your either choosing or approving such companions, I would caution you and entreat you to avoid the conversation, manners, and apparel, which would attract the attention of such persons. They are poor companions in sickness and death; they are no helpmeets in the toils and sorrows of life, and, therefore, we ought not to study to please them in the days of youth and health. I never desired to please such persons; if I had, my lot might have been, and, no doubt, would have been far different. No, my dear children, I chose the course which I now approve, and which, when leaving the world, I recommend to you. And I am sure you can never be more happy in any other course, than I have been in that which I now recommend to you. Persons of discernment, men and women of good understanding, and of good education, will approve you; and it is among these, in the society of these, with such company, I wish you to live and die. I have often told you, when in health, of the vain pursuits, and unprofitable vanities of some females who have spent the prime and vigor of their lives in the servile pursuits of fashion, and have grown gray in the service; and where and what are they now?

Let these be as beacons to you. I, therefore, entreat you neither to think of, nor pursue, nor talk, upon such subjects. Strive only to approve yourselves to God, and to commend yourselves to the discerning, the intelligent, the pious. Seek their society, consult their taste, and endeavor to make yourselves worthy of their esteem. I cannot speak to you much more. I have already, and upon various occasions, suggested to you other instructions, which I cannot now repeat. As the Saviour, when last addressing his disciples, commanded and entreated them to love one another, so I beseech you to love one another. It is scarcely necessary, I hope, to exhort you to this; nevertheless, I will mention it to you, and beg of you, all your lives through, to love one another, and to seek to make each other happy by all the means in your power.

I commend you to God and to the word of his grace; to Him who is able to edify you, and to give you an inheritance among all that are sanctified. That we may all meet together in the heavenly kingdom is my last prayer for you; and as you desire it, remember the words of him who is the way, the truth, and the life. Amen.

PULPIT ELOQUENCE.

THE Knickerbocker gives the following specimen of pulpit eloquence, from a sermon delivered not many years since, by the Rev. John N. Maffit:

He commenced with the text 'I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.' In his pictures of youth and age, and of the sole consolation-'the one thing needful' — which could sustain both, he broke forth in the following sublime emblem: 'My friends, as I look down from this advantageous eminence upon the different mortal ages that appear before me - upon cheeks painted with the rosy blossoms of childhood, and lips redolent with the fragrance of spring-when I contrast them with the corrugated lineaments and snow-sprinkled temples of age, my mind labors with a fearful comparison. I contrast the full veins and fair-moulded features of childhood with the thin and shrivelled aspects of declining years, and liken them to the scenes we meet with on the broad ocean of existence. In our better days, we leave the land of pleasant youth in a fairy bark; the sunshine laughs on the pennon, and trembles on the sail; the sweet wind refreshes our nostrils from the flowery shore, the blue vistas delight our eyes, the waves dance in brightness beneath our keel; the skies smile above us, the sea around us, and land behind us as it recedes; and before a track of golden brightness seems to herald our way. Time wears on — and the shore fades to the view. The bark and its inmates are alone upon the ocean. The sky becomes clouded - the invisible winds with a hollow murmur along the deepsweep - the sun sinks like a mass of blood over the waters, which rise and tremble in mad confusion through the wide radius of storm the clouds, like gloomy curtains, are lifting from afar. The sails are rent; broken cordage streams and whistles to the tempest; the waves like molten mountains break upon the half-merged and shuddering deck; masts are rent to splinters, the seaman is washed from the wheel. Cries of terror and anguish mingle with the remorseless dash of billows, and the howling thunder and storm. The foundered boat sinks as she plunges the deck is breaking. God of mercy! who shall appear for the rescue? Men and brethren aid is near at hand. Through the rifts of the tempest, beaming over the tumultuous

waters, moves a pavilion of golden light. The midnight is waiting; gushes of radiance sparkle in the foam; a towering form smiles on the eyes of the despairing voyagers, encircled with a halo of glory. It is the Saviour of man—it is the ark of the covenant! It moves onward the waves rush back on either hand- and over a track

of calm expanse the ark is borne. Who steps from its tide and walks over the deep as upon land? It is the great Captain of our salvation the mighty to save! He rescues the drowning from death, the hopeless from gloom. He stills the fury of the tempest, and for the spirit of mourning, he gives the song of rejoicing, and the garments of praise. Ark of the covenant! roll this way! We are sinking in the deep waters, and there is none to deliver! Let the prayer be offered, and it will save us all.'

ON THE DEATH OF A MISSIONARY.

BY N. P. WILLIS.

THEY laid him down with strangers; for his home
Was with the setting sun, and they who stood
And looked so steadfastly upon his grave,

Were not his kindred; but they found him there,
And loved him for his ministry of Christ.

He had died young. But there are silvered heads,
Whose race of duty is less nobly run.
His heart was with Jerusalem; strong
As was a mother's love, and the sweet ties
Religion makes so beautiful at home,

He flung them from him in his eager race,
And sought the broken people of his God,

To preach to them of JESUS. There was one,
Who was his friend and helper. "One who went
And knelt beside him at the sepulchre

Where Jesus slept, to pray for Israel.

They had one spirit, and their hearts were knit

With more than human love. God called him home

And he of whom I spake stood up alone,

And in his broken-heartedness wrought on
Until his Master called him.

O, is it not a noble thing to die

As dies the Christian, with his armor on?
What is the hero's clarion, though its blast
Ring with the mastery of a world, to this?
What are the scarching victories of mind-
The lore of vanished ages? What are all
The trumpeting of proud humanity,
To the short history of him who made
His sepulchre beside the King of kings?

LITERARY NOTICES.

LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. This popular work has passed into the hands of Waite, Peirce & Co., of this city, by whom it will hereafter be published.

The Living Age is a miscellany, embracing the best articles from the English and American Quarterlies and Monthlies, but chiefly from the former.

The work is highly recommended by the late Judge Story, by Chancellor Kent, Jared Sparks, and William H. Prescott.

The price is 12 1-2 cents per number, or $5 per year.

INDIAN MELODIES.-N. York City. Published by G. Lane & C. B. Tippett. This is a thin music book of the usual form, containing 116 pages, and 123 tunes, all written by Thomas Commuck, a Narragansett Indian, residing in Wisconsin Territory. He states that the composition of these tunes occupied his attention for the space of seven years; and also, that, in learning the art of singing, scientifically, he had to encounter and overcome difficulties alone, unaided by any instruction, except what he could obtain by simply reading the rules contained in the few musical works to which he had access. The tunes are named from noted Indian chiefs, Indian females, Indian names of places, &c. For sale by Waite, Peirce & Co.

THE CONQUEST OF INDIA BY THE CHURCH. By Rev. S. B. Munger, Missionary at Ahmednugger. Published by the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. Boston: No. 13, Cornhill.

In this work, we have the religious and moral character of the Hindoos portrayed; an estimate of the Missionary force in India; and an earnest and solemn inquiry why more good has not been accomplished in the Missionary enterprise. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. - Published by Harper & Brothers.

This edition of this deservedly popular work is the cheapest, taking into the account its illustrations, ever published. There are fifty beautiful wood cuts, executed in the highest perfection of the art, from the designs by Chapman, Harvey, and others. Eighty-two pages are occupied with a life of Bunyan, by Southey. The short, marginal notes, originally used by Bunyan, are retained, and likewise the Scripture references. It contains, also, a fac simile of Bunyan's hand-writing, and his signature.

For sale by Waite, Peirce & Co. Price, 75 cents.

METHOD OF GRACE. By Rev. John Flavel. Published by the American Tract Society.

Rev. John Flavel, a sound old English divine, died in 1691. The Method of Grace' is an elaborate work, showing how the Holy Spirit applies to the souls of men the eternal redemption contrived by the Father and accomplished by the Son. This excellent treatise is replete with valuable religious instruction.

LIFE IN EARNEST; or Christian Activity and Ardor, illustrated and commended. Philadelphia. Published by the American Sabbath School Union.

The impressive and earnest strain of appeal in this little book, is deduced from Paul's comprehensive direction, Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. It should be read repeatedly by every professor of religion.

AIDS TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION, prepared for Students of all grades. By Richard G. Parker, A. M. New York City: Harper & Brothers.

The gentleman who has presented the public with this book is an accomplished teacher of one of the grammar schools of this city. It contains 429 pages, and must have been the result of much labor and application. We are pleased to see that the author uses the inductive system, the only proper system in the construction of all school books. The Chapter on Poetry and Versification, which occupies 70 pages, is especially valuable. This is an indispensable work for the adult student. For sale by Waite, Peirce & Co.