O, may the Rose of Sharon again the Jordan grace,

And may its sacred waters reflect the Christian face;

And may Thy Holy Temples, in golden splendor rise

Again; to perish never, beneath these sunny skies.

Pearls.

As we all know, the pearl proper is the result of a wound; but it is not the only beautiful result of a wound, we have, for it was a mental wound that gave us such pearls and brilliants as were the dear old Homer, Virgil, Pope, Goldsmith, and Whittier. And it was the wound of an unjust oppression that laid the foundation of the brilliants of

human prowess, liberty, progress and heroism, as shown in the American and French Republics, which have unearthed the latent forces in men, that are lighting the world all along the line of higher civilization.

Governors.

We believe that the learned, the gentle, the good, and the strong, only, should be put in full control of governments everywhere. The life of civilization is balanced on these conditions. There is nothing that upsets a frothy, vicious brain like a taste of political power; be the dominion that of an empire or a hamlet. A coxcomb in authority is a loathsome scourge-be his perch high or low.

Bridging the Law.

BRIDGING an honest and lawful route to final success, even in this world, is a failure and a crime. Many, have made the experiment, and as many efforts have failed. There is no success minus self-respect.

Choice of Friends.

UPON the summit of sense, in the choice of friends, is poised the most of the pleasures of life.

Martyrs.

MARTYRS to truth, and especially to the truths of science and discovery, are those who were born a century or two too soon: such has ever been the fate of

pioneers in the fields of human and

Divine progress. For "they condemn that which they do not understand;" or, more properly speaking, that which they do not comprehend.

The Mind's Forces.

NOT until the genus homo shall have succeeded in exploring and mapping the last of the most distant stars and their subordinate worlds and satellites, will the daring master spirits of brave men undertake to limit the reach, and forces, of the human mind.

What I Gave, I Have.

In the abstract, human nature in its broadest sense is self. At times it is seen in crusades and campaigns abroad; but self is never left at home. While the Divine nature in man, is prone to sink self in the interest of others. In this we hear an echo from the other side saying, "What I spent, I wasted; what I kept, I lost; what I gave, I have."

Love Some-body.

Ir free and gentle, and would be happy, love some-one, who, like yourself, is free to love you in return.

The love of one true woman is preferable to the gold of the world; and all may aspire to be thus blest.