I hastily seized it | 7 un- | fit as it was 7 | 7 For a nosegay, | 7 so | dripping and | drown'd |7 7| 7 And | swinging it | rudely, | too | rudely a- | las! 7 | 7I | snapp'd it | 7 it | fell | 7 to the | ground. | 77|77|

7 And | such 7 | I ex- | claim'd | 7 is the | pitiless | part, | 77 |

Some 7 | act by the delicate | mind; |

7 Re-gardless | 7 of | wringing and | breaking al

heart |

Al- ready to sorrow re- | sign'd. | 77 | 77 |

7 This | elegant | Rose, | 7 had I | shaken it | less, | Might have | bloom'd with its | owner a | while ; | 7 And the tear that is | wiped | 7 with a | little ad- | dress, 7 |

May be follow'd | 7 per- | haps 7 | 7 by a smile. | 77 | 77 |

PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.

Luke xv.

7 And Jesus said, | 7 A | certain | man | 7 had | | two sons: | 77 | 7 And the younger of them | said to his father, 7 7 | Father, | give me the | portion of goods 7 that | falleth to me. | 7 7 | And he di- | vided unto them | 7 his | living. | 77 | 77 | I

7 And not 7 many | days after | 7 the younger | son 7 | gathered | all to- | gether, | 7 and | took his journey into a | far | country, | 7 and | there 7 wasted his | substance | 7 with | riotous | living. | 7 7 |

77 | 7 And | when he had | spent 7 | all, | 7 there a- 1 rose a mighty | famine | 7 in | that | land: |77| And he began to be in | want. 7 | 77 | 7 7 | 7 And he | went and joined himself | 7 to a | citizen | 7 of that | country: | 77 | 7 and | he | sent him | into his | fields | 7 to feed 7 swine. | 7 7 7 7 | And he would | fain have filled himself | 7 with the husks that the | swine did | eat: 7 | 77 | 7 but | no 7 | man | gave unto him. | 7 7 7 7 7 And when he came to himself, | 7 he | said, 7 | 7 7 | How many | hired | servants of my | father's have bread e- | nough | 7 and to spare, | 7 and |I| perish with | hunger! | 77 | 7 7 | I will a- | rise | 7 and go to my father, | 7 and will | say unto him, | 7 7 Father, | 7 I have | sinned against | heaven, | 7 and be- | fore thee, 77 and am no 7 | more worthy to be called thy son: |77| make me as servants. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 And | he ato his father.|77|77|

one of thy | hired |

rose, | 7 and | came

7 But when he was yet | 7 a great way off, | 7 his father | saw him, | 7 and | had com- | passion, | 7 and | ran, | 7 and | fell on his neck, | 7 and | kissed him. | 77 | 77 | 7 And the | son | said unto him, | 77 | Father, | 7 I have | sinned against | heaven, | 7 and in | thy 7 | sight, | 7 and am | no 7 | more | worthy to be | called thy | son. 7 | 77 | 7 7 | But the | father | said to I his servants, | 77 | Bring forth | 7the | best 7 ❘ robe, 7 | 1 7 and put it on him; | 77 | 7 and | put a | ring on his | hand, 7 | 7 and | shoes on his feet: 7|77|7 and | bring 7 | hither the | fatted | calf, | 7 and | kill it; | 77 | 7 and let us eat 7 | 7 and be merry: | 77 | 7 For | this my son 7 was and is a- | live a- |

dead, 7

gain; 77 | he was | lost, | 7 and is | found. | 7 7 | And they began to be | merry. | 77 | 77 |

go | in: |77| and in- | treated

said to his | fa

Now his elder son 7 | was in the | field: | 7 7 | And I as he came and | drew 7 | nigh to the house, | 7 he | heard music and dancing. | 7 7 7 7 7 And he | called one of the servants | 7 and | asked | 7 what | these things meant. | 77 | 7 | 7 And he | said unto him, 7 Thy | brother is | come; | 77 | 7 and thy | father 17 hath | killed the | fatted | calf,7 | 7 be- | cause he hath received him safe and sound. | 77 | 771 And he was angry, | 7 and would not therefore came his | father | out, 7 | 7 him. 77777 And he | answering ther, 7 7 | Lo these | many years 7 | 7 do I serve thee, 77 neither trans- | gressed I at any time | 7 thy commandment: | 77 | 7 and | yet thou | never | gavest me a kid, 7 | that I might | make | merry with my friends: 7 7 | But as soon as this thy | son | 7 was come, 7 | which hath de- | voured thy | living with harlots, thou hast | killed for him | 7the | fatted | calf. 7 7 7 7 7 And he | said unto him, | 7 7 | Son, 7 | thou art | ever | with me, | 7 and | all that I | have is | thine. | 77 | 77 |❘ It was ❘ meet that | we should make | merry, | 7 and be | glad: |77|7 for this thy | brother | 7 was dead 7 and is a- | live a- | gain; | 7 and was | lost, 7 and is found, | 77 | 77

PSALM CXXXIX.

O Lord, 7 thou hast searched me, | 7 and | known me. | 77 | 77 | 7 Thou | knowest my | down | sitting | 7 and mine | up 7 | rising, | 7 thou | under- | standest my thoughts | 7 a- | far off. 7 | 77 | 77 | Thou | compassest my | path, 7 | 7 and my down, 7 | and art ac- | quainted with | all my

lying | ways. | 7 7 For there is not a | word in my tongue, | 7 but | 1 lo, 7 | 07 | Lord | thon 7 | knowest it | alto- | gether. 7777 Thou hast be- | set me | 7 be- | hind and be- fore, 7 7 and I laid thine | hand upon me. | 77 | 77 | Such 7 | knowledge is | too | wonderful for | me :| 77 | it is high 7 | 7 I | cannot at- | tain unto it. | 77 77 | Whither shall I go 7 | 7 from thy | spirit? | 77 | 7 or whither shall I | flee from thy | presence? | 77 | 77 | If I as- | cend 7 | up into | heaven, |77| thou art | there: | 7 7 | if I make my | bed in | hell | 7 be| | hold, 7 | thou art | there. | 77 | 77 | If I take the | wings of the morning | 7 and | dwell in the

uttermost parts of the sea: 777 | Even | there | 7 shall | thy 7 | hand 7 | lead me, | 7 and thy | right 7 | hand shall | hold me. | 7 7 | 7 7 | If I | say, 7 | Surely the | darkness shall | cover me: | 7 7 | even the | night 7 | 7 shall be light about me: | 7 7 | Yea | 7 the | darkness | hideth not from | thee; | 7 7 | but the night | shineth as the day: | 7 7 |.7 the | darkness | and the | light 7 | 7 are | both a- | like to | thee. | 77 | 77 |

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AGAINST PROCRASTINATION.

Young.

7 Be wise to- | day; 7 | 7 'tis | madness | 7 to de- | fer; 7|77|

Next | day 7 the | fatal | precedent | 7 will | plead, |77| Thus | on, 7 | 7 till | wisdom | 7 is | pushed | out of | life. 7 7 7 7 7 |

7 Pro- crastination | 7 is the | thief of time;7 | 77 | 77 | Year after year it | steals, | 7 till | all are | fled, 7| And to the mercies of a | moment | leaves 7 |

7 The vast con- | cerns | 7 of an e- | ternal | scene. 7 | 7777

If not so frequent, | would not ❘ this be | strange? 7 | 7 That 'tis so❘ frequent, this is stranger | still. | 771771

7 Of | Man's mi- | raculous mis- | takes, 7 | this 7 |

bears 7 |

7 The | palm, 7 7 that all men 7 are about to live, 7 |

7 For ever | 7 on the | brink of | being | born. | 77 |77| All | pay themselves the compliment to | think |

7 They | one day | shall not | drivel; | 7 and their | pride 7 | 7 On this re- | version | takes up | ready | praise, 7 | 7 At least their | own: | 7 their | future | selves | 7 ap-| plaud ; 7 | 77 | 77 |

How | excellent that 7 | life | 7 they | ne'er will lead! 7 | 77 |

Time lodged in their own | hands | 7 is | folly's | vails; | 77 |