dead, and is a- | live a- | gain; he was

what these things | meant. | Thy | brother is come; 11

he said unto him,

and thy father hath | killed the | fatted | calf, because he hath re- | ceived him | safe and |

sound. And he was | angry,

|

and | would not go | in: || therefore | came his | father out, and in- | treated him. 1777 And he answering | said to his | father, || Lo these many years do | I | serve thee, |7| neither transgressed I at | any | time thy com- | mandment and yet thou | never gavest | : | | that I might | make | merry with my | But as soon as this thy | son |

me a kid,

friends:

was come,

།ཙྪཱ

which hath de- | voured

thy | living

the | fat

and | all

with | harlots, | thou hast | killed for | him | |

ted calf. Son,

that I have is

thou art | ever | with me, |
thine |77|77| It was ❘ meet that |

we should make | merry, ❘ and be | glad : |

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sitting

PSALM CXXXIX.

thou hast | searched me, | and | Thou knowest my | down |

thou | under

and mine | uprising, standest my thoughts a- | far | off. 11111111 | | ||

Thou | compassest my path,

down,

and my lying | and art ac- | quainted with all my | ways. | | For there is not a | word in my tongue,

but | lo, | 0 | Lord | thou gether.

hind and before,

knowest it | alto- |

| Thou hast be- | set me | be- | and I laid thine | hand up- on

me. | Such | knowledge is

derful for me

tain unto it.

| too | won

from thy | spirit? | or | whither shall I | flee from thy presence? If I as- | cend up into | heaven, || thou art | there: ||if| make my bed in | hell | be- hold, thou art | there. If I take the | wings of the morn| | ❘ ing and dwell in the uttermost | parts of the | sea: 171 Even | there | shall thy | hand | lead me, and thy | right hand shall | hold me. | 17|19| If I say, | Surely the | darkness shall | even the | night shall be | light the darkness | hideth not but the night | shineth as the | darkness | and the | light

cover me:

a- |bout me:

from thee; day:

the

are | both a- | like

Yea,

to | thee 191991

AGAINST PROCRASTINATION.

Young.

Be wise to- | day; | 'tis | madness to de

fer ; ។ | ។ ។ |

Next day the | fatal | precedent

Thus on,

till | wisdom

will plead, 1

is | pushed | out of

life;71

Pro-crastination is the thief of time;

Year after year it | steals, | till | all are | fled, mercies of a | moment | leaves |

And to the

The vast con- | cerns

៕៕៕ | ៕៕ |

of an e- |ternal scene.

If not so frequent, would not | this be | strange? That 'tis so | frequent, this is stranger | still. ។ ។ ។ ។

Of Man's mi- | raculous mis- | takes, this

bears

The palm, that | all men are a- | bout to

live,

For-ever on the brink of being | born. All | pay themselves the | compliment to | think | They one day | shall not | drivel; and their | pride On this re-version | takes up | ready | praise, | At least their own: their | future | selves | ap- | plaud; 1111111

How | excellent that life they ne'er will lead! 7771

Time lodged in their | own hands | is | folly's vails; 771

That lodged in | fate's, to | wisdom they con- sign; 11

The thing they can't but | purpose, they postpone; ཤ

"Tis not in | Folly, ❘ not to | scorn a | fool; || And scarce in | human | wisdom, to do | more. 777771

All promise is | poor | dilatory | man,
And that through every stage:

when young, in- | deed, |

|

In full content we | sometimes | nobly | rest
Un-anxious for our-selves; and only | wish,
|
Asduteous sons, our fathers were

Knows it at forty,

|

man sus- | pects himself | 1

plan;79|

and re- | forms his | plan; 91

At fifty || chides his | infamous de- | lay, |

Pushes his | prudent | purpose
In all the | magna- | nimity of | thought

Re-solves;

to re- | solve; |

and | re-re- | solves; then |

dies the same. 191991

EXTRACT FROM COWPER'S TASK.

Book 5.

Acquaint thyself with | God, if thou would'st | taste

His works. || Ad- | mitted | once to his

em- brace

Thou shalt per- |ceive that thou wast | blind before: 11

Thine eye shall be in- | structed; and thine

heart,

Made pure, shall relish with di- | vine de

Till then un

then un- felt, what | hands di- | vine have | wrought. |19|

Brutes graze the | mountain | top, with faces prone |

And eyes in- tent upon the scanty | herb,ˇ

It yields them;

brow

Ruminate

Be-neath,

heedless of the scene out- spread

be- | yond and stretching |

far away |

From | inland | regions to the | distant | main.||||| Man | views it,

rests con

and ad- | mires; but | tent

With what he | views. The | landscape