...self-improvement; and it always brings into my mind that beautiful verse from Longfellow's Psalm of Life— " In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb, driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. ' I hope this is not the last meeting of this kind to be held here. There are numbers more with ability...

...and gay, Still like pleastnt drums are beating Wedding marches all the way. In the world's broad Held of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle — Be a heroine, be a wile. Trust no future, how'er pleasant Let the dead past bury its dead ! Act ! act to...

...soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting,...! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Fast bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead ! Lives of...

...human nature, to be more, and do more, than if you had lived at another time. • On the world's wide field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle— Be a hero in the strife.' " A blessed legacy to the children, are the counsels and the example of snch a father ! Though Dr....

...Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Wat not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow,...strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and GoD o'erhead ! Lives...

...not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb driven cattle — Be a hero in the strife !" LONGFELLOW. A FATHER'S CURSE: A DAUGHTER'S SACRIFICE. Crisis ol Sonustu life. BY MRS. BRAY, AUTHOB...

...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting,...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! PSALM OF LIFE. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in...

...• • Art is long and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muflled drums are beating, Funeral marches to the grave. In...driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. Trust no future howc'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead Act, act, in the glorious present, Heart within and...

...soul. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like mulllcd drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints...

...And the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnest,' Was not spoken of the soul! " righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy...iniquity. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ! "* Imitate noble exemplars. Aristotle, Galileo, and Newton spent the midnight oil in studies that...