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OE':'EANS’ FEIEMD. If**, C.S77. F(jt’ the Orphiias’ Friend. Dear Children :—1 am off for a trip and will miss your liapj)}' faces for a short time. I often road of good sermons preached to vou in the Asylum, and though many of your number are too 3’ouug to comprehend much that is said, yet impressions of good are often made on young minds th.at yield profitable fruits in old age if properly cherished and nurtured; and instead of a sermon, I give you a piece on Keligious Zeal, and want ymu all to remem ber tills passage of Scripture in II. Cliron. xxxi: 21.—“He did it with all his heart and prospered.” Whi tsoever good your hands findetli to do, do it with all your might. In every task allotted you, let not your heart bo troub led ; he that labors clieerfullj' has an abundance of strength given for the accomplishment of the work in hand. If you are per plexed, pour out your heart in prayer, and Ho that answers in Ills own good way, will in duo time, render the required assist ance. This is applicable in the most trivial events of life, at school or in other pursuits, where the great virtue, zeal is alwaj's needed. Zeal should never be chocked, but cultivated. Not any trait of character can make us more like our blessed Savior, for “ lie wa:S clad with zeal as with a cloak.” If we want to imitate this example and be like the best and holiest men in Scripture—the Daniels, llilijalis,Pauls and Peters, or tlie men of our day, who leave homes for the missionary field, we must imitate the zeal the}^ are displa3dng in proclaiming sal vation from the love of God, and never cease until, like them, 3’ou tower above the rest of your species. If 3mu are ambitious of a lofty elevation, 3-ou will never gain it without heavenly zeal. Be zealous in good works, and try to live for some great end. Tile advantages offered you in thb Orphans’ Homo may be the means by wbicli your lives ma3' bo consecrated to the good of 3'our fellow-beings and the glory of 3mur Maker. If such should ever bo 3^111' aim, throw yourselves, soul and body, in the work. Greatness will come to those who offer them selves as a sacrifice upon the altar of humanit3L In no day will re generators of sociot3- be more needed than at the present. Now is the time for work. Now is the time to live for others and not our selves. There may bo paltry pursuits and prejudices in this your da3q that now seem insur mountable ; but zealous in good works, with tlie Savior’s smile to cheer, lie will raise 3’on far above them, yea far out of sight. Let all your aim and ambition be fired with religious zeal. The world may scolf and call you fa natical, heed it not. The good done in tlie world is not done b3' the cold, calculating, heartless people. It is done by the warm en thusiast, whoso Iieart is ever read3' I0 soothe the orphan’s cry and dry tlie widow’s tear. Again, let mo urge each and every orphan in the Oxford As3’- lum to cultivate zeal. From early morn to twilight dews, let it be the watchword in ever3' de- iiartiuent of life; and when kneel ing to ask God’s special blessing upon yell through the night, 3’Ou feel great froir. having caught the inspiration of the heroes’ spirit, who zealousH’ made sacri fices for 3'ou to follow their ex- amnle as they followed Christ. With affectionate love, Your true friend, S. A. E. 1)0 S'J' WE 1,1,. Y/Iiatever 3-ou do, do it well, A job slighted, because it is ap parently unimportant, leads to habitual neglect, so that men de generate, insensibl3'', into bad workmen. “That is a good rough job,” said a foreman in our hearing, vecentl3-; and be meant that it was a piece of work, not elegant in itself, but strongh' made and well put together. Training the band and eye to do work well, leads individuals to form correct habits in other re spects ; and a good workman is, in most cases, a good citizen. No one need hope to rise above liis present situation who suffers small things to pass by unim proved, or who neglects, meta phorically speaking, to pick up a farthing because it is not a shil ling. Some of the wisest law-makers, the best statesmen, the most mer ciful judges, the most ingenious mecbaiiics, rose from the great mass. A i-ival of a certain barrister sought to humiliate liim publicl3' by saying, “You blacked my father’s boots once.” “ Yes,” re plied the barrister, unabashed, “and I dll it well.” And be cause of bis habit of doing even moan things well, he rose to greater. Take heart, all who toil; all 3-ouths in humble situations, all in adverse cireuinstances, and those who labor unappreciated. If it be but to drive the plough, strive to do it well; if it be but to wax thread, wax it well; if only to cut bolts, make good ones; or to blow the bellows, keep the iron hot. It is attention to business that lifts the feet higher up on the ladder. Sa3's the good Book—“ Seest thou a man diligent in his busi ness, be shall stand botore kings ; he shall not stand before mean men.”—Family Journal. PHYSJCAL ISESEI-'IT OF SlliV. B.4Y. Snnd.ay is God's special present to the working-man, and one of his chief objects is to prolong his life and preserve efficient his working tone. In the vital S3-S- teni it works like a compensation pound ; it replenishes the spirit, the elasticity and vigor which the last six dav^s have drained away and supplies the force which is to fill the six da3-s succeeding ; and in the economy of existence it answers the same purpose as in the econom3' of income is an swered b3' a savings bank. The frugal man who puts away a pound to-da3-, another pound next month, and who, in a quiet wa3q is putting by his stated pound from time to time, when he grows old and frail gets not only the same pounds back again, but a good man3' pounds besides. And the conscientious man who hus bands one day of bis existence every week—^who, instead of al lowing Sunday to be trampled and torn in the hurr3' and scram ble of life, treasures it up— the Lord of Sunday keeps it for him, and in length ot days the hale old ago gives it back with usury. The savings bank of hu man existence is the weekly Sttn- -Christim Ncijhhor. C.iP’S'JVE JSI4.-V.El.iTES S!U- l-'OliE THE KlIVG OF ASSFKl.i. No discoveries of modern times have, perhaps, been more inter esting than those made at Nine veh, by the life-like picture they enable us to form of many of the events in sacred history. No lon ger trusting to imagination or analogy, but taking figure, dress, architecture and furniture from exact models, we can reproduce scenes, at least in the palaces of the kings. Yet, except in richness of material and ornament, there was, doubtless, little difference between the homes of the king and his people. There is a broad line at once evident between the Ass3-rians and other Orientals. The3- sat on chairs like our arm-chairs, and ate, like us, at tables. Na3-, these ver3^ chairs and tables have the claw-feet and heads that will be found in our own day The dress of those at court shows great luxurv and wealth. Tunics and robes are the chief ar ticles of attire, and cloaks, scarfs, embroidered cinctures, all cover ed profusely with ornaments, producing a very fine effect. The beard was curled in those long rows that are now so famil iar, while the hair was done up behind in a roll. The arms and armor of the soldiers are all well known to us, and it is only in fe male dress that our knowledge is limited.—Leslie's Sunday Maya- TJJE OmOIfV OF “HOME SWEET HOME.” The following is tlie history of “Horne, Sweet Home.” Mr. Pa3yie had written several pieces for tiro stage that had met with considerable favor, and had been sent for to go to Paiis to look af ter the introduction of one of them in one of the theatres of that citvL It was the afternoon before Christmas, and, although ill winter, the da3^ was bright and pleasant. After strolling about for a time, he seated him self in the Garden of the Tiiileries, and became a quiet observer of the life ofga3’ety of that brilliant promenade. While sitting there he thought of the pleasure his ac quaintances had told him they ex pected to have the next day, and reflected that, although in the midst of this gay throng, he was without a homo and friends, and was really the most lonely per son in the world. All through the da3' ho had been humming to himself au air, which pleased him very much, that he had heard in a theatre the previous evening, when ho had listened to an opera by Donizetti, called “Anne Bol- e3^n,” in which the air of “ Plome Sweet I'lomo” occurs. After a lit tle he began to arrange these re flections into verse, adopting it to this air, and before leaving his seat, a song that has since touch ed the tonderest chord of millions of hearts had its origin. He then went to his room and wrote out the song, and on showing it to some of his acquaintances they advised him to have it published. He'did so, and the next time he went to London it was sung for the first time in public at Convent Garden Theatre, and iramediate- I3' became very popular.—Fani- tly Journal. An excellent old deacon, v/lio, having won a fine turkey at a charity raffle, didn’t like to tell his severe Orthodox wife how he came by it, quietly remarked, as he handed- her the turkey, that the ‘Shakers gave it to him.’ VAEFE OF I5EES«!OS( JW TSIE UOFK OF BAWOEii. In the 3'ear 182.5, tlie ship Kent, East-Indiaman, took fire and burned at sea. The scene has been minute]3- described by a survivor. It was appalling in the extreme. The waves were rolling mountain high; the flames were gradually approaching the powder magazine; the3' were far from land, and no sail was to be seen in any direction. Some were stupifieci with horror, and others frantic with excitement; some prav-'ed, and others cursed. When death appeared inevitable, and hope had fled, one among several pious ladies lyas observed calmly sinking down upon her knees, and clasping her hands to- gethei, was heard, to exclaim, “Even so; come, Lord Jesus.” She then proposed to read a por tion of Scripture to those around her. Her sister, with nearl3' equal composure, selected the forty- ■sixth, and other appropriate Psalms; which were read, with intervals of pra3-er, b3' those la dies alternately to the assembled females. Another exhibition of Christian courage and calmness presented itself among the gentlemen on board. A young gentleman, in reference to their hopeless condi tion and the prospect of being blown up b3' the expected explo sion, or swallowed up by the 3’awuing deep, quietly and pleas antly said: “ I have in my heart the peace of God, which passeth all understanding.”—AtaeaZoto/o) the Young. KEFEMWE. Bo3’s who think revenge is maiil3', and who talk of “ pa3'ing back in his own coin,” read this: Revenge is a cruel word; man-^ hood, some call it but it is rather boyhood. The manlier any man is, the milder and more merciful, as Julius Csesar, who, when he had Pompey’s head presented to him, wept and said: “ I seek not re venge but victorin” Some of the courtiers of Philip the Good, tried to persuade liini to punish a bish op who had ill used him ; he do- declined, saying; “It is a fine thing to have revenge in one’s power but it is a finer thing not to use it.” A young man was determined to revenge liimself on another. An old man had been tr3'ing to dissuade him, said: “At least, let us pray together first.” Then he began to pray", “ It is no longer necessaiy, 0 God, that Thou shouldst defend this young man, and declare Thy-self his protector, since he has taken on himself the right of seeking his own revenge.” The 3'onng man saw his sin, and pray'ed for pardon.—Musical Mil lion. FASTH AIHD TISFST. These words should imply an implicit confidence in God’s Word. We do believe the Word is all right—that the promises mean just what they say, but the mis understanding is all with us in not knowing how to accept or comprehend these pledges of God with us. We do not comply wdth the terms offered to ensure the fulfillment of the contract. Oh ! that Divine help may point us the wayq and give us the under standing to know how to search our own hearts, that we may be prepared to receive these promis es just as they are offered to them that ask, seek, and knock at the door of mercy and Infinite boun ty-, that they may receive that which will redound most to the honor and glory of Ilis name.— iWTEarSITY OF COED EU SFITS- ISEKGEIV'. ^ No description can give an ad equate idea of the intense rigor of the six months’ winter in that part of the world. Stones crack with the noise of thunder. In a crowded hut, the breath of the oc cupants will fall in flakes of snow; wine and spirits turn to ice; the snow burns like caustic; if iron touclise flesh, it brings the flesh away with it; the soles of your stockings may be burnt off your feet before ymu feel the slightest warmth from the fire; linen taken out of boiling water, instantly stiffens to the consisten cy of a board, and heated stones will not prevent the sheets of the bed from freezing. If these are effects of the climate within an air tight, fire-warmed, crowded hut, what must they^ be among the dark, sform-lashed mountain peaks outside 1 lEOSlESTF ItEWAKBED. A lad was proceeding to art uncle’s, to ask aid for a sick sister and her children, when he found a wallet containing fifty dollars; Tlie uncle refused the aid, and the family’’ were pinched with want. The boy informed his mother that he had found the money, but expressed his doubt whether they had a right to use any portion of it. The mother confiriiied his doubts, and none of the money v/as used. The wallet was advertised, and the owner found. He was a man of wealth, and on the affliction and honesty of the family being made known to him, he presented the fifty dollars to the sick mother, and took the boy into his service, who became one of the wcaltiiiesfc merchants in Ohio.—Anecdotes for the Young. AN.-IEYZIMG ESFE. Dr. Beard states tliat from art analysis of the lives of a thousand representative men in all the great branches of the human familv, ho made the discovery that the gol den decade was between forty and fifty; the brazen between twenty and thirty’; the iron be tween fifty and sixty.- The su periority of youth and middle life over old age in original work ap pears all the greater when we consider the fact that all the po sitions of honor and prestige—■' professorships and public stations —are in the hands of the old.- Reputation, like money’ and po sition, is mainly confined to the’ old. Men are not widely known until long after they have done the work that gives them their' fame. Portraits of great men are' delusions ; statues are lies. They are taken when men have become' famous, which, on the average, is at least twenty-five years after they did the work wliich gave them their fame. Original work requires enthusiasm. If all the original work done by men under forty’-five were annihilated, they would be reduced to barbarism. Men are at their best at that time when enthusiasm and experience are almost evenly balanced. This period, on the average, is from thirty-eight to forty. After this the law is that experience in creases ; but enthusiasm decreas es.-’^ ITaver/^ Magazine. ‘ Now, said the ex-’^ my boy,’ aminer, “ if I had a mince-pie, and should give two-twelfths of it to John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two-twelfths to Harry, and should take half the pie myself, what would there be left?” “The plate,” shouted the boy.
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