happy lands i Wliri, by division* in the church, rends Chri>i\- seiwnh>sv robe? Sin! Who is this fbdilah that dugs the Naaarite asleep, and duliveiv t i strength <>f G=>d in the -hands of the un? ?icuincised I Who, with tniilc* ou lier f ;c??, and honeyed flattery on her tongue, vtaii-1* in the door to offer the *ac;ed rites of hospitality, and when suspicion sleeps, pierces our I temples with a nail? What Siren is thi?, who, seated on a rock by the deadly pool, smiles to deceive, sings to lure,- kisaea to betray, and flings her arms around our neck, to leap with us into predition ? Sin ! Who petrifies the soft and gentle heart, hurls reason from her throne, and impels sinners, mad as Gadarene swine, down the precipice into the lake of fire ? Sin! Who. having brought the criminal to the gallows, persuades him to refuse a pardon, aftd with hia own haud to liar the door against the messenger of inercy f What witck of hell is it that thus bewitches uh ??Sin! "Who nailed the Son of GoJ to that bloody tree!? And who, as if it were not a dove descending with the olive, hut a vulture, swooping down to i.evonr the dying, vexes, grieves, thwarts, repels, drives off the Spirit of Oodf Who is it that makes man in his heart and habits baser titan a beast; and him who was once but little lower tlmn an angel, but little better than a devil ? Sin !?Sin J Thou art a hateful and horrible thing ; that "abominable thing which God hates.** And what wonder ? Thou hast insulted his Holy May. i i . i... i v:? ~e v,~i??i rr>ij t iiiuu nan uui mill ui kuivtuu children; ihou hast defiled his power; thou hast despised liia grace; and, in the body and l?lood of Jesus, a* if that were a common thing, thou hast trodden trnder foot his matchless mercy. Surelv, brethren, the wonder of wonders is, that sin is not that uboniuinable thing tyhich we also hate. [Z)r. Guthrie. It ip Jcttelr^ of So 10 , A father, wlnwe son was addicted to some vicious propensities, bade him dtivea nail into a certain post whenever he committed a certain fault, and agreed that a nail should be drawn out whenever he corrected an error. In course of time the post was completely filled with nails. The youth became alarmed at his indiscretion'*, nnd set nbout reforming himself. One hv one the nails are drawn out. The delighted father commended him for his noblo, self-denying heroism, in freeing himself f.om Iim- faults. "They are all drawn out said the pa fJ rem, The boy looked Mil, and there was a whole volume of practical wisdom in hit sadness. With H heavy heart he replied : "True father; but the scars are stUl there*1' Parents who would have (heir children grow sound and healthy in charncter, must sow the sect's at tho fireside : Charitable associations can reform the man, and perhaps make a useful member of society ; but alas ! the scars are there !?the reformed drunkard, gambler and thief ? only th?? wreet k of the man ho once Was-?covered with scars?dishonorable scni>?which wilt disfigure his character as long as he shall live. In Auburn, a short tune Ago, an Irishman walking along one of the streets* saw a thermometer hanging At (he side of a door on tho front of the house. Slopping a moment, he looked at it, then approaching it, raised his altelalah, and exclaimed : 'An1 faith, an yoo're the little crathur v hat keeps the weather so eowld, are ye ? and with a terrific blow, accompanied with the fiscal Irish oath, brought it in a thousand pieces to the grormd. S?Kvr.w unwoithy SoMier-, who hud tv o n faithfullv to serve Uncle Stimr,- but w ho bad Iremi guilty of desertion and other mNotduct, weie ?4?ipped at tho Newport Barracks recently, and drummed ont of the Oarriswn to the tune of Siarch,"? Tlrey crossed she Go\ in glow Hridge baring the "world hefo-e tVrn, to cheeee.n