"I feel Him in the silent dews I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south-wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine, and the shade."- Blackwood. MOON'S PHASES. Full Moon, 5th, 5h. 42m. eve. | New Moon, 20th, 9h. 35m. mor. Last Quar. 13th, 5h. 40m. eve. First Quar. 27th, 6h. 0m. mor. M.) Week Sun | Sun Moon | High r. & s. Water h. m. 8 57 9 55 4 0 10 53 4 37 11 52 morn. 0 45 5 30 h. m. h. m. h. m. 1 Fri. 4 29 7 31 2.30 2 Sat. 4 29 7 31 3 12 3 SUN. 4 29 7 31 4 Mon. 4 28 7 32 rises. 1 33 4 43 11 12 morn. 6 14 0 20 7 3 0 58 3 51 11 57 1 2 5 46 Religion against Melancholy. "A being, endowed with such intense emotions as man; placed so as to have them strongly called forth by the relations he contracts; so much in the dark in regard to his origin, his end, and every thing about him; conscious that he must shortly leave home, all that he loves, the view of the earth and the sky; and knowing that that body, which long habit has taught him to consider as himself, must moulder back to the soil, — such a being must naturally be expected to have a tendency to melancholy. Beautifully said the fabulist, that He who formed us moistened the clay of our structure not with water but with tears.' The natural expression of the human countenance in sleep is shaded with a slight veil of melancholy. It has been observed, that the natural music of all people, and more especially of the uncivilized tribes, is on a key of melancholy. Most of the voices of the animal tribes are of this cast. The strain of the nightingale is the deepest expression of this sentiment. Religion should be the grand re-agent in bringing light and cheerfulness to a universe of sadness and death, by presenting new views of that universe, its Author, his beneficence, and the ultimate hope of the soul. 'See truth, love, and mercy in triumph descending, On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, "It is only necessary to grow old, to become more indulgent. I see no fault committed, that I have not committed myself.”— Goethe. "Then comes thy glory in the summer months, By brooks and groves, in hollow-whispering gales." — Thompson. MOON'S PHASES. Full Moon, 5th, 8h. 44m. mor. | New Moon, 19th, 4h. 31m. eve. Last Quar. 13th, 2h. 23m. eve. | First Quar. 26th, 7h. 51m. eve. Free-will and Destiny. 66 "There were once some birds who lived in a spacious aviary. A bullfinch said to his neighbour, the goldfinch, who was gaily fluttering from bush to bush, 'Do you know, friend, that we are shut up in a cage? 'What do you talk of a cage?' said the goldfinch; see how we fly about! That is a cage, indeed, in which my neighbour canary is sitting.' • But I tell you we are in a cage, too. Don't you see there the wire grating?' Yes, I see one there, certainly; but look as far as I can see on every side, there is none. 'You cannot see to all sides.' 'No more can you.' 'But consider, then,' continued the bullfinch, ' does not our master bring us water every morning, and put it in our trough, and strew seed on the ground? Would he do that if he did not know that we are shut up, and cannot fly where we will?' But,' said the goldfinch, 'I tell you I can fly where I will.' 6 "Thus they disputed for a long time, till at length the canary called out from his corner, Children, if you cannot settle it whether you are in a cage or not, it's just as good as if you were not in one.””. Goethe. Advantage of a Concealed Moral. "I am not for those barefaced tales which carry their moral on the surface, staring one in the face; they are enough to deter the squeamish reader. On the contrary, I have often hid my moral from sight, and disguised it as much as possible by sweets and spices; so that, while the simple reader is listening with open mouth to a ghost or love story, he may have a bolus of sound morality popped down his throat, and be never the wiser for the fraud.”— Irving. Full Moon, 3d, 10h. 8m. eve. 8 Wed. 4 54 r. & s. Water 0 1 h. m. h. m. 1 Wed. 4 46 7 14 2 Thu. 4 48 7 4 7 9 37 12 4 55 3 Fri. 4 497 11 rises. 10 25 4 Sat. 4 50 7 10 6 34 morn. 0 50 7 Tue. 4 53 Moore. New Moon, 18th, 0h. 48m. mor. Cause of Filial Ingratitude. "Is not that filial ingratitude, of which parents so generally complain, the bitter fruit of their own training? You fill their hearts with mercenary passions, and with measureless ambition. You break the tenderest ties, and send them to distant public schools. Your children, in turn, put your lessons to account, and abandon your importunate and declining age, if you depend on them, to mercenary hands. When they were young, you ridiculed them out of their innocent recklessness, and frankness, and want of worldly wisdom. You vaunted to them that ambition and those arts of rising, which, put in practise, have steeled their hearts against filial piety, as well as the other affections which belong not to calculation. Since the paramount object of your training was to teach them to shine, and to make the most out of every body, you have at least the right to expect from their vanity pompous funeral solemnities. I revere that indication of infinite wisdom, that has rendered the love of the parent more anxious and tender than that of the child. The intensity of the affections ought to be proportionate to the wants of the beings that excite them. But ingratitude is not in nature. Better train ing would have produced other manners. In rearing our children with more enlightened care, in inspiring them with moderate desires, in reducing their eagerness for brilliancy and distinction, we shall render them happy, without stifling their natural filial sentiments; and we shall thus use the best means of training them to sustain and soothe our last moments, as we embellished their first days."— Droz. "O, what a glory doth this world put on Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. To his long resting-place without a tear."— - Longfellow. MOON'S Full Moon, 2d, Oh. 33m. eve. Last Quar. 9th, 2h. 11m. eve. M. Week Sun Sun Moon | High D. Days. rises. sets. r. & s. Water h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. 5 23 6 37 5 12 10 57 1 Sat. 2 SUN. 5 25 6 35 rises. 11 45 0 30 5 42 3 Mon. 5 26 6 34 6 24 morn. 4 Tue. 5 28 5 Wed. 5 29 6 32 726 6 31 8 28 1 22 6 Thu. | 6 31 | 6 29 9 30 214 12 Wed. 5 41 6 19 2 |13 Thu. | 6 42 | 6 18 2 51 7 26 PHASES. New Moon, 16th, 11h.17m.mor. Confession of Abdalrahman. Gibbon, in his chapter on the power of the Arabian caliphs in the eighth century, gives a description of the immense wealth and dazzling splendor of the palace and court of Abdalrahman. This is followed by a paragraph, which we quote:"In a private condition, our desires are perpetually repressed by poverty and subordination; but the lives and labors of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty. It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an authentic memorial, which was found in the closet of the deceased caliph. I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace; beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to FOURTEEN. Oman! place not thy confidence in this present world!'" Gibbon's Roman Empire, Vol. V. p. 196. 18 Tue. 5 51 6 9 19 Wed. 5 53 6 7 |20|Thu. | 6 55 66 21 Fri. 5 57 6 3 10 14 2 11 2 59 "Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death."- - Mrs. Hemans. MOON'S M. Week Sun Sun Moon High 11 46 4 0 5 48 6 42 9 24 10 24 h. m. 6 5 rises. 3 Wed. 6 14 4 Thu. | 6 15 5 45 Fri. 8 Mon. 6 21 9 Tue. 6 22 10 Wed. 6 24 11 Thu. |6 25 12 Fri. PHASES. First Quar. 24th, 4h. 19m. mor. Effect of Simplifying the Bible. "The Bible, such as it at present is in the hands of the people, can be but very imperfectly understood; nay, must even be very frequently misunderstood; and yet it is in the highest degree a popular book. Adapted to universal comprehension by our modern Exegetes, it will infallibly lose the greater part of its popularity. The old hymns and psalms, especially the Catholic ones, full of the most daring allegory, and mysticism, are highly popular; the modern ones which have taken their place, stripped of all imagery and all flights, perfectly reasonable, and as clear as water, are not at all so. And why is this? Because in their mawkish monotony nothing arouses the attention, nothing suddenly strikes the feelings and hurries the reader at once to a point which he can never reach by the aid of formal instruction.". Schlegel. "How beautiful on all the hills 'Tis like the peace the Christian gives To mourners round his bed."- - Peabody. "The stars do not more surely keep their courses, than an ill-regulated manhood will follow a misdirected youth."― Edinburgh Rev. Doubts. Keble advised Dr. Arnold, when a young man, and troubled with doubts on the subject of religion, to cure himself, "not by the physic of reading and controversy, but by the diet of holy living."— Life of Dr. Arnold. Infallibility. "He that asserts the infallibility of another must also assert his own." - John Foster. |