That truth my tongue might always tie
From ever speaking foolishly!

That no vain thought might ever rest
Or be conceived within my breast;

That by each word, each deed, each thought,
Glory might to my God be brought!

2. But what are wishes? Lord, mine

On thee is fixed; to thee I cry.

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No one is so high but he may feel the courtesy of the most humble, and no one is so humble but he may win applause by courtesy. A peasant, meeting Artaxerxes, King of Persia, in one of his journeys, having nothing to present' to his sovereign, ran to an adjacent stream, and, filling his hands with water, offered it to the king to drink. The monarch smiled at the oddness of the present, but thanked the giver, in whom, he said, it showed at least a courteous disposition.

2. THE SECRET OF FAMILY HARMONY.

An Emperor of China, once making a progress through his dominions, was accidentally entertained in a house in which the master, with his wife, children, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and servants, all lived in perfect peace and harmony. The emperor, struck with admiration at the spectacle, requested the head of the family to inform him what means he employed to preserve quiet among such a

number and variety of persons. The old man, taking out a pencil, wrote these three words,-Patience, patience, patience.

3. KOSCIUSKO'S BENEVOLENCE.

General Kosciusko, the hero of Poland, was a very benevolent man. He once wished to send a present to a clergyman, and employed a young man named Zeltner to carry it, and desired him to take the horse on which he himself usually rode. Zeltner, on his return, said he never would ride that horse again, unless the general would give him his purse at the same time.

Kosciusko inquiring what he meant, he said, "As soon as a poor man on the road takes off his hat and asks charity, the horse immediately stands still, and will not stir till something is given to the petitioner; and, as I had no money about me, I was obliged to feign giving something, in order to satisfy the horse.”

4. THE PASSENGER AND THE PILOT.

It had blown a violent storm at sea, and the whole crew of a large vessel were in imminent danger of shipwreck. Gradually, however, the winds abated, and the waves rolled less violently. A passenger, who had never been at sea before, having observed the pilot calm and apparently unconcerned, even in their greatest danger, had the curiosity to ask him what death his father had died.

"He perished at sea," answered the pilot, "as my grandfather did before him.". "And are you not afraid of trusting yourself to an element that has proved thus fatal to your family? "Afraid! by no means! Why, we must father dead? your

all die; is not

Yes; but he died in his bed."—" And why, then, are you not afraid of trusting yourself to your bed?”

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5. THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE BOATMAN.

A philosopher was crossing a river in a ferry-boat. On passage he asked the boatman if he understood arith

metic. "Arithmetic? No, sir! I never heard of it before," replied the boatman." Then a quarter of your life is lost," said the philosopher; "but tell me," he continued, "if you know anything of metaphysics."-" Not a bit of it," said the boatman, smiling. "Well, then," said the philosopher, "another quarter of your life is lost."

"But, perhaps," he added, "perhaps you know some thing of astronomy?"-"Nothing at all," replied the boatman. "Then," said the philosopher, "another quarter of" But, before he could finish the sentence, the boat ran on a snag, and began to sink. Whereupon, the ferryman, pulling off his coat, said, "Sir, can you swim?". "No," was the reply." Well, then, the whole of your life is lost; for the boat is going to the bottom."

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1. IN a little town, five miles from St. Petersburg, lived a poor German woman. A small cottage was her only possession, and the visits of a few shipmasters, on their way to St. Petersburg, her only livelihood. Several Dutch shipmasters having supped at her house one evening, she found, when they were gone, a sealed bag of money under the table. Some one of the company had, no doubt, forgotten it; but they had sailed over to Cronstadt, and, the wind being fair, there was no chance of their putting back.

2. The good woman put the bag into her cupboard, to keep it till it should be called for. Full seven years, how ever, elapsed, and no one claimed it; and, though often tempted by opportunity, and oftener by want, to make use of the contents, the poor woman's good principles prevailed, and it remained untouched.

3. One evening, some shipmasters again stopped at her house for refreshment. Three of them were English, the fourth a Dutchman. Conversing on various matters, one

of them asked the Dutchman if he had ever been in that town before. “Indeed I have," replied he. "I know the place but too well. My being here cost me once seven hundred rubles."-"How so?"-" Why, in one of these wretched hovels I once left behind me a bag of rubles."

4. "Was the bag sealed?" asked the old woman, who was sitting in a corner of the room, and whose attention was roused by the subject.-"Yes, yes, it was sealed, and with this very seal here at my watch-chain." The woman knew the seal instantly.

5. "Well, then," said she, "by that you may recover what you have lost.". "Recover it, mother! No, no; am rather too old to expect that. The world is not quite so honest. Besides, it is full seven years since I lost the money. Say no more about it; it always makes me melancholy."

6. Meanwhile the good woman slipped out, and presently returned with the bag. "See here," said she; "honesty is not so rare, perhaps, as you imagine;" and she threw the bag on the table.

7. The guests were astonished, and the owner of the bag, as may be supposed, highly delighted. He seized the bag, tore open the seal, took out one ruble, and laid it on the table for the hostess: thanking her civilly for the trouble she had taken. The three Englishmen were amazed and indignant at so small a reward being offered, and remonstrated warmly with him. The old woman protested she required no recompense for merely doing her duty, and begged the Dutchman to take back even his ruble.

8. But the Englishmen insisted on seeing justice done. "The woman," said they, "has acted nobly, and ought to be rewarded." At length the Dutchman agreed to part with one hundred rubles. They were counted out, and given to the old woman; who thus, at length, was handsomely rewarded for her honesty.

1. In one of the most populous cities of New England, a few years since, a party of lads, all members of the same school, got up a grand sleigh-ride. There were about twenty-five or thirty boys engaged in the frolic. sleigh was a very large and splendid one, drawn by six gray horses.

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2. On the following day, as the teacher entered the school-room, he found his pupils chatting about their excursion; and one of the lads volunteered a narrative of their trip and its various incidents.

3. As he drew near the end of his story, he exclaimed, "O, sir, there was one little circumstance I had almost forgotten! As we were coming home, we saw ahead of us a queer-looking affair in the road. We could not exactly3 make out what it was.