In God's house there is pleasure and profit.

Remember the Sabbath day

REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY.

ET the young man form early, and never intermit, the habit of regular attendance on public worship. Why spend the whole of God's day of rest in frivolous conversation, or in habits which enervate the body, and enfeeble, if they do not vitiate, the mind? A young man should attend church, independently of any special good he may derive from the service or the sermon. "I always go to church," said a young man, even when I am where I do not care for the preacher, and I find the beneficial influence of it on my mind and character." George Washington was always constant in his attendance at the sanctuary. If he had guests living with him, he would take up his hat at the sound of the church bell, and say to his friends, "It is my invariable practice to attend Divine service. I shall be happy in your company if you desire to join me." Some imagine it to be a matter of perfect indifference whether they go to church or remain at home. But public worship is no arbitrary institution. It is not only enjoined in the Bible, but, like society, government, language, and the arts, it has its roots in human nature. Man is a religious being, and he is also a social being. What, then,

To keep it holy.

The way of the righteous is made plain.

Six days shalt thou labour.

A Sabbath well spent

more natural than these hours of mingled praise and
prayer? Some think the Sabbath a day for lying in
bed, and otherwise pampering the body. Some
regard it as a day for walking, riding, or working in
the garden; and others think the man of toil may
spend it in idleness and dissipation. But though we
give the day to physical inactivity, we can and should
find a true rest in employing the heart in religious
exercises, and the mind in profitable reading.

There is an alarming disease that may be called
Sunday sickness, which comes on Saturday evening,
rages through the system all day Sunday, and does
not intermit its terrible work until breakfast is over
on Monday. Then, happily for the patient, it usually
vanishes as suddenly as it came. It is seldom, we
believe, physically fatal, but it is morally, religiously,
and intellectually injurious to human character, and
fatal to all church-going.

The weather, too, has an appalling power on the Sabbath. It can be encountered on the week-day; but who can meet a storm, or even the prospect of one, on this day? Wind and rain and snow will not prevent us visiting the theatre, or attending a party at a friend's house, or a public concert, no matter how far distant these meetings may be held from our own residence; but it must never be expected that we should run the slightest risk of getting cold by attending church! We think he would be a moral

Brings a week of content.

Sunday doing leads to ruin.

Righteousness is immortal.

To do that which lies before us

benefactor to his race, if a man could persuade his
fellows that there is really no more danger in ven-
turing out to church on a bright Sunday morning
than in attending a crowded, heated meeting on a
Saturday night. It would send fulness to many an
empty pew, and give joy to many a disheartened
preacher.

DUTIES OF DAILY LIFE.

T is a great misfortune that people so commonly amuse themselves with idle and imaginary schemes, how they would behave, and what they would do, were they in such or such a situation. They would be very good and very exemplary were they very great, very learned, very wealthy, very retired, very old, and the like. But they neglect the gift which is in them, and the work which is appointed for them, while they are thinking of that which is not. Alas! that men's thoughts should be so taken up with dreams and reveries, how they would manage were they in another station, while the chief wisdom of life consists in the assiduous discharge of those duties which belong to their own proper calling.

Is the prime wisdom.

TUCKER.

Act, act, in the living present.

Forsake not a friend in adversity.

Poverty is no crime.

MORAL COURAGE.

AVE the courage to discharge a debt while
you have the money in your pocket.

Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much you
may admire it.

Have the courage to speak your mind when you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is better that you should be silent.

Have the courage to speak to a poor friend in a threadbare coat, even in the street, and when a rich one is nigh. The effort is less than many take it to be, and the act is worthy of a king.

Have the courage to set down every penny you spend, and add it up weekly.

Have the courage to admit that you have been in the wrong, and you will remove the fact from the mind of others, putting a desirable impression in the place of an unfavourable one.

Have the courage to adhere to a first resolution when you cannot change it for a better, and to abandon it at the eleventh hour upon conviction.

Have the courage to face a difficulty, lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. Difficulties, like thieves, often disappear at a glance.

Admission of error prevents commission.

Be ever open to conviction.

Keep the head and feet warm,

Temperance conduceth to longevity.

Have the courage to leave a convivial party at a proper hour for so doing, however great the sacrifice; and to stay away from one, upon the slightest grounds for objection, however great the temptation to go.

Have the courage to dance, if you wish to do so; and to decline dancing, if you dislike the performance, or cannot accomplish it to your satisfaction.

Have the courage to shut your eyes on the prospect of large profits, and to be content with small

ones.

Have the courage to tell a man why you will not lend him your money; he will respect you more than if you tell him you can't.

Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you possess, when he convinces you that he lacks principle. "A friend should bear with a friend's infirmities "-not his vices.

Have the courage to wear your old garments till you can afford to pay for new ones.

Have the courage to pass the bottle without filling your glass, when you have reasons for so doing; and to laugh at those who urge you to the contrary.

Have the courage to wear thick boots in winter.

Have the courage to review your own conduct; to condemn it where you detect faults; to amend it to the best of your ability; to make good resolves for your future guidance, and to keep them.

Bad principle is worse than no principle.

And the rest will take no harm.