Dear Boy!-One parent watch'd thy parting breath, Oh, let thy grace sufficient strength impart! Where light from Christ irradiates the tomb, Lord, 'tis enough. Thy presence and thy love Than all a parent, all a child could be; J. H. TO MOTHERS. I RECOLLECT Well (says a pious mother) the impressions made on my eldest son, when only three years old. I had been in the habit of repeating, at different times, some of Dr. Watts's beautiful divine songs for children, when one night as I was laying him down in his bed, he said something in a whisper, and on asking him what he said, he replied, "Mother, I was saying, "That hoping pardon through his blood, He is is now in his 21st year, and has given his heart to God-is a Sunday school teacher, and in every other respect a comfort to his parents. S. M. THE OLD TESTAMENT HAS THIRTY-NINE BOOKS. First, Genesis and Exodus, Then Numbers, Deuteronomy, The Judges, Ruth, and Samuel All come before the Kings; Esther, and Job, and David's Psalms Isaiah, Jeremiah, come Amos and Obadiah next Haggai, and Zechariah then Bring us to Malachi; Of facts and prophecy. THE NEW TESTAMENT HAS TWENTY-ONE BOOKS. Matthew, & Mark, & Luke, & John, To Acts and Romans lead; Corinthians and Galatians Ephesians precede. Philippians and Colossians Bring Thessalonians on; The Hebrews then, & James will come; THE Mole is generally between five and six inches long, and is covered with glossy black hair. It is admirably formed for its habits of underground life. The snout, resembling that of a hog, is fitted for rooting in the earth in search of worms and insects, which are its principal food, and the fore feet have great strength, to enable the animal to dig its subterranean retreat. The hind feet, which are smaller than the others, are calculated to throw back the mould, while the creature is excavating. Its eyes are so small as to be scarcely discernible, but they have been ascertained to possess all the qualities necessary to distinct vision; and, though it has no external ears, it is said to possess the faculty o. hearing in an eminent degree. The body is thick and round, terminated by a very short tail; and in consequence of the legs being exceedingly short, the animal seems to lie flat upon its belly: the feet appearing as if they grew immediately out of the body. Moles live in pairs, between which a warm attachment subsists. They are, however, said to be ferocious, and sometimes to tear and eat their own kind. When it has once buried itself in the earth, it seldom stirs out, unless disturbed by violent rains in summer, or when, in pursuit of prey, it happens to come too near the surface, and thus gets into the open air. In general it chooses the looser softer grounds, beneath which it can travel with facility, and in which it finds the most ample supply of food. 'Twas day break Our ship was approaching the strand Every shadow dispers'd amid beams of light, Oh! how did my heart now with pleasure expand, Ah! those were the days,-and they fled away fast; And complacently dream of pleasures to come; May I, when the voyage of life is o'er, M. S. E. |