2. The summer flowers, the fair, the sweet, In whose soft looks we seem to meet, 3. The birds among the summer-blooms Pour forth to Thee their strains of love, They leave the earth and soar above. How lovely is a life like theirs, Diffusing sweetness all around! Till, melting on the realms of air, Thy still small voice seems whispering there. 4. The stars, those floating isles of light, Round which the clouds unfurl their sails, That trembles round the form it vails, - And oh, how sweet the tales they tell! They speak of Thee, for Thou art there. 5. The spirit oft oppressed with doubt, May strive to cast Thee from its thought; Whate'er our thoughts, where'er we be, And points, all trembling, up to Thee. 6. Yet, far beyond the clouds outspread, Where soaring fancy oft hath been, That sparkles from Thy radiant throne! LESSON XXXVL INTEGRITY. D. S. DICKINSON. HERE is yet another rule for the guidance of the young is business-men, more important than any to which I have adverted, and without which the subtle deductions of polit ical economy and the ornate science of commercial law would be useless. It is not defined by the chapters of statutes, nor divided into sections; nor has it grown up with the progress of civilization, to suit the demands of society, or answer the exigencies of trade; but it is coëval with human existence, and is written upon the tablet of every heart. 2. It comprises a code of exquisite completeness for man's moral government, and points the pathway for his footsteps, which, carefully pursued, will place length of days in his right hand; and in his left, riches and honor: and it admonishes with startling significance of the terrible penalties which await those who disobey or seek to evade its mandates. This law is as unalterable as the renowned Medes and Persians* fancied were their far-famed edicts. "It lives through all time, Operates unspent." 3. It is not taught in the schools, nor is study requisite to its possession; but the young and the old, the ignorant and the learned, the rich and the poor, the lofty and the low, *Daniel, vi. chap. 8 verse. understand it alike, by that spark of divinity which electrifies the soul, and gives the conscience intuition. It is INTEGRITY, — integrity, including all the cardinal and social virtues which form a code for the moral government of man. It is a capital which never depreciates with fluctuations, is never at a discount, but is a sure reliance in every vicissitude and trial. It points to honorable success in life's pilgrimage with unerring certainty; and is both sword and shield to him who would wage, with the true heart of manhood, the great battle of life. 4. What though the tempests howl, the storms beat, the lightnings flash, the thunders roar, and the angry ocean cast up its mire and dirt: he who holds fast to his integrity will outride the danger, and may laugh at the fury of the elements. His bow of promise will arch itself up again in the heavens, more beautiful than ever, as a living witness that truth can never die. The slaves of vice, and the votaries of indolence and fraud, may flourish for a season; but they perish by a law of being as fixed and certain as the power of gravitation; and, when they have closed their ignoble existence, the devotees of truth will rise above their ruin, like the flowers of spring upon the bleak desolations of winter. 5. Go forth, then, young man, into this broad field of labor, and hope, and reward, and peril! Be temperate, industrious, frugal, and self-reliant; and whenever temptations shall cross your pathway and seek to allure you, pause and reflect, remember this time and occasion, your associates and him who addresses you; and remember, too, and repeat this one word which I give you, as a talisman or charm to shield and protect you from all evil, and bear you through life's journey in safety; and that word isINTEGRITY! LESSON XXXVII. 1 TRANS FIGURE (from TRANS, implying change, and FIGURE, a form or shape) is to change the form or figure; to transform. 2 THE SOUTHERN CROSS is a brilliant little constellation, consisting of four principal stars; too far south, however, to be seen by us in these northern regions. THE POLAR STAR is a star of the second magnitude, forming the extremity of Ursa Minor, or the Little Bear. THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE. EPHRAIM PEABODY. ERE is a whaling vessel in the harbor, her anchors HERE up, and her sails unfurled. The last boat has left her, and she is now departing on a voyage of three, and perhaps four years in length. All that the eye sees is that she is a fine ship, and that it has cost much labor to fit her out. Those on board will spend years of toil, and will then return, while the profits of the voyage will be distributed, as the case may be, to be squandered, or to be added to already existing hoards. So much appears. But there is an unpublished history, which, could it be revealed, and brought vividly before the mind, would transfigure1 her, and enshrine her in an almost awful light. 2. There is not a stick of timber in her whole frame, not a plank or a rope, which is not, in some mysterious way, enveloped with human interests and sympathies. Let us trace this part of her history, while she circles the globe, and returns to the harbor from which she sailed. At the outset, the labor of the merchant, the carpenter, and of all employed on her, has not been mere sordid labor. The thought of their homes, of their children, and of what this labor may secure for them, has been in their hearts. 3. And they who sail in her, leave behind homes, wives, |