him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

15. Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually upon His commandments: and He will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee.

16. My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

17. Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry, ordained by the Most High.

18. Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

19. Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

20. Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.

21. Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.

22. Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.

23. Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner; for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.

24. The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in His time He will raise up a profitable ruler of it.

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25. Pride is hateful before God and men, and all iniquity of nations is execrable!

26. A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.

27. Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.

28. Better is he that laboreth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.

29. The gift of God abideth with the just.

30. A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich; and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.

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31. With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men :-The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbors, and man and wife that agree well together.

32. Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:-A poor man that is proud,—a rich man that is a liar, an old man that is a fool, and doting.

33. The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thine old age ?

34. O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honor!

35. Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.

36. A man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart; and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman. Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.

37. As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.

38. Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double. A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.

39. Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times. The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. Her discipline is the gift of God.

40. Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.

41. At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me :-A man of war fainting through poverty; and a man of sense despised: And he that passeth over from justice to sin,-God hath prepared such an one for the sword.

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SOME GOOD RULES OF LIFE.

1. KEEP good company, or none at all.
2. Never be idle, or uselessly employed.

3. Leave not till to-morrow what you can conveniently do to-day.

4. If your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind.

5. Live up to your engagements.

6. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts.

7. Ever live (misfortunes excepted) within your income.

8. Do not make haste to be rich, if you would be sure to prosper.

9. Never play at games of chance, except for amusement only-not for money.

10. Always earn money before you spend it.

11. Never run into debt, unless you are sure of a way to get out again.

12. Be just before you are generous.

13. Always observe the strictest rules of temper

ance.

14. Strive to save while you are young what will be needful for your support in old age.

SUITABLE REFLECTIONS

UNDER SEVERE DISCIPLINE, HARDSHIPS, AND PRIVATIONS.

PERILS, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world.

It behoveth thee, therefore, O child of calamity! early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil.

As the camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not, so the fortitude of man shall sustain him through all perils.

A man of a noble spirit disdaineth the malice of fortune; his greatness of soul is not to be cast down.

He hath not suffered his happiness to depend on her smiles, and therefore with her frowns he shall not be dismayed.

As a rock on the sea-shore, he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not.

He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet.

In the instant of danger the courage of his heart sustaineth him, and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.