Year: 1859

thy banisbmeDt 10 that Island. That is by


cultivating the island, and filling it with


inhabitants. This privilege is ever per


mitted by our law to all the kings, and


their subjects are so perfectly obedieut, that


they will 60 with pleasure wherever they
are sent. Send then, therefore, a multi


tude of workmen to that island, and per-


NIT them to change the barren soil into
fruitful fields, build cities and store-houses
there, and fill them with necessary provi-
sions. In short, prepare for thyself a new


kingdom, where inhabitants will receive
thee, after thy banishment from this place,
with joy; where thy sovereignty will be ev-
erlasting. and thy pleasures free from sor-
row. But hasten! Suffer not moment
of thy opportunities to pass by unproftably,
for Thy time is short, and portion of it
has already passed away, and the more
thou canst do to cultivate thy future king
dom, the more happy will be thy residence
there. Consider, o King, thy future des-
tiny, and employ thy time wisely, for if
thou wilt despise my advice or tarry, thou
wilt be consigned to everlasting misery"
The King was wise man, and the speech
of the Visier aroused his mind to a sense
of his situation, which gave force to his
resolutions and activity. He sent imme-
diately, a multitude of workmen there,
who went with JOY and performed the work
with zeal. The island was soon adorned
with fruitful fields and beautiful cities, sur
rounded with green forest, intermingled
with fowery gardens of unfading bloom,
which extended their inviting smiles to all
who wished to come under their protection.
The King still continued to send workmen
there, who went with more joy (if possible)
than the first, because they met with their
friends and acquaintance in that land,
which was now so beautifully cultivated. In
the mean time, as the end of the year drew
near, at the approach of which the former
kings trenbled with terror, this King was
impatient TO enjoy the pleasures which he
had prepared for himself in his new king
dom, after his Punishment from the old,
through wisdom and industry. Finally,
the appointed day appeared, and the King
was seized in his palace, las were those OF
the former year, disrobed of his diadem, and
kingly apparal, and conveyed to that inev
liable ship, which bore him to his everlast-
ing destiny. But scarcely was he landed on
the island, when the inhabitants hastened
to meet him, and instead of that earthly
diadem which glitters but to allure, whose
splendor is of short duration, they adorned
his head with wreath of unfading flowers,
clothed him in robes of purest white, set
him on an everlasting throne, aud gave him
power over immortal subjects.


The rich beneyolent man is God, and
the slave whom he sent away with valua-
ble merchandise, represents mankind at
birth, and the island on which he was
landed the world, and the inhabitants who
came to meet him with joy are the parents,
who provide for their helpless offspring;
the spirit who informed him of the sad
fate which awaited him, is wisdom; and
the year of his reign represents mans life
on earth; the desert island to which he was
conveyed after his banishment, is the fu-
ture world; and the workmen whom he
sent there, are the good works which men
do during their lives on earth. Blu. the
former kings who went before, with nothing
for the future, represent those foolish peo
pie, who are intoxicated by the present en-
joyments with which they are surrounded,
and never seriously reflect upon the i'm
portance of those great mysteries which
are folded in Death, Judgment and Eterni-
ty, who will be consigned to everlasting
punishment, because they will appear be-
fore the bar of Divine Justice with their
hands empty of good works.