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mals in the country that live on the grass and green herbs?" “Very many, and of many kinds." Ay, that must then be the cause," said the chief; "for the sake of those innocent animals the all-gracious Being continues to let the sun shine and the rain drop down on your own country, since its inhabitants are unworthy of such blessings."

UNKNOWN.

RING OUT.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,

And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

A. TENNYSON.

FAME AND DUTY.

"What shall I do, lest life in silence pass?

"And if it do,

And never prompt the bray of noisy brass,
What need'st thou rue?

Remember, aye the ocean-deeps are mute;
The shallows roar:

Worth is the ocean, fame is but the bruit
Along the shore."

"What shall I do to be forever known?"

"Thy duty ever."

"This did full many who yet slept unknown.” 66 Oh, never, never!

Think'st thou perchance that they remain unknown Whom thou know'st not?

By angel trumps in heaven their praise is blownDivine their lot."

"What shall I do to gain eternal life?"

"Discharge aright

The simple dues with which each day is rife,
Yea, with thy might.

Ere perfect scheme of action thou devise,

Will life be fled,

Where he, who ever acts as conscience cries,

Shall live though dead."

SCHILLER.

No

NO CEREMONY.

ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. If he had been as you, And you as he, you would have slipt like him; But he, like you, would not have been so stern. Measure for Measure, Act 2, Sc. 2.

TRUE LEADERS.

Languor is not in your heart,
Weakness is not in your word,

Weariness not in your brow.

Ye alight in our van! at your voice,
Panic, despair flee away.

Ye move through the ranks, recall
The stragglers, refresh the outworn,
Praise, reinspire the brave.

Order, courage return;
Eyes rekindling, and prayers
Follow your steps as you go.
Ye fill up the gaps in our files,
Strengthen the wavering line,
Stablish, continue our march,
On, to the bound of the waste,
On, to the City of God.

MATTHEW ARNOLD.

BE KIND TO DUMB CREATURES.

A SONG.

Be kind to dumb creatures, be gentle, be true,
For food and protection they look up to you;
For affection and help to your bounty they turn.
Oh, do not their trusting hearts wantonly spurn!

Chorus:

Be kind to dumb creatures, nor grudge them your care, God gave them their life, and your love they must

share ;

And He who the sparrow's fall tenderly heeds,

Will lovingly look on compassionate deeds.

The brave are the tender, then do not refuse
To carefully cherish the brutes you must use;

Make their life's labor sweet, not dreary and sad,
Their working and serving you, easy and glad.
Chorus: "Be kind," etc.

He made them and blessed them, the least are his care: The swallow that wings her swift flight through the air, The dog on your hearthstone, the horse in your barn, The cow in your pasture, the sheep on your farm.

Chorus: "Be kind,” etc.

MRS. J. F. R. FIRTH.

ACTION.

Do something! do it soon! with all thy might;
An angel's wing would droop if long at rest,
And God inactive were no longer blest.
Some high or humble enterprise of good
Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind,
Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food,

And kindle in thy heart a flame refined:
Pray heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind
To this high purpose: to begin, pursue,

With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind;
Strength to complete, and with delight review,
And strength to give the praise where all is due.

WILCOX.

"IN HIM WE LIVE."

The measureless gulfs of air are full of Thee:
Thou art, and therefore hang the stars: they wait
And swim, and shine in God who bade them be,
And hold their sundering voids inviolate.

A God concerned (veiled in pure light) to bless,
With sweet revealing of his love, the soul;

Towards things piteous, full of piteousness;

The Cause, the Life, and the continuing Whole.

He is more present to all things He made
Than anything unto itself can be;
Full-foliaged boughs of Eden could not shade
Afford, since God was also 'neath the tree.

JEAN INGELOW.

FIRM AND FAITHFUL.

Be firm and be faithful; desert not the right;
The brave are the bolder, the darker the night;
Then up and be doing, though cowards may fail;
Thy duty pursuing, dare all, and prevail.

If scorn be thy portion, if hatred and loss,
If stripes or a prison, remember the cross!
God watches above thee, and He will requite;
Stand firm and be faithful, desert not the right.
NORMAN MCLEOD.

HEART SERVICE.

Our hearts' pure service, Love, be thine,
Who clothest all with rights divine,

Whose great Soul burns, though ne'er so dim,

In all that walk, or fly, or swim.

All Father! who on Mercy's throne
Hear'st thy dumb creatures' faintest moan,
Thy love be ours, and ours shall be
Returned in deeds to thine and Thee.

REV. H. BERNARD CARPENTER.