those whom the Creator destines to perpetual and magnificent fetes of nature; one of those for whom the light, the breeze, the trees, the sea, the sky, have harmonies and utterances unseen and unheard by other men. Go, now, where thy soul dwelt already, all fettered as it was by the chains of a suffering organism; go, and see face to face, that God whom thou sawest always, where the vulgar see only clouds and vapors; go, and behold that God whose imprint was clear to thee in the frailest leaf, whose greatness was visible in the lowliest herb, whose face beamed in every ray of the sun, whose voice sounded in the roar of waters, and the murmur of swaying trees.

While thy body, returned to the earth, goes to mingle with the herb, the foliage, the flowers, thy spirit departs to enter the presence of that glorious Being towards whom it was ever so powerfully attracted. Thou goest to become in the bosom of thy God, all which thou hast loved, all which thou hast admired, all which made thy joy, and caused thee to forget thy sorrows.

Ah! God spends not His eternity in listening at the door of our dwelling for the weak words of man's lips.

They who love his word, they who find only the beautiful in his works, who disdain alike false riches and false glory, are not rapacious, nor envious, nor wicked; they, whatever their creed, are nearer God, than other men; they are His elect.

member, should occasion offer to test his patriotism and valor, that his next laurels must be earned before they can be worn; and may He who watches over us all, in our house of peril as well as of safety, guard him well.

The remarks of children are proverbially thoughtful. Our friend, Mrs. B., trains her children admirably, never losing an opportunity to impress a moral truth upon their hearts or to add a new fact to their intellectual store. One day in a story she was reading aloud to a little fellow of five years, the word instinct several times occurred. Franky observed it, and inquired its meaning. The mother entered into an elaborate and lucid explanation of the term, telling him that it was a property possessed by all animals; and flattering herself that the matter was perfectly understood by the child. A long time after, as the boy one evening lay falling asleep in her arms, he slowly opened his drowsy eyes, and in a sleepy tone inquired, "Mother, is Jane a going to cook that rooster to-morrow, that Jack's been killing?"

"Yes, Franky; but you must not talk any more now."

"Well, mother, I only want to know whether she is going to cook his instinct, too?"

The lesson on instinct had been as well understood, we thought, as certain theological tenets are by older heads.

PRISON PRAYER OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.

O Domine Deus, Speravi in te.

O care mi Jesu! Nunc libera me,
In dura catena, in misera pœna,
Languendo, gemendo, et genuflectendo,
Adoro, imploro, ut liberes me!

Let the following be taken as a pretty literal, though a rude translation.

O, Lord, and my God! I have hope but in thee,
O, Jesus beloved, now liberate me!
In heavy chain,

In bitter pain,

A pretty little incident occurred this morning, which is worth relating. We were visiitng a friend in a neighboring town, with a young soldier who is here on a week's furlough. A little boy of three years old, living opposite our friend's house, probably attracted by the bright epauletts of the youthful lieutenant, had followed him at a distance, all the morning, whenever he went out, but not offering to speak to or approach him. As we were, however, about leaving and bidding farewell at the house door, the little fellow who stood watching us from the other side, seemed sud- I adore, and implore thee to liberate me. denly inspired with a resolution; stooping down, he gathered something from the garden, and running hastily over, held up a wreath of evergreen laurel, exclaiming in the most earnest manner, "I want to give this laurel to the soldier before he goes away." Dear little fellow! was his thought unconsciously prophetic? However that might have been, may the young soldier not forget the incident, but re

With langor, and groaning, and bending the knee,

A. G. L.

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OF THE

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VOLUME XXX-NEW SERIES, VOLUME II.

The Thirtieth volume of the LADIES' REPOSITORY will commence with the number for July, 1861. The Editorial Department will be conducted by

MRS. CAROLINE M. SAWYER,

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