are bitter words; sarcasm that bites, and scorn that poorly hides itself, and haughty presumption, that boasts how soon the world shall be rid of what he despises,—such is too frequently the seasoning which is put into speeches designed professedly to promote the truth. And will

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ever a poor fool be found that shall by such made to quit hold of a cherished sentiment ? the talking of thousands weaken his convictions or his prejudices?If we aim at the welfare of our neighbor we must show him that we do. If we would modify or change the creed of a numerous sect, we must to each and every member of that sect, be at once strictly just, and tenderly benevolent, in all our intercourse. So far from magnifying their errors, we must place them in such lights before our own minds, as shall make them appear more easy to account for and to excuse. While we yield not an atom of scriptural truth, we may not go to the task of removing unscriptural errors with our minds full of imagery that blinds us to the real evil, and still more to the good mixed up with it. We are to speak what we believe, but in a way that he who hears and doubts shall not be driven from us by a sneer, or wounded still deeper by a thrust at his moral character. We are not to take it for granted that error has had more influence, than truth combined with it in the same creed. We ought rather to presume that men are honest and devout in their belief, until we are shown clearly the contrary. Every good quality in an opponent should be doubly valuable to us, because of the disadvantages under which it has been cultivated. Every evil quality should lose something of its badness in our estimation, by a kind recollection of the sources whence it sprang, and the food which has nour

ished it. No party name should be to us a warrant that all whom it covers are deficient, in the virtues which we do not expect to see flourish in such a situation. Nor are we to claim for ourselves and those who think as we do, all the virtues which the truths we hold are adapted to produce. As he who has a fine garden of choice plants unhappily overrun by weeds, treads cautiously among the weeds, lest some of the plants should be overlooked and injured in his zeal to root out their enemies, so must the Christian in the garden of his brother's heart, fear more to hurt what is precious, than to eradicate what is worthless and to blot out what is vile.

[To be continued.]

THE CASKET.

THIS is a Christmas gift and annuary for the young. It is made up of original pieces, simple, various, beautiful, and sometimes tenderly pathetic. The difficulty of procuring original composition which shall exactly meet the purpose of such a work, will be sufficient apology, if in this first attempt, there be not all which the strictly judicious might desire. But in perusing it we have thought of no such deficiency. Truths which are the sources of the mind's health and the guardians of its tranquillity, are brought out in forms which please the imagination, and awaken none but salutary emotions. The design has been, as the editor intimates, to exclude what is too highly wrought and exciting, to deal gently with the heart, and to avoid the mischiefs which flow from indulging morbid sensibility. For the most part, this has been ac

complished. And we feel safe, in recommending the work, as likely to furnish a valuable addition to the entertainment and instruction of those for whom it is intended.

OUTLINES OF SCRIPTURE GEOGRAPHY. WITH AN ATLAS. By J. E. WORCESTER.

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A Geography, which should contain the most important elementary information, respecting the countries spoken of in Scripture, was much needed. py that an author to whom we look as an such matters, of the very highest character, has turned his attention to this branch of his favorite science. The work is composed with reference to a series of questions, which are placed at the foot of each page, and so arranged that the answer is seen on the same page with the particular question to which it belongs. This is a great help to the learner and the teacher also. Nothing is introduced which is not necessary to a proper Scripture Geography, and derives no interest in the sacred history; so that it is precisely the book for Sunday schools. If we may judge by comparison, it must be a very cheap book. This circumstance further recommends it to those who purchase for such schools, or for juvenile libraries. We know not another work of the kind, so well fitted for general use. And they who have seen the greatly increased interest, with which a narrative of transactions is read when the places to which it refers are well known, will want no other inducement to the study of this Sacred Geography.