THE MOTHER'S MAGAZINE AND FAMILY JOURNAL. EDITED BY MRS. ELIZABETH SEWELL AND MYRON FINCH. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. Mother's magazine and family eirele "1 Mothers, above all other human agents, hold in their hands the momentous trust of moulding the * * VOL. XVIII. NEW YORK: 116 Nassau street. MDCCC L. ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by MYRON FINCH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. E. O. JENKINS, PRINT. AND STER. No. 114 Nassau street Gift A Subject of Prayer for Maternal As- sociations 104 A Sabbath Talk with Little Susy 144 Jesus Obeyed his Mother 314 Kindness and Love Due to Parents 337 30, 50 339 Little Children to be Employed 84 Letter to a Son at Sea 257 366 . 259 Logic 269 Bevra. Bad Books 99 Little Clára ; or, an Unkind Temper 309 152 M. 216 34 273 My Motlier never Tells a Lie Moses Receiving the Commandments 78 Discontented Children 252 Non-Interference 100, 228, 291 181 176, 220, 245, 284, 315, 351, 375 P. 29 Effect of the Bible upon Nations 93 Purctuality Elijah Fed by Ravens 197 275 Feeling for the Pillars 271 Report of N. Adams, Mass. Mat. Asso. 48 169 Religious Music in Christian Families 110 Report of Bloomfield, Me. Mat. Asso: 237 Report of Putnam, O. Mat. Asso. 272 Hints to Sabbath School Teachers 42 Report of S. Boston Baptist Mat Asso. 299 148 . PAGE. . PAGE. 209 217 373 To My Eldest Daughter on her First 224 225 16 The Grotesque--its Influence on the The London Religious Tract Society 21 The Influence of Youth upon the Fom- 28 The Fisherman's Sons and the Thief 250 35 The Father's Purchase-a Daughter's 65 Tho Mother's Early Influence 302 The Family--its different Aspects 69 Triumph in Death 307 325 76 The Shoes and the Two Dollars 330 82 To Remove the Smell of Paint 333 87 | The Sabbath and the Family The Spring under the Chestnut Tree 91 The Bottle Titmouse and its Nest 310 311 Third Annual Report South Dennis The Magic of a Sunday School 314 The Bonfire ; or My First Disobedience 115 The Prayer of Cornelius 355 356 357 128 The Effect of a Mother's Prayer 369 The Children of the City and Country 136 The Child's Lament 373 The First Prayer recorded in the Bible 150 The Child Jesus Questioning the Doc- Various Aspects of the Family 101 Tribute to the Memory of Mrs. Allen 158 The Tabernacle in the Wilderness 165 The Relation of Brothers and Sisters 169 What an Influence ! PRINCIPAL EMBELLISHMENTS. January.--STEEL ENGRAVING. Landing of the Pilgrims in 1620. THE MOTHER'S JOURNAL. Editorial. THE NEW YEAR. Many and thrilling are the emotions which agitate the mind when we enter upon a new year. The recollections of the past, our present horizon, the hidden vista of the future, may either light up our path with the halo of hope, or throw around us the shadows of coming evil. Time, rapid and unwearied in its course, urging us onward in the journey of life, warns us with increased earnestness of the necessity of present action, while the various changes, mercies, and judgments of heaven, during the past year, have been so many way-marks, in the language of God's providence, reminding us of the necessity of having our loins girded, that we may be prepared, when the cry shall be heard, “ BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH.” The commencement of a new year is a season of mutual greetings and kind salutations. Many a long absent one will again, for a time, be housed under the paternal roof; and the reunited family circle will overflow with fresh, rational, and holy emotions. May we not be unmindful of that kind Providence which has preserved us and ours; and while, like God's favored prophet, we erect another Ebenezer, and dedicate it with tears of gratitude, let us humbly enjoy the consolation our present highly favored circumstances warrant. Let us strengthen our confidence in the wisdom and goodness of Him who has conducted us thus far toward that house not made with hands. If we have experienced the chastening of heaven, and during the past year have buried some of those we loved most tenderly; and if, instead of having had our hopes fulfilled, we have drank the cup of sorrow; and, while mourning our disappointments, have uttered the language of Jacob, “ All these things are against me,” now is the season for humble and filial submission under |