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A Scripture coincidence.

The tourist in Egypt, looking for BIZ
bic illustrations, is likely to be disap-
pointed when he finds no "bulrushes y
or "reeds," answering to those spoken
of in the history of the infant Moses
No sign of flag, reed, or other aquatic
plant appears, either along the Nile OF
elsewhere.
Yet there must have been such plants
in former times. The monuments depict
them in great variety-the lotus being a
favorite. And the rolls Of pspyrus
found in the tombs testify to the exist
ence of such plants: the papyrus hav,
ing been made from the bark Of the pa
per-reed.
How interesting to the Scripture stu.
dent to fad that the Disappearance Of
these plants was specifically predicted
by the Scripture writer's Says the
prophet Isaiah: THE reeds and flags
shall wther; the paper-reeds by the
brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,
and everything sown by the brooks shall
wither, be driven away, and be no more. y
But the question comes, sOhy do not
aquatic plants now grow in Egypt? Are
not the physical conditions now existing
in this country the same which have al.
ways prevailed? And does the divine
fiat now resist natural laws for the fulfil
ment of prophecy?
I answer that aquatic plants, which,
as Herodotus testi6es, were extremely
valuable, were reared, in the time Of
Egypt's prosperity, by artificial means
involving the preparation of reservoirs
and brooks. - Thus, too, by means Of
"ponds" and "sluices," the fish were
multiplied. And the prediction of Isaiah
relates to the destruction Of the nice ar.
rangements of artificial life, on which
depended the country's high prosperity.
And how entirely natural that the
bathing place of Pharaoh's daughter
should be a cultivated garden border
ing the Nile, where seclusion could be
had.-Burt'S Far East.
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Stated Clerks of Synods and Presbyteries

SYNOD OF ALABAMA.
Rev. r. Nall, Tuskegee, Ala.
Presbyte,y of East Alabama-Rev. G. R. Foster,
Wetumpka, Ala.
South Alabama-Rev. a. R. Raymond, Mari.
on, Ala,
Tnscaloosa-Rev. C. A. Stillman, Gainesville,
Ala.
SYNOD OF ARKANSAS.
Presbytery of Arkansas-Rev. T. r. WEIGH,
Little Rock, Ark.
Ouachita-Rev. NJ. j. Wallace, Marlbrook, Ark.
SYNOD OF GEORGIA.
Rev. DR.. J. s. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Presbytery of Atlanta-Rev. James Stacy, New
nan, Ga.
Augusta-Rev. VIM. Finn, Milledgeville. Ga.
Cherokee-Rev. j. w. Baker. Augusta, ga.
Florida-Rev. T. l.. DeVeaux, Madison, Fla.
Macon Rev. j. L. King Geneva, Ga.
!Sarannah--Rev. D. II. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
SYNOD OF MEMPHIS.
Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown, Tenn.
Presbytery Of ChickasaW-Rev. J. D. West, Pom
totoc, Miss.
Memphis-.Rev. R. R. Evans, Germantown
Tenn.
North Mssissippi-Rev. II. h. Paine, Holl!
Springs, Miss.
Tuscum5ia-Rev. W. H. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Western District-Rev. L. S. Campbell, Hum
boldt, Tenn.
SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI.
Rev. X. McInnis, Forest, Miss.
P,.esbytery Of Central Mississippi-Rev R E
Sheriff., Oklahoma, Miss.
Louisiana-Rev. J. E. c. Doremus, New Or
leans, La.
Mississippi-Rev. R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss
Red Ricer-Rev. j. f. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Miss.
SYNOD OF NASHVILLE.
Rev. James Park, Knoxville Tenn.
Presbyte,y of Holston-Rev. j. W. Backman
Rogersvile, Tenn.
KnorriUe-Rev. JAS Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
NashoiHe-Rev. II. E. Boude, Gallatin, Tenn.
North Alabama-Rev. w. h. Vernon, Corners.
vile, Tenn.
SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Rev. J. DOLL Yanceyville, N. C.
Presbytery of Concord-Rev. r. 2. Johnston,
Providence, n. c.
Favetteriue-Rev. j. P. Mcpherson, Shoe Heel
N. CarOllnd.
Orange-Rev. j. Doll, Yanceyvile, N. G.
SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Rev. VIM. Banks, Hazlewood, S. C.
Presbytery Of BetheI-Rev. VIM. Banks, Halle
wood, S. q.
Charleston c. s. Vedder, Charleston, s. c.
HarmOny-Rev. w. A. Gregg, Bishopville, s. G.
S. Carolina-Rev. d. Mcneil Turner, Able
vile, s. G..
SYNOD OF TEXAS.
Rev. L. Tenney, Carolina, Texas.
Presbytery of Brazos--Rev. W. c. Somerville
Hou-to Texas.
Central Teras-Rev. L. Tenney, Carolina, Texas
Eastern Terds-
Western Teras-Rev. N. Chevalier Gonzales
Texas.
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA.
Rev. F. Mcfarland, Mint Spring, Va.
Presbytery of Abingdon-Rev. D. B. Ewing
Dublin Depot, Va.
Presbytery Of East Hanorer-Rev. P. B. Price
Richmond, Va.
Greenbrier-Rev. j. C. Barr, Lewisburg, Wes
Virginia.
Lerington-Rev. s. Brown, Kerrs Creek, Va.
MontgOme,y-Rev j. P. Smith, Big Lick. Va.
PatapSco-Rev j. a. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappahannock- j. w. Pugh, Warrenton
Virginia
Roanoke-Rev NJ. L. Lacy, Charlotte c. a., Va
Vest Hanover-Rev. VIM. Dinwiddic, Green
wood Depot, Va.
Winchester j. R. Graham, Winchester, Va
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in silk, which seems to show truly ce
lestial spirit.-LOndom Paper.
Test Questions.

Amusements may be accurately tested
by few simple questions:
Are they costly? Young people should
be thrifty-saving up something Tor a
good start. Amusements that use up
what should be savings, are evil.
Are they refreshing? The amusement
that makes you less able to go on with
your work is badly chosen.
Are they heah4tM? If after any par
ty, play or dance, you have headache,
backache, cold, or restless appetite
the amusement was evil. Avoid it.
Are they pure9 Purity is a matter
of thought quite as much as of act. To
the pure all things are pure. But alas,
few of us men are pure. And plays
that are innocent as the frolic of lambs,
become TO some persons stimulants OF
evil and unspeakable thoughts. Beware
of those plays.
Are they wN earned? Except man
work neither shall he play. All plays
and all dances are wicked for lazy, idle
man. Ooly the industrious can safely
amuse themselves In any way.
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The Right Kind of Religion.

The United Presbyterian is the name
of Scotch denomination of old fashion
ed, sound, orthodox people; and their re-
Egious paper talks in the following strain,
which is quite to our taste:
"Let men be taught to know there is
as much religion in good, robust, rejoic-
ing, enthusiastic singing of Gods praise,
as in the sedate and doleful style that is
usually called the most devotional; let
them know that the earnest prayer need
not be drawing jeremiad; let them feel
that good Gospel preaching may be in a
spughtly delivery of pleasant truths,
more than in whining recitation of in
antics; let them believe that Christiani-
ty is live thing, that it is in sympathy
with the active, rejoicing spirit of our
humanity, and it will be better commend
ed TO their acceptance.
Seriousness ought always to character
ize the Christian. But seriousness does
not consist in sullenness, moroseness' or
even in the sobriety that drives away
smiles and the taste for rational pleasures.
He is most serious who best brings an
earnest, healthy, rejoicing nature to the
performance of his duty. Men are most
beautifully serious when truthful smiles
are playing on their lips, and when their
whole counteDances are lighted up with
a benignapt JOY.
1t ought, therefore, to be the effort of
processing Christians to pass through the
world SO happily as to light it up and fill
it with joy. They ought to sing in the
midst of judgments and to sing loudly,
and cheerlIy and constantly amid then
marvellous benefits. We pass to king
dom, out Of sadness and sorrow, where
there will be no sorrow nor signing
Passing to that place, let US cultivate the
spirit that is to distinguish US when we
arrive there, and show that We do really
begin our heaven on the earth"
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INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICERS
Presbyterian Church in the United State

CLERKS OF fRE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, d. D., Stated Clers.
Augusta, Georgia.
Rev. VIM. Brown, D. D., Permanent Clerk,
Richmond, Virginia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF sUsTENTAT1oE.
Rev. j. Leighton Wilson, d. D., Secretary
Columbia. South Carolina.
Rev. Prof. James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co.
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE or FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, d. D., Secretary,
Columbia South Carolina.
Rev. Prof James Woodrow, Treasurer, Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird d. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia
C. Gennet, Esq, Treasurer, Richmond. Va
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.
Rev. E. Thompson Baird D. D., Secretary,
Richmond, Virginia.
C. Gennet, ESQ.,, Treasurer, Richmond, Va
TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Thomas c. Perrin, President
Joseph II. Wilson. Vice President.
Jesse Lindsay, Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR ONE YEAR.
Hon. Thomas C. Perrin, Abbeville, S. C.
Joseph H. Wilson. Charlotte, N. q.
Jesse Fl. Lindsay, Greensboro n. c.
James Hemphill, Chester. S. c.
Rev. George Howe, ID. D., Columbia, S. G.
FOR TWO YEARS.
Robert Adger, Charleston, s. c.
Hon. j. A. lnglis, Cheraw, S. G.
J. A. Ansley, Augusta. Ga.
John Whiting, Montgomery, Ala.
Rev. B. NJ. Palmer, D. D., New Orleans, La.
FOR THREE YEARS.
J. Hartman Brown, Baltimore, Md.
7. j. Kirkpatrick, Lynchburg, Va.
d. W. Kennedy, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
John Handy, Canton, Miss.
Rev Samuel Mckinney, d. D., Austin, Texas.
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from anything in the earth's atmosphere,
the spectroscope was at once applied to
the moon, and nothing of the kind was
seen. Thus it was shown that Mars has
an atmosphere loaded with the very va
pors which are found in the earth s.
The same has been shown of Venus, Ju-
piter and Saturn.
Dr. Whewell doubted whether even
Mars was SO Ike the earth as had been
supposed. Careful observation, however,
has shown that it has certain unvarying
features, regarded as lands and seas, and
maps of these have been constructed like
those of the earth, and we have names
and boundaries for the Martial seas and
continents. White caps at the poles Of
the planet are found to increase and de-
crease, as snow must in those regions,
with the progress of the seasons Of the
planet. Changing masses are observed
in the atmosphere exactly corresponding
to clouds. So We have land, sea, snow,
clouds and atmosphere like the earth
in the case of this best known of the
planets.
Another of DR., Whewell's objections
has also been removed. He claimed that
the interior planets would be uninhabta
Bile on account of excessive heat, and the
exterior on account of extreme cold
Experiments made by.Prof. Tyndall show
that the temperature of planet will de-
pend very much on its atmospheric en-
velope. A dense aqueous atmosphere
admits the heat readily, but will not ra-
date it again, while a dry atmosphere
will radiate it as readily as it is admitted
Certain gasses have even greater effect
than vapor. Every one knows the effect
of the ratification of the earth's atmos
phere III high regions, 50 that the Him
alayas shoot up from tropic heat, and
bear eternal SHOWS on their SUBMITS
Thus the effect of distance from the SUI
nav be modified so as to make even the
most unfavorably placed planets inhabi
table. Notwithstanding all this, anC
more that might be said, there remain
important differences between the earth
and other planets, as in the power o
gravitation, in the seasons, the length o
their years, and others which need no
be specified. 1t is curious and interest
ing to remark that the progress of dis
covery has been to clear away the objec
tons urged to the habitability of othe
planets, but we are not, and probably
never will be in this life, any nearer ;
solution of the question whether intelli
gent beings are found Oh these globes
The argument from analogy is not salts
factory, if geology teaches truly, anC
yet we shall probably have to rest salts
fed with this.
1t is worthy of remark that the spect
roscope extends its analysis beyond GU
own system. From it we learn facts re
gardng the fixed stars similar to thos,
ascertained of our own sun, only Will
the sun seems closely to resemble tn
earth, these suns of other systems ar
shown to be widely different.
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SYNOD of Georgia.

Atlanta-J. S. Wilson, Atlanta, Ga.
Auqusta--C. w. Lane. Greensboro, ia.
Cherokee--Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell. GA.
FZorida-W. J. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon-W. A. Hail. Columbus, Ga.
Savannah-D. Fl. Porter Savannah, Ga.
Synod of Memphis.
Chickdsa,C-
Memphis-D 81. Cummins, Covington, Tenn.
North Mssissippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grena-
da, Miss
Tuscum5ia-w. Il. Mitchell, Florence, Ala
Western District
Synod Of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi
Louisiana-J. Z. G. Doremus, D. D., New Or
leans. La.
Mississippi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
Nep Orleans-R q. Mallard, New Orleans.
Red Rirer-J. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-
Synod of Nashville.
Holston-J. D. Tadlock, Bristol, Tenn.
Rnorville- james Park, Knoxville, Tenn.
Nashyille-D. o. Davies, GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
North Alabama-W +. Caldwell, Elkton, Tenn.
Synod of North Carolina.
Concord-G. Wilson McPhail, Davidson Col
lege. N. G..
FdyetteviUe-H. Mclean, Shoe Heel. n. G.
Orange-E. Hines, Sassafras Fork, n. c.
Synod of South Carolina
BetheJ-William Banks Lakewood, S. c.
CharlestOn-W. Z. Boggs, Columbia, s. G.
Harmony-Donald Mcqueen, Sumter, S. c.
South Carolina-D. Mcneil Turner, Abbeville,
s. Carolina.
Synod Of Texas.
Brazos-W. C. Somervile, Houston, Texas.
Central Texas.
Eastern iexas.
Western Texas. F. Martin, San Antonio, Tex.
Synod Of Virginia.
abingdon.
East Hanorer Presbytery-E. q. Rutherford,
Petersburg, Va.
Greenb,ier-M. D. Dunlap, Academy, Va.
Lerirgton-C. S. NJ. See, Fishersvilie, Va.
Moatgome,y-T. l.. Preston, Salem, Va.
Pdtopsco-J. A. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappahannock-John w. Pugh. Warrenton, Va.
Roanoke-J. II. Davis, Charlotte c. H., Va.
Vest Hanorer-B NJ Smith, DID,, Hampden
Sidney, Va.
Winchester-L. F. Wilson, Hedsesville, W. Va.
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PUBLICATION.

Synod Of Alabama.
South Aldbama-Dr. j. II. Rice, Mobile, Ala.
East Alabdmd-J. K. Hazen, Prattsvile, Ala.
Tuscaloosa-C. NJ. Hutton, Pleasant Ridge, Ala.
Synod Of Arkansas.
Arkansas-S. w. Davies, Augusta, Ark.
.Ouachita-E. McNair, Pine bluH, Ark.
Ladian-E. Hotchkin, Doaksville, c. Nation.
Synod of Georgia.
Augusta-William Finn, Milledgeville, Ga.
Cherokee-Dr. N. A. Pratt, Roswell, Ga.
Florida-W. J. Mccormick, Gainesville, Flor.
Macon.
!Sarannah-D. q. Porter, Savannah, Ga.
Synod of Memphis.
Chickasaw-J. II. Gaillard, Coonewa, Miss.
Memphis-Geo. A. Russell, Somerville, Tenn.
North Mississippi-E. NJ. Richardson, Grens-
da. Miss
Tuscumbid.
Western District William Cameron, Jackson,
Tenn.
Synod of Mississippi.
Central Mississippi. Hunter, Jackson, Miss.
louisiana. E.. c. Doremus, New Orleans, La.
Mssssppi-R. Price, Port Gibson, Miss.
New Orleans.
Red River. F. Ford, Shreveport, La.
Tombeckbee-A. Fl. Barley, Charlottesville,
Miss.
Synod of Nashville.
Holston-S. B. Campbell, Leesburg, Tenn.
Knorrile-T. II. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.
NashciHe-J W. Neil, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Synod Of North Carolina.
Concord-E. 81. Harding, Concord, n. c.
Fayetterille-D. farley, Manchester, n c.
Ordnge-J. II. Smith, Greensboro N. G.
Synod Of South Carolina,
s. Carolina-A. A. Porter, Spartanburg, s. c.
Charleston-W II. Adams, Charleston, 8. G.
Bethel-James H. Sage, Lewisville, S. c.
Harmony.--D. +. Frerson.
Synod Of Texas.
Brazos-W. C. Somerville, Houston, Texas.
Central Texas.
Eastern Texas.
Western Texas.
Synod Of Virginia.
Abingdon-J. n. Naff, Dublin Depot, Va.
h. HanOrer Hresbytery-W. A. Campbell, Pow
hatan G. H., Va.
Greenbrier.
Lerington-F. 81. Bowman, Mt. Sidney, Va.
Montgomery--Dr. J. ID. Mitchell, Lynchburg, Va.
Pdtapsco--J. A. Lefevre, Baltimore, Md.
Rappdhannock - James L. Leftwich, Alexan-
dia. Va.
Roanoke-J. B. Shearer, Black Walnut, Va.
West Hanorer-E. Woods, Charlottesville, Va.
JFinchester-M. W. Woodwork, Burlington,
West Va.
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Central 4resbpttrlm.
Poem by John Quincy adams.

The piece found Oeiow was written in July,
1910. A friend, who was a member of Con
gress, informed Mr.. Adams that several young
ladies in his district had requested him to OBJ
tain his, Mr. A 5, autograph for them. 10
compliance with this request, Mr.. Adams
wrote Tile Wants Of Nan, each stanza
upon sheet OF note paper, He was at thai
time seve .ty four years OF age. This produc
ton we have not seen in print for many years,
and it will now be read with interest as relic
of one Of the most remarkable men of his age.
1t presents too a striking enumeration of the
wants of the ever-eraving heart of man, as II
is by nature. Happy they who, by grace, can
say with holy Paul | have learned in what
sOever state l am, Herewith to be content. =
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Your MINIsTER.-A stirring writer,
treating on another subject, incidentally
says the following:
Poverty never commends an individual
or an enterprise to public confidence and
regard. If you wish your clergyman to
be respected, appreciated, and inAuen
tial, do not compel him, through pinch
ing poverty, to appear in the pulpit in
shabby apparel, to speak, it may be, to
a congregation of well-dressed people.
Though the sermon be excellent, yet, if
he be compelled by poverty to appear at
church with seedy coat, and bat ven
cradle for its antiquity, his influence, in
this age, will be msrred. 1t ayails little
TO argue that it ought not to be.
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Are There Other Habitable Worlds?

The question whether other worlds
than this are inhabited by intelligent be-
ings is likely to be discussed till time
shall end, without receiving any decisive
solution. Yet certain interesting discov-
cries which have been made of late, have
curious aud instructive bearing upon a
controversy which attracted much atten-
ton few years since. DR.. Wbewell,
one of the parties to this controversy,
in 1.-The Plurality of Worlds. main
tanned the opposite to the common hypo-
thesis, founded upon the most general
analogies. An article from ST. Paurs,
an English magazine, reviews his position
in the light of recent researches, some
of the points of which we shall briefly
re state.
In maintaining that we have no reason
to infer that the other planets of our
system are inhabited, DR.. Whewell urged
that we knew nothing about their consti
tuition, and probably never should
They might not possess a single element
found in our globe, and he went so far
as to maintain that Jupiter, Saturn. IRA
nus and Neptune are but universe
clouds, or, water and vapor packed
into rotating masses, and the asteroids
"were specks ami shreds of planetary
matter At that time it seemed impro-
babe enough that we should ever learn
anything certain about the physical con-
stitution of bodies so far distant from
US. Yet such knowledge has actually
been acquired by spectroscopic analysis.
When a ray of light is analysed by the
prism, the rainbow colors resulting are
found to be crossed by hundreds of dis
tinct lines or markings. Moreover these
lines are found to vary in position and
character, according to the substance
consumed in the fame. Thus iron, cop
per, zinc, etc, each give distinct mark
ings, and the most delicate experiments
show them to be invariable. Now when
applied to the analysis of the suns light,
this discovery shows, beyond dispute,
that iron exists in large quantities in the
solar atmosphere. So also sodium, magne
SUM and calcium, and in lesser quaint
ties copper and zinc, and other terrestrial
elements. The conclusion is inevitable
that the constituents of the sun are much
the same as those of the earth. When this
fact is shown of the great center of the sys-
TEN, thsconclusion as to the other members
is of course greatly strengthened. Thus
one difficulty, which DIR. Whewell re-
garded as insurmountable, has been par
TALLY compassed.
But we know more of the planets
themselves than DR.. Whewell thought
possible. He held it doubtful whether
they have an atmosphere like that of the
earth. The spectroscope seems to have
solved the doubt in the case of some of
them. AS they shine only by reflected
light, it might have been assumed that
nothing could be learned of them by this
instrument, for, of course, it is the suns
! light we analyze in this case as in the
other. But in observing Mars, the spec
trum was found to be crossed by lines
only appearing III that of the sun when
near setting, so that his light passed
through denser strata of our atmos-
phere. To find whether these lines arose
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Great Poison Factory.

At Patna is one of the two great opium
factories of India. 1t is the greater of
the two, and may, therefore, be safely
styled the largest poisoning agency in
the world. The establishment faces the
river Ganges, whose bed is here four
miles across-at this season a desert of
caked mud, with the river far away on
the other side of the waste. The opium
is shipped to Calcutta in steamer, and
it is good instance of the fickleness of
Indian rivers-those plaques of engin GERS
that last year, and for many years be-
fore, the sacred stream ran so close to
Patua, that wharves were erected from
which the chests could be put right on
the steamers, and where the timber where
with to make the next years chests could
be landed. This year the Ganges has
retired, and the chests have to be carried
mile or so before being shipped, and
that can only be done by small boats, all
at considerable expense.
This opium packing for 1867 was just
over Christmas, aud nearly 80, 900 chests
of China opium had been sent down to
Calcutta, worth about ga, 100000
Each chest contains forty cakes-the
dark, sticky stuff, ingeniously enclosed
in a coating of dried poppy-leaves, so
that each cake weighing about two
pounds) presents the appearance of a
Dutch cheese or cannon. ball. 1t has
gwen rise to the saying that in war the
British gave the Chinese cannon-balls of
iron, and in peace cannon-balls of opium,
thus giving them the choice of being shot
or poisoned, aud making than pay smart
ly for either attention. In return for
this, they feed US with tea and clothe US
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Nor bend the knee to power !;

Nor bend the knee to power;
A friend to chide me when I'm wrong,
Ny Utmost soul to see,
And that my friendship prove as strong
For him, as his for me.
want kind and tender heart,
For others wants to feel;
A soul secure from Fortunes dart,
And bosom armed with steel,
To bear divine ehastisements' $ rod,
And mingling in my plan,
Submission to the will of God,
With charity to Man.
l want keen, observing eye,
An ever listening ear,
The truth through all disguise to spy,
And wisdom's voice to hear;
A tongue to speak at virtues need
In heavens sublimest strain,
And lips, the cause of Man TO plead,
And never plead in vain.
| want uninterrupted health,
Throughout my long career,
And streams of never-tailing wealth
To scatter far and near:
The destitute to clothe and feed,
Free bounty to bestow;
Supply the helpless orphans need,
And soothe the widows woe.
l want the genius to conceive,
The talents to unfold
Designs, the vicious to retrieve,
The virtuous to uphold;
Inventive power, combining skill,
A persevering soul,
Of human hearts to mould the will,
And reach from pole to pole.
l want the seals of power and place.
The engines of command
Charged by the Peoples unbought grace
To rule my native Land
Nor crown nor sceptre would 1 ask,
But from my country's will,
oy uay' ny hlSuV, 10 ply the TASK
Her cup OF bliss to fill.
l want the voice of honest praise
To follow me behind,
And TO be thought in future days
The friend of human kind,
That after ages as they rise
Exulting may proclaim,
In choral union to the skies,
Their blessings on my name.
These are the wants of mortal man,
l cannot want them long
For lie itself is but span,
And earthly bliss song.
My last great want, absorbing all,
Is, when beneath the sod,
And summoned to my final call;
The mercy Of my God.
And OH while circles in my veins
Ofire the purple stream,
And yet a fragment small remains
natures transient dream:
My soul, in humble hope unscared,
Forget not thou to pray,
That this thy 'oant may be prepared
10 meet the Judgment day.