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Unto thy door,
@ n, piercing voice. filing thine ears with pain.
Oh. would he ne'er could visit rs again:
God help the poor:
God help the poor!
rt,o, the barren earth Eolus whistleth loud
Tsro, shattered easements, and with frosty cloud
From far off moor
Covers the shivering inmates, who are bowed
MeurnfuIiy to earth, and cry forth aloud
sssI st "God help the poor!''
God help the poor.
r.mpest.torn mariners fe's troubled deep.
Whose pilgrimage is e'er where cold winds sweep:
They've safe shore
But Thee alone. And in deaths lingering sleep:
To Thee they call, who lct'st not rnourners weep,
God help the poor
.ooS-o-c-o-~o-~-~~o--o--o--o
From the Columbian Magazine for December.
THE BEAUTY OF PEACE.
ByL
.Powsr itself has not half the might
OF gentencss.'' Leigh Hunt.
WILL you pardon me, courteous reader, if in
,tcad. of a story, give you something moro like
sormonl If you ask why suppose j, will not
suit you well, | may answer piayfuy in tho
language Of old DIR. Ma hew of Boston, who some
times INDUCED in vein of pleasantly not usual
with c!ergymen in his Puritanic times. Boing
asked what tho reason that tho Council OF
Bishops voted tho Song of Solomon into tho Bible
and tho Wisdom Of Solomon out, no replied, elm
decd cannot toll; except that mankind havo
always preferred songs 10 WISDOM"
Moreover, you may listen more coldIy to tho
Advocacy Of peace principles than to other wise
words; because few mon protesting to bclicve tho
Christian religion venture to deny thcir truth,
while at tho same timo all agroo in giving thcm
sort of moonlight reputation, n will o tho wisp
foundation as beautiful but impractcablo theories.
But cannot help feoling n strong hope, amount
ing to faith, that tho world will be at last redeem
ed from Tho frghtfu vortex Of sin and misery, into
which il has boon drawn by tho prevailing Law
ofForce. And surely it is a mission worth living
for, il | can give tho least aid in convincing man
kind that the Christian doctrine Of overcoming
evil with good is not merely beautiful sentiment,
rs becoming to tho religious soul as pearls to
tho maidcn's bosom, but that it is really the high
Is, reason, the bravcst manlincss. the most
pcrhcnsvo philosophy, tho wiscst political ocono-
my.
Tho amount of proof that it is so, seems n bun
dant enough to warrant tho belief that practical
adoption of poaco principles would be always safe.
even with tho most savage mon. and under tho
most desperate circumstances. proved ihore was
q chance TO bavo it distinctly understood that such
a course not based cowa rdice, but OIL
principle.
When Capt. Back went TO the Polar Regions, in
search of his friend Capt. Ross, ho fell IN with
and Of Eyqumaux, who had mover seen n white
man. Tho chief raised his spear to hurl it at the
Strangers hoad; but when Capt. Back approached
calmly and unarmed, the spear dropped. and tho
rudo savage gladly welcomed tho brother man.
who had trusted in him. Had Capt. Back adopt
cd tho usual maxim, that it Is necessary to carry
arms in such emergencies. he would probably
hayo coca sioncd his own death, and tina, of his
companions.
Ray mond, in his Travels, says: "Tho assassin
has been my guide in tho dctiles Of Italy, the
smugglcr of the Pyreneos has received me with
welcome in his secret paths. Armed, should
have been tho enemy Of both; unarmod, :hey have
alike respected mo. In such expectation, | have
long since laid aside all menacing apparatus what
cvcr.-Arms may indeed DO employed agains:
wild beasts; but men should never forget that they
arc no defence against tho traitor. They NAV
irria,a,c tho wicked and ntimidate the simple.
The man OF peace has much moro sacred de-
iencc-hs character"
Perhaps tho scvcrcst test 10 which the peace
principles ever put was in Ireland during
tho memorable rebellion of 1898. During the
terrible conflict tho Irish Quakers were continual
w. bctwccn two fires. Tho Protestant party view
CO !hom "'.' suspicion and dislike because they
Ie'usco 10 hshs' or !" r"y military taxes and the
nerce multitude OF insurgents deemed it sufciep,
cause OF DEATH that they would nciIror r.nfess
belief in tho Catholic religion nor help thom fight
for Irish frccdom.-Victory alternatcd het,voa, |
the two contcnding parties. and usual in civil |
war. tho victors made almost indscriminatc havoc
Of those who did not march undor their banners.
Il was perilous timo for all men; but tho Quakers
alono were liable to a raking fire from both sides
forcsooing calamity. they had. nearly two years
before tho war broke out, publicly destroyed all
.he'r guns. and other weapons used for game
But this pledge of pacific intentions was not suf
nc'ent to satisfy the government, which required
warl'ko assistance at their hands. Threats and
insults wcrc heapcd upon them from all quarters:
but they stcadfnstly adhered to their resolution Of
doing good 10 both parties and harm to neither.
Their houses were filled with widows and orphans.
With the sick. the wounded. and tho dying. belong
ing both to tho loyalists and the rebels. Some
tines, when the Catholic insurgents were victori
oss they would be greatly enraged to find Quaker
houses filled with Protestan, families. They
soud poin, their pistols. and threaten death. if
heir enemies were not Immediately turned into