Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-12-25

              J "ill mi frit :' V " n f '' . ?; i VOL. IX. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 18G2. NO cS (Baa & itpiliai a 1 TIIK MOl'NT VKRXO.V REPl'BMCAX.' t k K M S : For "ip! year (invariably in advance Fur ix Months, T Kit MS OF ADVI'.HTISIMi. One square. !i weeks, ( no 1 1 1:1 r. ." mi tilths, ( !lll K ( i i;i f". li iiioiiIIh, ( )ne square, 1 year. S'-'.OO 1.01 1 I 1 ,00 ! HM 4.:.! I', mi 'W square (changeable monthly) 10.00 l:t.O0 'l i r,'.)-' li.T'i tf.OO' Changeable weekly. Two squares, weeks, Two squares, ! weeks. Two squares, '.' months, Two squares, li months, Two sqitar.es, 1 year. Three squares, il weeks, Threi' squares, li weeks, Three squares, .' months, Three squares, li months, Three squares, 1 year. One-fourth column, ehan. quarterly, One-third "" " One-half "" " " 4,."0 ! . 0.00 8.00 ' 10.00 j 1).00 ; "'jl" j I One column, changeable riiartcrly, All 1 1 '.;,.,. P inWtisemcnts. or oidliii;. attention to any enterprise intended J to benefit individuals or corporations, will ! be charged at the rate often cents per line. I Select poetry. .r. I IF YOl'R FOOT IS PRETTY SHOW IT. l If your foot is pretty, show it, No iraitter where or when, Lut all fair maidens know it Tho foot takes all the men. The face, so fair and lovely, May charm the razor's eye But if the foot is liomely, He'll quickly pass you by; He'll quickly, He'll quickly, He'll quickly pass you by. If your foot is pretty, show it; If you wish to catch the beaux, No longer hide tho tell-talk charm Beneath so many clothes. The figure may deceive you, All hooped and padded o'er; But let mo but survey the foot, I'll ask to see no more; I'll ask, I'll ask, I'll ask to see no more. If your foot is pretty, show it When you trip along the street, For it will catch the eager eyes Of every man you meet, Don't diss your glossy ringlets, Nor pout your lips so sweet, But gently lift your petticoats And show .(our handsome feet; And show, and show, And show your handsome feet. THE BIBLE. This Book unfolds Jehovah's mind, This voice salutes in accents kind, This friend will all your need supply, This Fountain sends forth streams of jry, This mine affords us boundless wealth, This good physician gives us health, This sun renews and warms the soul, This sword both wounds and makes us whole, This letter shows our sins forgiven, This guide conducts us safe to Heaven, This charter has been sealed with blood, This volume is the WordofiGod. What "Will Become of the Emancipated Blacks? This is nov the agitation of thoso who would niaks Slavery a support of the rebellion. Tn the first place the emancipation proclaimed by the President depends upon our military occupation of the South It will bo effected only when enforced by our armies. When tho emancipation is proclaimed, it will invito tho blacks to aid us in taking possession of tho country; and then, as the President says, "the Executive (lovcrnment, of the United States, including the military anil naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons." Tho general emanaipation will b conditioned practically upon our possession of the country, and it guarantees lh emancipated blacks their freedom and the protection of the (iovernment where they tiro. It is Slavery that sends black men to the North. The South is their paradise. Every instinct and prejudice of thoblack man is against the North. Against these he conies to the North for freedom. And as soon as ho rcachei the free border, ho settles down as close to it as he dare; often risking recapture rather than go farther North. They who arc born free, prefer toJ live in the South, even with all the jealousy to which tho "existonon of Slavery m ikei them subject. In spitn of tho natural hostility of tho slavoholding class to free negroes, nnd tho various legislation of tho shiTc States, to rob, and banish and enslave them, the majority of tho freo negroes are still in tho slave Statei. With freedom in tho South the natural draft of the blacks is toward tho tropics. It has been stated that tho offer of a passage North was declined by tho negroes at Hilton Head; and it is probable that their attach ment to home and country lias vastly more influence in keeping them in Slavery than all ihu provisions lor the return ofl'ugi-ti' ( s. 'I lie blacks will prefer to remain in the ."'oath. The conditions mi which cmauci-patinn will be curried into practical effect 1 will protect them tho.e. It' the whites would drive thorn from the country, they will not bavo the power. But will any be so insane as to think uf driving out the laboring population? What would the country be worth without labor' What would the property in Ohio be. worth if j the laboring Deonle wore banished? Labor is the very foundation of society; and to l'r"lH,S(! strike itout would be oijuivalunt to the suicide of the body politic. If any were so foolish as to entertain such an idea, it could not be accomplished, from its absolute impossibility. The laboring rP' limin.l up with the late of the land, and must continue so, whatever their status. 'pIlfi JVci,j b.((,,.s wi ; tho f.,mllh.v 'where they were slaves, and will be under j the necessity of laboring for their subsis-tancc. The wealth and subsistence of the amj1()jel. wi ,,.,emi 0, ti10 .,,nl. 0f tle blacks. These mutual interests will at ...ii: i : i i . mi I once e.MiU-iiiMi reciprocal reunions, iins would naturally draw the free blacks of tho North to the .South. The chane-u would be beneficial to the slave States, and to the trade with them. It is easy to demonstrate that it is more profitable to hire labor than to own it. The planters cannot refute the figures on this question. Ifany deny that it is bettc" for the laborer, they had better be owned, and thus live up to their doctrine. It is better for trade with other parts, because the free laborer is a much greater consumer of manufactured goods than the slave. It will be better for tho land, because it will greatly increase tha numbers of freeholds. But the greatest benefit will be to the mass of the white population of tho slave States, by removing the degradation from labor which makes the poor whites lower than the slaves. Tho pretense that the blacks are naturally indolent and will not labor when free, is no longer entertained among intelligent and hone.-t men. The free blacks in the North are as industrious as any class. No other race could maintain themselvesso well.both materially and morally, under the same virtual exclusion from tho most desirablo kinds of labor, and their other disabilities. Slavery is founded on the indolence of the whites of the South, and on the industry of the blacks. The relations bc;wcen the whiles and free blacks in the South will adjust themselves. The only disturbance of population will be by tho escape of blacks to our lines while our armies are operating. These must be provided for, but the number will not be greater than can he lii prsed of in the North without filling tho actual want of labor. Our drafts of men for the war are nsw telling heavily on the supply of laborjand soon production and manufacture must be curtailed, aud the resources of the country diminished, and tho cost of subsistence enhanced. This is ono of the grave problems before us in the cotinuance of this war; and wo are not in any condition to be alarinc 1 at the emmigration of laboring people of any color. It is said that our Government has had to subsist a large number of black refugees, and will have to more, until they can be located. So it has subsisted, transported and clothed a much greater number of rebel prisoners for the last year, when it was refusing to exchange them, and had a large surplus over thoso in tho hands of the rebels. Yet every negro taken from tho rebels cripples their revenue and power as much as the taking of ono of their ordinary white men. Their slaves are held in greater value than the mass of tho whites. Why should wo be alarmed atthe subsistence of the captured blacks, for a brief period, which is partly compensated by their labor, when we are spending so much more in subsisting rebel prisoners? One is as much an clement of war as the other. These arc but an ineonsidcrablo item, compared with the necessity for laborers in the North. They can bo placed without preventing tho advance of wages. The enforcement of the orer to receive the loyal blacks, should bo accompanied by the organization of means for disposing of them. But the mass of the blacks will bo emancipated only by our military occupation of tho country, and will bo protected in the oountry where they now live. The emancipation prcjeot proposes to make them our allies in restoring the country to ita allegiance, instead of forcing them by our policy to mipport tho rebellion. Cincinnati Gazelle. "Pray dont attempt to darn your cobwebs,', wa.s swift's advice to a gentleman of strong imagination and weak memory, win was laboriou-ly cxnl i'uing hiin"clf. TIIK HOl'SE THAT JACK M ILT. TIIK .1KWISH nilliilN' OF TIIK C FLKKItATKIl rmi 1..111 i.hiit.Mi, "tiik Mill SK Til AT i i in ii '' As the occupation and pleasures of child - .hood produce a powerful impression on the memory, it is probable almost every Mi4j ij.--.i. iii muiuuic ua Hi an English nuwry recollects tin' delight with which he repeated that puerile jingling lcgcnd'Tlie house that. Jack built." Very few, however, are nt all aware of the originial form of its composition, or the particular subject it was designed to illustrate. And fewer still would suspect that it is only an accommodated and altered transla- u.. oi in, .uie.nu panmoiicai Hymn, sung oy uie .jews at mo ieasi oi the 1'assoycr. and commemorative of the principal events j 8. The butcher that killed the ox de-in the history of that people. Yet, such i.s notes the Crusaders, by whom the Holy actually tne tact, the origmial, m the Chaliea language, is now lying before me, nnd as it may nut bo uninteresting to the readers of tho Congregational lagazinc I will here furnish them with a literal translation of it. and then add the interpretation as given by P. N. Leehereht. Lcipzie, 1731. The hymn itself i.s found in Sopher llaggadah, vol. 23. 1. A kid, a kid, my father bought, For two pieces of money; A kid, a kid. 2. Then came tho cat, and ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money; A kid, a kid. Then enme the dog, that bit the cat. That ate tho kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. Then came the staff, and beat the dog, That bit tho cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. 4. Then came the fire, and burned the ; staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. Then came the water, and quenched the fire, That burned tho stall', That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. Then camo tho ox, and drank the water,That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a' kid. Then came tha butcher and slew the x, That drank the water, That quenched tho fire, That burned tho staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. Then camo the angel of death and killed tho butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the lire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid. Then camo tho Holy One, blessed be He, And killed the angel of death, That killed tho butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched tho fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That-bit tho cat, That ato the kid, , That tny father bought, For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid 10. Tho following is tho Interpolation: 1. The kid, w hich is ono of the pure animals, denotes tho Hebrews. The fa - flier by whom it va.s purcha.'cl is Jch" - vuh, who represents himself as sustaining this relation to the Hebrew nation. The pieces of money signify .Iosns and Aaron. ; -, tbroUijh some mei datum llie llidnews u,.iv I brought, out of l'Vypt. j 2. The cat denotes the Assyrian-, by wh.nn the Ten Tribes were carried into captivity. :t. The dog is symbolical of the D.ibvlo-niatH.4. The staff signified the roiwisn?. f. The fire indicates the Grecian Empire under Alexander the Great. (!. The water betokens the Unmans or the fourth of (liegreat monarchies to w in, in the Jews were subjected. 7. The ox is a symbol of the Saracens. whosubdued Palestine, and brought it uu ! der the Calinlcite Land was wrested out of the hands of the Saracens. 9. Ti:o angel of death si"iiilies the Turkish power, by which the land of Pal- estine was taken from the Pranks, to w hom it is still subjected. 10. The commencement of the tenth stanza is desiimed to show that God will ! take signal venegeance on the Turks, im - mediately after wdiose overthrow the Jews are to be restored to their own land, and live under the Government of their long- expected Messiah. London Cvnijrejatitin - al .fua-.iii: A Soldier's Thoughts. The following extract from a letter written by a soldier to his brother and published in the Indianapolis American gives a vivid representation of tb thoughts and feelings of many a soldier now sacrificing the comforts of home for country: !;I began to look for a letter twri days ago. The mail ccmes in at noon. I came to my quarters this afternoon ami thought of going to the post office. I started once and concluded I would not go tillto-morrow; then 1 took another notion and went, and received this letter T neivi- lil'le,) n icltcr with niwu .ixicl... ,;,in s0 , from homo without hearing a word from there, I fancied that some one would bo dead, or something bad had happened. These thoughts gave ine much uneasiness, but when 1 camo to the. paragraph saying all was well at home I felt relieved, there is no place like home. I was glad to hear that my mother was in good health. Many a night have I thought of how she would come cold nighlsand straighten the I covers over me, and a.-k me if I would sleep warm enough. These thoughts wiuld pass through my mind as night after night 1 laid down on the cold, dump ground, with nothing over me but the thin spread boughs of a pine tree, with no blanket, and nothing but a thin blouse part of the time Having no shirt, pants, hoots or socks on r t .1 I'll i 1 .ii C. .1 i I-. ,. ,,' ,., the heavy .Southern dews which foil like : rain, and the after part of the. night, would bo very chilly, but after rising in the morning and getting warm. (never got up warm in the morning in tho South) 1 felt as well as I ever did in my life." A Definition or a Yankee. As tho Yankees are creating no little excitement in the commercial, political, and military world; I hope my delinilio.i of a real genuine mult: Yankee, may not be considered a mis: A real genuine Yankee is full of animation, checked by moderation, guided by determination, and supported by education.Ho has veneration, corrected by toleration, with a lovo for self-approbation and emulation, and when reduced to a state of aggravation, can assume the most profound dissimulation, for the purpose of retaliation, always combined if possible, with speculation. A live Yankee, just caught, will not be found deficiont in the following qualities. He is self-denying, self-relying, always trying, and into everything pry-ing.Ho is a lover of piety, propriety, notoriety and tempcrence society. Ho is a dragging, gagging, bragging, striving thriving, pleasing, swopping, jostling, bustling, wrestling, musical, quizzical, astronomical, poetical, philosophical ami comical sort of a character, whoso, manifest destiny is to spread civilization to the remotest corner of the earth, with tho eye always on the lookout for the main chance. Jones, the othor day, asked Smith tha following qitcction: Say3 Jones, "we hare had the ago of iron, the age of gold, and the age of bronze; but which shall we call the present are?" "Why," says Smith, licking the back of a postage stamp which ho was about to apply to the envelope of a 1 letter, "I think we had better call this the ' vrv-'l-ny " Early lircnkfast. I!ie:ikl't-t shoiil j'. bel'ire leaviii: 1 be eaicil in the 1 1 1 '111-the bnii-e I'm' exercise. ' III ur labor ol'any .L'M'ri,t;,in.thj,e who do it! will be able lo perform more wold:, aud with givater comfort and alacrity than those who work oil hour or two before 'breakfast. Pjsides this the nyera.-'e da- 'ration f the lives of those who lake break- I faat before exercise or woi k. will be a hum- 1 1u,r of v,irs inv.ter than those that do otherwise. , . ., . , ,, Jia'i ijeisun i.e:;in 10 in-i nini:.. unci . . . bavin!: been enoaired live er six hours in these ordinary avycatious, and a good meal j re-mvgorates, but trolu the last inial ol .1... .1 .:i ii .1, ; mi:uit iiniii iim: iicai. linn iiini;, oni'. an interval of some twelve hours; hence the body in a sense, is weak, and in proportion cannot resist deleterious agencies; whether of the fierce cold of mid-winter, or of the poison us miasm which rests upon the surface of the earth, wherever the 'sun shines on a blade of vegetation or a heap of offal. This miasm i.s more solid, liioi'e coneeu- trato 1. and hence more malignant about sunrise and sunset, than at ativ othor hour 'of the twenty-four, because the cold of the ' night condenses it, and it is on the first few inchesabovo the soil in its most solid form; ! but as the sun rises, it warms and expands, av ascends to a point high enough to be I breathed, and being taken in to the Iuiil'S i ' with the air. and swallowed with the sals- va into the stomach, all weak and empty as it is, it is greedily drunk in, thrown immediately into the circulation of tin' blond and carried directly to every part of the body, deposition its poisonous influences at the very foundation head of life. When in Cuba many years ago, we oh-, served that tho favorite time for travel was midnight; and the old merchants of Charleston may remember that when deadly fevers prevailed in hot weather, they dared not ride into town in tho cool of tho evening, but mid-day was accounted the safest. We know, from many years' liv- iug in Now Orleans, that it was when tbo!acl'"P the eessationists will ho likely to evenings and mornings were unusually get from planting cannon, that I see some-cold, balmy, aud delightful, the citizens thing about in the papers. Iton'tbc-prepared ihuiu.-eKcs for still greater rav-j li(!V ifc come up." ! ages of the deadly epidemic for the first I iw days following. If early breakfast was taken in regions where chills and fever, and ague prevail, and if in addition a bri.-.k fire were kindled in the family room, for the hours including sunset and sunrise, these troublesome maladies would diminish in any one year, not ten-fold, but a thousand fold, because the heat of tho fire would purily the miasmatic air instantly, and send it above the breathing point. But it i.s troublesome to be building fires night and morning all summer, and not one in a thousand who reads this will put the suggestion into 'itteiieu, it "i i pi louu e"ii ej, r - it bei; quiring no effort to shiver and shake bv 1 n . me iiouv, oany for weeks and months to gcther; such i.s tho stupidity of the animal man! Il'tll's Journal i f Ui allli. The great charm about well mauncrcd people is, that they insc-isibly maks us pleased with ourselves. The courteous spirit is always a ruling ono. Some inherit politeness, some acquire it, and some have it thrust upou them. Society docs i thu ,;,,,cr" Those to whom it is unnatural whether men women or children find that unless a certain cotirteousness is maintained, their sslfish purposes, cannot be served; hence, to gain their own ends, they will put on the semblance of politeness a semblance which will be shattered the moment they have no further need. It is essentially this class who arc the disagreeable people. Ktiquetto with them usurps tho place of a higher constituent; hence formal people never assimilate with those whoso politeness springs from the heart. Ktiquetto is undoubtedly nccees-sary lo be observed in Conn, but not formality; though no fixed rules of conduct ran be laid down for the familiar interpose of individual.-, beyond the Scriptual noc, 'Iu honor preferring ono anoter, " this advice may bo followed all the world over Ludics Treasury. '"Ifawordor two will render a man happy," said a Frenchman, "he must bo a wretch indeed who will not give it. It is like lighting another man's candle with your own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains." If all men aclej upon thnt principle tho world would Ihn mnrh harmirr than it i Slgalflcsst Tact. Tho fiag of any nation that has attempt ed to run the blockade has been that of England. This speaks volumes for the hypocritical character of a portion of the public sentiments of Great I'.ritiain; and also the sincere neutrality of its govern nm'.. Moral Sua Ion. A wayward son of the l'tiu-rakl Ide. left ihu lied nod board." which h(? and 'lal'::ill't- l"ul 0''''UJ", tor 4 hilt, ami spent his time around rum-! -''"i-'4: h was always uu band 10 rou,u mtit "in whenever any uie 1 -huiiLI ';tsnd lieut. -'n-uici was uissuU-Uci wni. a.-; state ; ! Uli"K a,ld wJeavored to ..-( hr hu-W j ' Lu" 1,onie a2:"- W Jt,! L'' ! F' I ''Now, Patrick, my hoiii-v. will voii cotue 1 1 back.' ' 'No. Maraud, I won't ciine bad. 'Ami won't you come back tor tin- if your children?" x. ., . , , , imi r gnret." 'Will you couie bad l'oitlie luve ot my- self?" "Niver at all. "Wmv wid ye.'' .imrgaroi iiiougtu sue wouui iry anoui-: r ... 1.1 11. . ..1 cr iiulueenient. I nkiiig a pint bottle ot j whisky from her podet. and holding it up, I to her truant husband, she said: . i ''Will you come for the drop of whisky?" J coiiseiousne-i.s that we are becoming aged. "Ah, uie darlint," said Patrick, unable ; but after wo have got over that leeliii". to withstand such temptation, "it's erselfthey Never led old, tliousili thev are eit'bl v that'll always bring me home agin ye hns.yearii of age. They cmiej to their seemid such a whiuning way wid ye. I'll come breath in that regard! Now. do you beain Margaret." i to hay a consciousness that yuu are failing Margaret declares that '"Patrick wasre- do you find that your feet grow heavier claimed by moral .suasion.'' than they used to be? Are there not pcr- 'Just Dropped In." - smiuow passed o r winnow, l ie uoor , . ,'. , , opened; looking up, we saw the lorm of l 1... 1 1 y . .1 1 Mrs. Portington before us. "I've just dropped in," she said. Propped in! and she weighs one hundred and fity if she does an ounce. She held out her snuff-box as she said "good morning," filled with Rhode's Delectable. Ike was by her side, and before we had time to prevent it, he had both arms stuck to the fly-paper on the desk beforj us. "I've just, dropped in to nk," she said as wo looked up inquiringly, '"what sort of Terhaps it may, we sai.l, lavormg the idea, "as wo see many sprouts about in un'iiirm that, are evidently sons ot guns, and if, as Mr. Field has said, a soldier's sire and grainlsire may be a sword, why not a gun have its descendants?'' "May-be-so," said she, brightening up; "may-bc-so; it isn't tho most unlikely thing that never come to pass, and that may be why guns wear breeches. I declare that I never thought of that before." Laughter. Is there any music to be, hoard in this lower sphere morn pleasant to the ear than the. sound of merry soul-felt laughter? Up in heaven we hear sweeter sounds, but to an earth-bound sense there comes none more fraught with melody than the laughter from beloved lips. Is there anything like the ringing laugh of an innocent child? And when the lips that have whispered love to us inclose in happy laughter, are not our souls wrapped in Elysium as we listen? Laughlcr is not a foolish thing sometimes there are profouud depths of wisdom iu it. The wises t man has told us that there i.s a time to laugh, as well as a time to mourn. Pity 'tis we are not more profoundly impressed with the fact, more inclined to carry it in!o practice. There i3 an irresistible attraction in the hanrty laugh. We arc drawn unconsciously, but willingly toward him who utters it, aud there is a corresponding repulsion toward him who never laughs. Lavatcr says, "shun tint man who never laughs." Children, with their quick instinct of reading character feel this and act upon it. They are invariably won by tho hearty laugh of their friends. Favorites. "I have evor found," gap a sensible writer, "that men who are really most fond of the pocicly of ladies, who cherish for them a hip;h respect, nay, reverence them, arc seldom most popular with tho tcx. Men of more assurance whose tongues are lightly hung, who make words supply the place of ideas, and place compliment in the room of sentiment, are tho favorites. A true respect for woman leads to respectful actions towards thorn, and respect is usually a distant action, and this great distance is takan by them for neglect and want of interest.'' toirn, mm from the CQTmrrjT'fL'c J io t respectable lawyer for advice. A(ur tie tailing the circumstance of the case, ht was a6kd if heliRd stated fiwh just as they had occurred. "Ou, ay, sir," rejoined the applicant I tlonght it t"tst to tell you the plain truth; you can sut the lies into lfonr.'C'l. Growlng.Old. Henry Ward Beecher recently uttered the following lell.'ction", which expresses ! the f.xpeririiep ot many who have passed the " I urn in g point cf life:" j There is a periuJ at which men come to j oe strauedy impressed with the thought. "I 11)11 growing old." Ie11ppo.se there is a year or tw.j in which all have the feeling it liny not U a painful wn. but it is a tiad 5t 11 't- minor fcelin? ' I lav pasitd my youth, I am never tj be a boy again; I am never to be young any niorf; I not only am I a man. but as a man I haw signs an 1 token of the failure of eoiue t- part's of my organization." 1 It is said of athletics, boxers, and wrest- I .1 1 1 ; th.-v have eoiie through what may be t'aid to be their first .-tivngth. there is a rallying ; of tho system, aud then they are said to 'have come to their second breath. Whioi .1 .1. tney are on tiiuir wjm breath thev hold out a great while. So it is with our thought in respect to growin? old. We hava a sad feeling to tret over, which aris.'j from tb,- ! sons here that lone si.iiw ,i;fi;....li,- .,!...,,, . v. v.. ..uu... nuiiui the car? Have you never thought that. persons talked less clearly than they used ,, ir .. , . , , ;tu - Have you never thought that people I ,i; i ,,, . .i ' , , . , lid not pronounce their words' as plainly as you were taught to pronounce yours in the school that you attended? Does it not seem to you that the spectacle makers are growing slack? Are there no timo when you feel that tho shadow i.s turned? All day long the suu goes up, and up, and up, till at last it stands at flush noonday, and I he ii, when it slants over one degree, you see that the shadow creeps down tho other side, and grows longer as it goes down. There are many of yon that have seen the shadow run on the wrong side, and it is growing longer and longer. Your sun in going down toward thu western horizon. If a m.iii has boon accustomed to think his life mainly as centered or fixed here, it is not possible that ho should uot feel sadness at tho indications of decaying powers, of limited accomplishments, of being compelled to lay down his part of tho duties" of active life. But if ho' feels that these things aro working out for him "a far more cxoeedingeternal weight of glory" in the life that is to come, he can look upon them with composure, if not with cheerfulness!We do not know what mountains, rich with gold are worth, till we begin to dig; and the more wo dig tho more wo become, impressed with its groat valtip. So long as the gold is covered up, and locked in tho hard quartz, it is worthless. It is by blasting, by rending, by destroying, that the precious ore is brought out and made serviceable. Now, wc carry in us that which is more precious than the ore, to obtain which we blast, and rend, and dc. stroy tho rock. It is just this (he apostle thinks of when he says, "We hava this treasure in earthen vessels." We are like a casket made of earth, inside ef which is prccionsness, it may be of ointment, or jewels or something ele. Th real value consists in that which theeasket contains. This body may he shatter'!, the casket m.iy be destroyed, and vet all tb.it is valuable may remain. Who rare then, whether the bs ir is white or black? Who r.ire whether th. eye be far sighted or near sighted? Wbo cares whether the hfirtDgb poor rrgpd? ho cares what becomes tf the senses? This is not my whole life. This body is not my only heritage. I go to that bright land where the immortal part shines up and on forever and ever. And this con sideration takes away the sadness occasioned by tho coureioitfuers of the f'ailur of the earthly faculties. Beautiful Legend. There is a beautiful legenl illustrating; the Messrdncss of performing our duty at whatever cost to our own inclination. A beautiful vision of our Saviour had appeared to a monk, and in silent bliss be was gazing ttpnn it. 1 he hour arrived in which it was his duty to feed the poor of the convent. H lingered pot in his cell to enjoy the vision, bnt left it to per- 1 f"Trtf bis nuinMfl duty, Whn he return ed, he found th blessed tiion still wait, ing for him, and uttering these words, "IIaJ:t thou ctaid. I murt hare fled." Two friends muting, on remarked, "I hare just, met a tnau who told me I look, od like yon." "Tell me ho i wss, thst I may knock him rlown."rrplil the (Yifnj. ' Ten't trouble yourself," faid he, 'T di.'I h:it rryflt immerfiatelr. J. f