Let thy heart be in thy work.

Friends are like fiddle-strings:

the capacity and habit of improvement in those
whom we employ. The man who is entitled to rise
is one who is always enlarging his capacity, so that
he is evidently able to do more than he is actually
doing.

In every department of business, whether me-
chanical or mercantile, or whatever it may be, there
is a large field of useful knowledge which should be
carefully explored. An observing eye and an in-
quiring mind will always find enough for examination
and study. It may not seem to be of immediate use
-it may have nothing to do with this week's or this
year's duty-yet it is worth knowing. The mind
gains vigour by the inquiry, and the hand itself gains
greater skilfulness by the intelligence which directs it.
The result is all the difference between a mere
drudge and an intelligent workman; between the
mere salesman or clerk, and the enterprising mer-
chant; between the obscure and pettifogging lawyer,
and the sagacious, influential counsellor. It is the
difference between one who deserves to be, and will
be, stationary in the world, and one who, having
determined to make the best of himself, will con-
tinually rise in influence and true respectability.
This whole difference we may see every day among
those who have enjoyed nearly equal opportunities.
We may allow something for what are called the
accidents of social influence, and the turns of fortune.

They may be screwed too tight.

Observation of others aids experience.

Put away all childish things.

A willing mind makes a ready hand.

But, after all fair allowance has been made, we shall
find that the great cause of difference is in the men
themselves. Let the young man who is beginning
life put away from him all notions of advancement
without desert. A man of honourable feelings will
not even desire it. He will neither shrink from en-
gaging in duties which he is not able fairly to per-
form. He will, first of all, secure to himself the
capacity of performing them, and then he is ready
for them whenever they come.

A GOOD RULE.

MAN, who became very rich, was very poor when he was a boy. When asked how he got his riches, he replied: "My father taught me never to play till my work was finished, and never to spend my money till I had earned it. If I had but an hour's work in the day, I must do that the first thing, and in half an hour. After this I was allowed to play; and I then could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of an unfinished task before my mind. I early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it soon became perfectly easy to do so. It is to this I owe my prosperity." Let every boy who reads this go and do likewise.

Work first, play afterwards.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Labour is the lot of man.

Labour is worship.

WORK, WORK!

HAVE seen and heard of people who thought it beneath them to work-to employ themselves industriously in some useful labour. Beneath them to work! Why, work is the great motto of life; and he who

accomplishes the most by his industry, is the most truly great man ay, and is the most distinguished man among his fellows, too. And the man who so far forgets his duty to himself, his fellowcreatures, and his God-who so far forgets the great blessings of life, as to allow his energies to stagnate in inactivity and uselessness, had better die; for, says the Holy Writ, "He that will not work, neither shall he eat." An idler is a cumberer of the ground; a weariness and curse to himself, as well as to those around him. Beneath human beings to work! Look in the artist's studio, the poet's garret, where the genius of Immortality stands ready to seal his works with her ineffaceable signet, and then you will only see Industry standing by her side. Beneath human beings to work! What but work has tilled our fields, clothed our bodies, built our houses, raised our churches, printed our books, cultivated our minds and souls? "Work out your own salvation," says the inspired apostle to the Gentiles.

Work is the best medicine.

In all labour there is profit.

In God's house there is pleasure and profit.

Remember the Sabbath day

REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY.

ET the young man form early, and never intermit, the habit of regular attendance on public worship. Why spend the whole of God's day of rest in frivolous conversation, or in habits which enervate the body, and enfeeble, if they do not vitiate, the mind? A young man should attend church, independently of any special good he may derive from the service or the sermon. "I always go to church," said a young man, "even when I am where I do not care for the preacher, and I find the beneficial influence of it on my mind and character." George Washington was always constant in his attendance at the sanctuary. If he had guests living with him, he would take up his hat at the sound of the church bell, and say to his friends, "It is my invariable practice to attend Divine service. I shall be happy in your company if you desire to join me." Some imagine it to be a matter of perfect indifference whether they go to church or remain at home. But public worship is no arbitrary institution. It is not only enjoined in the Bible, but, like society, government, language, and the arts, it has its roots in human nature. Man is a religious being, and he is also a social being. What, then,

To keep it holy.

The way of the righteous is made plain.

Six days shalt thou labour.

A Sabbath well spent

more natural than these hours of mingled praise and
prayer? Some think the Sabbath a day for lying in
bed, and otherwise pampering the body. Some
regard it as a day for walking, riding, or working in
the garden; and others think the man of toil may
spend it in idleness and dissipation. But though we
give the day to physical inactivity, we can and should
find a true rest in employing the heart in religious
exercises, and the mind in profitable reading.

There is an alarming disease that may be called
Sunday sickness, which comes on Saturday evening,
rages through the system all day Sunday, and does
not intermit its terrible work until breakfast is over
on Monday. Then, happily for the patient, it usually
vanishes as suddenly as it came. It is seldom, we
believe, physically fatal, but it is morally, religiously,
and intellectually injurious to human character, and
fatal to all church-going.

The weather, too, has an appalling power on the Sabbath. It can be encountered on the week-day; but who can meet a storm, or even the prospect of one, on this day? Wind and rain and snow will not prevent us visiting the theatre, or attending a party at a friend's house, or a public concert, no matter how far distant these meetings may be held from our own residence; but it must never be expected that we should run the slightest risk of getting cold by attending church! We think he would be a moral

Brings a week of content.

Sunday doing leads to ruin.