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6. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object-this, this is eloquence; or rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence-it is action-noble, sublime, godlike action.

The above judicious observations on eloquence, are extracted from Daniel Webster's discourse at Boston, on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom died in 1826, on the 4th of July! In describing the characteristics of genuine eloquence, he has unconsciously described his own. He has, for many years, been a member of the senate of the United States from Massachusetts, his adopted state. On the 4th of March, 1841, he was appointed Secretary of State, by President Harrison. His features are prominent, especially his forehead; his eyes, which are overarched by dark, heavy brows, are expressive and penetrating; and his countenance indicates that he possesses extraordinary intellectual powers.

9. ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT.-Dr. Rush.

1. The eloquence of the pulpit is nearly allied to music, in its effects upon the moral faculty. It is true, there can be no permanent change in the temper and moral conduct of a man, that is not derived from the understanding and the will; but we must remember that these two powers of the mind are most assailable, when they are attacked through the avenue of the passions; and these we know, when agitated by the powers of eloquence, exert a mechanical action upon every power of

the soul.

2. Hence we find in every age and country where Chris tianity has been propagated, the most accomplished orators have generally been the most successful reformers of mankind. There must be a defect of eloquence in a preacher, who, with the resources for oratory which are contained in the Old and New Testaments, does not produce in every man who hears him, at least, a temporary love of virtue.

3. I grant the eloquence of the pulpit alone cannot change men into Christians; but it certainly possesses the power of changing brutes into men Could the eloquence of the stage be properly directed, it is impossible to conceive the extent of its mechanical effects upon morals.

4. The language and imagery of Shakspeare upon moral and religious subjects, poured upon the passions and the senses, in all the beauty and variety of dramatic representation; who could resist or describe their effects?

Dr. Benjamin Rush, author of the above remarks, was born near Philadelphia, in 1745, and died in the year 1813. He was greatly distinguished as a writer, particularly on the subject of medicine.

The tone of voice in which man, under a full and realizing sense of the incalculable worth of an immortal existence, would speak, remains to be heard on earth. True eloquence, employed in the pulpit, cannot fail to have a most salutary effect upon the morals and lives of the people; for every garland and chaplet which it weaves, are composed of the fragrant leaves of the tree of life.

10. TASTE FOR READING.-Sir J. Herschell.

1. If I were to pray for a taste which would abide with me under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness through life, and shield me against its many ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading. I speak of it, of course, only as a worldly advantage, and not in the slightest degree superseding or derogating from the higher office. and surer and stronger panoply of religious principles; but as a taste, an instrument, and a mode of pleasurable gratification.

2. Give a man this taste and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society of every period of history-with the wisest, the wittiest, the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters which have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations, cotemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.

3. It is hardly possible that his character should not take a higher and a better tone, from the constant habit of associating with a class of thinkers, to say the least of it, above the average of humanity. It is morally impossible that the manners should not take a tinge of good breeding and civilization, from having constantly before one's eyes the way in which the best bred and best informed men have talked and conducted themselves, in their intercourse with each other.

4. There is a gentle but perfectly irresistible coercion in a well directed habit of reading, over the whole tenor of a man's character and conduct, which is not the less essential because it works insensibly, and because it is really the last thing he dreams of. It civilizes the conduct of men, and suffers them not to remain barbarous.

11. A RABBINICAL TALE.-Dr. Franklin.

1. And it came to pass after these things, that Abraham sat at the door of his tent, about the going down of the sun. And behold! a man bent with age, coming from the way of the wilderness, leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, met him, and said unto him: "Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way."

2. And the man said: "Nay, for I will abide under this tree." But Abraham pressed him greatly; so he turned, and they went into the tent. bread, and they did eat.

And Abraham baked unleavened And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him: "Wherefore doest thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth ?"

3. And the man answered and said: "I worship the God of my fathers, in the way which they have appointed." And Abraham's wrath was kindled against the man, and he arose and fell upon him, and drove him forth with blows into the wilderness. And God called unto Abraham, saying: "Abraham, where is the stranger?"

4. And Abraham answered and said: "Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name, therefore have I driven him out before my face into the wilderness." And God said: "Have I borne with him these hundred and ninety years, and nourished him, and clothed him, notwithstanding his rebellion against me; and couldst not thou, who art thyself a sinner, bear with him one night?"

5. And Abraham said: "Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot against his servant; lo! I have sinned, I pray thee forgive me." And Abraham arose, and went forth into the

wilderness, and sought diligently for the man, and found him, and returned with him to the tent; and when he had treated him kindly, he sent him away on the morrow with gifts.

Benjamin Franklin was born at Boston in the year 1706, and died April 17th, 1790. He was eminently useful both as a philosopher and statesman. So perfect was his knowledge of electricity, that he drew lightning from the clouds. He also invented the lightning rod, which is extensively and advantageously used. He took an active and prominent part in the glorious cause of American freedom. His patriotism was not "hemmed in," by the territorial limits of any country. His language was: "Where fiberty dwells, there is my country." He was President of the American Philosophical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, London, and Paris, Governor of the state of Pennsylvania, and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the court of France. He re quested the following epitaph which he composed, to be inscribed upon his tomb-stone:

"The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, like the covering of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding, lies here, food for worms; yet the work itself shall not be lost, but will, as he be lieved, appear once more in a new and beautiful edition, corrected and amended by the Author."

The remains of the great philanthropist, lie in the Christ-church Cemetery, at Philadelphia, corner of Mulberry and Fifth-street; and the only inscription upon his tomb-stone, is as follows:

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Dr. Franklin being in company where religious intolerance was the subject discussed, to illustrate some remarks he had made in favor of toleration, took up a Bible; and, opening at Genesis, read the foregoing parable, to the surprise of his hearers, who wondered that such a passage had es caped their notice! There is no such passage or parable in the Bible, but nevertheless, we are taught a good lesson in favor of religious toleration.

12. EDUCATION.-Governor Seward.

1. Our physicians, our lawyers, our divines, our politicians, and even our instructors of youth, seem too often to suppose when they enter upon the active duties of their vocation, that they have acquired all the knowledge requisite for their discharge, and forget that they are, at that moment, only qualified for the higher and more elevated course of study that leads to success, distinction, and usefulness.

2. Let us, then, remember for ourselves, and inculcate upon the people, that our progress thus far has but led us to the vestibule of knowledge.

3. When we see people content in the belief that they know all that is known, or is desirable to be known, let us instruct them, that there is a science that will reveal to them the hidden and perpetual fires, in which, are continually carried on the formation and modification of the rocks, which compose this apparently solid globe, and from whose elaborate changes is derived the sustenance of all that variety of vegetable life, with which it is clothed.

4. That another will disclose to them the elements and properties of those metals which men combine or shape with varied art, into the thousand implements and machines, by the use of which, the forest world has been converted into a family of kindred nations.

5. That another solicits their attention, while she will bring in review before them, so that they can examine with greater care and instruction than they did their great progenitor in the primitive garden, all the races of animated beings, and learn their organization, uses, and history.

6. That another will classify and submit to their delighted examination, the entire vegetable kingdom, making them familiar with the virtues as well as the forms of every species, from the cedar of Lebanon to the humble flower that is crushed under their feet.

7. That another will decompose and submit to their examination, the water which fertilizes the earth, and the invisible air they breathe; will develope the sources and laws of that heat which seems to kindle all life into existence, and that terrific lightning which seems the special messenger of divine wrath to extinguish it.

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