innocent and righteous. The first soul that met death, overcame death. The first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Earth argues not the displeasure of God. He who loved him best, died first. The murderer was punished by living."— Bishop Hall.

FORCE OF HABIT.

"HABIT, in direct opposition to every conviction of the mind, and but little aided by the elements of temptation, can induce a repetition of the most unworthy actions. The mind is weak, where it has once given. way. It is long before a principle restored can become. as firm, as one that has never swerved. Like the mound of a reservoir, if it has in one place been broken, whatever care may be taken to make the repaired spot as strong as possible, the probability is, if it ever give way again, it will be in that place." John Foster.

SONG.

"THIS faculty of imagination, has lifted me up when I was sinking, and kept my head above water. Its results cheer me, for I feel that they have enabled me to give pleasure to others. I am thankful to God, who gave me this faculty, and it is a part of my religion, to defend the gift, and profit by its possession."

"FOR diligence, our master is the bee." — Schiller.

Two things the master committeth to his servant's care, the child, and the child's clothes. It will be a poor excuse for that servant, to say at his master's return, Sir, here are all the child's clothes, neat and clean, but the child is lost.'

"Will not this be the account that many will give to God, of their souls and bodies, at the last day? Lord, here is my body. I was very grateful for it. I neglected nothing that belonged to its content and welfare. But for my soul. I took little care and thought about it. It is lost, and cast away forever.'"- Flavel.

THE BEGINNING OF EVIL.

THE Arabs have a fable to illustrate the danger of yielding to small temptations. A miller was startled. by seeing a camel's nose thrust in the window of the room where he slept. "It is very cold outside," said the camel," I only want to put in my nose." In came the nose, then the neck, finally the whole body. The miller began to be incommoded by his ungainly companion. He felt that the apartment was not large enough for both.

"If you are inconvenienced, you may leave," said the camel. "As for myself, I shall stay where I am." Whoever yields in the slightest degree to bad habit, may be entirely overcome. We must not allow even

the camel's nose to come in.

AGRICULTURE.

Ir has been well and truly said, "If a young man wishes to engage in business that will ensure him in middle life the greatest amount of leisure, there is noth

ing more sure than agriculture. If he has an independent turn of mind, let him be a farmer. If he desires a healthful occupation, let him till the soil. In short, if he would be quietly happy, let him get a spot of earth; keep within his means; shun the lawyer; be temperate, to avoid the doctor; be honest, that he may have a clear conscience; improve the soil, that he may leave the world better than he found it; and then if he cannot live peacefully, and die blessedly, there is no hope for him."

"WE should walk through life, as over the Swiss mountains, where a hasty word may bring down an avalanche."

RIGHT FEMALE EDUCATION.

"SIR CHARLES NAPIER, after the death of his wife, removed with his daughters to Caen, in Normandy. Striving to perform the part of a mother, his aim was to make them religious, as the foundation of all true excellence; to teach them accounts that they might know the value of money; to work, that they might not waste their time when rich, nor be helpless, should they become poor; to cook, that they might guard against the waste of servants, and be able to take care of themselves in the event of a revolution."

RECREATION.

"RECREATION is adapted to the mind, as whetting is to the scythe. It sharpens the edge of it, which would otherwise grow dull. He who spends his whole time in

recreation, is ever whetting, never mowing. His grass may grow, and his steed may starve. He, who always toils and never recreates, is ever mowing, never whetting; toiling much, to little purpose. As good have no scythe, as no edge. Then only doth the work go forward, when the scythe is so seasonably and moderately whetted that it may cut, and so cut that it may have the help of sharpening. I would so interchange, as neither to be dull with work, nor idle from recreation." Bishop Hare.

“THERE's a proud modesty in all true merit,
Averse to asking, and intent to pay

Ten times the gift it takes."

EDUCATION.

"A PHILOSOPHER of my acquaintance thought it very unfair to influence a child's mind by inculcating any opinions before it should have come to years of discretion, and be able to choose for itself. I showed him my garden, and told him it was my botanic garden. How is this?' said he, it is covered with woods.'

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'Oh,' I replied, that is because it has not yet come to the age of discretion and choice. The weeds, you see, have taken the liberty to grow, and I thought it would be unfair in me, to prejudice the soil in favor of roses, or strawberries.' Coleridge.

WELL EDUCATED MEN.

"HE who can summon up his faculties at will, and direct their force steadily and patiently to any object

he may choose, is a well educated man. No other deserves the name. Daniel Webster.

"INSCRIBE on the walls of your chamber, and on the curtains of your bed, that if you do not rise early, you cannot make progress in anything. If you do not set apart your hours of industry, if you suffer yourself, or any one else, to break in upon them, your days will slip through your hands frivolously, unprofitably, and without enjoyment to yourself."

TESTIMONY OF A HEATHEN.

"A GREAT, a good, and a right mind, is a kind of divinity lodged in the flesh. It may be the blessing of a slave, as well as of a prince. It came from heaven, and to heaven it must return. A kind of heavenly felicity, a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even here upon earth.”. - Seneca.

DANIEL WEBSTER.

"If we work on marble, it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we rear temples, they will crumble into dust. But if we work upon immortal minds, if we embue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets what no time can efface, what will brighten to eternity."