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The storm continued three days, and then the brig fairly got to sea; and I thought my troubles, on that score, nearly over: but she could not take me and my little girl as passengers; and while waiting for another vessel in which we were to leave (and which sailed a week after), the church authorities got on track of the metal coffin (which I had to get made in the town), and sent a deputation to the country to look into it. While they were gone, I placed my little girl with an acquaintance, who expected to visit the States in two months; and then I made preparations to fly to Havana, distant sixty miles, the good Consul having agreed to give me notice of the return of the coffin-hunters, and their success. Through the mercy of God they returned no wiser than when they went; and I remained secure until the vessel was ready to sail, when, with my little girl, and my friend, who had alone been in the secret with me, I went on board, and we were soon bounding down the bay with a fair wind, and in a few hours fairly at sea, with the pleasing sensation of having accomplished fully the object nearest my heart of all others, and saying among ourselves, How hideous is tyranny under the garb of a false religion !"

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Poetry.

HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED JESUS.

JESUS, the Saviour, that dear name,
For ever would my tongue proclaim;
In every office that he bears,
Jesus, the Saviour, still appears.

Is he a Prophet? him I view,
My Prophet and my Saviour too;
From ignorance and from error, he
Alone can save and set me free.
Is he a Priest? there clearly shines
The Saviour's name in crimson lines;
My life and scul, from pains unknown,
He saves by offering up his own.

Is he a King? my soul, 'tis well,
He saved from sin and death and hell;
And will successfully oppose,
And vanquish all thy powerful foes.
Jesus, my Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Saviour and my God I sing,
For ever would my lips proclaim
The honours of of his glorious name.

A. B.

ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS.

Anecdotes and Selections.

NEHEMIAH COX, once pastor of the baptist church at Cranfield, in Bedfordshire, and author of a discourse on the Covenants, followed the business of a cordwainer, and was persecuted for preaching the gospel as a Nonconformist. When he came upon his trial at Bedford Assizes, he first pleaded in Greek, and then in Hebrew; upon which the Judge, calling for the indictment, wherein he was styled "Nehemiah Cox, Cordwainer," expressed his surprise, and declared that none there could answer him; and upon Mr. Cox arguing that it was but fair that he should plead in what language he pleased, he was dismissed. This anecdote is taken from the Appendix to a Funeral Sermon, preached by Dr. Ryland, on the death of the Rev. J. Symonds, of Bedford, (1788,) who says that he has frequently heard the above anecdote repeated in conversation in the neighbourhood of Bedford, and with this addition, that the Judge should say to the counsellors, "Well, this cordwainer has wound you all up, gentlemen."

AN EMINENT MINISTER in the North of Scotland, remarkable for his fervour, and enlargement in prayer, who was from home, and about to preach on the sabbath to a congregation, retired for secret prayer to an old castle, near to the house where he lodged. His landlord happening to walk out, near to the place where the Minister was praying, heard him earnestly engaged in supplicating the throne of grace for the conversion and salvation of the person in whose house he lodged. This had a happy effect on the mind of the man; for afterwards he made a consistent profession of the gospel, and adorned it by a becoming conversation.

A YOUNG CLERGYMAN after being ordained, returning through Reading, called on Mr. Cadogan. "So, Mr. W.," said Mr. Cadogan, 66 you are in orders." "Yes, Sir, and I am frequently distressed lest I should not discharge my office aright." "You have, Sir," replied he, “but one thing to do; exalt Jesus, and the promise is, I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.' The impression made on his mind was not transient; it remained with him during the whole course of his ministry.

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A YOUNG GENTLEMAN called to see Dr. Johnson a very short time before his death. In the course of conversation, the Doctor asked him what books he read. The young_man_replied, the books, sir, which you have given me." Dr. Johnson, summoning up all his strength, and with a piercing eye fixed upon the youth, exclaimed, with his utmost energy, "Sam, Sam, read the Bible; all the books that are worth reading have their foundation on it."

THE FIRESIDE.

The Fireside.

EARLY RISING.

A TALENTED physician remarks that "Early rising is the stepping stone to all that is great and good. Both the mind and the body are invigorated by the practice, and much valuable time is gained that is lost to the sluggard. It is the basis upon which health and wealth are founded. The early morning is the best period for reflection and study, for it is then after refreshing sleep, that the mind, is most vigorous and calm. The statesman, or the merchant, then arranges his plans for the coming day, and all passes smoothly; while he who wastes his hours in bed, loses much of that most valuable commodity-time-which is never regained. Early rising will often make the poor man rich; the contrary will too often beggar the wealthiest. It will do much towards making the weak strong, and the reverse will enfeeble the strongest. Second sleep very naturally produces headache and languor. There is nothing more true than that He who loses an hour in the morning, is seeking it the remainder of the day.""

The Duke of Wellington usually got up as soon as he awoke. He thought it of no use to try to sleep after. We once had a funny old uncle who used to say, "Get out of bed first, my lad, and awake after." Certainly we are never fully awake until we do.

FASHION.-WHAT SHE DOES.

FASHION rules the world, and a most tyranical mistress she is, compelling people to submit to the most inconvenient things imaginable.

She pinches our feet with tight shoes, or chokes us with a tight handkerchief; or squeezes the breath out of our bodies by tight lacing; or makes us wear wide dangling sleeves, dipping in every dish.

She makes people sit up at night when they ought to be in bed, and keeps them in bed in the morning when they ought to be up and doing. She makes it vulgar to wait on ourselves, and genteel to live idle and useless.

She makes people visit when they would rather stay at home, eat when they are not hungry, and drink when they are not thirsty. She persuades us to dress gaily, whether at our own expence, or that of others.

She ruins health and produces sickness, destroys life and occasions death.

She makes foolish parents, invalids of children, and servants of all. She is a tormentor of conscience, a despoiler of morality, an enemy of religion, and no one can be her companion and enjoy either.

She is a despot of the highest grade, full of intrigue and cunning; and yet husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, and servants, have become her obedient servants and slaves, and vie with one another to see who shall be most obsequious.

THE PENNY POST BOX.

The Penny Post Box.

A WORD ABOUT WAR.

As War is now the order of the day, and as the War in which we are now engaged is for the protection of a weak state from the injustice of a strong one, and therefore is popular with the people, it may not be amiss to put your readers in mind that after all war is a horrid evil, and it will not do to give it unlimited license. It is one thing to read about war in newspapers, and another thing to feel it at our own doors. Only let it once visit our shores, and it would soon cure many of their vain boasting about courage and glory. I very much fear that there has been too much boasting about what John Bull can and will do, and I shall not be at all surprised if we get a snub for it.

The following sarcastic recommendations are given by Dr. Benjamin Rush, an eminent American physician and philanthropist, who died about forty years ago :

"In order to impress more deeply the minds of the citizens of the United States with the blessings of peace, by contrasting them with the evils of war, let the following inscription be painted on a sign to be placed over the door of the War Office at Washington, viz:— An office for butchering the human species.

A widow and orphan making office.

A broken bone making office.

A wooden leg making office.

An office for creating public and private vices.

An office for creating public debt.

An office for creating famine.

An office for creating pestilential diseases.

An office for creating poverty, and for the destruction of liberty and national happiness.

In the lobby let there be painted representations of the common instruments of death; also human skulls, broken bones, hospitals crowded with sick and wounded soldiers, villages on fire, ships sinking in the ocean, rivers dyed with blood, and extensive plains without a tree or fence, or any other object but the ruins of deserted farm houses. Above this group of woful figures, let the following words be inserted in red characters, to represent human blood:NATIONAL GLORY!"

This is not too severe, for there are men who take pleasure in war and all its terrors. We ought to pray that God would "scatter the men that delight in war." Woe be unto those by whom the offence of war cometh; it would have been better for the world if such men had never been born! A LOVER OF PEACE.

FACTS, HINTS, AND GEMS.

Facts, Hints, and Gems.

Facts.

annually published in the United States, is equal to an octavo volume of 600 pages for every man, woman, and child of the population.

Hints

CONTENTMENT is the truest riches; and covetousness the greatest poverty. He is not rich who has much; but he who has enough. That man is poor who covets more, and yet wants a heart to enjoy what he already has.

SHOEMAKING IN AMERICA.-Next to agriculture, the shoemaking business is the most important and profitable pursuit in Massachusetts, and has the largest number of persons engaged in it. The Andover Advertiser says, that the aggregate value of boots and shoes manufactured in the State is 37,000,000 dollars, or more than that of all the other States combined, and far exceeding that of any other manufacture in the commonwealth. About DECEPTION. There are lying one-third of the above amount is looks as well as lying words; disshipped to New York, and the resembling smiles, deceiving signs, mainder is sent to the south and and even a lying silence. west; to California, the West Indies, THE MOST LAUDABLE AMBITION South America, Australia, the Sand-is to be wise; and the greatest wiswich Islands, England, and the European continent. Lynn is more extensively engaged in this business than any other town, making nearly five millions of pairs annually. Then come, in succession, Danvers, Stoneham, and Grafton. In the latter town a single manufacturer uses one hundred bushels of shoe pegs every year. The pegs used in this immense business are mostly made in New Hampshire: they are cut by machinery; and one firm manufactures fifty bushels per day. Machinery is also now used to a considerable extent for sewing and stitching the leather.

dom is to be good. We may be as ambitions as we please, so that we aspire to the best things.

BE THANKFUL for good health. It is surely as great a mercy to be preserved in health, as to be raised up from sickness.

A GREATER VICTORY cannot be obtained over your enemy than if the injury began with him, the kindness should begin with you.

IN A DOUBTFUL CASE, dont ask, "Will there be any harm in doing this?" but, "Will it not be better to let it alone?"

SABBATH DAYS.-In every twenty years of our life we have upwards of a thousand sabbaths. Should not each ask himself the solemn ques tion, "How have I spent them?"

READY? AYE, READY, was that wise man who said, "I know not when I lie down at night in which

RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPERS.- - An American periodical states that these are an invention of this century. There are about 140 of these peri odicals in this country, distributing at least 600,000 sheets every week; while magazines, journals, and re-world I shall awake, and so I think views, of all grades of excellence it safer to be ready for both." and utility, have so multiplied, that AN EVIL TONGUE is a sad thing, a catalogue of their titles would fill and therefore our Maker has set a respectable volume. It is es- two fences to guard it the teeth timated that the reading matter and the lips.