to send her daughter to an Industrial School when she could spare her, but she would have to take care of her father and two younger children whenever her mother could find work. It was easy to see she had a big burden to carry, so we gave her a dollar to lighten the load a little. Visited the Colored Orphan Asylum, in which there are 205 children. The house now occupied by them is beautifully located upon the banks of the Hudson River. One of the first things we saw, was about twenty of the little ones learning their A B C's. Then in School No. 3 the "infant" class told us the names of the countries in the Eastern Hemisphere, from their map recently rescued from the station-house: its mate has not yet come to the light. In No. 2 we listened to an interesting "object-lesson" which seemed to concentrate the attention of all the children. In No. 3 we listened to a class in mental arithmetic, and examined slates upon which the spelling lesson was being written down from dictation; also their writing-books. The accuracy shown reflected much credit on teachers and pupils. We also heard some excellent singing, first by all in concert, then by a chosen quartette, the remainder of the children joining in the chorus. As the children do not remain in the Institute after they are twelve years old, but are then re-taken by their friends, or places found for them by the managers, it was pleasant to know that such a firm foundation for their future happiness and success was being laid by this thorough training. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1863. How little do we know the extent of the good we are doing! or who can weigh the influence of a word for good or evil? Perhaps the soldiers can feel, as well as any, the help of good reading, and particularly when it comes from hearts full of love to all. In spite of all that is done by the Christian and Sanitary Commissions, there is a great want of good reading matter in the army. My mother often sends me the Advocate and Guardian, and while I read it, I am swallowed up in the dreams of homes made glad by the quiet of peace. I think of my own home and the loved ones there, and of the kind and loving hearts that lead the great work of benevolence and charity, so ably and successfully accomplished; and still further, what can I do? While I was reading one of the last numbers of the Guardian, (new to me although several here anxious to read the Guardian, that it is the most interesting and profitable reading I can offer to friends, and will be accepted by many who would not read the Bible. Often when I get some of these papers and sit down to read one of them, some of the boys will get the others and I will not see them again until they have been read by all. It does me good to have them read them, for many will scarcely read anything of a religious nature, and never, perhaps, pretend to read the Word of God. These papers are full of sound thoughts, set in principles that are as good seed, and may we not hope and pray that we may see the fruit? "Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days." Although I cannot get the papers soon enough to follow all your doings, yet I read very many and learn very much of the condition of and the assistance tendered to the dear children at the Home. When I was, as it were, but a child, I learned to love to read about the Home and hear my mother tell where "My penny" went to. A man, mingling in all the strife of war, has perhaps, enough to fill the mind and heart; but the thoughts will still return to the great objects of interest that have found a place of lodgment there. Sometimes I think, while I see some who seem to have no thought or concern for the future, Do they ever think of home, or death, or heaven, or hell, or God? Yes, they do! and it is enough to make a Christian weep, to see them melted to tears when they read some of your stories of home-life, or when a kind heart gains their confidence, and reminds them of the past. May God bless all labors of charity and fill the hearts and hands of the dear friends at the Home. I. D. C., Co. B, 18th Pa. Cav. DIED, at Newark, N. J., Feb. 25th, 1864, after a brief illness, Harriet Newell Wardell. One of whom it can be truly said "she hath done what she could." A brief sketch of her life will doubtless prove interesting to her numerous friends. In 1835 she became a member of the First Congregational Church of Newark, then known as the First Free Presbyterian Church, which was soon after blessed with a series of revivals in which she engaged with a zeal seldom excelled. Arising early, retiring late, she spent her spare moments in winning souls to Jesus. She songht various methods of doing good. Before the Ragged or Industrial School became popular, she was connected with one which belonged almost exclusively to herself, she teaching, and her friends aiding her in cloth vented her attendance. Her most energetic and successful labors were in behalf of the outcasts of Society. Whole families have been saved from a fate worse than death. The greater the degradation, the more persevering her efforts. Children literally reeking in filth, have been taken to her own home, washed, clothed, and then placed in the care of various benevolent institutions. The children appreciated her work, and when occasion offered, manifested it. One little fellow having been told to be at her house in time for an early train, and fearing he would be late, crept quietly to the woodshed attached to her house, to pass the night. He was soon discovered, and comfortably provided for. She was one of the founders of a Mission sabbath-school in this city. Commenced under the most discouraging circumstances, but persevered in, is now in a flourishining condition. For many years a subscriber to the Advocate and Guardian, her warmest sympathies were with the cause advocated. Of the Ladies of the Home, she said, "They have been my best friends, they have assisted me when I could obtain help no where else." Death for her had no terrors. Trusting implicitly in the merits of the Lord Jesus, she passed quietly away to her reward. The Sabbath following her decease the Church and Mission Sabbath Schools with which she was connected, passel resolutions expressive of sorrow in the loss sustained, and of sympathy with the relatives of the deceased. Newark, N. J. D. ACKNOWDEDGMENTS of DONATIONS to the Home for the Friendless, from Feb, 25th to March 10th, 1864. ($20 entitles the Donor to a Life.membership, and a copy of the A. & G. for life.) Me.-Mary Manson, S. Armington............. Mrs L. Carpenter and Mrs D. Collins 30c each, Fer- Legacy of Mrs Lucy Bishop, late of Brimfield 825 and a string of gold beads, per Solomon Homer, Executor Mrs L. Hills $1, Mrs H. A. 50c, East Longmeadow.. Conn.-Mrs S. Stone $1, the little girls of her S. S. Class 502, Milford.. 50 2.00 600 1 09 5.00 25.00 1 50 150 Mrs R. Wheeler $2, Mrs A. Miner $1, N. Stonington A Friend, Kent. 3 00 50 Mrs T. B. Merwin 1 37. Mrs Blanchard'63c, Meriden Mrs J. Highmore $2, Mrs Burritt 75c, Mrs Ells 30c, Waterbury 2.00 305 43 2.00 50 N. Y.--Penny Subscriptions, Perry City. Mrs D. H. Maltby, McLean. Mrs C. Bryars and Mrs A. Harden $1 each, Mrs B. Friends, Orleans, per Mrs L. Wainwright, freight.. Friends, Arkport, per Mrs E. Hurlburt. Collected by Mrs George Carver, Stockbridge. Peter C. Hanford. Unionville. Mrs S. Clarkson, Tivoli... 2 85 1. 00 100 2 25 5.00 1.00 2.50 1.00 1.00 5.00 3.50 5.00 4 44 1.00 5.00 50 1 00 Mrs F. Risley, Laona.. S. E. Saunders, Brookfield, freight.. Mrs P. $1, Freddy P. 50c, Stafford. 1.00 1.00 1 00 ley..... Ohio.-Mrs J. Benton, Savannah.. Mrs J. S. Daily, Braceville. Mrs O. B. Waters. Pittsfield. Mrs Samson $5. Mrs French, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Watts, Mrs Nichols, Mrs Thompson and Mrs Rider 500 each, Mrs Judd, Mrs Sweezer, Mrs Gordon and Mrs Watts 250 each, Mrs J. J. Thompson and Mrs Coolidge 40c, Mrs Armstrong and Miss Woodard 30c, Frankie 05c, per Mrs Samson, Perry...... Friends, North Bloomfield, freight.. Ill.-George H. Cook, Lynnville.. Bequest of Miss Lavinia E. Scarritt, late of Monticello, Rev J. A. Scarritt, Executor.. M. E. Jones, Washburn.. 10 25 50 1.00 10 00 50 Mrs Clarissa Shipman $10, Mrs Mary McTucker $2, per Mrs E. Fitch, Barry. 12.00 Mrs Wm. Hoyt $1, Mrs M. Davis 40c, Mrs A. Watson 15c, Barry. 1 55 Pittsfield, package of clothing from friends, per L. W. Mattaposett, package from a few friends,'per Mrs Susan- Conn.-Orange, bbl. and package of clothing and provisions from friends, also nuts from the children, per E. C. Prudden. Mansfield Center, box of fancy articles from Mrs Adams and Mrs Grosvenor. Waterbury, package containing clothing and a shawl from Mrs W. W. Burritt, pair of stockings from Mrs Ells. South Windsor, box of clothing from Wapping Society, a cradle quilt pieced by Alice Skinner. Birmingham, box of fancy articles for Bazaar from Friends. Center Brook, bbl. of clothing from Ladies' Friendly Society. Waterbury, 2 bbls. of clothing from friends, fancy articles from the Young People's Benevolent Assoc. Southington, quilt and fancy articles from Mrs D. Foote and the Misses Foote. N. Y.-Arkport, clothing from the Ladies of the Presb. Ch. Irvington, quilt from a Young Ladies' Praying Circle. Brookfield, bbl. of clothing from Mrs Maria Hill. Sempronius & New Hope, bbl. of clothing from a few friends. Martinsburgh, box of clothing. Binghamton, 2 bbls. of clothing from the ladies. Gaines, bbl. of clothing and crib quilt from Mary Halsted and Georgianna Holmes, crib quilt from E. and L. Wilder, dried fruit from S. Halsted and L. Wilder. Leesville, box from friends. Lowville, box of clothing from friends and fancy articles from a Juvenile Class, dress from "Wee Jessie." Nassau, bbl. of clothing and dried fruit from Ladies' Soc., 2 bbls, of apples from "Uncle Tick." Bedford, quilt from Miss Clark. Rockland, box of clothing and provisions from friends. Hensonville, bbl. of clothing, fruit and butter from friends. Ellington, box containing quilts, fancy articles and basted work from friends. Carlton, bbl. of clothing and provision from the Aid Soc. Barre Center, tatting collar from Elizabeth Hill. Coventryville, box of clothing from Ladies' Benev. Soc. Coventry, box of clothing from Ladies' Sewing Circle, 2d Cong. Ch. Stafford, box of quilts and clothing from Soldiers' Aid Soc. Syracuse, box of quilts and clothing from P. S. Darrow. Munnsville, box of quilts and clothing from friends, two of thé quilts pieced by little girls. Amity, bbl. of apples, nuts and corn from J. T. Stoddard. Mechlenburgh, box of clothing, bedding and fruit, also fancy articles for Bazaar.. Ulysses, package from friends. Marshall, box of clothing and quilts from friends. Croton, parcel of infants' clothing from Mrs Cockroft. N. J.-Caldwell, package from Rev Mr Sprague. Boonton, clothing & fancy articles from Mrs D. C. Morris. Pa. Conneaut, half bbl. clothing from Eunice Howe, A Minor and Henry Barton. Williamsport, bbl. of clothing from a few ladies. Ohio.-Franklin Mills, box dried fruit and pr. of mittens from Lizzie Whitcomb and Minniə Orr. Pierpont, box clothing from friends. Welshfield, collars, inserting and edging for Bazaar from Josie A. Terry. Aims of the Am. Female Guardian Society. 1st. The Society aims to rescue from degradation, physical and moral, the children of want, homelessness and sorrow, wherever found, who may be committed to the Society in accordance with its Charter, and after a suitable probation in their institution, to learn to what they are best adapted, &c., to secure for them permanent country homes in Christian families. 2d. To reach as many as possible of this same exposed class of children, who, though prevented by surrounding circumstances, from becoming Home beneficiaries as inmates, may, nevertheless, be withdrawn from the education of the city street, taught habits of industry and propriety of conduct, the knowledge of the Bible, &c., and surrounded by influences that may be protective and saving. (Several hundred of this class receive food, raiment, instruction and watch-care through the agency of the Society.) 3d. To afford a place and means of protection for destitute respectable young women, without employment, friends or home, and within the age and circumstances of temptation. 4th. To aid and encourage destitute American widows with small children, to avoid a separation as long as practicable, by furnishing apparel, bedding, etc., at discretion; securing remunerative employment as far as it may be obtained, and also to admonish the unwary of the moral pitfalls that often abound in the pathway of the lowly. 5th. To use the Press to enlist the Public mind in behalf of the several classes and objects above named. The "Home," since it was established in 1847, has sheltered, fed and clothed, temporarily, many thousand children and adults. It is sustained by charitable contributions, and is constantly needing donations of money, clothing, provisions, &c. 10 N. Y.-Sarah Barrows, Etta Coddington, Mary Tripp, James and Charles Gibbons, Perry City. 25 50 Lillie and Ella Begole and Mabel Kingsley 10c each, Gordon 05, Wayland.. Mrs M. J. Sheldon, for the children, Bell 50c, Curtie 25c, Herbert 13c, Horace 07c and Jennie 05c, Perry Center...... 1.00 Eddy Seeley, Albany.. 50 Penn.-Susie Savage, East Springfieid, from her friend Hattie, Iowa.... O.-M. Anna Smith, for special case, Cincinnati.. Essy Crew 25c, Charlie and Lizzie Crew 10c, Mrs C. 20c, Chester Hill....... Pennies found in Charlie's bank, Richmond. Carrie, Flora and Hattie Dailey, Braceville.. Iowa.-Pupils of J. P. Wooton's school, Bangor George G. Miller 50c, his brother Artie 05, Cincinnati Oregon. Mrs L. Hasbrouck 50c, her Emma, dec., 250, the gifts of friends in her sickness, and 2 50 from Mortimer H., Eugene City... Box containing quilt and dried apples. 25 1 50 55 5.50 LIFE MEMBERS. Bbl. containing quilt and children's clothing and dried apples. Package with shawls, stockings and a dress. POSTAGE ON THIS PAPER. By the new law, the postage on single copies of the A. & G. is now six cents a quarter, payable in advance, in all parts of the United States. A package of four copies, which weighs 4 ounces, sent to one address, is subject to no more postage than a single copy, according to Instruction 36, which Postmasters will please see. From 5 to 8 copies, to one address, 12 cents a quarter. From 9 to 12 do do 18 do do and so on, at the rate of 6 cents a quarter for every 4 ounces or fraction thereof. In order to receive the paper at the lowest rate of postage, it is necessary to take them, not singly, but at least 4 copies; and so of clubs, they should be made up, if possible, of 8, 12, 16, 20 and so on. As an inducement to those who now receive it singly, to make up a small club of four or eight, the Ex. Com. propose to put the subscription price for four copies, to one address, at 75 cents a year, and for eight copies, in the same way at 60 cents a year. Twelve copies, and over, will be at the rate of 50c, a year. At offices where there are several single subscribers receiving it to their separate addresses, by their uniting together and having it in one package, to one address, it will materially reduce the postage on each. The postage must be paid in advance, either quarterly or yearly, at the office where received. POSTMASTERS and others, desiring papers to be discontinued, will please send the name of the P. O. as well as of the subscriber. Packages, not letters, should be marked: HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, 29 E. 29TH ST., NEW YORK. A. Chapman. [Healey's Express,] Pier 16, N. R. A list of articles, with donors' names and post-office address, should be enclosed in the package, and another similar list sent by mail, stating when and how the package was forwarded. The only safe way of transmitting funds, is by draft, payable to Mrs. Sarah A. Stone, Treasurer. Important Legacies have been lost to the Home through informality. It is therefore earnestly requested of those who design to benefit the Institution by giving it a place in their last Will and Testament, that they would use the following: FORM OF A BEQUEST. I give and bequeath to the American Female Guardian Society, incorporated by the Legislature of New York, in the year 1849, the sum ofs, to be applied for the Benefit of the Home for the Friendless, or to other charitable uses of said Society. The Will should be attested by three witnesses, who should write against their names, their place of residence, and state that they signed the instrument at the request of the testator, and in the presence of the testator and each other, and that the testator declared to them that it was his or her last Will and Testament. TO DONORS.-Small Packages, sent to the City by private hand, may be left at either of the following places: North and Gillette, [Buck Gloves, Mittens, Army Gauntlets, Country Knit Wool Hose, Furs, &c.,] 18 Cortland St. Jas. O. Bennett, Commission Merchant, 30 Whitehall St Will our friends, in sending on renewals of Clubs, always state in whose name they were taken, during 1863. The omission to do so, causes much confusion on our books. NOTICE. THE carrier of this paper, Mr. JOHN E. LINE, is authorized to receive subscriptions to the ADVOCATE AND GUARDIAN and also donations to the A. F. G. Soc. and Home for the Friendless. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. A friend in Euclid, O., writes: "Salvation is flowing."-Our church commenced a series of special meetings some eight weeks ago, and ever since the work has progressed, resulting up to this time, in the hope.ful conversion of over thirty precious souls. Still calmly but powerfully the stream of salvation is flowing, underinining the sandy foundations of error upon which many were building, and bearing them out, without even an oar of self-righteousness left to guide them through the stream. One after another gladly seeks refuge in the good old gospel-ship, and the testimony of each is, that the days spent on this heaven-bound vessel are worth more that all the days spent in the fair-looking pleasure-crafts they have just quitted. Openings in the West.-When I read about the poor in our large cities, and how they suffer, some of them having, as we might say, none of the comforts of life, I wish they might be induced to come West, where they can be cared for, and those of either sex who are able to labor can find plenty to do, in good, respectable families. Help is very scarce in Illinois, and cannot be got at any price. F. B. H. Ice for Diphtheria.-H. is just recovering from diphtheria. She cured herself by eating small pieces of ice continually. It is a wonderful relief, I wish all knew of it. M. M. Fallen into good families.-The enclosed half dollar is from an elderly lady who takes weaving to do. When asked why she sent it, she replied that she wanted the privilege of praying for you and those under your care, and she could not pray, "be ye fed and clothed," without adding her pittance to your store. We have two or three Home-children in our community: they have fallen into good families, where they will be led in the paths of virtue and truth. MRS. L. M. W. Work by an invalid.-Five years ago, when living in the State of New York, I was a constant reader of your paper. Since I came to Illinois I have never seen one, though I have often thought I would become a subscriber. Last fall, a lady in Vermont sent us the old 1860 and '61 papers. It seemed like meeting an old and cherished friend. I was more than glad to renew the acquaintance. Since then, although so lame as to be unable to walk except a little around the house, I have obtained ten subscribers. M. A. C. Dear ladies at the Home.—The piercing cold of the past few days has caused me to think much of the suffering that must be endured by the very many destitute ones in your great city. The Lord having enabled me to obtain a few dollars, I feel anxious to cast in my mite towards helping to relieve some of it. In closed please find five dollars. It seems to be almost nothing where there is so much needed, but the poor widow's two mites were not despised by our Saviour. May the Lord bless you abundantly in your labors is the daily prayer of Your friend, S. V. Offering of small hands.—I was down to my uncle C.'s Christmas, and I spoke the piece in the Advocate called "An Appeal for the Home Bazaar," and my little brother Willie, five ty-five cents, which I enclose to you with my years old, passed around his hat and got sevengood wishes. M. E. W. Mission of the "Starless Crown."-At our sewing-circle last week we presented your cause, and the paper you publish, and by that means have added eight new subscribers to our former list of twelve. The new subscribers seem highly pleased with their papers. One lady told me she never read anything that aroused her to feel that she had a work to do in placing stars in her crown, as that piece of poetry in the Jan. 1st number, "The Starless Crown." MRS. L. T. W. LIZZIE G. S. (who sends twenty cents,) is four years years old. She is just beginning to learn what benevolence is, and it is her own little offering. (Mrs.) E. G. S. A heart utterance.—One of many.—“I regret our inability to send you larger donations; but this deadly strife is giving us work here at home-as inuch as we are able to do at present. But let it go on! Illinois will never shrink from her portion of the sacrifice, while a blade of corn or wheat can spring from her free prairies or fertile river-bottoms. What she has already done is only the earnest of what we will do, if God calls us to the test. We trust in Him, but we will keep the powder dry, and dig our lead from our own mines, which He has given us for this purpose. Yours, for God and our Country, O. T. M." Accompanying a Subscription.-The surplus fifteen cents I send to the dear children of the Home, as the contents of our angel Charlie's bank. He was a precious bud of promise, whose little life went out with the old year. He was not quite three years old, but in the beginning of his illness, which lasted only one week, he said, "Mamma can't make me well, I is going to die." When his little feet had almost touched the "shining shore," he whispered back, "Can't see papa and mamma," and was of earth no more. The farewell was spoken in that short sentence so dear to our stricken hearts. D. A. C. DIED, in Watertown, Mich., Oct. 22, 1863, Mrs. Mary, wife of Elder Wm. Wood, aged 65. She experienced religion in her nineteenth year, and was zealously engaged in her Master's cause until death. She became a lifemember of the Am. Fem. Guardian Society, some six or eight years ago. The interests of the Home ever lay near her heart, and for its welfare she labored extensively, frequently traveling miles on foot through the mud to raise clubs and obtain single subscribers for the Advocate. Her last sickness was of short duration. When asked a few minutes before she died, on what her hope of future happiness rested, she replied, "On Jesus alone." For the Advocate and Guardian. GROPING FOR THE LIGHT. BY EFFIE JOHNSON. 'NEATH a cloud I wander, Lone and dark my way, And the weird shadows Ever round me play; For the guiding hand, For the higher life, And the griefs and fears, Work for good to thee." And the stinging pain, One is near me ever, By his guiding hand. Through the clouds and darkness, Past the toil and strife, His blest hand shall lead me By the flowing river, To the heavenly bowers, Published, Semi-monthly, by the Executive Committee of the For the Advocate and Guardian. GOD breathes-and winter's icy heart God breathes-and this imprisoned soul, Oh, tears of penitence, now fall! Oh, flowers of hope, now start! Oh, singing birds, now gaily call Till all thy saving health have known, For the Advocate and Guardian. WORKING-WOMEN'S PROTECTIVE UNION. LAST November a meeting was called by the working women of this city, at which statements were made which enlisted the sympathy of some humane men, who have since organized under the above chivalric name. The first public meeting of this association was held March 21, in the large hall of Cooper Institute, and a most interesting one it was, for it showed that earnest, and warm, and wise hearts were taking efficient means to secure to the 30,000 women here dependent upon the labor of their own hands, and in many cases with children or infirm parents looking to them for support, a due equivalent for their services and protection from fraud, also indemnity for the same, by legal process if necessary. It was stated that three-fourths of the employers dealt fairly, while too many of the remainder doled out the merest pittance to the sewing-women. Seven, eight, twelve and sixteen cents are paid for making shirts on which the employers make a profit of from 32 cents, to $1.91. Four and a half and five and a half cents are given for making men's drawers; twenty-three for an army blouse; twenty-five for men's linen dusters; twenty-one cents for a dozen sets of ladies' linen collars and cuffs; seven and onehalf cents for a knapsack, three of which can be made in a day: one and one-fourth cent for a haversack pocket, requiring an hour's steady work. Women are also required to find the thread for these articles, since the price has risen from four and five to nine and ten cents per spool. Some of the frauds practiced were as follows. A man would advertise for 500 hands: applicants in response, would be required to make a sample garment, when they would be informed the work did not suit; so the advertiser would get his garments made for nothing, while the poor women must lose their precious time and work, and go home empty-handed, disheartened. Finding some flaw in finished work for which a deduction of from five to fifty cents would be made while the garments would go unaltered into the market as wellcompleted work-getting work done on condition that payment should be made if it suited the employer, who when it was returned would say it did not suit, such are some of the devices of heartless sharpers. Let us add another which came to our knowledge the day after this meeting. Mrs. G., a worthy widow in our district, saw an advertisement in the Sun of sewing to be given out. She obtained at the specified place three dozen shirts, to be made at one dollar per dozen. On returning the work fiuished, the man present said the paymaster was absent that day, and as the next was their Sabbath she had better not come again until Monday. Then she Whole No. 692. went but no trace was left of the concern, and the man next door said he knew nothing of the parties; and so this poor woman, whose soldier husband died in the hospital a few weeks since, and who has three children under nine years old to maintain, lost the three dollars she had so patiently and hopefully earned. We were glad we could tell her of a placeNo. 4 New Chambers St.-where she could seek employment with confidence that her much-needed earnings should not be wrested from her. The names of honorable and of dishonorable employers are there registered as fast as ascertained, and some benevolent lawyers have volunteered to aid those who have been and shall be wrorged, in obtaining their dues. It was pleasing to see the estimation in which the audience held Peter Cooper, Esq. Spontaneous and hearty cheers greeted his entrance, and when afterward blind Mr. Milburn, in his happy way, alluded to the man with a magnificent brain but more magnificent heart, they were renewed again and again. We did not wonder that the good old man's heart was touched, and that he had to wipe away a few tears, when he thought the attention of the many was diverted again to the eloquent speaker. The latter urged kind ladies, who had never known need, to pay their sewingwomen when the work was brought home, and not ask them to take their valuable time to come again; to pay them well and give them a good dinner too, and perhaps throw in an extra sixpence to give them a ride home; to talk up this matter, turn preachers for a little time; it might keep the unruly member from the utterance of more harmful things. Mr. Beach, of the N. Y. Sun, to whom the presentation of a beautiful basket of flowers was made in token of gratitude for his efficient efforts in the cause, among other things said, the prime object of this movement was to take away all excuse for their unhallowed lives from the 20,000 lost ones of this city, three-fourths of whom ascribe their fall from innocence and, purity to the temptations incident to a life of ill-requited labor. If this be so, we will hope that many will avail themselves of this way of escape from a life of sin, reproach, and shame, recognizing the Saviour's gentle voice, bidding them, through it, to "Go, and sin no more." For the Advocate and Guardian. ORDER. WITH thought comes order, as a part of education. "Oh," says one, "I never could be orderly, it is not in my nature." Precisely, my friend, that is the very object of education, we do not need training in that which comes to us by nature. If Christ gave us no precept, except by implication, we have one from the apostle, "Let all things be done decently and in order." I doubt whether many think of this as a Christian duty, if they have grown up with everything hap-hazard and at loose ends; they see no reason to change, and as they have managed to live along in some way, since all must live, until life departs, they pay less regard to the way in which that life is passed. Now habits of order are a great saving of time, of thought, of temper, of patience, of life. "That nothing be lost." If all things have their places and are kept in them, there is little time lost in looking for them. "O, I can't take the trouble," cried an impatient girl. "My dear," said her grandmother, "it takes no more time to put a thing in place than out of place." Then there is no strength lost, no temper, no patience in looking for them. We all prefer to see, or to be in, a family where habits of order prevail; things go on so much more smoothly, there is so much less jarring and grating of machinery, so much less wear and tear of life. Children are happier and better, for there is less to aggravate and try the temper. So long as we have our animal nature to care for, regular hours of eating and sleeping are important; we all know how wearying it is to wait for our meals beyond the usual time, and how it seems to derange all the work of the day. Chidren are creatures of habit, and we are not half enough aware how important regular and early hours are to them. Many of our children are growing up with brains too excitable, partly the result of attracting their attention and making them use their brains too early, and partly the effect of late hours and stimulating lights, when they should be quiet and at peace. We stir them up, and then give them opiates and sedatives. A lady, who had lived many years at the Sandwich Islands, said she was struck by the quietness of the native children, they lay about like little pigs and hardly showed any signs of intelligence until they were a year old. Now this may strike us as very shocking, and yet it must be better than stirring up the brains of a child of a few months old, stunning it with loud noises and sharp sounds. We have before spoken of the value of early, regular hours, and they are of no little importance to the well-being of a child. One advantage is that one who has gone early to rest, when that rest is accomplished, wakes naturally; a more important point than we imagine, when we go and rouse or shake up children, or older people, before nature has taken the repose she needs. Such a shock often disarranges the whole day, the nerves are not in tune. We have taken some lessons from those who are in training for feats of strength, the very highest point of attainment in physical perfection. It is said one who is in training is never waked suddenly from sleep, if it be necessary to arouse him a window is opened and a current of air suffered to blow across his face. This seldom fails quietly and gently to break his slumbers and he seems to waken of his own accord. This may seem to be a departure from the considerations of order with which we set out, but we do not profess very great method in these hints, and are fain to take up notions and ideas wherever we may find them, if they be but valuable. Volumes might be written, have been written on the advantages of method and order; but very few have been found really to adopt the principles. Few will do so, unless they will take up the whole as a Christian duty. It may sometimes be very contrary to our nature, but none the less a duty. There is a wide range for that precept or declaration, "Except a man deny himself and take up his cross. daily, and follow me, he cannot be my disciple." Our cross and self-denial may often lie, not in performing what we consider strictly religious duties, but in the manner in which we educate ourselves to the daily duties of life. It was in my heart to say a word on the waste of trailing yards of expensive silk or other good material, over filthy pavements and through dirty and muddy streets. Every right-minded woman's conscience must be troubled by it, every cleanly woman must revolt at it; every sensible man disapproves the custom, but fashion is omnipotent. Therefore I have refrained from wasting time and ink. V. For the Advocate and Guardian. "A WORD TO MOTHERS." IN a pile of Advocates lying before me the above caption occurs so frequently as to arrest my attention and to prompt the inquiryWhy be continually harping upon that theme? Do not mothers know their duty as well as those who so frequently ring these words in their ears? But while I write, a reason is furnished for the oft-repeated counsel to mothers. It is the Sabbath, the day of sacred rest, but by reason of physical infirmities, being denied the privilege of meeting with the brethren in the place of prayer,—I am made the unwilling witness of a spectacle the narration of which should startle every Christian mother and lead her to ask, Is it I, or my children? Have I done my duty to them? On this Sabbath-day and within sight of my window, are three young men-gentlemen they would call themselves-engaged in the low amusement of hunting for muskrats on the bank of the creek. Whose sons are they? I listen at the door, but hear only a dreadful oath. Have they no mothers? Yes, doubtless, and they at this hour, it may be, are in the house of God; for this is a Christian community and few there are who are not frequently seen in the place of public worship. And these Sabbath-breakers, too, have often heard the Saviour's invitations of mercy from His servant's lips. They have been, no doubt, religiously educated and at some time have been connected with the Sabbath-school; but how far they have departed from the way in which they should have been taught to go! But this instance of Sabbath desecration is only one of ten thousand which at this moment are witnessed by the All-seeing Eye; and of the thousands of young men who are violating the sanctity of this holy day, many are the sons of professedly Christian parents, many of whom, either in pretense or in sincerity, are now worshiping God in the sanctuary. If in pretense only, it is not surprising that their children are breaking the Sabbath; if in sincerity, how shall we account for the strange inconsistency? Has God forgotten His promise? Will He not keep His word? Christian mothers, why is it that your sons and daughters are not walking in the path of virtue? Have you not given them good religious instruction? "Yes," I think I hear you say. Have you not set before them Christian examples? "We have tried to do so," is your response. And you have, it may be, both formally and heartily consecrated them to God and solemnly pledged that you would train them up for Him and in His service. But have you kept this pledge as faithfully as you would keep a promise made to a neighbor or friend? With respect to many of you it must be said, you have not, for in no other way can we account for the fact that all of your children are not walking in the footsteps of your Lord and Master. No doubt many mothers feel that to train up their children to be Christians is a great work and that the responsibility resting upon them is too great to be borne. It is indeed a great work, too great and difficult to be accomplished in your own strength, but you have this to encourage you the Lord will not leave you helpless, nor see your faithful efforts unrewarded. It is a great and difficult work and may cost you many prayers, fastings and tears; many years of laboring and struggling, your own life even; but what is your life given you for, but to be given back to the Giver in the service He requires of you? It is for this that God has given you being and |