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Philadelphia, i? our authorized Agent, i
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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