It bears me oft to other lands,
To bygone times of old,
Where rivers roll o'er golden sands,
'Mid gems of worth untold.
I view, perhaps, creation's morn,
When the young sun first beam'd,
Or when on Noah, left forlorn,
The earliest rainbow gleam'd.
Then easily a plunge I take,

A-down the course of years,
Where struggling in th' imprisoning brake
Th' appointed ram appears.

I see old Abraham part the cord,
Which bound his son to death,
And hear fame's trumpet sounding loud
This brightest act of faith.

I turn and look-a different hill

A different scene supplies,

And wondrous things in nature tell,
A wondrous Person dies.

Lord, not alone in Fancy's glass
I would this vision see,
Let Calvary's self before me pass,
And speak thou diest for me.
Anon with Fancy's wing I soar,
Where tread the seraph's feet,
Imagination bursts the door,

And walks each glittering street.
I view the dazzling sons of light,
Which Deity surround,

And, raptured with the pleasant sight, Among them would be found.

All this hath thought the power to do,
So when I'm left alone,

I bid it sketch some fancied view,
And straight the thing is done.
Say not that solitude is drear

Beneath the forest bowers-
I speak, ten thousand forms appear
To while away the hours.

I thank thee, Lord, who didst bestow
This heavenly gift on me,

I would employ its powers to show
My gratitude to thee.

I would not fritter all away

Its strength on paltry things,

But muse upon eternity,
And on the King of kings.
August 20, 1834.

WALTER.

HYMN ON LUKE XII. 23. Little flock of Jesus, rest

On your Shepherd's faithful care, They alone are truly blest

Who his love and mercy share.

He will guide you with his eye,

He will feast you with his love, He will all your wants supply,

He will raise your souls above. He at last will freely give

All that's promised in his Word, With him you shall ever live,

In the kingdom of your Lord. Little flock of Jesus, rest

On your Shepherd's faithful care, They alone are truly blest Who his love and mercy share. Trevor-square. E. DERMER.

ACCOMMODATION IN FORMER TIMES. -Fitzstephen, the secretary, and historian, of Thomas à Becket, tells us, "That his apartments were every day, in winter, covered with clean straw or hay; and, in summer, with green rushes

or boughs, lest the gentlemen who paid court to him, and who could not, by reason of their great number, find a place at table, should soil their fine clothes by sitting on a dirty floor."

CURIOUS ADDRESSES OF LETTERS. -A letter was a few years ago put into country post-office with the following singular direction, which, it will be seen, is an extract from Pope:

"Where London's column, pointing to the skies,

Like a tall bully, lifts his head and lies, There dwells a citizen of sober fameA plain good man, and Balaam is his

name."

The letter went safely to Mr. Balaam, who was then a fishmonger near the Monument.

We knew a Christian minister, who died some years ago, who thus addressed a letter from Norwich to a friend of his in town, which was duly received :This is for Mr. Chater, A coach-harness maker, Who lives in Long-acre,

In great London town;
I've not a single doubt,
But the post-man in his route,
Will find this Chater out,

And deliver him my letter.

COVERING FOR THE HEAD.-Some persons complain of the useless caps now worn by the Bluecoat youths, and say that they are liable to colds for the want of an effectual covering for the head. We are not of this opinion. Montaigne touches on this subject in his article, "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes." He mentions many illustrious men, who always went, whatever the weather might be, with their heads bare-among them, King Massinissa, Cæsar, the Emperor Severus, and Hannibal; and adds, "Plato earnestly advises for the health of the whole body, to give the head and the feet no other covering than what nature has bestowed." Locke, if we recollect rightly, recommends much the same thing for children.

DRUNKARD'S OATH SELDOM

A KEPT. Some drunkards have attempted to cure themselves by the assumption of voluntary oaths. They go before a magistrate, and swear that for a certain period they will not taste liquors of any kind; and it is but just to state, that these oaths are sometimes strictly enough kept. They are, however, much oftener broken-the physical cravings for the

bottle prevailing over whatever religious obligation may have been entered into. Such a proceeding is as absurd as it is immoral, and never answers the purpose of effecting any thing like a radical cure; for, although the person abides by his solemn engagement, it is only to resume his old habits, more inveterately than ever, the moment it expires.Anatomy of Drunkenness.

CREATION.-There are 20,000 species of insects in Europe alone. There have been 100,000 species collected from all parts of the world, but even these are probably but a small portion of this department of creation.

Baron Cuvier estimated the known fishes at 6,000. Nearly the same number of birds are known.

There are between 800 and 900 mammiferous animals. Of these there are 90 species in Europe, 112 in Africa, 80 in Southern Asia and Ceylon, 40 to 50 in Northern Asia, above 100 in North America, and 90 in South America. About 60 species are aquatic; about 100 are able to support themselves in the air with bat-like wings; 15 are web-footed; 200 dwell among trees; 60 are subterranean, and more than 150 of the flesh-eating and gnawing tribes wander through the forests without permanent habitations. With respect to nourishment, about 330 eat grass or fruits, 80 eat all sorts of food, 150 live on insects, and 240 on flesh.

There are not less than 395 species of birds in Europe, and about 400 have been thus far described in North America.

IMPORTANT ADVICE. Our wise master, Socrates, was wont to say, that those parents who took more care to enrich their children than educate them virtuously, did like grooms that fed their horses high, and neglected to train them to the menage; hereby those beasts were in better case, yet were they nevertheless worse for service; whereas the excellency of that creature consists not in fatness, but in his serviceableness. No less mistaken are all fathers, that purchase great estates for their sons, and then omit to bestow the same care on their education. Whoever, therefore, educates his children well, gives them much, though he leaves them little. The condition of the mind is alone to be respected. Good men require only what is sufficient; bad men ever thirst after excess. Farewell. -Xenophon's Letter to Crito.

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all occasions, the most undaunted courage. Though of an ardent temperament, yet he possessed such self-command as rarely, if ever, to be thrown off his guard by insult and outrage, and he manifested the most forgiving disposition. He was simple, dignified, and manly in behaviour; grave, yet affable and pleasant in conversation, and so ready in reply as to continually baffle his most subtle antagonists. stance may be given; he was imprisoned in Launceston gaol, and brought up for trial before Judge Glyn. He was ordered to take off his hat. Fox inquired what authority there was in law or Scripture for this compulsion; at which the judge fell into a passion, and cried, "Take him away, gaoler; I'll ferk him!" Soon after he sent for him again; and on seeing him, exclaimed, "Come! where had they hats, from Moses to Daniel? Come, answer me. I have you fast now !" Fox immediately replied, "The three children were ordered to be thrown into the furnace with their coats, hose, and hats on." The judge instantly shouted, "Take him away, gaoler."

REMEDY FOR A STING.-When stung by a bee or a wasp, immediately take some common whitening, moisten it with cold water, and place a little upon the part affected. In a few minutes it may be washed off, and neither pain nor swelling will follow.

small the distance between the sublime and the ridiculous!

PROTOGENES AND APELLES.-Pliny relates the following characteristic aneedote of two famous painters of antiquity :-Apelles having proceeded to Rhodes to visit Protogenes, who lived there, went immediately to his house; but not finding him at home, in order to let him understand who had called, he took a brush, and drew an exceedingly fine line on a piece of canvass. An old woman, the housekeeper of Protogenes, did not fail to inform him on his return, that there had been a man asking for him, who, instead of telling his name, made a stroke on canvass. Protogenes casting his eyes upon this line, knew it could be the production of no other but Apelles. But tracing another with still greater nicety, and of a different colour, above the first, he went abroad again, ordering his housekeeper to show it to the stranger, if he should return. Apelles came back immediately after, and drew a third line, above the two former, in such a style that it was impossible to make it more delicate. Protogenes, on his return, acknowledged he was beaten, and that it was not in his power to draw a finer line than this last. He hastened to the Harbour to find out his guest, and received him joyfully. The piece of canvass was carefully preserved, and became the admiration of posterity, particularly the masters of the

art.

It was still to be seen at Rome in the time of Augustus, and people went to behold with astonishment a large piece of canvass, where there was nothing but three lines, so delicately touched as to be scarcely perceptible; but it was burnt in a fire that broke out in the palace.

CURTAINS AND SHUTTERS. The custom so prevalent, says the Rev. J. F. Denham, in his Letters to a Mother on Education, of darkening a chamber by shutters, and of surrounding beds with curtains, and especially the cradles of infants, is very injurious to health, not merely owing to the causes arising from impurity of air, but to the eyesight. When the light is almost entirely excluded, and then the shutters opened nearly at once, the pain and vio-' lence suffered by the eyes would seem

naturally to discourage the custom. The use of curtains is less injurious; but the disuse of them, especially round the bed or cradle, has often been recommended by physicians. One good effect of the advice would be, that the eye would gradually become stronger by being accustomed to the light shaded by the eyelid even while closed in sleep; and, above all other reasons, the increasing light, especially in a spring or summer morning, would naturally awaken him, and conduce to the habit of early activity, which is of incalculable importance.

PEARLS. - Pearls were very highly esteemed in Pliny's days. The ladies wore them dangling at their fingers and ears, took great delight in hearing them rattle, and not only appended them to their garments, but even embroidered their buskins with them. It will not

suffice them, says he, nor serve their turn, to carry pearls about them, but they must tread among pearls, go among pearls, and walk as it were on a pavement of pearls. Lollia Paulina, the wife of Caligula, was seen by him, on an ordinary occasion, ornamented with emeralds and with pearls, which he valued at forty millions of sesterii (about 300,0007.)

PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE OF SCIENCE. The following illustration of the utility of science, in the common occurrences of life, is taken from a newspaper:-A penknife, by accident, dropped into a well twenty feet deep. A sunbeam, from a mirror, was directed to the bottom, which rendered the knife visible; and a magnet, fastened to a pole, brought it up.

WIT.-The late Rev. Rowland Hill, having been recommended to his Grace the Archbishop of York, for ordination, was closely examined on some points in theology, on which, as might have been expected, he did not afford satisfaction, and was therefore refused ordination. On coming away, his grace said to him, "Sir, as a man, I pity you; but, as a bishop, I can show you no favour." Mr. Hill, with his usual readiness, replied, "I am sorry, my lord, that you

should think it for the credit of your order to draw a line between episcopacy and humanity!"

M.D. EXPLAINED.-Mamma, said a little girl the other day, what do they mean by always putting M.D. after a doctor's name? Why, my dear, returned mamma, you ought to have known that before: M.D. stands for 1500, and the meaning is, that the doctor tries to keep his patients alive 1500 years-if he can!

IMITATION. I DID AS THE REST DID. This tame yielding spirit, this doing as "the rest did," has ruined thousands. A young man is invited by vicious companions to visit the theatre, or the gambling-room, or other haunts of licentiousness. He becomes dissipated, spends his time, loses credit, squanders his property, and at last sinks into an untimely grave. What ruined him? Simply doing as the rest did." A father has a family of He is wealthy. Other children

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in the same situation in life do so and so, are indulged in this thing and that. He indulges his own in the same way. They grow up idlers, triflers, and fops. The father wonders why his children do not succeed better. He has spent much money on their education, has given them great advantages. But, alas! they are only a source of vexation and trouble. Poor man, he is just paying the penalty of "doing as the rest did." This poor mother strives hard

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to bring up her daughters genteelly. They learn what others learn: to paint, to sing, to play, to dance, and several other useless matters. In time they marry; their husbands are unable to support their extravagance, and they are reduced to poverty and wretchedness. The good woman is astonished. Truly," says she, "I did as the rest did." The sinner follows the example of others, puts off repentance, and neglects to prepare for death. He passes along through life, till, unawares, death strikes the fatal blow. He has no time left now to prepare. And he goes down to destruction, because he was so foolish as to "do as the rest did."

THE DOG. PART II.

The crew of the Durham packet, of Sunderland, wrecked near Clay, in Norfolk, were saved by the exertions of a faithful dog, who successfully used his efforts to bring the lead-line on shore from the vessel; but there being a very heavy sea, and a steep beach, it appeared the return eddy of the surf was too powerful for the animal to contend with. Mr. Parker, ship-builder, of Wells, and Mr. Jackson, jun., of Clay, who were on the spot, observing this, instantly rushed into the sea, which was running very high, and gallantly succeeded, though at great risk, in laying hold of the dog, who was much exhausted, but who had all this time kept the line in his mouth; which being thus obtained and secured, a communication with the vessel was established, and a warp being thus passed from the ship to the shore, the lives of all on board, nine in number, were saved.

We are told by Plutarch, that there was a certain Roman slain in the civil

wars, whose head nobody durst cut off, for fear of the dog that guarded his body, and fought in his defence. It happened that King Pyrrhus, travelling that way, observed the dog watching over the body of the person slain; and hearing that the dog had been there three days without meat or drink, yet would not forsake his dead master, ordered the body to be buried, and the dog preserved, and brought to him. A few days after, there was a muster of the soldiers, so that every man was forced to march past in order before the king. The dog lay quietly by him for some time, and among them happened to be the murderers of his late master; he instantly flew upon them, with more than ordinary fury, seized them by the throats, and frequently turned round and looked at the king. This led him to suspect that they were the murderers, as it did also all that were about him. The men were apprehended, and though the circumstances were very slight, which otherwise appeared against them, yet they confessed the fact, and were executed for it.