POETRY.
doubt not.
BV J. M. KNOWI.TON.
When (he day of life is dreary,
And thy spirit dark with clouds,
Stedfast still in thy well doing,
Let thy soul forget the past—
Stedfast still the right pursuing,
Doubt not! joy shall come at last,
Striving still and onward pressing,
Seek not future years to know.
But desert* the wished for hlesSHig,
It shall come though it be slow,
Never tiring—upward gazing—
Let thy fears aside be cast.
Are thy trials tempting braving—
Doubt not! joy will come at last
Keep not thou thy soul legretting:
Seek the good—spurn evil s thrall.
Though thy foes thy path besetting,
Thou shalt triumph o er them all.
Though each year but bring the sadness,
Ana thy youth be fleeting fast.
Thre’ll be time enough for gladness—
Doubt not \ joy shall come at last
His fond eye is watching o’er thee—
His strong arm shall be thy guard
Duty’s path is straight before thee,
It shall lead to thy reward.
Bv thy ills thy faith made stronger, .
Mould the future by the past—
Hope thou on a little longer !
Doubt not! joy shall come at last!
From the Gospel Herald.
WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?
BV N. SUMMERBELL.
If his birth-place was the skies, then he could
not be a man, in the sense of the word in which
we are mpn. That he was not, is proved—1st, by
those passages wherein he is distinguished from
men ; such as—
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in heaven, wither the
Son, but the Father. Had he been a man, then
to say no man neither the Son, was tautology, and
he would not have said it. Again
Paul all appstle—not of mm, neither by men,
but of Jesus Christ,
For I neither received it of man, neither were I
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
In all such passages he is clearly distinguished
from man
That he is not a man in the sense in which we
are, is proved—2nd, by all those passages which
speak of his existence prior to, and in a different
state from this—such ns—
<• Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he
became poor.”
“ I came down from heaven not to do mine
own will, but the will of him that sent me.”
Now to view Christ simply as a man, none can
tell where.be became poor, after being rich ; or
when he came down from heaven, previous to his
ascension. Neither was it God in him—for God
never came down from heaven, not to do his own
will, but that of another ; nor did God ever be
come poor. He is God, and changes not.
All the scores of such passages constrain me
to answer to the question, What think ye of
Christ.
2d. He was not a man like us.
What think ye of Christ?
For such language as is used concerning him
'cannot be true of any thing in the universe—God,
angels, or men— but only of the-Son of God.
Said the Jews, Thou art not yet fifty years old.
Said Jesus, Before Abraham was I am. . Jesus
taught that “ the Lord possessed him in the begin- I
ningof.his ways, before his works of old—that he j
was set up from everlasting or ever the earth was.” j
When there was no depths, he was brought forth ;,
when there was no fountains abounding with water, |
befor the mountains were settled ; before (he hills, j
was he brought forth. While as yet he had not t
made the earth, or the fields, nor the highest parts j
of the dust of the world. When God prepared the
heavens he was there. When he set a compass
upon the face of the deep— ~a„
Then he was with him,
As one brought up with him,
And I was daily his delight,
Rejoicing always before him.
The father loved him before the foundation of
the world. Before the world was he had glory
with him, (John 17.) He was the angel of God’s
presence with the church in the wilderness, (Acts
7;) the rock that followed them, (1 Cor. x,)
whom they tempted, (1 Cor. x,) and in whom
God’s name was, (Ex' 23.) He was the spirit
that inspired the prophets ; thff son of whom Da
vid sang, (Prov. 30—4. ) He was with the He.
brew Children in the fiery furnace—there he de
livered them. Such is Christ: from which I
conclude, in answer to the question What think
ye of Christ ? that—4 th, His years bear date from
eternity,, ,
What think ye of Christ ?
But though my life Moo short to tell half the
glories of the divine Redeemer, I must conclude
by saying, I think that—
He is tlje son of the living God ;
His Jrfrth place is the skies ;
He is not a man like us;
But his years date from eternity ;
His country is in the universe ;
He is the Saviour of men ;
The prince of peace ;
The delight of angels;
The spouse of the church :
The judge of the world ;
The great Mediator;
Our advocate with the Father ;
All things were made by him ;
He was before all things ;
• By him all things consist;
He is head over all things; *
His blood was shed for the world ;
His enemies are God’s enemies;
His reward is—souls saved ;
At his name every knee snail bow in heaven,
earth, and hell; and every tongue shall confess
that the Lord to the glory of God, the Father;
He is our redemption from guilt;
Our sanctification to God ;
Our leader and guide, and
Our Savior from sin ;
He submitteth his breast to be pierced by his
enemies, that with his blood he might cement with
eternal bonds the love between bis friends. In
bis blood is now dipped the white banner of love,
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I which when his enemies see, they sicken at heart
| and turn pnle-and many regarding it, os it is
the token of his love, seek refugs under its folds, f
forsake the black flag of sin and Satan, and enter
'in the army of the Lord.
Thus T answer the question, What think ye of j
Christ ? Amen. '
. From the Micellany.
THE CLOCK THAT WOULDN’T RUN.
My little readers have, no doubt, all seen a
clock. The time has been when time pieces were
a great curiosity. They belonged onjy to rich
and fashionable people. A clock was considered
a great parlor ornamentand a watch as big as
your fist, was something that every body must
see, and the little ones especially must hear it tie,
tic, tic. I remember well the first watch I ever
saw, and what a curiosity it was! There were
the hands and face, and probably fifty little wheels,
all in one little case, and actually keeping time.
I never will forget that big, rusty, old silver
watch. The second that I saw was a neat, brass
clock, without'any extras, for which the Yankee
Pedler asked one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars ! He sold it for about one hundred. But
the Yankees have made them so plenty, that they
are no object of wonder now, even to the children.
Every body that has a house, has, or ought to
have one. Even uncle Richard, poor as he is,
has one on his mantel piece. But it is the clock
! that wouldn’t run. It stopped the other day
without asking any body s leave, and when I
started it, v, hat do you think ? Why, it wouldn’t
run. I started it again, and it stopped. I Start
ed it a third time, and still it wouldn’t rim.
“ Then you were mad,” I think I hear some
little fellow say. Well, men are like boys,
they hardly ever acknowledge to being mad, but
I really don’t think I was vexed. I took things
easy, lifted the little fellow from his seat on the
mantel, warmed his back by the fire, greased his
wheels with oil, and coaxed him along till I got
him to strike and run as usual.
Well, now what do you suppose this reminded
me of? A stubborn boy. F onde knew a little
boy, who liked to have his own way, who would
run glibly on his mother’s errands, when he felt
like it, but when it was cold, or when he wanted
to do something else he would stop, and
wouldn’t run. On a certain cold morning his
mother, after bundling him up, so as to keep him
warm, told him to go over to Mr.-’s, and
bring her so and so;"but the little fellow had his
heart on something else, and he did not go far till
he stopped. Again the old lady started him, and
again he stopped ; but the mother was as deter
mined as the son was stubborn : and she took the
little independant up—not down, as uncle Rich
ard took the clock—and she warmed him, and
oiled him, and coaxed him till he run like light
ning almost, he run so fast. So we see, boys,
like clocks, when they won’t go, can be made go.
* Now, little reader, when you get mad, and
contrary, and stubborn, and won’t go, remember
the clock of—Uucle Richard.
FEMALE CHARACTER.
If the female who flirts and plays the coquette,
could but realize the detriment to-her reputation
which is sure to follow upon her thoughtless lev
ity, there would be less cause for, and less actual
repentance, among the fair sex, than one meets
with, at this time, in every day life 1 Could every
lovely woman feel and believe how differently the
sensible of the opposite sex enjoy the society and
smiles of the sober-minded and well-informed fe
male, as compared with the silly, giddy, heart
less “ belle ” of the day—how different would be
;he deportment of thousands of society, who are
low reared only for display and coquetry.
And yet, such is the present formation of so
lely. that woman is over-cautious in regard to her
;ood name, in the above particular. She has
leen taught the art of aiming to please the other
ex, and she flaunts and chats, and frowns with
ut one subject—that of rivalling some other,
‘belle” jin tjie coterie where she flirts for the
ime being ;, and this is fashion. Well and truly
loes a extemporary remark that “ to woman re
mtation is indeed a jewel so intimately conne
vith her true happiness, that to barter it for
iny consideration were a loss eventually' irrepara
ale.” " S /
There is a certain something in the ordination
of human affairs, in the,organization of society,
which demands from the female sex the highest
tone of purity apd strictest observance of duties
pertaining 19,woman’s sphere. There has always
existed a marked difference in the measure of re
proaeh cast upon the sexes for similar faults.
Woman would suffer-in the dust, in the dust, she
may be cast down in au instant, from the loftiest
eminence, for trivial faults, while man walks
prouly upright, and penetrates the highest circles,
though covered with his vices. Reputation is all
to woman, yet a breath may soil it. Would
she preserve the priceless jewel, she cannot be
too cautious her deportment, or in choosing
her associates. By all means should she avoid
giving encouragement to a train of different ad
mirers.—Am. Union.
Give Good Measure. When I was a young
man, there lived in our neighborhood a Presbyte
rian, who was universally reported to be a very'
liberal man, and uncommonly upright in his deal
ings. When he had.any of the products of his farm
to°dispose of he made it an invariable rule to give
good measure, over good, rather more than could
be required of him. One of his friends, observ
ing his frequently doing so, questioned him why
he did it, told him that he gave too much, and
said it would not be to his own advantage. Now
my friends, mark the answer of this Presby
terian. “ God almighty has permitted me but
one journey through the world, and when gone
I cannot return to rectify mistakes.” Think of
this, friends—only one journey through this world.
J. Simpson,
The London Times estimates that there will be
two millions of visitors in London during the con
tinuance of the Fair—one million from foreign
countries, and one million from the various parts
of Great Britain and Ireland.
Preparations are made to build the first rail
road in Texas. It will connect the town of Har
risburgb, a few miles below Houston, with the
Rio Grande. _ ■ ' ■.!
RULES FOR HOME EDUCATION.
We extract the following rules from an ox-1
change paper. They contain thoughts which al-|
most every parent needs -—*■-* ’ ~ i
(MM
1. FroiYi your children’s earliest infancy, incul
;ale necessity of instant obedience.
2. Unite firmness with gentleness. Let your
children understand that you mean exactly what
you say.
3. Never promise them anything, unless you
»re quite sure that you can give them what you
promise.
4. If you tell a little child to do something,^
show him how to do it, aud see that it is done.
5. Always punish your children for wilfully
disobeying you, but never pnnish them in anger.
6. Never let them perceive that they can vex
you, or make you lose your self-command.
7. If they give way to petulance and temper,
wait till they are calm, and then gently reason
with them on the impropriety of their conduct.
8. Remember that a little present punishment
when the occasion arises, is much more effectual
than the threatning of a greater punishment
should the fault be renewed.
9. Never give your children anything because
they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to do at one
time, what you have forbidden, under the same
cirucmstances, at another.
From Arthur’s Home Gazettee.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
The Pyramids or Egypt. The number of
these now standing is between forty and fifty.
They are all in what is called the Middle Egypt,
stud are divided into five groups. The most re
ma>kable of these groups, as containing the three
largest^pymarids, is in the vicinity of Ghizeh, not
far from Cario. The loftiest of this group is that of
Cheops, so called from the name of the prince by
whom it is supposed to have been built. It cov
ers a space of more than thirteen acres of ground;
Its perpendicular lifiight is 480 feet, thus making
it the highest of the vyork of man in the known
world. Supposing this nymarid to be entirely
solid however, it is not, asdjas of late years been
discovered, its cubic contents'vyould afford mate
rial sufficient for building the fronts of a row
of houses, fifty feet in height, and one yard in
thickness, whose length would be thirty four miles.
According to Herodotus, 100,000 mefi were era
ployed for twenty years in its construction. The
remaining pymarids are of smaller dimensipns ;
but they are mostly all, notwithstanding, of im
mense magnitude. They ate not all of stone,
some of- them being of brick. The purpose for
which these remarkable edifices were construc
ted is involved in mystery ; even in remotest an
tiquity their origin was a matter of debate, and
nothing certain was known with respect to them
or their founders. Most probably they were at
once a species of tombs and temples ; and may be
considered as mouuments of the religion and piety
as well as of the powers of the Pharaohs.
The Bible. The Bible lLseli \<is rroi
Mac lagan has said)-is a standing and an asto
ing miracle. Written fragment by frag
throughout ihe course of fifteen centuries 1
different states of society and in different lansj
bv persons of the most opposite tempers,j
and ionditions, learned and unlearned, pry
peasant, bond and free cast into every f |
structive composition and good writing,
prophecy, poetry, allegory, emblematuf
tation, judicious interpretation, liberal
precept, example, proverbs, disqusitio ■
sermon, prayer—in short, all rationa',
luman discourse, and treating, mor
ects not obvious, but most difl
ire not found, like other wriperf, corJ
mother upon the most ordinary may
ipinion, but are at. harmony ujy
heir sublime and mometous scl
Wedprso Superseded bv^
nap'-diy the name of YicJ|
riarried at Cleveland, 0\nf
jut, in consequence of thj
,he wedding was poslp
lied in a few days afteJ
tion of the heart, whicl
him very much. On tli
had been reading to h|
“ Walter Erriok. It
“ love and murder ail
ces, wrought deeply uf
he had finished the readq
ding with the sudden de
marked that he hoped
suddenly,” The young 1(3
saw his hand falling whi<3
his countenance changed
took hold of him from hei
leaned toward her and diet
Melanoollt Death. An
McRae, and apparently about 4b
age, lost his life in a very melanV
about a fomight since, in the neiy
Tallahassee. He had been employee.
a well attached to a brick yard, and
LUUCUCU IUO VI »MV ”V.., ■■ *** -
deep, before the side caved in, and bun* _
completely, that from a subsequent vie?
position, it was apparent that he coaid nolr
survived a moment. A day or two before
death he stated that he had children living
Philadelphia, and it will therefore, probable be am
act of charity in the Philadelphia papers to copy
this paragraph. Tallahassee Sentinal.
Type Setting Machine. A Rarisian inventor
thinks he has at last discovered the long sought
disideratuni, a machine for setting type. He has
been at work upon ii for fifteen years, and hav
ing completed it, has entered it for ihe exhibition
at° the World’s Fair. It comprises both a dis
tributor and.setting stick, is afforded at a low
price, and will set ten thousand an hour. It is
said not to interfere with the regular appoint
ments of a printing office, and requires no new
characters.—Newark Sential.
Sad case or Hydrophobia. _ The DetroitFree
Press says “ that Rev. Mr. Neil, lately from Phil
adelphia, and now settled at Franklin, in Oakland
county, Mich., was bitten by a rabid dog, and that
his physician entertain no hopes of his recovery.”
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Remember, then, Christians and friends to pat
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' are obviously advani
A Promise. A promise i
caution, and kept with care,
be made by the heart, and retrier
head. A promise is the offspring j^f
and should be nurtured by recollection. A pro
mise should be the result of reflection. A pro
mise and its performance, should like the scalej
of a true balance, always present a mutual adjfiSf
ment. A promise delayed is justice deferred
A promise neglected is an untruth told. A pro
mise attended to is a debt settled.
I “ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirs
i after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
The despatches from the South nnnounoe the
destruction of the City of Conception in Chili, by
—.i,v{uHKe. The city was destroyed in
1835 by a similar event.
The Mormons in the Great Salt Enke Valley
estimate the population of Utah at about 30,500.
It was expected that this years emigration would
swell the number to 40,000.
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OF THE
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HENRY B. HAYES, Publishing Agent.
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orbed in its whole round of rays complete under the di
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Organ of the Chrishan Denomination in the South, and
so commend itself to all the lovers of truth, as to find a
hearty welcome in every family where teligion and vir
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light of those great New Testament principles upon
which the Church is founded, and endeavor to show that
they are identical with those upon which the General
Church was at the beginning founded by Christ and his
Apostles, and, what the whole Church militant must
again become, if the millenium is ever to bless the world;
in a word, upon the Bible alone, to the ufter rejection of
all human made isms, names and creeds, which have
served to divide the body of Christ. And of course, we
shall call Bible things by Bible names; yet, we shall
treat all the Lord’s people as Brethren, of right, of one
common household—ana where we differ in sentiment,
still treat them with fairness and respect.
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