We will not then repine, Nor murmur that the hand divine Choose the good portion, and maintain the strife Thy flesh, indeed, has felt the blow, That turns the human fabric into dust; Yet, thanks to Him, in whom was fix'd thy trust! Thy spirit triumphs o'er the grave, And proves his utmost power to save. More than conqueror through thy LoRD, Thou dost on earthly scenes look down, Thou dwell'st in bliss; we follow on, When all our conflicts here are past. When death, commission'd from on high, Shall seize this mortal frame, Our souls, dislodg'd, shall quickly fly, To mix with hosts above, And through eternity proclaim, How much we owe to JESU's love. Till then, departed saint, adieu ! While endless ages run. Penryn, Feb. 27, 1822. THE LILY. (Matthew vi. 28, 29.) W. P. B. FAIR LILY, prince of all the plain, POETRY. The card, the spinning-wheel, the loom, Of any Tyrian merchant bought. And rais'd thee from the moisten'd earth; The nature of thy wondrous birth. HYMN, 287' Sung by the TEACHERS at the Sunday-School Anniversary in Hull, CHILDHOOD and youth, how vain they seem, Destin'd to wither to the tomb! On every breeze some danger springs Yet here, with hopeful eyes, we trace GOD of the Church, which must remain In every heart,—and may we dare For touching this, we all agree. HYMN, A. G. Sung by the CHILDREN at the Sunday-School Anniversary in Hull, April 8, 1822. LORD, hast thou heard the solemn prayer? We make it now our own; May every child before Thee share The blessings of thy throne. Who would not join the fervent cry? Forbid it, LORD, we humbly pray, So shall the solemn prayer be heard, ALMIGHTY GOD, perform thy word, A. G. Printed by T. Cordeux, 14, City-Road, London. THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTER AND GUARDIAN. No. 69.] SEPTEMBER, 1822. [VOL. VI. SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF DAVID DALE, ESQ., Founder of the Lanark Cotton-Mills. MR. DALE was one of those extraordinary men, who, at distant intervals, start up in society, evidently destined by Providence to confer distinguished lustre on the age and country which give them birth. Descended from parents who ranked no higher than shopkeepers, he received that education only which is usually given in small towns in Scotland, and his first employment was the herding of cattle; after which he was sent to Paisley to learn the weaving business. From Paisley he removed to Hamilton, in the capacity of a journeyman weaver. He after wards settled at Glasgow, where he for some time acted as clerk to a silk-mercer. Industry, fidelity, and honour, however, were conspicuous in all his conduct, in the various stages through which he passed; and they advanced him to the distinguished station in which he lived and died. Assisted by some few friends, he began, and for several years carried on, business in the linen-yarn branch, importing French yarns from Flanders, which he sold with great advantage to the manufacturers. This suggested to him the idea of cotton-mills in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, and led to a connexion between MR. DALE and SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT, which ended in the erection of various works on the Clyde, adapted to the spinning of cotton; and to forward his plan, several persons were sent into England to be instructed in the business. Thus originated the well-known Lanark Mills. Dissolving the partnership with SIR RICHARD, MR. DALE now conducted the business on his own account, and in process of time greatly enlarged it by the erection of other mills. And although the first of these establishments was destroyed by fire, he persevered, till a cluster of these works adorned a romantic situation, and furnished employment to thousands of industrious artificers. But it was not sufficient for MR. DALE to have found them employment, and the means of subsistence; he established schools at all his factories, with suitable teachers, so that neither old nor young were left without the means of instruction. Knowing the very wretched state in which the Highland poor were placed, he gave them every en couragement to come and settle at his Mills, and made various attempts also to introduce the cotton manufactories into the Highlands. Thus he became eminently a benefactor to his country His public benevolence, patriotic exertions, and private charities, have embalmed his memory; and the recollection of his virtues is engraved in the hearts of his cotemporaries, who will not fail to transmit his memorial to ages yet unborn. |