faint, yet fearless still." The ashes are cold on their native hearths. The smoke no longer curls round their lowly cabins.

They move on with a slow, unsteady step. The white man is upon their heels, for terror or despatch; but they heed him not. They turn to take a last look of their deserted villages. They cast a last glance upon the graves of their They shed no tears; they utter no cries; they There is something in their hearts which

fathers.
heave no groans.
passes speech.

There is something in their looks, not of vengeance or submission, but of hard necessity, which stifles both; which chokes all utterance; which has no aim or method. It is courage absorbed in despair. They linger but for a moment. Their look is onward. They have passed the fatal stream. It shall never be repassed by them, no, never. Yet there lies not between us and them an impassable gulf. They know and feel that there is for them still one remove farther, not distant, nor unseen. It is to the general burial-ground

of their race.

Reason as we may, it is impossible not to read in such a fate much that we know not how to interpret; much of provocation to cruel deeds and deep resentments; much of apology for wrong and perfidy; much of pity mingling with indignation; much of doubt and misgiving as to the past; much of painful recollections; much of dark forebodings.

JUDGE STORY.

ATROCITY; extreme cruelty. GLADES ; natural openings in the forest. LAIR; a bed or couch of a wild beast. SAGACITY; the faculty of readily discerning and distinguishing ideas, of separating truth from falsehood. PERFIDY; a violation of a trust reposed, treachery.

PERPETUAL ADORATION.

THE turf shall be my fragrant shrine ;
My temple, Lord, that arch of thine;
My censer's breath the mountain airs,
And silent thoughts my only prayers.

My choir shall be the moonlight waves,
When murmuring homeward to their caves;
Or when the stillness of the sea,

Even more than music, breathes of thee.

- I'll seek, by day, some glade unknown,
All light and silence, like thy throne;
And the pale stars shall be, at night,
The only eyes that watch my rite.

Thy heaven, on which 'tis bliss to look,
Shall be my pure and shining book,
Where I shall read, in words of flame,
The glories of thy wondrous name.

I'll read thy anger in the rack

That clouds a while the day-beam's track;
Thy mercy, in the azure hue

Of sunny brightness, breaking through.

There's nothing bright, above, below,
From flowers that bloom to stars that glow,
But in its light my soul can see
Some feature of thy Deity!

There's nothing dark, below, above,
But in its gloom I trace thy love;
And meekly wait that moment when
Thy touch shall turn all bright again.

MOORE

WEALTH.

The generation of the upright shall be blessed; wealth and riches shall be in his house. Ps. cxii. 2, 3.

He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at the end shall be a fool. Jer. xvii. 11.

WHEN justly obtained, and rationally used, riches are called a gift of God, an evidence of his favor, and a great reward. When gathered unjustly, and corruptly used, wealth is pronounced a canker, a rust, a fire, a curse, There is no contradiction, then, when the Bible persuades to industry and integrity by a promise of riches, and then dissuades from wealth, as a terrible thing, destroying soul and body. Blessings are vindictive to abusers, and kind to rightful users; they serve us, or rule us. Fire warms our dwelling, or consumes it.

Steam serves man, and also

destroys him. Iron, in the the ship, is indispensable. The dirk, the assassin's knife, the cruel sword, and the spear, are iron also.

plough, the sickle, the house,

The constitution of man, and of society, alike evinces the design of God. Both are made to be happier by the possession of riches; their full development and perfection are dependent, to a large extent, upon wealth. Without it, there can be neither books nor implements, neither commerce nor arts, neither towns nor cities. It is a folly to denounce that, a love of which God has placed in man by a constitutional faculty; that, with which he has associated high grades of happiness; that, which has motives touching every faculty of the mind.

Wealth is AN ARTIST; by its patronage men are encouraged to paint, to carve, to design, to build, and adorn; A MASTER-MECHANIC; and inspires man to invent, to discover, to apply, to forge, and to fashion; A HUSBANDMAN; and under its influence men rear the flock, till the earth, plant

the vineyard, the field, the orchard, and the garden ; — A MANUFACTURER; and teaches men to card, to spin, to weave, to color, and dress, all useful fabrics; A MERCHANT; and sends forth ships, and fills warehouses with their returning cargoes gathered from every zone. It is the scholar's PATRON; sustains his leisure, rewards his labor, builds the college, and gathers the library.

Is a man weak? — he can buy the strong. Is he ignorant ? the learned will serve his wealth. Is he rude of speech? - he may procure the advocacy of the eloquent. The rich cannot buy honor, but honorable places they can; they cannot purchase nobility, but they may its titles. Money cannot buy freshness of heart, but it can every luxury which tempts to enjoyment. Laws are its body-guard, and no earthly power may safely defy it; either while running in the swift channels of commerce, or reposing in the reservoirs of ancient families. Here is a wonderful thing, that an inert metal, which neither thinks, nor feels, nor stirs, can set the whole world to thinking, planning, running, digging, fashioning, and drives on the sweaty mass with never-ending labors!

Avarice seeks gold, -not to build or buy therewith; not to clothe or feed itself; not to make it an instrument of wisdom, of skill, of friendship, or religion. Avarice seeks it, to heap it up; to walk around the pile, and gloat upon it; to fondle and court, to kiss and hug, the darling stuff to the end of life, with the homage of idolatry.

Pride seeks it; for it gives power, and place, and titles, and exalts its possessor above his fellows. To be a thread in the fabric of life, just like any other thread, hoisted up and down by the treadle, played across by the shuttle, and woven tightly into the piece, this may suit humility, but not pride.

THE SAME, CONCLUDED.

VANITY seeks gold;-what else can give it costly and showy equipage, and attract admiring eyes to its gaudy colors and costly jewels?

Taste seeks it ;- because by it may be had whatever is beautiful, or refining, or instructive. What leisure has poverty for study, and how can it collect books, manuscripts, pictures, statues, coins, or curiosities?

Love seeks it;-to build a home full of delights for father, wife, or child; and, wisest of all,

Religion seeks it ;- - to make it the messenger and servant of benevolence to want, to suffering, and to ignorance.

What a sight does the busy world present, as of a great workshop, where hope and fear, love and pride, and lust, and pleasure, and avarice, separate; or, in partnership, drive on the universal race for wealth; delving in the mine, dig ging in the earth, sweltering at the forge, plying the shuttle, ploughing the waters; in houses, in shops, in stores, on the mountain side, or in the valley; by skill, by labor, by thought, by craft, by force, by traffic; all men, in all places, by all labors, fair and unfair, the world around, busy, busy; ever searching for wealth, that wealth may supply their pleasures!

As every taste and inclination may receive its gratification through riches, the universal and often fierce pursuit of it arises, not from the single impulse of avarice, but from the impulse of the whole mind; and, on this very account, its pursuit should be more exactly regulated. Let me set up a warning over against the special dangers which lie along the ROAD TO RICHES.

I warn you against thinking that riches necessarily confer happiness, and poverty unhappiness. Do not begin life supposing that you shall be heart-rich when you are purserich. A man's happiness depends primarily upon his dis