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SATURDAY EVENING READING.
EARLY RISING AND PRAYER.

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EARLY RISING AND PRAYER.
| of the older English poets.
When first thine eyes unyeil, give thy soul leave II
To do the like; our bodies but forerun
The spirits duty; true hearts spread heaya
Give Him thy first thoughts then, shalt thou keep
Him company all day, and in Him sleep.
Yet sleep the up; prayer should
Dawn with the day; there are set awful hours
Twixt heaven and US; the mamma was not good
After sun-rising far day sullies flowers. II
Rise to prevent the sun; sleep doth sins glut,
And heavens gate opens when the worlds is shut
Walk with thy feIlow-creatures; note the hush
And whsperings asdong them. Not spring
And oak doth know an oanst thou not sing.
Oh leave thy cares and foliesl go this way,
And thou art sure % prosper all theday.
Serve God before the world let Him not 80
Uadl thou hast blessing; then resign
The whole unto Him, and remember who
Prevaild by wrestling ere the sun did shine
Pour oil upon the stones weep for thy sin, =.
Then journey on, and have an eye to heaven. ~ j
Mornings are mysteries: the first worlds youth
Mans resurrection, and the futures bud
Stroud in their brths the of life, light TRUTH
Is styled their starr the store and hidden food;
Three blessings wait upon them; one of whi,h
Should move; they make us holy, happy, rich.
When the worlds up, and every swain abroad
Keep well thy temper, mix not with each clay
Dispatch necessities life hath load
Yet keep those cares without theej let the heart
BE Gods alone and choose the better part.
!" WHITTIER SHALL GO FROM THY SPIRIT ~
The God of heaven is the controller of all
events. Every change, through the universe
which he hath created, wears the impress of
his agency. The most important and the
most minute results, point unerrngly to him.
The birth of the smallest insect, and the Gre
alton of mighty universe, are alike the eff
fects of his almighty power. He extends that
great central law, which binds planet in its
sphere, to the dew drop that trembles on the
leaf Of the rose. He heaves the turbid ocean,
and curls the surface of the sleeping lake.
He plunges the laundering cataract down into
its awful depth, and leads the gentle murmur-
ing rivulet through the quiet and peaceful
vale. He unbinds the earthquake that is to
overthrow cities, and lends sweet music to
the lay of the morning larks. From the
bright seraph that kneels on the footsteps of
his burning throne, to the pebble that paves
the sunless caverns of the deep, all is seen
and allis heard. No note, expressive of hap
piness or sorrow, escapes his ear. The wall
Of nation, and the cry of young raven,
come up alive before him. He hears the soul
sick confession of the pampered monarch, and
the signing of the desolate captive. He
marks the distress that wraps the palaces of
the great in weeds, and the disappointnents
that invade the simple hopes of the cottage.
He is by the side of departing age, and the
dying couch of infant life. The tears of the
great and the small, the rich and the poor are
| mingled in one cup before him. And this
| holy God is ours; our father and our friend;
| our guide and protector through the rugged
! path of life our last and only refuge in the
| honr of death. 10 love and serve him i'll
this world is our happiness, duty and highest
moral dignity Western Recorder.
Don't BE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE
1. Because all the future is in Gods hands.
| An infinitely wise and good being is sovereign
over all its events, Not one Of them can
escape his notice. or elude his control.
2. Because you have no right to put into
| one day what belongs to another. The future
will have its own cares and anxieties-plenty
of them lkely,-and they will be along in
due time. But they have no business among
the cares and anxieties of the present time
You must not put them there.
3. Because it is ill-treatment Of the best adj
vice. Just read the following advice, and
think who was the Adviser; Wherefore,
take no thought for the morrow, for the NOR
row shall take thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
4. Because it implies want of confidence in
God. Has he not hitherto dealt with your
Could you have taken as good care of your
self as he has taken of you If you can re-
fleet on goodness, can you not anticipate good
ness: LAS not G0Q lalQ nODIe oasis 1O1
confidence in all his faithfulness rss
5. Because it will needlessly augment pres
ent trouble. Are you so well out of trouble
now, that you need some by way of variety
Or would you like more than you now haves
Do you wish new stroke of the lash on
place already sores Go into idgets, then,
about the future and you can get accommo-
dated. But all this is superfuous addition
to present troubles 1t makes all present bur-
dens heavier, while Christ and reason bid you
do no such thing.
6. Anxiety about the future can do you no
possible good. 1t cannot better fit you to meet
it; but contrawise. 1t will not change any
thing that is appointed to overtake you.
Therefore, all these voices in your ears pro-
claim to you that it is very poor business to
tease and trouble your soul about what the
future shall disclose Do your duty, and
trust in God; then, come what may, all will
be well.-Pwitan Recorder.
SECRETS OF HApPINEss.--A susceptibility
to delicate attentions, fines sense ofthe name
less and exquisite tenderness Of manner and
thought, constitutes in the mind OF its possess
sor, the deepest undercurrent of life; the felt,
treasured, but unseen and inexpressible rich
ness of affection. 1t is rarely found In char
acters of men, but it outweghs, when it is,
all grosser qualities. There are many who
waste and lose affections by careless, and Of
ten unconscious neglect. 1t is not plant to
grow intended; the breath of indifference, or
rude touch may destroy forever its delicate
texture Their is daily attention to the
slight courtesies Of life, which can alone pre-
serve the first freshness of passion. The easy
surprises of pleasure earnest cheerfulness of
assent to slight wishes, the habitual respect
to opinion, the polite abstinence from personal
topics in company with others, unwavering
attention to his and her comfort, both abroad
and at home, and above all, the careful pre-
servation of those proprietics of conversation
and manner which are sacred when before the
world, are some of the secrets of that rare hap
piness which age and habit alike fail to inn
pair or diminish.
THE FALL SEASON
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