srNDAY SCHOOL.
HT V. II. TAPjAy.
The nii’er'l ran'..s pinl the throne
Of .Majesty, stnriil r.ot ulonc ;
To niortalsiliscnthruUM, ’tis ijlven
'lo join the cliorul hynn\ ot'litavcn.
Hark! even now a rlclicr stri’ti
Comes floating o’er the th’ tteTna! pliiln;
To infant clioirs thoisc harps In’iOng’,
\nd childrcn’.s voices swell that souj;.
Cubriel iieVr touched a su-ccter stfnig.
Ills K (>-'ions listen us thi y sin^';
O whence those ch'Tuh minstrels,—saj',
Clad in hiimortala’ Ijvlpht arc'.y ?
In scenes where thou^'litlos worldings J
Thfir let was cast, whose lyres now swell
The thrillinjc nieloily uljove,
'Ihine be the praise, 0 t'.od of love !
TiiL Sl >'pat Sen.toi.! Karth has no nan>e
^Vorthier to fill the Ireath of funic—
The untold hlcssinjjs it hath shed
I'hall he rcvL-;d’d when worlds have flcJ.
O rh»m of Ilelhl’eia! once a child,
Jesus! eon'.passioaate and niil'!.
Approve the work—be this the sum
Of all our toil—“Tin Kinoihim tome.”
~V AKIK I’Y.
All pleasure consists in Vurk fy.
lt.3 heigli. ” Nearly one
ror'/riiV]. exlcmal circuit still rcmi^iiis, consis-
line; of tour tiers oi' arcades, a-
dorncd with columns, of four orders,
the Doric, Ionian, Corinthian and Com
posite. Its extent may, as well as its
clfvation, lie estimated by the number
of spectators it contained', amountinp;,
according to .^me accounts, to ei^Iity
thousand, and ap;rceably to others, one
hundrf'd tliousand.
Thirty thousand Jews arc said to
have boon cng;a2;cd by Vespa^an, whose
name it occasional^’ bears, in the con
struction of this vast edifice; and they
have not discredited their ibrefathers,
the builders of Solomon’s Temple, by
well the performance. It was not fmished,
*’ however, until the rcii;n of ids .son Ti
tus, who, on the first day oi its beiny;
opened, iiitroduccd into the arena nut
less than five thousand, or accordin,!: to
Dio Cassius, nine thousand wild beasts,
between whom, and the primitive Chris
tians, held captive by the Romans, com
bats were fought. At the conclusion
of this cruel S|.ectacle the uhole pk^^e
was under water, and two fleets, iiom- '
ed the Corcyrian and the Coriiithi;ii.,
represented a naval enti8!ement. To
render the vapour from such a multiUKtc
of [jcrsons less noNious, sweet-sc '.tou
-half of the ten fi moment, and 1*11 learn you In
tlie first place, ilo vou take notice tha
God has given me a soul and body just
as good for all the purposes of tlnnk-
in«>', eating, drinking, and taking m)
pleasure, as he has you—and then you
may remember Dives and Lazarus just
as we pass. Then again it is* a tree
country, and here too, we are on an
equality—for you must know^ that hoie
even a !)»*ggar’s dog may look a g‘'’*l^‘
n-ian in tiie face ^vilh :is much indiiU'r-
ence as he would a brother. I and } ou
have the same common master, are e-
fiuallv free ; livf eciually easy ; and are
both travelling the sanu; Journey, bound
to the sairie ph’ce, and both have to die
an: b(‘ buried iu the end.’’
‘^Dut,” interrupted the Banker, ^‘do
you jjretcnd tin. re is tlien no ditterence
between a bcggnrand a b:inker.’’
“Not in th'j leak,” rejoinefl the o-
tluT, with the uttu(rt ’-oadiness ; “not
ill ih(‘ K .ist as to cssi’nlials. You swag-
--raud drink wine, in company of your
'iv.'ii chousing—1 swnggir and drink
which I like Ix'Ltei' than your
wine, in company wliich I liie_better
than your con:j)any. ^ ou make thou-
s iniis a (lav, perhaps—1 make a shilling,
perliaps—if you are conler;ted, I am—
we’re eouallv happy at night. You
Ills rOKY OF ROME.
fsF.LrcTn>.]
The rise, aggrandizement, decline,
and fall of the Roman power arc includ
ed within the com])ass of twelve cen-
turirs. ’* The mighty empire, like the
majestic temples that adorned her capi
tal,' was broken info fragments, and
flivided among nunit:rous nations. At
the end of that period, by the Incnr-
ffions of foreign armies, the first founda
tions of those kingdoms were laid,
xvhich are now the most distinguished
in the history of the western world.—
The Saxons contended successfully w'ith
the nntives for the poscssion of Britain,
flaul and Sj)ain were ilivided between
the Franks, Visgoths, Suevi, and Bur-
j>:undians ; Africa was exposed to the
Scandals and Moors; and Italy w'as fill-
rd by an army of northern barbarians,
i'onstantinoplc, which continued for
some centuries after the reip of its
celebrated founder to give an imperfect
Tepresentation of imperial splendour, was
finally taken by the 'I’urks with its de
pendent territories. The Roman em-
jjirc resembled the Danube, xvhich, af
ter pouring a grand and impetuous (loml,
and receiving the supply of large rivers,
is divided into various streams, befure
it mixes with the ocean.
The Romans, illustrious: as they v.^ere
for the dignity of their character, their
iTiartial prowess, and the extent of their
empire, hold forth a sj)lendid light tor
the guidance of mankind. ‘Their vir
tues hi the 'prosperity of the common-
■wealth, and their vices in its decline,
furnish examples and cautions to per
sons of all succeeding times. In those
tings and emperors, who were remark
able for purity of charactcr, monarchs
may find examples worthy of their imi
tation ; and commonwealths may be
taught, from the disorders of their fac
tions, what limits to prescribe to the
ambition of the wealthy, and what curb
to impose upon the licentiousness of the
populace. To be conversant with this
imj)ortant history is to view mankind
(>ngnged in the fullest exercise of patriot
ism, courage, and talents; or to contem
plate then) enervated by luxury, debas
ed by corruption, and sunk into the
inost abject disgrace.
O l.uxiny.
Bane of elated life, of alRucnt states,
■\Vhat drc.ary change, what nun is not thine r
Jlow doth ^hy bowl intoxicate the mind,
To the soft entrance of thy rosy hower
’ilcw do.st thou lure the foi-tunatc imd trn at!
iJrcadf!'.! uttniction’ while btdiind t!u c jrapes
The u’lfutliouinble gulf, where A'^liur hvs
O’erwhi-hu’d, forjiotton, arid hif,h-hoastino''
Ciiain,
And Khuii’s haughty por;p, and beauteous
(•n ece,
And tiie great Queen of Kurth, imprrhd Home.
Ditn’s I'kece.
THE COLIbKlM AT KOMll.
the voluptuous Ileliogabalus caused it
to be repaired, at'ter a great fire. The
rude Goths, who sacked the city of
IJornc, v.ere contented with despoiling
it of its internal ornaments, butrcspert-
cfl the structure itself. The Christians,
howe\'cr, through an excess of zeal,
have not been satisfied v\ith allow
ing it gradually to decay. Pope Paul
II. had as much of it levelled as was
necessary to furnish materials lor build
ing the palace of St. INIark, and his j)t r-
ipal-e as great a shadow on the pave-
'-iicnt; I am as great as you. Bcsifles,
my word for if, I have fewer enemies ;
meet with fewer losses ; carry as light a
heart, and' sing as many songs as the best
of vou.”
A'ld then,” said the banker, wdio
had all along tried to_ slij) a word in
edgeways, ‘‘is the contempt of the world
nothing.”
“ Tiie envy of the world is as bad as
its contempt; you have perhaps the
nicious example was followed by Car-1 one, and I a share oi the other. e are
dinal Riario in the construction of what i a match there too. And besides the world
is now called the Chancery. Lastly, i fleals in this matter eoually unjust with
a portion of it was employed by Poj,e , us both. You and I live by our wits, in-
Paul III in the erection of the palace stead of living by our industry ; and
Farnese. Notwithstanding all these ' the only diflerence between us in this
dilapidations, there still exists enough ; particular worth naming, is, that it costs
of it to inspire the spectator with awe. 1 society more to maintain you tiian it
Immense masses ajipear fastened to and | does me—I am content a little,
.ipon one another, without any mortar; you want a great deal.
Dr cement; and these alone, from their! raise grain or potatoes, c
Neither of us
or weave cloth,
stVt'lct'me. are caicd fora duration or manufacture any thing useful, we
ofmany tt^ousandsof years. Occasion-1 therefore add nothing to the common
wide intcrstic.es among them, leave no i Some passers by here interrupted the
other support than their joints, which conversation. The disputants separat-
seem ex'cry moment as if about to yield cd, apparently good friends; and 1 drew
* C r I.-. Ilf** cr
unavoidably to the superior force of
gravitation. “ They will lall ;” “they
' must fall “they are falling;” is and
has been the language of all beholders,
during the vast periods throug^i which
this stupendous edifice has thus hung
together in the air.
Protn the Emporium.
TIIE BEGGAll AND BANKER.
“Stand out of niy way,” said a
rough, surly voice, under my window
one day, as I sat musing over the bust
ling scenes below me, at my lodgings
in Chesnut-street.
“Your honour will please to recol
lect,” replied a sharp and somewhat in
dignant voice—“your honour will
please to-recollect that 1 am a beggar,
and have as much right to the road as
yourself.”
“ And I’m a banker,” was retorted
still gruffly and angrily.
Anl'isi'd at this strange dialogue, 1
leaned over the case, and bchtdd a cou-
j;Ie 'f citi'/fus, in the position whi(^a
pugilist would probid)ly ik'uominate
s(|'ian:l, their counteitances soir.ewhat
n.puacing, and thrir persons prestMiling
a contra'-'i atonce hidicrousand ins\ruc-
tive. 'I'lie. one vas a p'urse proud lord-
Iv-nKLuncred man—aj.ipnralled in silk,
and j iotv'cting a carcase of neaily the
oilcuniferenc'j of a hogshead ; and the
other a ragged and fliity, but equally
I’roni the London Port I'ollo.
On approaching the majestic ruin«> of j impudent and self-imjMjrtant person-
this va.'^t amj)nitl!catre, tiicMnost stupen-1 ;ip;; ami from a comparison of their
dous wurk'of the kind anti(iuity can | ruunteiiances, it wordd have puz/h'd
boast, a bweet and gently-moving as-j the mo'-t jjrolound M. 1). to determui-'
tonishnic-nt is the first sensation which | w hie!i of their rotundities was best
seizes the beholder; and soon afterwards j si.irt l habitually with good victuals and
the grand sj)eciac!e sv.ims before iom|ilrink.
like a cloud. 'I'o give an adequate ideal Upon a close observation, however,
of this sublime buiiding, is a task to of the countenance of the Ranker, I
which tho j)en is unequal; it must be j discovered, almoit as soon as my eye
seen to be duly apjjj'cciated. ll is uj)-11\.!1 ujj-mi it, a line bespeaking soine-
Avards of 1G0() feet in eireumi'erencc, | thing of humour and awakened curiosi-
aiid ol'siicii an elevation tluit it has been ; ty, as he stood fiNX-d and (;}-Ling his^ui-
]usi!\- ubse'rved by tiie writer Aiuinia-j to^.mist ; and this became more clear
*mis,*“lhal tl'.e a e can sca+^’ely reacli j and cousiiicuou.s when he lowered his
’ ! tone and asked—“tlow will you make
• 11,.in.- «a» fciiincl.'.l P. 7j',. ■l it.llt' u'.ik';!!'." ' -
in my head, ejaculating somew’hat in
the planner of Alexander in the play—
is there then no more diflerence between
a Beggar and a Banker !
But several years h.ave since passed
away ; and now both these individuals
have paid the last dubt of nature. They
died as they lived, the one a Banker
and the other a Beggar. I examined
their graves, when I next visited the
city, 'i’hey were of similar length and
breadth ; the grass grev/ equally green
above each ; and the sun looked down
as pleasantly on the one as the other.
No honours, pleasures, or delights,
clustext^d round the grave of the rich,
man. No finger of scorn was pointed
to that of the poor man. They were
both equally deserted, lonely and for
gotten ! I thought too of the destinies
to which they had passed ; of that state
in whi^.'h temporal distinctions exist
not ; temporal honors are regarded not;
Avhere i)ri(le and all the circumstances
which surround this life never lind ad
mittance. 'i'lien the distinctions of
lime aj)i)eared iinlecd as an atom in the
sunbeam, comiinred with those which
are made in that changeless state lo
whicri they both had passed.
THE rnvrntN home.
The life of man is made up of check
ered scenes and strange vicis>iti’des, in
v. liii'h misei'}' oitcn jjreihnninatcs over
iiappiriOs‘;, and passion over reason ;
and 111 the dillerent parts which we are
destined to perf.)rip in this eventful dra
ma, w(; often find ourselves tin; most ac
tive agents in producing our own un-
liappinei^s. We are undoubtedly much
more tiic c-eatures of imjnilse than rea
son ; impulse is always at home with us,
at pleasure ; whilst reason is a guest of
whom we know not the value, and
whom we toosiddom entertnin. Imag
inary evils become real by being dwelt
on, and it seldom hai';j'>ens that when the
gifts of fortune arc so tuimerous and
lavish as to deprive us of real cause for
complaint, tliat ^\e do not fasten on
some iderd misery, until itlj'Comes sub
stance. My own stnrv is a case in jioint,
and I u ill i'-!:'-e it. _
Circumstance!? which arc painful to
remember and unnecessary, to retrace,
deprived my father at a late period ot
his life, and while I Avas just entering
my eighteenth year, of a considerable
fortu.ie ; most of which he bad acquired
by his own industry, and which he now
lost by a trust too unsuspectingly repos-
ed in one who was unworthy of it. My
father made the necessary sacrifice of
his proi)ertv, to meet tlie demand a-
gainst him,'with apparent indiflerence,
until it became evident that the nus-
chief was more wide spread than he had
anticipated ; and that his paternal es
tate, which he had hoped to save froni
the wreck, would also be swallow’ed
up in the liquidation of his unfortunate
del>^t. The estate was sold ; and my
father, unable to struggle, at his advanc
ed age, with misfortune and bodily in-
firiiiit}', soon sunk under the trial.
The world was now before me, and
I w'as to begin life for myself. I had
numerous friends and connexions, by
whom many advantageous ofters were
made me, and various residences ])io-
posed ; but in the wide world there was
but one spot which was endeared to me,
and ihat was the place of my nativity.
Being deprived of that, I was ‘i^'ter-
mined to remove as far from its vicinity
as possible. I had vague notions and
undefined wishes, even then, of repos
sessing this cherishetl spot, in some fu
ture and more happ)' period ; and eve
ry succeeding day strengthened the
hope, until it became the anchor on
which all my wishes and exertions res
ted.
I removed to a distant land. . I form
ed business connexions which w’ere lor-
tunate, and friendships which were
pleasant. I engaged the respect of the
aged, and the esteem of the young. 1
was gradually acquiring a fortune, and
I might have’been happy, could I have
considered my present place of residence
as h07^1 e. But I could not. I looked
upon it as the pious saint looks upon
this world of trial; I considered it a place
of probation, and alas I made the place
of my nativity a fieuven. Home was
the name round wl.ich all my recollec
tions and anticipateil enjoyments clung ;
and the only place which I thougiit
could afford me happiness. I had now
been absent from my native place near
fifteen years, and liad by industry and
good fortune accpiired a handsome es
tate, when I heard by accident that my
long regretted home was on sale. I im-
metliately commissioned a friend to
purchase it for me ; I now’ congratulat
ed myself as being on the summit ol fe
licity. I collected my property ; took
leave of my friends, and after a long
journey, rendered still more tedious by
my impatience, I once more stood upon
my native soil. Few would understand
my feslings, were I to describe them
on seeing for the first time, the while
walls of my old home shining through
the trees by which they were surround
ed ; and fewer still would sympathise
with my almost childish joy in again
possessing tlie home of my lathers. But
my happiness was as evanescent as it
was excessive. I soon found that the
short period of my absence had been
marked by many changes ; that of the
friends whom I left, some had remov
ed iVom the vicinity ; others had suder-
ed under vicissitudes of fortune, and ma^
ny had been carried off by ileath. The
estate itself had undergone strange al
terations ; and through neglect, had be
come little better than a barren waste.—
'rhe fences were thrown down ; and
the fair fields and beautiful meadows
were laid open to the ravages of the
neighboring cattle ; thy garilen walks
weic overTun with weeds so as scarce
ly to leave a trace of their form.vr exis
tence ; the bower had fallen into total
ruin, and the large willow in front of
the house, on whose j)endant branches '
had swung a thousand times when a boy
was ujirooted and dead. In short, the
desolation of the prospcct was complete
and the desolation of my heart corres
ponded with it. The mclancholy re
collections of past events, rendered this
day to which 1 had looked forward as
tlic end of all troubles and the com
mencement of happiness, the most mis
erable of my life.
I'ime, however, has given reason
the asfendenry over feeling, and has
taught me that it is wisdom to form our
happiness of the materials witliin our
reach, and not to refer it to some dis
tant period, which may never arrive.
Fi’om a London paper,
JUVENILE SATIUIST,
George Pope, a boy about ten VGar
of age, was charged at Guildhall, \vi|'
assaulting c-n9 Develin.. It appeared
tliat two boy^s schools had been cstal
llshed in the Close, the noise ofwhic'
W’as so annoying, that Devclin at tlv
instance of a Mr. Pym, a resident ii.’
the Close, had been appointed to prc
serve order; in doing which, Mr.
elin had got kicked on the shins.
Mr. Savage, the schoolmaster,
the appointment of street keeper
originated entirely out of the ilhvill of i
Mr. Pym, resident in the CUose. ijj!
had some remarkably clever boys in hi-;
school, and there was one in piu ticular
wdio W'as extremely fond of Martiiil
and one of the epigram w’riting, and a
little sally of his playing on the very
peculiar name of the oflicer, (Dovcliii)
w'hich, if it failed to excite admirntio;|
of the child’s genius, ought to have
been passed by with a laugh, had, o--
the contrary, created a most rancorous
feeling against the whole school, and
the street keeper had pretty clearly c-
vinced malice in the partial and savage
manner in which he exercised his ulllco.
Mr. Savage then read one pf the cpi-
f^rams, which ran thus—
D '
" The Close of Bartleniy’s well known,
A paradise to revel in,
The saints from thence drove out thebovj,
And then they let the Dcvil-in.”
Another ran thus—
« If I>. V. M. be Y. M. 1’.
’i'hen I’yin is Iinp--’ti« clear to sec.
Now is it od !, i’l times so e\il,
That a d—d Imp should raise the r)c\i;
Mr. Alderman Cox said Devcliii II.;
not brought a proper object before hit:,
for punishment, andclismisseJ ihe cc.n,
plaint.
The Law is like a mouse trap, you are
first tempted lo put your nose into it by
the savory smell of the toasted choest,
or in other words, the prospect of guin-
ing an advantage. You venture a liule
further; the passage is narrow, and
crowdcd full, you would fain drawback,
but you find a liook in your ear pretty
soon, and to i^o forward is the only rem-
t'dy. The further you go in, the more
impracticable is your retreat—at las* you
are too poor for jjicking. He who knows
enough of the law to keep out of it, is
well off. It’s often cheaper to give a
neighbor his demand and ten dollars in
to the bargain, than to go to loggerheads
and gain your suit. You may injure him,
it’s true—and you may bite your own
nose oft'in spite of your teeth.
CHAHITY.
(,'nAniTY, decent, modest, easv, kind,
Softens the hit,di, :ml rears tin- abjcet mind
Knows with just reins and },^entle hand to y-uide
IJitwixt vile shame and arliitrary pride.
Not soon provok’d, she easily forg-ives.
And much she sufli;rsas she imieh l)elieves;
Solt peace she l)rin}>-s, wli(.rever she arrives ;
She builds our (piitt as bhe forms our lives;
I,ays the routjh patlis of jieevish nature even,
And c.ich L-url u liv.l-;
HRLIGIOUS.
There cannot be a more striking in
stance, how emphatically every doctrinc
of the Gospel has a reference to practi
cal goodness, than is exhibited by St.
Paul, in that magnificent picture o. ihi
Resurrection, in his Epistle to the Coiii.-
thians, which our Church has happil)
selected, for the consolation of survivors
at the last closing scene of mortality.—
After an inference as triumphant, asii
is logical, that because “ Christ is risen,
we shall rise also after the most philo
sophical illustration of the raisin;; oi the
body from the dust, by the process ot
grain sown in the earth, and .sptii'^ii’S
up into anew mode of existence,:
describing the subjugation oi all
to the Redeemer, and his layin,^'
the mediatorial Kingdom ; alter skc ch
ing with a seraph’s pencil, the relamR
glories of the cclestial and terrcs-n^^
l)odies; after exhausting tlie
images of nature, and the clissolu'io'i
nature itself; after such a display
solemnities of the great day, as inaivC
this world, and all its concerns shriH'
in;o nothing : In such a moinoni, v
if ever, the rapt spirit might be
ed too highly wrought for prccept
admonition—tlie apostle wound up?
was, by the energies of inspii ati'Jib
immediate view of the glorifu'd sia.'
the last trumpet sounding—
from mortal to immortality ctTcctc
the twinkling of an eye—the stinS
death drawn out—victory snatclutl h^ ^
the j.'-rave—then, bv a turn, as sin pi-
*■> ' .i.icinr.
as it is beautiful, lie draws a coi
lusior.
niis^'5
as unexpectedly practical as iiis pH
were grand and awful:—“7
beloved brethen, be ye s.ea 1
moveable, always abounding ii>
of the Lord.” Then at once, by an°
quick transition, rt^orling
ty to the reward, and winding
whole with an argument as
his rhetoric had been sublinn, 1“-'^^
—“forasmuch as ye know that
bor is n'jt. iu v^iri in ^!:c Lord.