And, as a bird each fond endearment tries
To tempt its new-fledg’d offspring to the skies,
He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay,
Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.

Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow,

guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul : Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise.

At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn’d the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevaild with double sway; And fools, who came to scoff, remain’d to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran; Ev'n children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown to share the good man's smile : His ready smile a parent's warmth express'd; Their welfare pleas'd him, and their cares distress'd To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given; But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven.

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Calm

Rev. H. Bonar
Caterpillar and the Butterfly, The · C. C. Sturm
Christ an Example

Rev. R. Hall
Christ a Teacher

Rev, R. Robinson
Christian Woman, The

Phæbe Carey
Christian's Death, The

G. W. Doane
Children and the Blackberries, The H. C. Wright
Child and the Stars, The

J. E. Carpenter
Choose the Right One

Mrs. Parton
Clouds, The

John Ruskin
Consolation

Rev. T. Dale
Come and Go

R. S. Sharpe
Common Lot, The

James Montgomery

ii. 69
ii. 126
i. 213
ü. 96
i. 218
i. 220
i. 63
ii. 32
ii. 29
ü. 153
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i. 118
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Labourer, The

W. D. Gallagher

ii. 15
Last Boat, The

J. Hain Friswell . i. 73
Lessons of Creation

Jobn Ruskin

i. 1
Light for All

Robert Gilfillan

ii. 59
Light of Stars, The

Longfellow.

ii. 70
Lost Day, The

Mrs. Sigourney

ii. 203
Marriage of Salech, The

Rev. H. C. Adams i. 8
Meeting Place, The

Dr. Bonar

i. 24
Miller's Dog, The

J. E. Carpenter i. 125
Mitherless Bairn, The

William Thom

ü. 186
Ministry of Angels, The

Rev. T. Dwight

i. 159
Mind-Gleanings

The Editor

i. 197
Mother and her Dead Child, The H. C. Andersen

i. 97
Mother's Influence, A

Mrs. Parton

i. 153
Mother, The

Charles Swain

ii. 106
My First Guinea

Dr. Vaughan

ii. 23
My Old Mother

. Dr. Spencer

i. 74
Never forget to Pray

T. H. Bayly

i. 108
Night Scene, A.
: : Dean Alford

i. 32
Oak Tree, The

Rev. H. W. Beecher ii. 38
Omnipotence of God.

Anonymous

ii. 108
Omniscience and Ominipresence of God East

ii.'187
Our Son Jo

Dr. Aspinall

ii. 14
Painted Window, The

William Sawyer

i. 106
Passionate Father, The

Mrs. Parton

ii. 104
Peace

George Herbert

i. 207
Poor Man's Song, The

Hannah More

ii. 24
Presence of God, The

Amelia B. Welby ii. 204
Procrastination.

Rev. E. Young,

i. 160
Psalm of Life, The

. H. W. Longfellow ii. 213

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Rainbow, The

C. C. Sturm
Raking up the Fire

Mrs. H. B. Stowe
Reasoning Powers of Animals

Edward Jesse
Rebekah

Dr. Aspinall
Rich and Poor

Anonymous
Rock me to Sleep, Mother

Anonymous
Sabbath Morn

J. E. Carpenter
Sabbath Eve

J. E. Carpenter
Sailor's Uncle, The

Dr. Aspinall
Sagacity of the Spider, The

0. Goldsmith
Sapphire Throne, The

Dr. Aspinall
Scene from the “ Trials of Margaret
Lindsay"

Professor Wilson.
Septima's Choice

Anonymous
Secret of England's Glory, The J. C. Tildesley
Second Thoughts are Best

H. C. Wright
Sick Man and the Angel, The : John Gay

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