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But he did one thing that was hardly fair,-
He peeped in the cupboard, and finding there
That all had forgotten for him to prepare,

"Now, just to set them a-thinking, I'll bite this basket of fruit," said he; "This costly pitcher I'll burst in three; And the glass of water they've left for me Shall 'tchick'! to tell them I'm drinking."

" would not fiue alway." live

Job vii. 16.

"I WOULD not live alway," I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way;
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here,
Are enough for life's woes,-full enough for its
cheer.

"I would not live alway," thus fettered by sin,
Temptation without and corruption within;
E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears,
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears.

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LOOK ALOFT.

"I would not live alway;" no-welcome the tomb;
Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom,
There, sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise,
To hail Him in triumph descending the skies.

Who, who would live alway, away from his God,
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode,
Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright
plains,

And the noontide of glory eternally reigns!

Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet, While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul!

IN the tempest of life, when the wave and the gale Are above and around, if thy footing should fail;

LOOK ALOFT.

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If thine eye should grow dim, and thy caution de

part,

"Look aloft," and be firm, and be fearless of heart.

If the friend who embraced in prosperity's glow, With a smile for each joy, and a tear for each woe, Should betray thee, when sorrows like clouds are arrayed,

"Look aloft," to that friendship which never shallfade.

Should the visions which hope spreads in light to thine eye,

Like the tints of the rainbow but brighten to fly, Then turn, and through tears of repentant regret, "Look aloft," to the sun that is never to set.

Should they who are dearest, the choice of thy heart, The friend of thy bosom, in sorrow depart,

"Look aloft," from the darkness and dust of the tomb,

To the soil where affection is ever in bloom.

And oh when Death comes, in his terrors, to cast
His fears in the future, his pall on the past;
In that moment of darkness, with hope in thy heart,
And a smile in thine eye, "look aloft," and depart.

Be kind to each other.

BY C. SWAIN.

Be kind to each other!
The night's coming on,
When friend and when brother
Perchance may be gone;
Then, midst our dejection,
How sweet to have earned

The blest recollection

Of kindness,-returned !

When day hath departed,
And memory keeps
Her watch broken-hearted,
Where all she loves sleeps,

Let falsehood assail not,
Nor envy disprove ;
Let trifles prevail not

Against those we love !—

Nor change with to-morrow,

Should fortune take wing,

For a brother, or sister, or friend, loved and dear, Reposing in stillness, on death's sable bier.

Be kind to each other!

For, little ye know,