FACTS HINTS, GEMS, AND POETRY. noble means of exercise; and Plato, the philosopher, said, that exercise would almost cure a guilty conscience. And as there is a blessing in temporal labour, so there is in spiritual labour. Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, and all the prophets; Peter, Paul, Barnabas, Silas, John, Timothy, and Titus, and all the first disciples; Huss, Jerome, Wickliffe, Luther, Latimer, Bunyan, and all the reformers; Watts, Doddridge, Whitefield, and the Wesleys; Carey, Williams, Knibb, Moffat, and a host of missionaries, were all hard-working labourers, and reaped fruit unto life eternal. And so, if any man would be saved, he must seek, strive, struggle, and labour, to "work out his own salvation; for it is God which worketh in him to will and to do of his own good pleasure." So there is also a blessing in labouring for the bread that endureth unto eternal life, as well as for that which perisheth. "In all labour there is profit." Facts, Hints, Gems, and Poetry. ...... 75,321 93,024 Connecticut New York New Jersey Ohio .... Wisconsin Iowa California Oregon Minnesota Nebraska Utah Dakotah. Washington Slave States. Delaware Maryland 3,851,563 Kentucky 676,084 Missouri 2,377,917 New Mexico 754,291 1,350,802 The total population of the Free States and Territories is 19,046,178 1 691,238 -an increase on the last census of 768,485 682,003 5,580,650. The whole free popula tion of the Slave States amounts to 384,770 FACTS, HINTS, GEMS, AND POETRY. Hints. MODESTY is a leading feature of a great mind. The more men really know, the less they will think of themselves. Only ignorant puppies are proud. THE HAND that casts into the waters of life a stone of offence, cannot tell how far the ripples they raise may spread, or who may be disturbed by them. OLD AGE we all hope for, and yet we} fear it as it approaches. The fact is, that most men wish to live, and do not like to die. Happy they only who have hope of eternal life. PASSION makes a fool look like what he is; and a wise man, if he gives way to it, like what he is not PEACE.-When Christ came into the world, he brought peace; when he went out of it, he left peace as his best legacy. We ought not to disturb it. WORLDLY PLEASURE.-Drink deep if you dare, but if you do you must take all that is in the cup, and there is always a bitter sediment at the bottom. TRUE POLITENESS does not consist in touching the hat, or dropping a curtsey, but in treating others with the respect and kindness which you wish to receive yourself. Gems. THE CHRISTIAN thinks and acts on this principle. If Christ has given himself for me, I can do no less than give myself, body, soul, and spirit unto him. CHRIST THE CONQUERER.-The triumphant laurel that adorns his brow sprang from his cross, and received nourishment from his tears. WE ONLY KNOW GOD as we see him in the face of Jesus Christ; in whose words and works we hear and see God. As he said to Philip, "He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father." What Christ was, God is. HAD JESUS CHRIST BEEN A MERE have borne the weight of punishMAN, or even an angel, he could not ment our sins deserved, when God laid on Him the iniquity of us all. But he was the divine Son of God, and hence he is, "Mighty to save." Try him. EVERY PRIEST must have a sacri fice to offer; and every sacrifice must have a priest to offer it. Christ was offered himself without spot unto both priest and sacrifice, when he God, a propitiation for our sins. THE DYING GROANS OF CHRIST show the horrible nature of sin in of Jesus to atone for sin, show it to the sight of God. The sufferings be the greatest evil in the universe Poetic Selections. YOUNG WOMEN! TAKE CARE. From Fireside Rhymes. TAKE care, take care, ye young and fair, Before you start in life; For if you do not now take care There may come want and strife: So, ere you give yourself away, Another's lot to share, "Twill save you sorrow many a day, If now you will take care. Think, my young friend, before you give To any man your heart, If he in love with you will live, Or cause it many a smart. Think, ere you leave your parent's roof, He will be true and kind: Oh! think, will he who now declares Or leave his own fireside? R C. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER. The Children's Corner. "I WILL NOT BE A SOLDIER." H. G. ADAMS in his "Peace Lyrics" gives the following somewhat humorous supposed reply of a young lad who had been asked by the "Recruiting Sergeant" to enlist as a soldier. So, ye want to catch me, do ye! Nae! I doan't much think ye wool, S'pose I am a tight young feller, Why the scarlet I should wear. These same limbs you talk about Covered up in cord and fustain, "Fun?" a knockin' fellow-creturs Down like nine-pins, and that 'ere, Crammed together jest like cattle. Strut away, then, Master Sergeant; Make your drummers rattle louder, I shan't be a 66 son o' glory," But an honest workin' man; With the strength that God has guv me, THE SABBATH A BLESSING. It was Saturday night. The hour, nine. The hour, nine. A week of more than ordinary toil, perplexity, and care, was about to close. The day of rest, of spiritual exercises, of hallowed enjoyment, was gratefully anticipated by One who knew how to appreciate such advantages, and who had learnt to "call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable." She hailed its near approach in these words, repeated with strong emphasis, "It is a great blessing." That young person has been recently carried to the grave. The Saturday evening of life was nearer than could have been apprehended. She died happy in God, and in joyful hope of a sabbath ineffably glorious, and everlasting in its duration. Commonplace as some may deem the sentiment she expressed, how much is comprehended in it! The sabbath is a great blessing, viewed even in its lowest aspect. Let any one station himself on a Saturday afternoon at some convenient point for witnessing the tide of workers flowing through the mill-yard gates of one of our large manufactories. Mark the wan and sickly countenances of the majority, covered with the dust of the week. Still there is a sprightliness in their demeanour, and a buoyancy in their steps. They are homeward-bound, bearers of their weekly wages; and they have a rest day tomorrow, secured to them by the merciful benevolence of their Maker. " I gave them my Sabbaths." Some forty hours may elapse before these workers return to their calling, to listen to the din of machinery, and breathe the atmosphere of the mill. When the best of days dawns, it may be said to them, "Look up, ye sons and daughters of toil, over whom the world exercises a stern dominion; ye who rise early, and take late rest, and eat the bread of carefulness. Look up from the alleys and lanes, the garrets and cellars, in which you find your lowly homes. Look up, for the day of rest is come; a day which the world has no right to claim or to divide; a day in which the servant is free from his master, and everyone of you may feel the difference between the service of God and that of men. Look up; for the light which ushers in the morning brings rest, and peace, and liberty; and tells you that it is Heaven's gracious will that your labours should have an intermission, that your wearied frames should be recruited by repose, that your souls should taste the sweets of true freedom, THE SABBATH A BLESSING. and that you should go forth, one day in the seven, with songs, and joy upon your heads." One who has recently written upon this subject remarks :"Let me say here, that, apart entirely from any consideration of the religious sanctions which hallow a certain day of the seven, it appears to me that its value is literally and really inestimable to the overworked and worried man, if it be kept sacred from the intrusion of worldly cares and thoughts. The thing can be done, my friend. As the last hour of Saturday strikes, the burden may fall off from the mind; the pack of worries may be whipped off; and you may feel that you have entered on a purer, happier life, which will last for four-andtwenty hours. I am a Scotchman, and a Scotch clergyman; and I hold views regarding the Lord's-day with which I know some of my readers do not sympathize: but I believe, for myself, that a strict resolution to preserve the Lord's-day sacred would lengthen many a valuable life; would preserve the spring of many a noble mind; would hold off, in some cases, the approaches of imbecility or insanity." Physicians have added their testimony. Here is the opinion of Dr. Farre, when examined before a Committee of the House of Commons:-' "I have been in the habit, during a great many years, of considering the uses of the sabbath, and observing its abuses. The abuses are chiefly manifested in labour and dissipation. The use, medically speaking, is that of a day of rest. As a day of rest, I view it as a day of compensation for the inadequate restorative power of the body. The ordinary exertions of man run down the circulation every day of his life; and the first general law of nature, by which God (who is not only the Giver, but also the Preserver and Sustainer, of life) prevents man from destroying himself, is the alternate day and night, that repose may succeed action. But, although the night apparently equalizes the circulation well, yet it does not sufficiently restore its balance for the attainment of a long life. Hence one day in seven, by the bounty of Providence, is thrown in, as a day of compensation, to perfect by its repose the animal system. This is said simply as a physician, and without reference at all to the religious question. But if you consider, further, the proper effect of real christianity,namely, peace of mind, confiding trust in God, and good-will to man, you will perceive in this renewed vigour of the mind, and through the mind to the body, an additional spring of life |