Man sinned. And the beauty of those blended colors was destroyed. Instead of the mild, and genial radiance of sunshine, was the glaring of fire. Hot passions burned furiously in that heart where pure affections had shone gently, and this altar of heaven became a laboratory of hell.-Man sinned. The fresh, and laughing earth now groaned. The thorn, and thistle now sprang forth. The eye of the lion, and the tiger now shot glances of enmity, and savage lust, ravenous desires, and cruelty now circulated throughout the animate creation.

Man sinned, and all was cursed.

Death made

havoc first in Paradise, and sent decay, and sickness over every created thing. The exquisite body of man, which had stood like a finished temple, monumental of the skill of its architect, crumbled. Next to the soul, it was death's chiefest prey, and under his touch it was dissolved into dust. In the strong language of Scripture "Death reigned." He was Lord paramount over earth, and swayed his sceptre as king of terrors. By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men. He was indeed an enemy. Had sin spoiled man alone, its ravages had been less fearful; but every creature was made subject to vanity, and delivered over to the bondage of cor

ruption, and so the whole creation groaneth and

travaileth together in pain until now.

All evil, and

all death, are the fruits of the sin of Adam.

The

curse was upon all things, and annihilation brooded

on every creature that God had made.

THOUGH varied wreaths of myriad hues,

As beams of mingling light,

Sparkle replete with pearly dews,
Waving their tinted leaves profuse,

To captivate the sight:

Though fragrance, sweet exhaling, blend

With the soft, balmy air;

And gentle zephyrs, wafting wide,

Their spicy odors bear;

While to the eye,

Delightingly,

Each floweret laughing blooms,

And o'er the fields

Prolific, yields

Its incense of perfumes;

*Note 3.-See Appendix.

Yet one alone o'er all the plain, With lingering eye I view ; Hasty, I pass the brightest bower, Heedless of each attractive power, Its brilliance to pursue.

No odors sweet proclaim the spot, Where its soft leaves unfold; Nor mingled hues of beauty bright Charm and allure the captive sight, With forms and tints untold.

One simple hue the plant portrays
Of glowing radiance rare,
Fresh as the roseate morn displays,
And seeming sweet and fair.

But closer prest, an odorous breath Repels the rover gay;

And from her hand with eager haste 'Tis careless thrown away;

And thoughtless, that in evil hour
Disease may happiness devour,

And her fair form, elastic now,
To misery's wand may hopeless bow.

Then Reason leads sad Sorrow forth,

To seek this lonely flower;

And blest experience kindly proves

Its mitigating power.

Then, its bright hue the sight can trace,
The brilliance of its bloom;

Though misery veil the weeping eyes,

Though sorrow choke the breath with sighs, And life deplore its doom.

This magic flower

In desperate hour,

A balsam mild shall yield,

When the sad, sinking heart

Feels every aid depart,

And every gate of hope forever sealed.

Then shall its potent charm

Each agony disarm,

And its all-healing power shall respite give.
The frantic sufferer, then,

Convulsed and wild with pain,

Shall own the sovereign remedy, and live.

The dews of slumber, now,

Rest on her aching brow;

And o'er the languid lids, balsamic fall;

While fainting nature hears,

With dissipated fears,

The lowly accents of soft Somnus' call.

Then will affection twine

Around this kindly flower;
And grateful memory keep,
How, in the arms of sleep,
Affliction lost its power.

THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION.

BY ZACHARIAH ALLEN.

The

HOWEVER varied are the occupations of men, one pursuit is common to all, that of happiness. principal obstacle to success in this pursuit, is ignorance-ignorance of the rational mode of obtaining it.

Plato often repeated to his disciples, "that all vice springs from ignorance;" and that it is a want of proper instruction alone, that can lead a man into the great mistake of following a vicious course, because it seems to lead directly to some good, greater than any which a virtuous course may promise. A practical statesman of the present age, the King of Prussia, in accordance with the doctrine of Plato, considers that no parent has a right to inflict so great an injury on society, as to bring up his child in ignorance; and has enforced by compulsory