If thou marriest, thou leavest thine own; see that it be not done in anger.

Bride and bridegroom, pilgrims of life, henceforward to travel together,

In this the beginning of your journey, neglect not the favour of Heaven:

Let the day of hopes fulfilled be blest by many

prayers,

And at even-tide kneel ye together, that your joy be not

unhallowed;

Angels that are round you shall be glad, those loving ministers of mercy,

And the richest blessings of your God shall be poured on his favoured children.

Marriage is a figure and an earnest of holier things

unseen,

And reverence well becometh the symbol of dignity and

glory.

Keep thy heart pure; lest thou do dishonour to thy

state;

Selfishness is base and hateful; but love considereth not

itself.

The wicked turneth good into evil, for his mind is warped within him:

But the heart of the righteous is chaste; his conscience

casteth off sin.

If thou wilt be loved, render implicit confidence;

If thou wouldst not suspect, receive confidence in turn; For where trust is not reciprocal, the love that trusted withereth.

Hide not your grief nor your gladness; be open one with the other;

Let bitterness be strange unto your tongues, but sympathy a dweller in your hearts:

Imparting halveth the evils, while it doubleth the pleasures of life,

But sorrows breed and thicken in the gloomy bosom of Reserve.

Young wife, be not froward, nor forget that modesty becometh thee:

If it be discarded now, who will not hold it feigned

before?

But be not as a timid girl,—there is honour due to thine

estate;

A matron's modesty is dignified; she blusheth not, neither is she bold.

Be kind to the friends of thine husband, for the love they

have to him;

And gently bear with his infirmities: hast thou no need of his forbearance ?

Be not always in each other's company; it is often good to be alone;

And if there be too much sameness, ye cannot but grow

weary of each other:

Ye have each a soul to be nourished, and a mind to be

taught in wisdom,

Therefore, as accountable for time, help one another to improve it.

If ye

feel love to decline, track out quickly the secret

cause;

Let it not rankle for a day, but confess and bewail it

together:

Speedily seek to be reconciled, for love is the life of

marriage;

And be ye copartners in triumph, conquering the peev

ishness of self.

Let no one have thy confidence, O wife, saving thine husband:

Have not a friend more intimate, O husband, than thy

wife.

In the joy of a well-ordered home, be warned that this is

not your rest;

For the substance to come may be forgotten, in the present beauty of the shadow.

If ye are blessed with children, ye have a fearful plea

sure,

A deeper care and a higher joy; and the range of your existence is widened :

If God in wisdom refuse them, thank Him for an un

known mercy:

For how can ye tell if they might be a blessing or a

curse?

Yet ye may pray, like Hannah, simply dependent on his

will:

Resignation sweeteneth the cup, but impatience dasheth it with vinegar.

Now this is the sum of the matter :-if ye will be happy

in marriage,

Confide, love, and be patient: be faithful, firm, and

holy.

OF EDUCATION.

A BABE in a house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love;

A resting place for innocence on earth; a link between angels and men :

Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back

with interest;

A delight, but redolent of care; honey-sweet, but lacking

not the bitter.

For character groweth day by day, and all things aid it in unfolding,

And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the hours of infancy:

Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil,

The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for

centuries to come;