But turn to those-th' immortal few-
The good as well as great ;

And who-as rise before his view,

Devoid of pomp or state,

A Howard's deeds-a Franklin's name,That burns not with the wish, their fame For good, to emulate ?—

Deems not the love that hallows them,

More worth than regal diadem?

Who feels not-in his country's cause,

Oh! nobler 'twere to die,

Than live, a despot issuing laws

From fields of conquest high?

And who-that boasts a freeman's name

With all Napoleon's lurid fame,

Would give, in history,

For ten such-had France more than one

The memory of our WASHINGTON !

CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY.

"To hold a fellow man and brother enthralled and depressed, thus affecting him and his dependent children injuriously, is against my feelings, and contrary to my sense of duty. Being satisfied that you cannot pay me, and that you would if you could, I hand you your note enclosed, cancelled."

B. URNER TO S. PIKE.

WELL done, and nobly! noble-hearted man!
Great is, and shall be, thy reward! Ne'er yet
Did deed like thine-deed generous as just―
Fall to the ground and die; but, like good seed
Scattered on fruitful soil, it yet sprang up,
And to the generous sower yielded back
Fruit more than hundred fold!

Thou hast it now:

In the self-plaudit of an honest heart

In the approval of thy fellow men—

And in their blessings whom thyself hath bless'd!

It shall be thine more richly still, hereafter;
It shall not fail thee in the eye of HIM
This great abiding precept who hath given—
"Whate'er ye would that others do to you
Even so do

ye to them!”

One deed like thine

Than hundred tongues is better; and will teach—
More than proud schools of vague Philosophy,
Or all the prosings dull of harsh Divines—
True faith and meekness, charity and love;
And that forgiveness, without which, in vain
We look to be forgiven!

Oh! would that all

The universal brotherhood of man

The great Instructor's lesson so might learn,
That each, beholding in his fellow worm
A friend and brother in distress, should show
Such kindness, gentleness and love towards him,
As He hath shown to us! So were we now
Meet denizens of a brighter, better world;
And earth itself were but another name
For blessedness and Heaven!

CHERISH THY FRIENDS.

On! cherish, in thine heart of hearts, The friends whom thou hast tried; Those who have stood from childhood up Still faithful at thy side!

Thy chosen brothers of the soul,

The trusted and the true; Cherish them! if thou many hastYet more, hast thou but few!

Cherish thy Friends!-Oh! never let
A light and hasty word-
An idle jest, misunderstood-

Some phrase, perchance half heard-
A fancied slight-offence ne'er meant,
Thy kindly feelings change;
And never let the evil-tongued

Thy friend from thee estrange!

Cherish thy Friends !—If e'en, perchance, Too lightly led astray,

Thy friend shall give thee just offence,

Still cast him not away:

Deal kindly with him!-So shall yet

His soul to thee return;

And friendship's flame, rekindled, long

With added lustre burn!

To err is but the mortal lot

To pardon the divine!

Canst thou forgive not?—then is naught

Of the true Godlike thine!

And thou-if thou art conscious, just

Offence thou'st given a friend, Let no false pride prevent thy soul From making due amend!

This world is but a weary world,
And friends at best but few;

Yet what were earth, had we not some-
The trusted and the true?

Oh! thou who hast a friend approved-
Till life's last sands shall roll,

Grapple as with the hooks of steel,

That friend unto thy soul!