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, | 7 7 |

Some 7 | act by the | delicate | mind; |

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

Al- | ready to | sorrow re- | sign'd. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

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 |

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. | 77 |

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77 | 7 And | when he had | spent 7 | all, | 7 there a- |
rose a mighty | famine | 7 in | that | land: | 7 7 | And
he began to be in | want. 7 | 77 | 77 | 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 ¦ 7 7 | 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 | fa-
ther'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, 7 | 7 and am | no 7 | more | worthy to be |
called thy son | 77 |❘ make me as
servants. | 77 | 77 | 7 And | he a-
to 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 I 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 | 7 7 7 7 | But the | father | said to his servants, |77| Bring forth | 7the | best 7 | robe, 7 | 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 dead, 7 | and is a- | live a- |

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

Now his elder | son 7 | was in the | field: | 7 7 | And

dancing. | 7 7

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7 7 And he |

servants | 7 and

as he came and | drew 7 | nigh to the house, | 7 he | | heard music and called one of the asked | 7 what | these things | meant. | 77 | 7 | 7 And he | said unto him, | 7 Thy | brother is | come; | 77 | 7 and thy | father 7 hath killed the | fatted | calf,7 | 7 be- | cause he hath received him | safe and sound. | 77 | 7 7 | And he was angry, | 7 and | would not go | in: |77| therefore came his | father | out, 7 | 7 and in- | treated him. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 And he | answering | said to his | father, 7 7 | Lo these many years 7 7 do I serve thee, 77 | neither trans- | gressed I at any time | 7 thy com- mandment: | 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 | with me, | 7 and all that I have is | thine. 7 7 7 7 | It was | meet that | we should make | merry, | 7 and be glad : | 77 | 7 for | this thy | brother |

thou art ever

and is a- | live a- | gain; | 7 and was | found. | 77 | 7 7 |

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 | understandest my thoughts | 7 a- | far | off. 7 | 77 | 77 | Thou | compassest my | path, 7 | 7 and my | lying down, 7 and art ac- | quainted with all my ways. 7 | | | 7 | For there is not a | word in my | tongue, | 7 but | lo, 7 | 07 | Lord | thon 7 | knowest it | alto- | gether. 7 7 7 7 | Thou hast be- | set me | 7 be- | hind and be- fore, 7 | 7 and | laid thine | hand upon me. | 77 1 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? | 7 1 77 | If I ascend 7 | up into heaven, 77 | thou art | there : | 7 7 ¦ if I make my | bed in | 1

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hell | 7 be| hold, 7 | thou art | there. | 77 | 7 7 | If I take the | wings of the morning | 7 and | dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: 7|77| Even | there | 7 shall | thy 7 | hand 7 | lead me, | 7 and thy | right 7 | hand shall hold me. | 77 | 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 | day: | 77 | 7 the | darkness and the both a- I like to thee. | 77 | 77 |

shineth as the

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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, | 7 7 | Thus on, 7 7 till | wisdom | 7 is | pushed out of | life. 7 | 77 | 77 |

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. | 7777

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

bears 7 |

7 The palm, 7 | 7 that all men 7 are a- | bout 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 |