be exerted to beneficent purposes; and that those who are ornaments of society, may be also its pillars and support.

"It is the peculiarity of our system of education, that it visits the lowliest abodes of poverty-it searches out with magnetic instinct whatever of latent genius and talent the country possesses; it draws humble merit from the obscurity of its situation into the sunshine of public view; it arouses the slumbering energies of mind into action, and gives an impulse and a right direction to abilities which else had remained dormant and motionless forever. In other countries, not blessed with a similar institution, where the means of education are afforded only to a few, many a child of genius lives and dies in obscurity,

"Whose hands the rod of empire might have swayed, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre."

A NEW INTEREST IMPARTED.

"A new interest has been imparted to this day. The fiftieth anniversary of American

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liberty dawned upon two illustrious patriots, who had contributed largely to the independence of their country; and who, more than any others then living, were the objects of their country's best affections and warmest gratitude. The one, was the author of the Declaration; and the other, its ablest supporter and boldest advocate. They had each attained the highest executive office in the government. On the jubilee of American freedom-the very day which they themselves had immortalized, while a nation was joining in one universal chorus of thankfulness and praise to its great deliverers, the souls of Jefferson and Adams, satisfied with the retrospect of half a century, winged their way together to the regions of immortal bliss. The one departed at the very moment when his name and his works were the theme of eulogy on every tongue; and the spirit of his great compatriot lingered only to catch the last strain of gratitude which was wafted upon the evening breeze, when he, too, took his ethereal flight. Wonderful

coincidence!

Who does not recognize the

hand of Providence in this? Who could have wished for his country's friends and benefactors a more glorious and happy exit? * * * * The day is now complete. Death has placed upon it the last seal of immortality and consecrated it to the affections, as it was before to the admiration of mankind. Hitherto, the sensations excited by its return, were of an unmixed joy. The American patriot, as the glad light of it saluted his eyes, thought only of liberty, of deliverance from foreign oppression by our venerated sires. But, hereafter, the tear of chastened regret shall suffuse his eye, as he remembers that on this day, too, the mighty spirits of Jefferson and Adams ceased to maintain a visible connection with this world. The cyprus shall bend with the laurel, and strains of sorrow shall mingle with the festive songs of exultation and joy. Henceforward,

“With one auspicious and one drooping eye,”

shall the American patriot perform the solemp

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rites of this anniversary, and the swell of proud and grateful emotion with which he dwells upon the charter of his country's liberties, shall be chastened and subdued into a feeling of tender sorrow, as he recollects that the bold hand which traced, and the eloquent lips which pleaded her independence, were, on this day, motionless and sealed forever."

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS HABITS.

CHAPTER V.

THE parents of Mr. Baldwin were members of the Episcopal Church in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His mother was a devoted christian, and had her children all dedicated to God in early life. She died, however, before young Charles was quite three years old. When very small, his mind was enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and he often felt inclined to give his tender heart to the Savior. Time, however, gradually effected a change in his moral feelings. Worldly pleasures and wicked associations grieved the Holy Spirit, and gradually erased nearly all serious impressions from his mind and heart. It is true that occasionally an alarming providence, such as the death of a young companion, or a heart searching sermon would arouse his conscience, and excite