spent some time in out-door exercise before its morning meal and task, and the one who passes immediately from its couch to the breakfast table, and thence to study. Children are fond of early rising, when their natural activity of disposition and disinclination to remain long in a state of quiet have not been counteracted by habits of indulgence.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF FEMALES.As much of the day should be passed How often has an anxiety for delicacy of in the open air as the weather will percomplexion in a daughter, or the appre-mit, and as is compatible with those neehension that her limbs may become coarse essary avocations which call for attendand ungraceful, and her habits vulgar-ance within doors. Nor are we inclined been the means of debarring her from the to limit this out door exercise, in respect enjoyment of either air or exercise to an to girls, to the season of summer alone. extent sufficient to ensure the health and Though female children, as generally edactivity of the system? The consequence ucated, may not be able to bear the exis, that too many females acquire in in-tremes of heat and cold as well as boys; fancy a feeble, sickly, and languid habit vet, by proper management, they may be -rendering the capricious and helpless enabled to sustain with as little inconveif not the subjects of suffering, during the nience, the transitions of the seasons. A whole course of their lives. habitual use of the cold bath, when no The bodily exercises of the two sexes circumstances are present to forbid its ought, in fact, to be the same. As it is employment, while it contributes to the important to secure to both, enjoyment, health of the system generally, is an efboth should be permitted, without control, fectual means of removing that delicacy to partake of the same rational means of of constitution which renders an exposure insuring a continual flow of health and to cold alike disagreeable and prejudianimal spirits, to enable their systems to cial.-Journal of Health. perform perfectly all the functions of life. Girls should not therefore be confined to

EVIL OF INJUDICIOUS PUNISHMENT.—

a sedentary life within the precincts of Little Charlotte was going out into her the nursery, or at best, permitted a short father's orchard: it was full of violets.— walk, veiled and defended from every Oh, cries Charlotte, full of joy, ‘what gleam of sunshine, and from every breath beautiful little flowers! I will gather my of air. The unconstrained enjoyment of apron full, and make a nosegay for moththeir limbs and muscles in the open air, er She immedintely knelt down, and without a ligature to restrain the freedom with great industry gathered he apron of their motions, or an ever-watchful eye all. Then she seated herself under an to curb the lively joy of their unclouded apple tree,and made a handsome nosegay. spirits, is equally important to their health Here it is,' said she; and now I will run and well-being, as to one of their brothers and convey it to my dear mother. How To hope to communicate graceful form she will be delighted to kiss me! and motions to the limbs of a child, health increase the pleasure of her mother, she and vigor to its constitution, and cheer- erept slyly into the kitchen, took a china fulness to its spirits, by confinement, belts. ligatures, and splints, superadded to the plate, put the nosegay on it, and went on a full leap down the stairs to find her molessons of the posture master, is about as ther. But Charlotte stumbled, fell, and rational as would be the attempt to im- broke the china plate into a hundred pieprove the beauty and vigor of our forestces, and scattered her nosegay all around. trees, by transferring them to the green-Her mother, who was in the room near house,and extending their branches along by, heard the noise, and immediately an artificial frame-work. sprang to the door. When she saw the

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The first occupations of the day, for broken plate, she ran back, seized a rod, children, should be abroad, for the benefit and without inquiring a word about the of inhaling the morning air. Every per manner in which the plate was broken, son who notices the fact, will be struck came to the child. Terrified, both by the with the difference in the health and fall and on account of the broken plate, freshness of complexion, and cheerfulness and half dead with the fear of the rod, of feature, exhibited by the child who has little Charlotte could only ejaculate, 'dear

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mother! dear mother!'

The Home of our Affections.

But this was of

were in the home of his affections, and no service to her. 'You naughty child around his "ain fireside." said her mother: 'break a beautiful plate The division of mankind into families will you?' and chastised her severely.-is one of the wise orders of Providence, This injustice alienated her affections and the best calculated for cherishing and she never again brought a nosegay to her mother.

THE HOMES OF OUR AFFECTIONS. "If thou wert by my side, my love, My children on my knee." The heart of Bishop Heber yearned for the home of his affections. The fire-fly may illumine the dark and turbid waters around him, the moon may course in splendor through the sky,-the voice of music may be borne to him from the shore, he may be regaied with the odors

the kinder feelings of our nature. A well regulated, affectionate, and virtuous family may be considered the best type of the great family of the just made perfect, which shall be gathered together in that better world to which the christian looks the immediate presence of Deity,—the forward, where his spirit shall dwell in final home of his affections.

Beligion.

THE SABBATH-BREAKERS.

of the sweet smelling flowers,-all na- That was an hour to send its fadeless ture may invite him to contemplation,but

trace

his thoughts are in the home of his af- Down life's far sweeping tide. fections. The Forset Sanctuary. The mitre is upon his brow,|| and the vast regions of British India own "Come, come, Wallace, we shall be late his ecclesiastical sway; but he is think if we wait longer; the bells are half done ing of the welcome home of his wife, and tolling, and I dare say Thornton has been the innocent evening prattle of his little over persuaded by some fanatic to go to ones. The time for evening devotion church. If we are not in haste, the tide has arrived, for the committing them all will be out,--and then away with all sport to the love of their Heavenly Father-for another week: I'm for going now." The fond good night, and the light, re- "Stay, Allen, one moment; you surely tiring footsteps sound in his ear. We would not leave until the hour appointed like to look in upon the domestic circle by yourself for Thornton to be here. It of distinguished men, especially of those wants five minutes of ten now, and I am who cherish the domestic virtues. We certain he will be punctual, for I have can imagine no more interesting sight never known him forfeit his word,—and than that of a great man unbending him- he gave you his pledge." self, and mingling in the little pastimes "Pledge!" shouted Allen, "what is a of his children. "I must," says Sir Thom- pledge good for? For my part I considas More, "talk with my wife and chat er no pledge of mine obligatory, when it with my children, and I have somewhat interferes with my own convenience.to say to my servants; for all these Look out for number one,' is my maxim." things I reckon as a part of my business, "And a selfish maxim too," said Wal

except a man will resolve to be a stranger lace.

at home." "His affections and his tem- "Selfish or not selfish," continued Alper," says his biographer, "continued to len, "I care not. "Tis the principle my ensure the happiness of his home, even old man goes upon, and he finds a faithwhen his son with a wife, three daugh-ful disciple in me, at any rate. But yesters with their husbands, and a propor-terday he contracted to furnish a trader tionable number of grand-children, dwelt with a cargo of sugar. Half an hour afunder his patriarchal roof. ter, he was offered five hundred dollars in

Who that has read that most interest-advance of his first trade. He took up ing of biographies, Lockhart's Life of Sir with the offer, and sent a very polite note Walter Scott, has not admired the do-to the first purchaser, saying that unforemestic habits of the first writer of theseen circumstances prevented his fulfillage, and felt that it would have been one ing the contract. What do you say to of the greatest privileges to have been that, Charley?—a cool five hundred in his permitted to mingle in his family circle. pocket. Where would have been your When surrounded by the noble and dis- pledge then?"

tinguished, and when fame was covering "I say your master did entirely wrong, him with the greenest chaplets, his thot's and is wholly unjustifiable. I am sur

prised, Allen, to hear you advocate such to the wiles of the world, would resist the sentiments. If not a desire for the good temptations to evil which abound in our will of others, I should at least suppose large cities. And indeed the very first your regard for morality would induce steps Edgar Allen had taken in the road you to detest such principles." to ruin, were under the direction of his Morality! — Ha, you make a fine master, who had invited him to ride on preacher of morality, indeed; out on a the Sabbath. He was without religious Sabbath breaking excursion, and preach-friends and advisers in the city, and the ing morality! That's consistency with a splendor and pomp of city wickedness vengeance." had first fascinated him, and although he

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"I move for the previous question,"||would have shuddered at the thought of said a third speaker. "Here comes being himself a partaker in it, he could, Thornton up the Mall, punctual to a sec-nevertheless, look upon it in others. He ond; and now, fellows, just postpone your afterwards had only followed the path discussion on morality to a more conve decreed as well by truth as poetry— nient season. I'll be prosy when I can't help it; but to-day, at least, I intend to act in the spirit of my favorite glee,

"Begone dull care."

"He first endured, then pitied, then

embraced."

His course had been step by step in wickedness, till from the novitiate and trem"A crony after my own heart, Roberts," bling transgressor, he now stood as the said Allen-putting his hand upon the leader of a circle of young men who were last individual's shoulders-"I really be-in a greater or less degree committed to lieve if you were with me, I should so far a course of vice and dissipation, and he except the spirit of my maxim, as to have would even urge to deeds from which some thoughts of number two." those who had been his leaders would

In a moment the expected individual have shrunk, had a less popular comrade was present, and Arthur Thornton made proposed them, or a less energetic charone of the little group, numbering five acter put them into execution. beside himself, on Boston Common.- The individual whom Allen at first adThey constituted a party of pleasure.--dressed, Charles Wallace, was a general Allen, the first speaker, was the leader, favorite, but particularly intimate with and with the rest his opinion usually pas-Arthur Thornton. The home of their sed as law. He was the eldest of the childhood had been in the same village, party; and though not himself twenty they had been playmates and schoolmates years of age, there was something so bold together, and now they had commenced and energetic in his tall, finely built frame together a course which was to end with open and lively countenance, and graceful the most bitter repentance and anguish on mein, that he invariably secured defer- the part of one, and with the destruction ence, and was looked up to as a kind of of the other. The former had been in sovereign among his associates. He was the city longer than the latter, and connaturally of a noble and generous dispo- sequently had taken more degrees in his sition, and with the exception of three or course; for scarcely six months had elapfour years he had spent in the city, he sed, since Thornton had left the happy had been under religious influence from dwelling of his widowed mother, and the his infancy. But it had been his misfor-tears shed and the advice given at part› tune to enter a mercantile house, whose ing, was still fresh in his memory. The proprietor was an irreligious man, and last words of his mother to him were, who regarded not the moral interests of "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it those in his employ. He was a worldly holy." We have already more than inman in the most comprehensive sense of timated that it was the Sabbath; and the term, and virtually lived and practic-when the proposition had been made to ed in the belief that a man hath no bet-him the previous day to join in a fishing ter thing under the sun, than to eat, and to excursion in the harbor on this sacred drink, and to be merry. He was withal morning, he was astonished, and his feela Sabbath breaker, and invariably, in ings instinctively recoiled from it. But pleasant weather, devoted its holy hours his companions urged him, argued with to his own gratification, by excursions in him by every manner of specious reasto the neighboring country. It could notoning, and ridiculed his womanish scrube expected, that with such a master, any ples, until in an unguarded moment he youth, inexperienced and unaccustomed pledged himself to go.

"Now for a line of march to Long ble tells me so; I wish that I were free wharf! Look above you, lads; the sky from this iniquitous business, for someis clear and bright, and even the sun thing seems to tell me this day will not looks down and laughs. See the old elm close so pleasantly as it began. I'm debow to the whispering breeze! This termined to break away from Allen's wind will sing a sweeter music through power, for I know he'll ruin me if I do the snowy sails, than ever rung its ech-not; and even now I feel that I am not as oes through that Temple's gothic walls!good as when I first saw him. I'll make Come, hasten boys! a resolution once for all, if I must lose Thus saying, Allen took the arm of his friendship or a conscience which I Roberts and set off at a fast walk. Two feel is right, the sacrifice shall fall upon individuals, who had heretofore maintain- the former."

ed a conversation between themselves a They drew near to the City Hall, few steps from the rest, now followed, whose piazza was thronged with a crowd while Wallace and Thornton fell behind. of idlers busied about the very honorable The party moved through Tremont and employment of gazing at every passer, Court streets at a rapid pace, each con- and scrutinizing the appearance of the versing with his companion, on such top-ladies particularly. Allen recognized aics as best accorded with their feelings. mong the throng one of his cronies, as As they moved by Park street church, appeared from his laconic, “How are you the latest members of the congregation Frank!" were just entering,-the bell ceased toll

The accosted answered with a reitera

ing, and the organ pealed its heavy notes. tion of the sentence, and continued, "I tell you, Charles, I wish I was with- "But whither away so fast? I had in those walls," said Thornton: "I know hoped to have you with me to dine at I'm doing wrong, and were it not for Brighton. I've engaged the finest estabbreaking my word, I would not go now. lishment in the city, and I'll give you a What would my mother say, if she but dinner that you'll remember a month;saw me? She's sitting in her quiet pew, will you go?"

and may be even now praying for me, "I'm in for a chowder, Frank. Can't her only son! I do not like these you postpone till tea. I'll be up at five, thoughts, and I would give an eagle if and then, your most obedient!” you had never mentioned the business to me."

"Nonsense! nonsense! Arthur, I felt so once myself; but a few sails and luscious chowders will take all the bitter away, and you will then have the sweet to yourself."

"Done! Allen!-Meet me at the rooms at five!

"Aye-Frank! I'll be on nand!"

This short conference was interspersed with a sufficient accompaniment of oaths, loose expressions, &c. peculiar to such young men, which I do not choose "But can that be sweet which takes its to repeat. As the party again moved on, relish from the murdered sense of moral Frank Gray replaced a cigar,-the usual right? I know that I can never enjoy appendage of such gentlemen,--which he one moment's pleasure by doing wrong, had removed from his lips at their apunless I first shall put to sleep my con-proach, and the smoke again rolled upscience;-kill its power of telling rightward with as many fantastic curls as if from wrong." from the pipe of a Turkish Sultan. As "Conscience is a thing of education, they moved down State street, almost Arthur. You have always lived in a deserted of its passengers, their own still, country village, where there is noth-footsteps echoing from the opposite ing but a school-house and a church, and buildings caused almost the only noise the people think every thing without heard. Wallace and Thornton spoke their walls is wrong. You have been ed-not. They were deeply in thought upon ucated to think so too, and this has made subjects awakened by their late converyour conscience what it is. Here you sation, especially the last remark of will learn to have a more liberal view of Thornton. A few moments brought things. A city conscience and a coun-hem to the wharf where the boat was in try conscience are very different things." readiness, the boatman almost tired of "I begin to think so; but which is waiting,--and in a very short period the right? I tell you, Charles, I know 'tis light boat was dashing over the whitewrong to break the Sabbath, for my Bi-fringed waves.

And knoweth not it is for his life," The morning was beautiful. The sky|| was clear, and the sun shone forth in all Thornton rose from the place he had its glory. The loveliness and perfect occupied, walked to the bows of the boat. purity of the face of heaven, seemed and with his hand upon the mast, h formed for one mighty emblem of the leaned forward in deep thought, while he quiet and peace which should pervade watched the flashing and foaming of the the Christian Sabbath. The company on waves as the boat shot through them.board the boat were sitting about the This movement aroused his companions deck, each with his gaze directed to the from their reveries, and Allen exclaimed. city they had just left, now receding "Come! away with this mopishness, swiftly from them as the vessel swept and for some sport. Old Peter will manover the waters. None spoke. There age the "Sally" without all this silence, was something so grand in the appear-and it savors too much of a Quaker meetance of the moving diorama before them, ing for my taste."

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with the populous city in the centre of At the same moment he drew from his the scene, the lofty towers of the churchpocket a pack of cards, and the partyes mounting up to heaven as if in emblem with the exception of Thornton, who deof the use to which their walls were con-clined joining them, and Wallace who secrated, and the pile of buildings sur-looked on-sat down to a game of whist. mounted by the noble dome of the State Thus employed, they noticed not the House, while upon the right the sacred flight of time, nor the fading away of the heights of Charlestown presented them- dim outlines of the distant land. At selves, and upon the left in the distance, length the place of destination was reachwere to be seen the memorable high-ed. The cards were exchanged for the lands of Dorchester, that the attention fishing tackle, and the uncoiled lines of the company was rivetted to it. And were dropped into the blue sea. then the unholiness of their purpose, Thornton persuaded himself to believe might have presented itself to their minds; that it were as well to join the amuse and now that they were upon the bosom ment, as to be an abettor by his presence. of the deep, it would be natural that they The hooks were plied diligently, and the should not feel the same security in their captured fish fast accumulated. The day unhallowed occupation as when they was entirely forgotten, and each individstood upon solid ground. Such feelings al lost the last accusing feeling, in the might have forced upon them the reflec-general hilarity. Stories, songs and jests tion that they were viewing those scenes were circulated freely, and the boisterous for the last trine;—that He who held the laugh sent its echoes over the waves.— winds in His hands and gave bounds to Merriment lifted its voice to heaven, and the waste of waters, and whose com

mands they were breaking, could and unhallowed glances filled each heart. How great the contrast between this night in a moment send forth his breath in anger, darken the bright heavens above scene, and that of the humble worshippers them, wake the ocean from its slumber, in the temple of God. The one bowed and with the lightning of his wrath dash down under the influences of the still their frail bark to atoms, leaving each to small voice; the other upright and reckbuffet and struggle with the mercilessless, in the ways of bold transgression.waves. Would that they could thus The one breathing forth the confessions have felt, and, yielding to the dictates of of sin, and humble prayers for forgivetheir better reason, have turned backness;-the other sinning with a high from their purpose, and thus have averted hand, and cursing the God who had made the fate which awaited them! But it is a them! The one with the tear of contrihard thing to turn from wrong doing. tion trickling down their cheeks;-the Man takes one step in evil, another and other hardened, and rejoicing in wickedanother follow, and if at times conscience ness! To the world the latter would be does lift a warning voice, he places a pronounced the more happy, and to hugiant in the way of reform, is frightened man appearance they were so; indeed, it by a false shame of acknowledging him- is often true that the ungodly prosper, self to have been in the wrong, drowns the while the righteous are cast down; but god within, and plunges forward in his the one have an inheritance laid up in course,

"As a bird hasteth to the snare,

heaven, and count all trials as but a pledge of the happiness which shall be Whereafter. The others live for the pres