To pray, without devotion, is to prate;
And hearing is but half our exercise:
We ought not, therefore, to regard alone
How often, but how well, the work be done.

GEORGE WITHIER.

MORE will I do:

Though all that I can do is nothing worth;
Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.

SHAKSPEARE.

WHEN deeds pull down, words can repair no faith.

CHAPMAN.

DROOP not, though shame, sin, and anguish are round thee
Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound thee;
Look to yon pure Heaven smiling beyond thee!
Rest not content in thy darkness - a clod!

Work for some good -- be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly;
Labour all labour is noble and holy:

Let thy good deeds be thy prayer to thy God!

MRS. F. S. OSGOOD.

WHAT crowns of recompense betide

The true in death, and strong in virtue here;
A heart emboldened for its heavenward march,
As by some mighty melody within!

The end eternity's triumphal arch,

And laurels which no toil of earth can win, Untouched by blasting years, and all unstained by sin. GRENVILLE MELLEN.

WHEN our souls leave this dwelling,
The glory of one fair and virtuous action
Is above all the scutcheons on our tomb,
Or silken banners over us.

SHIRLEY,

Ir faith produce no works, I see
That faith is not a living tree.
Thus faith and works together grow,
No separate life they e'er can know:
They're soul and body, hand and heart,-
What God hath joined, let no man part..

HANNAH MORE.

WITH humble penitence

Work out your own salvation, from above
Suppliant conciliate that all-powerful aid-
That mercy which alone preserves, redeems.

SAMUEL HAYES.

WHEN I hungered, ye denied me meat;
When I was thirsty, ye refused the cup;
Against my misery ye shut the door.
When on the bed of sickness I was cast,
When in the bonds of tyranny I lay,
To the loud cries of sorrow ye were deaf,
From my distress ye turned away your eyes;
For that relief ye impiously denied

Your suffering brethren, ye refused to me.

THOSE precious scods

C. P. LAYARD.

Of charity and love, which here on earth

Were sown in sorrow, shall produce their fruit,
An endless harvest of eternal joy. C. P. LAYARD.

FELLOW-WORKERS are we: hour by hour,

Human tools are shaping Heaven's great schemes, Till we see no limit to man's power,

And reality outstrips old dreams.

Toil and struggle, therefore, work and weep,

In God's acre ye shall calmly sleep,

When the night cometh.

MRS. EMBURY.

YOUTH.

REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but kaow thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. EcCLESIASTES, Xi, 9.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. EcCLESIASTES, xii, 1.

I love them that love me; and those that scek me early shall find me. PROVERBS, viii, 17.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto, according to Thy word. PSALM, cxix, 9.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. LAMENTATIONS, iii, 27.

THRICE happy he whose downy age had been
Reclaimed by scourges from the prime of sin;
And, early seasoned with the taste of truth,
Remembers his Creator in his youth.

FRANCIS QUARLES.

Pur childish things away is in the warning;
And grant me, Lord, this with the Psalmist's prayer,-
Remember not the follies of my youth,

But in Thy goodness think upon me, Lord!

LIVE that thy young and glowing breast

Can think of death without a sigh,

And be assured that life is best

Which finds us least afraid to die.

A. C. COXE.

ELIZA COOK,

VIRTUE with peculiar charms appears,

Crowned with the garland of life's blooming years.

COWPER

COME, while the blossoms of thy years are brightest,
Thou youthful wanderer in a flowery maze;
Come, while the restless heart is bounding lightest,
And joy's pure sunbeams treinble in thy ways;
Come while sweet buds, like summer flowers unfolding
Waken rich feelings in the careless breast;
While yet thy hand the ephemeral wreath is holding,
Come and secure interminable rest!

Come, while the morning of thy life is glowing,
Ere the dim phantoms thou art chasing die;
Ere the gay spell which earth is round thee throwing,
Fades, like the crimson from a sunset sky;
Life hath but shadows, save a promise given,
Which lights the future with a fadeless ray;
O, touch the sceptre!win a hope in Heaven ;
Come, turn thy spirit from the world away!

WILLIS G. CLARK,

YOUTH lost in dissipation, we deplore

Through life's sad remnant, what no sighs restore;

Our years, a fruitless loss without a prize,
Too many-yet too few to make us wise.

COWPER.

GRACE is a plant, where'er it grows,
Of pure and heavenly root;
But fairest in the youngest shows,
And yields the sweetest fruit.

COWPER

SOMETHING of youth I in old age approve,
But more the marks of age in youth I love.
Who this observes, may in his body find
Decrepit age, but never in his mind

DENHAM,

"HEAVEN lies about us in our infancy!"
If so, we should not. with indifference meet
Aught that recalls a memory so sweet
As one of bright and early days gone by!
For, could we but abide continually

As we were wont in hours so fair and fleet,
Like little children, guiltless of deceit,
This o'er the world were glorious mastery.

BERNARD Barton.

ZEAL-FANATICISM.

FORASMUCH as ye are are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. I. CORINTHIANS, Xiv 12.

They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. ROMANS, X, 2.

Our Saviour Christ gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. TITUS, ii, 14.

WHAT! is fanatic frenzy scorned so much,
And dreaded more than a contagious touch?
I grant it dangerous, and approve your fear,
That fire is catching, if you draw too near;
But sage observers oft mistake the flame,
And give true piety that odious name.

FANATICISM, Soberly defined,

Is the false fire of an o'erheated mind d;
It views the truth with a distorted eye,
And either warps, or lays it useless by;
'Tis narrow, selfish, arrogant, and draws
Its sordid nourishment from man's applause;
And while, at heart, sin unrelinquished lies,
Presumes itself chief favourite of the skies.

COWPER.

COWPER.