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THE SUNBEAM'S MISSION.

A GENTLE Sunbeam lost his way,
In a lonely glen one day,

And rested on a little child,

Whose face was fair, whose eyes were dim
With tears that fell unchecked by him.
And now he speaks in accents wild,
Why am I but an orphan child?
There once was one who cared for me,
But now she sleeps beneath the tree
A victim to earth's villainy!
But the sunbeam kisses his brow;
And a smile is on his fair face now.
With face upturned he breathes a prayer
That God will for the orphan care.
And now he leaves that lonely spot,
All care is o'er, all fear forgot,
For now he trusts the orphan's friend,
Whose love and care can never end.
But years have flown on eagle's wings,
And that boy to God still clings;
And what's the fruit of all his trust?
And has his hopes been turned to dust?

Oh! no, for as a man he stands

Rich and honored by the land;

And in the busy scene of life,

Where nought is going on but strife,
We see that man stand side by side
With those who are the country's pride.

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KINDNESS.

WORD fitly spoken, how good is it!" It may

for a moment be covered up by the rubbish of worldly care, even as the acorn is by the "dark, damp mould;" but by-and-by there will be a disturbing of the leaves, and a slender green sprig will spring up" to the sunshine and the dew." So with kindness; it is never lost. Even the untutored mind of the savage never forgets the cup of cold water given him when in distress.

Be kind! My young friend, give these words deep tracing on your heart's tablet, and let them be ever present with you. Harsh words fall grating on the ear, are poisonous to the heart, and rankle long after the utterer has forgotten them. Even as old letters, when least thought of, arise and add fearfully to the scale in which the actions of the past are to be weighed, so unkind words will instigate and urge onward to revenge. When you are most in need of sympathy from those you have injured, it will be withheld: the fire of your anguish will be to the mirror of memory what heat is to the sheet on which thoughts have been traced in that peculiar ink which needs fire to bring it out to the sight; your character will be revealed in its true light, your standing on its true basis. ·

The young should be kind to the aged! God commands it, conscience reiterates the demand, and,

the principle of respect inherent in the bosom of every mortal, urges a compliance; likewise the thought that in after years the now joyous youth may be subjected to the same treatment by those who have no regard for gray hairs, add its weight in furtherance of the command. "Honor thy father and thy mother" is applicable to all classes; the amplitude to this commandment, it appears to us, has no latitude shorter than the ends of the earth.

"Brightest links in life are broken
By a single angry word;"

and a vapor, deadly as the air of the eastern valley, will enshroud in its folds a circle once bound by the sweetest and tenderest ties, but now, by discordant words and harsh expressions, made rancorous and thirsty for revenge.

In heaven there is no discord. How, then, can you expect an entrance into that holy place when your very presence would defile it?

The air of Pandemonium rings with wailing and bitter reproaches. This, and this only, is the fitting and will be the eternal abode of those who scruple not on earth to destroy unity and sever the tender, vibrating chord of love by harshness and unkind

tones.

"Follow me," said the Holy One when on earth; and as he was "holy, harmless, and undefiled," so we should follow him in this as in other respects. He went about "doing good," and though "reviled,

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he reviled not again." Such is the example we have to follow. Shall we fail? Oh no! Let our actions ever be kindly ones, and even Our conversation: "so shall we not eward."

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THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE.

AN Austrian Army, Awfully Arrayed,
Boldly By Battery Besieged Belgrade;
Cossack Commanders Cannonading Come,
Dealing Destruction's Devastating Doom;
Every Endeavor Engineers Essay,

For Fame, For Fortune Fighting-Furious Fray;
Generals 'Gainst Generals Grapple-Gracious God!
How Honors Heav'n Heroic Hardihood!

Infuriate, Indiscriminate, In Ill,

Kinsmen Kill Kindred, Kindred Kinsmen Kill!

Labor Low Levels Longest, Loftiest lines:

Men March 'Mid Mounds, 'Mid Moles, Mid Murd'rous Mines;

Now Noisy, Noxious Numbers Now Naught

Of Outward Obstacles Opposing Ought;

Poor Patriots! Partly Purchas'd, Partly Press'd,

Quite Quaking, Quickly "Quarter, Quarter," Quest,
Reason Returns, Religious Rights Redounds,
Suwarrow Stops Such Sanguinary Sounds;

Truce To Thee, Turkey! Triumph To Thy Train!
Unjust, Unwise, Unmerciful Ukraine !

Vanish Vain Victory!-Vanish Victory Vain!

Why Wish we Warfare? Wherefore Welcome Were
Xerxes, Ximenes, Xanthus, Xavier ?

Yield, Yield, Ye Youths! Ye Yoeman, Yield You Yell!

Zeno's Zarpater's Zoroaster's Zeal;

Attracting All Arms, Against Acts Appeal.

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