the wily man whispered commonplace condolence in his sister's ear, and took his leave. It was his last visit.

For some cause, Fox suspected that he had become very unpopular at MHe concluded the location was not healthy for him, and removed into another state. A few years afterward, he learned that Edwin had returned. to his native place, built a good house on his own land, and retired from business with a competency. At a still later date, he heard of the marriage of Edwin's oldest daughter to the 'squire's only son, whose character had been modelled by an excellent guardian; and whatever taint he inherited from his parent, had been carefully eradicated. Fox had long since ceased to hope for the downfall of this high-principled family. He heard, therefore, of their prosperity, with a sort of pride in his relatives, and was often heard to speak of his nephew, the squire, and his dearest kinsfolk, the Forresters.

NEW YORK, June, 1846.

E. A. C.

PRINCIPLES AND EXPEDIENCY.

BY THOMAS AUSTIN, P. G.

NO PRINCIPLE that ever has been, or any that ever will be discovered, can be considered new. It may have been new to us; but its existence has been, is, and will be, coeternal with Jehovah-the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

The wants and demands of a higher intellection, and consequently a higher civilization, call forth energy and perseverance; and man roams the universe around in search of that happiness which he believes to be the final destiny of the human world, predicted by prophet and priest, typified and shadowed forth by past events, and ardently sought after by men at all ages of the world.

These energies, stimulated by such high hope, lead to the discovery of one principle after another; and man instinctively searches the bowels of the earth, penetrates the hidden recesses of nature, descends deep into the wells of truth, weighs far-distant worlds, and measures their widesweeping orbits.

The poet sings of the "music of the spheres," and of the harmonies of the universe. He dives into the human heart, and unlocks the arcana of mind. In the exalted strains of his transcendent art, he rouses human passion, and opens up the fountains of all the finer and loftier feelings of the soul, by recording great achievements of other days, whether in art or science, history, philanthropy, or

song.

The soul of the true musician is full of the spirit of humanity. He bodies forth his aspirations, and represents the perplexities and the jarrings of life-man's hopes and fears his darkness and doubt-his conflict with destiny —and his final triumph-in major and minor strains, in symphony and chorus, in hallelujah and amen.

The painter and the sculptor, with hearts glowing with the flame of genius, manifest their aspirations and desires by color, form, and figure. Under the true inspiration of their art, the "heaving canvass" and the "breathing marble" represent life in its various forms and phases. They rake up from the oblivion of past ages names that have been illustrious in martial prowess, history, or song-give to them form and expression, and transmit them to nations unborn.

The chymist analyzes the various bodies which come under his notice, ascertains the ingredients of which they are composed, and searches the powers which form them. Light and heat, and the causes of rain and snow, storm and earthquake, are subjects of his investigation. He is

the forerunner of civilization. His energies are directed to increasing the comforts, conveniences, and the elegancies of life. He teaches the laws which analyze, alkalize, and combine. His business also is to discover the laws of vegetable production, growth, and maturity, and the manner in which food is rendered subservient to the support of animal life.

The physiologist explains the various functions of the animal economy, examines its construction, and studies the laws which govern it. The deep aspirations of his soul are to set the human family free from that slavery to appetite, and prevent that carelessness of consequences, which so often causes man to bend beneath the weight of physical transgression, and cuts him short in the midst of high hope and delightful anticipation. Thus he directs his energies to improving the physical condition, and consequently adding to the happiness of the human world.

The moral-reformers in the various causes of Temperance, Non-Resistance, Anti-Slavery, No-Government, Association, Woman's Rights, Bibles and Missions, all study the bearings and influences which each of these principles will have upon the final destiny of man; and each urges his own peculiar views upon the attention of the world with all the ardor and zeal of which he is capable.

The propagators of Christian truth in the various sects of Episcopacy, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Baptist, Dutch-Reformed, Lutheran, Friends, Unitarian, New-Church, and Perfectionist, are all looking to the final

redemption of man from the bondage of evil. Each is striving to improve man in this world, and-reaching over the things of time-extending his regards for his wellbeing in the world to come. Yea, there are those who, fired with an indomitable spirit and unquenchable zeal, even stifle parental love, fraternal feeling, and violate many of the obligations of life, to teach the truths of the cross. They plant the standard of their faith amid the pestilential and humid exhalations of the torrid zone, and the frost and the snows of the frozen regions. They run a short but brilliant career. Their ardent spirits burn within them as a lamp: the decay of the body feeds the consuming flame, and causes it to shine with an intenser brilliancy, until Death steps in and claims their bodies as his, and their spirits return to Him who gave them.

Now all these various bodies of men are instinctively striving for that future well-being that each believes just observed to be the final destiny of the race.

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This fact, perhaps plainer than any other, proves a future state of being, and the eternity of mind.

For if death

were an eternal sleep, then man would not, nor could, possess such an instinct. Hence it is natural that he should desire happiness, not only for himself, but for the whole human family: therefore he advocates that principle which seems to him fitted as the most likely to bring about that result. The universal happiness of the race has been the desire of man at all ages of the world. They have all believed it, and, as a race, have acted for it, let the result,