THE WASTE OF WAR. GIVE me the gold that war has cost, I'll clothe each shivering wretch on earth, In needful; nay, in brave attire; Vesture befitting banquet mirth, In Which kings might envy and admire. every vale, on every plain, A school shall glad the gazer's sight; Where every poor man's child may gain Pure knowledge, free as air and light. I'll build asylums for the poor, By age or ailment made forlorn; And none shall thrust them from the door, Or sting with looks, and words of scorn. I'll link each alien hemisphere; Help honest men to conquer wrong; Art, Science, Labour, nerve and cheerReward the Poet for his song. In every crowded town shall rise Halls academic, amply graced; Where Ignorance may soon be wise, And coarseness learn both art and taste. To every province shall belong Collegiate structures, and not fewFilled with a truth-exploring throng, And teachers of the good and true. In every free and peopled clime A vast Walhalla hall shall stand; A marble edifice sublime, For the illustrious of the land; A Pantheon for the truly great, The wise, beneficent, and just; A place of wide and lofty state To honour or to hold their dust. A temple to attract and teach Shall lift its spire on every hill, Where pious men shall feel and preach Peace, mercy, tolerance, good-will; Music of bells on Sabbath-days Round the whole earth shall gladly rise; And one great Christian song of praise Stream sweetly upward to the skies! HOW TO ACQUIRE SELF-CONTROL. FEW women attain to a proper regulation of temper until they are more than twenty years of age. The period of girlhood is one of impulse; let it not dishearten you, if, on your marriage, you find that you have much to overcome in this respect. But, whilst to a conscientious mind I would proffer hope, I must endeavour to impress a deep conviction of the absolute necessity of attaining a command of temper, if any prospect of happiness is to be insured. There are numerous trials in first entering new-married life. The new duties and responsibilities-in the middle classes, the details of housekeeping, more especially the necessary accounts, and the difficulty of combining economy and elegance, irritate the feelings. In the higher ranks there are even more trials, because the temper is the most, neglected in those circles. Girls are left to upper nurses in childhood, and to governesses in girlhood, who are to control that which maternal influences could so much more naturally and thoroughly direct. It often happens, therefore, that, unseen by acquaintance, and even not fully known by relations, the temper of young ladies in the higher classes has appeared irritable, and even violent, when they have been called forth into the actual business of life. The control of temper is so completely a Christian virtue, that we cannot pray too earnestly to be enabled to exercise it. Every night recall each hasty word or angry feeling, and endeavour, humbly, to make your peace with your Maker; for be assured, that errors of temper are displeasing to Him who was "meek and lowly of heart." In the serious and anxious review of your conduct, let no fault of others plead your extenuation. Shall we receive kindness and respect from our neighbour, and shall we not also bear with his infirmities? To resent them is the effect of pride, that sin against the Most High which is one remnant of our fallen nature. These are among the most important considerations which should regulate temper. There are some minor aids, to enumerate which is a task that belongs properly to this work. The habits are, more or less, connected with the control of temper. A lady who is active, orderly, and regular, will not be subject to those little trials which women bear much worse than calamities. Some women are all day long lamenting the want of time; they are, in short, mourning insensibly over the hours which they have lost in the morning. A hurry of spirits takes place which is destructive to forbearance. And, indeed, in large towns, with a numerous acquaintance, this feeling of hurrying, and this fear of never getting done what one has to do, will pursue the early riser, as well as the lady of late hours. Many a harsh word is uttered in such moments, when the sufferer becomes singularly unjust. Let her have the good sense to shut herself up at such times, and to be quiet in her own dressing room-that domestic fortification, to which servants and visiters may be forbidden to follow her. Let her have half-an-hour to rest, to recover, and to reflect, and an improved self-command will be the result. But as such cannot always be the case, let women make, in such moments of temptation, a strong and desperate effort to be calm and just: their moments of reflection will thenceforth be moments of peace, not of self-reproach, In all your dealings with your husband be considerate: do not harass him by indecision in trifles, by idle, yet perplexing questions. Let your presence be to him a consoling presence; not one always associated with complaints of servants, accounts of indisposition, or with long bills. Keep all these things for one grave time, do not let them be mixed up with every day's experience. Above all, keep such subjects away from meal-time. Let those occasions be occasions of cheerful converse, not of business; which must, more or less, lead to wrangling in some cases. Acquire a habit of judging for yourself in all matters relating to the management of your house and family, so that you may be only under the necessity of appealing occasionally to your husband's judgment. If he happens to be in a profession, frequent calls upon his attention in small matters must distract and harass him. If he has no pursuit of that kind, a continual attention to small subjects alone will not be likely to raise his mind, or to exercise, advantageously, his men |