But why postpone what may be realized now? Why relinquish blessings of vast and incomparable magnitude to others which you may enjoy, and which it is no benevolence to forego for others, because when they come upon the stage, there will be blessings for them in abundance and to spare? Let the sentiment fall upon your hearts, and make its appropriate impression there—"While God invites, how blest the day!"

If the candle of your earthly comfort be blown out, remember it is but a little while to the break of day, when there will be no more need of candles.

Christian, wouldst thou have an easy death? then get a mortified heart; the surgeon's knife is scarcely felt when it cuts off a mortified member.

FROST

BY MRS. JULIA NORTON

The beams of morn were glittering in the east, The hoary frost had gathered like a mist On every blade of grass, on plant and flower, And sparkling with a clear, reflected light— Shot forth its radiant beams that, dazzling bright, Proclaimed the ruling charm in beauty's power. The god of day came forth with conquering glow, When shrinking from his gaze the glittering show In vapor fled, with steady, noiseless flight— But left its blasting mark where'er it pressed The tender plant that on earth's peaceful breast, Still slept, unmindful of the fatal blight. Thus sin oft gilds the onward path of youth, Till straying far from virtue and from truth, Heaven's bright, pure rays, in fearful distance gleam; While on the mind the blasting, clinging shade, With deathless power, refuses still to fade— Till life's dark close unfolds the fearful dream.

The Fireside, is a seminary of infinite importance. It is important because it is universal, and because the education it bestows, being woven in with the woof of childhood, gives form and color to the whole texture of life. There are few who can receive the honors of a college, but all are graduates of the hearth. The learning of the university may fade from the recollection; its classic lore may moulder in the halls of memory. But the simple lessons of home, enameled upon the heart of childhood, defy the rust of years, and outlive the more mature but less vivid pictures of after days.

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2 Cor. 5:21.

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The construction put upon this passage is taken from Bush's Commentary on Exodus, which see.

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1 John iv:16.

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We are glad to see that Mr. Abbott has recently revised and enlarged this useful book. We recommend it to the careful perusal of all young people, as well as parents.

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