manner "the Judgment of the Great Day," and as though a happy thought of security had come to her, whispered to the dear parent by her side, Mother, let me keep hold of your gown then, and I shan't be afraid." That which to her Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away.' seemed a defence from the terror of Divinely Here then are the grounds of hope and trust With this great thought we may be ready to yield the dearest objects of our affections, the ministering spirits that all our life long have done nothing but to bless us. Yes, we may give up the Mother whose only fault, if such a fault can be, was that she loved her children too fondly. Such a Mother has passed away, and though she was but my friend, a sorrow is in my heart that I must see her face no more on earth; but if her passing be to me a grief, what must it be to those whose mother she was! It is eulogy enough that her life and character suggested the theme of this discourse, so that I could lay away the letter that bore to me the tidings of her death only to take up my pen and write as I have written. But this will not suffice for the needs of love. It is not enough that we look on a friend's portrait and say it is truthful and beautiful, but we want to study it, to dilate upon it, to ponder all the items in the story of the past, as Cowper did when he held his mother's picture and wrote "O that those lips had language! Life has With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Mrs. Mary Tompkins was one of those queenmothers whose virtues retain all that their smiles win. To come under her influence was to feel strong. To energy of mind, she united a heart" open as day to melting charity." There was such a greatness, such a vivid reality in the kindness that shone upon you in her smile, that you felt the presence of a superior nature. Her success in rearing her children is her best monument-her truthful epitaph. It pleased God to place our friend in widowhood when her four children were quite young. I was not unknowing in reference to her circumstances then. The birth-place of her eldest son, was within a few steps of my own, and I was near neighbor to, and in daily contact with several of her relatives. I know that she had need of Woman's noblest energy; and that to place her sons in honorable positions in society-the honorableness of industry and virtue, required what only a mother could do amid privations. Those privations were but the back-ground of a beautiful picture of virtue and religion. Her influence was seen in the son to whom my heart turned long before our lips spake, and for whom I could not but entertain some fears, exposed as he was, by the alliance of his apprenticeship, to daily contact with the grosser form of Infidel ity. He can give to those who may need it, the story of the influence of Abner Kneeland's Free! dependance, and the church and the world have memory of our struggles for holiness. Then may they say as Cowper said: My boast is not, that I deduce my birth The passing away of Mrs. Tompkins was as peaceful as can be allowed to' mortality, and that is something for which to be thankful. There are some circumstances which must be grouped around the event of her death, that make it seem very timely and appropriate. The past Summer brought together, for the first time since their marriage, the three sons and their families. It was on the birth day of the eldest. It was a memorable day-one of those family festivals that should be more frequent, that hallow the affections of kindred, draw closer the bands of fellowship, and awaken a higher appreciation of the sanctities of the family name. The Mother was then surrounded with her three sons and her daughter. The younger sons came from widely separated homes, -the one from New Orleans, the other from Bangor; and with five grand-children blooming in her sight, and the memory of those who had passed into heaven surrounded with the halo of the Christian's perfect hope, that Mother was happy! The past Summer was one of peculiar enjoyment to her, and may be regarded as the beautiful sunset of life, that gives place to the night-the night full of stars and celestial hymnings. And then, too, our Friend's last sickness was not a lengthened night of pain and suffering. The work of breaking the silver cord was speedily done, the fountain did not go into a sad ruin before the wheel was stopped, but there it was a beautiful image, the venerable face wearing its own fullness and strength. And yet farther; there is comfort in the fact of her being thus speedily called away, because the demonstration has been given since, that her disease was incurable, and had she remained any longer, it would have been to suffer and endure. Truly, she was taken from the evil to come. It is a comfort that the conscious being was removed from the decay that must be. To see a friend so near the torture, and kindly taken from its reach before she had really known physical pain, may well move us to gratitude. This thought leads us to another, and that is, our friend lived just so long as she could be useful. To be useful was her delight. How swift Faded his late declining years away. And I am glad that he has lived thus long, Here then is our repose,-the Lord, who is Love, gave and continued and took away. In her life, He was "the Father of Mercies;" in her death, He is "the God of all comfort." Submission is a most obvious duty. And when the pulse of our strength runs low, we can find the restorative in thoughts of that wondrous pitifulness that bends above us like the tenderness and patience of a mother's love. We can draw from the remembrance of the departed cheerful views of life, the good of energy and persistent action, and the blessedness of being useful while life lasts. Then will the departed Mother be not regarded as a statue placed in a niche of Heaven and veiled from our sight, but as existent in a realm of celestial beatitude; and her memory will become a daily blessing, inspiring the thought, "Time has but half succeeded in his theft Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left." Philadelphia, Pa. To" know a neighbor seven years and summer and winter him seven years more," is after all a doubtful way of estimating his worth. TO LUCY. WHAT should we ask for those we truly love? Or should we ask for beauty, youth and joy- Love should not ask for glittering gifts like these, And in its blindness cannot ask aright. Whilst Rosa was thus living and laboring by herself, she happened to meet with a young giri who had lost both her parents, and who had no means of supporting herself in an honest manner. No sooner did the good Rosa become acquainted with the sad story of the distressed girl, than she generously stretched forth her hand to help her. "Come and live with me," she said; "you shall share my bed, and drink out of my cup, and, above all, you shall live honestly by the work of your hands." When she had thus made a commencement, others joined her, and she soon congregated round her a society of young girls, all equally poor, and by the most assiduous application, procured the necessaries of life for them all. But the little house in which the young girls dwelt, soon attracted the attention of all the dissolute young men of the place, who were for ever seeking after adventures of some kind or other. They began by following them whenever they left the house; but the young women silently repulsed all their impertinences, and even forced them, after some time, to blush at their conduct. The house incurred, also, the displeasure of those old people, who, considering all innovations (whether of a beneficial character or not) as dangerous, wish for ever to abide by the old forms and regulations which governed the actions of their ancestors. They could not divest themselves of a mean suspicion that all was not right, and many of the citizens observed Rosa with much curiosity, and began to whisper all manner of things to her prejudice. Thus this retreat of industry and virtue became the object of the most malignant calumnies, and the good Rosa saw herself the subject of impertinent inquiries, of rumors the most vexatious, of suspicions the most unjust. But the wise and courageous girl, fully assured in the purity of her actions and intentions, opposed perseverance to indiscretion, and sense to calumny. The truth could not remain long doubtful; Rosa soon gain A LITTLE before the middle of the last century, there resided at Mondovi, a city in Italy, a young girl called Rosa Govona. Left an orphaned the applause of the virtuous, and the comat an early age, she had no other apparent means of earning a livelihood than the use of her needle, in which she showed great skill, combined with the most remarkable industry. Being of a reflecting mind, she took no delight in those pleasures and frivolous amusements which too often engage the female heart. Confiding in the resources of an active and benevolent nature, she wished for no companions save those of misfortune, and for no recompense save the blessing of Heaven. mune granted her a larger house, in the plain of Carrasone, as the number of her companions increased daily. This augmented the jealousy of her enemies, who had been hitherto unsuccessful in their endeavors to injure her character; but these new obstacles served only to redouble the ardor of Rosa, and to raise her courage. There were now about seventy young women in the house, all of whom worked in common with herself to procure an honest livelihood. As the house they inhabited was scarcely large body, to show their sense of her exertions in the cause of virtue, voluntarily made her a gift of a very large and commodious dwelling in the valley of Brao; here she established a work-shop for the manufacture of woollen articles. The excellent Rosa, who was now about thirty-nine years of age, had at this period, by her indomitable perseverance, triumphed over all obstacles; and by her exertions in extending the association, and her wisdom in superintending the affairs of the community, created an asylum for poor and indigent females. The more she considered the utility of her institution, the greater became her desire to extend the benefits which such an asylum presented. "How many poor and destitute beings," thought she, "must there be in a large and populous city, who are deprived of all means of procuring an honest livelihood." Filled with this idea, and relying entirely on the sanctity of her mission, she proceeded to Turin in the year 1755. Arrived in the capital of Sardinia, she asked the use of a building suitable for the carrying out of her intentions, and obtained from the priests of the Oratory of St. Philip several capacious rooms. Some chairs, tables, and different articles of furniture, were also provided for her use by the good priests. She received the little they gave her with the greatest delight; and thus established, with some of her companions, in the capital city of the kingdom, she resolutely set about prosecuting the objects of her mission. The novelty of the idea soon engaged the attention of the citizens; they saw, and, what is more astonishing still, they applauded her design; and her shop, or rather factory, soon became the talk of the whole city. At this period, Charles Emanuel III., having established on a firm footing the independence of his people,gave himself up entirely to the paternal administration of the country. As a protector of labor, he accorded to the pious Rosa some houses which had formerly belonged to a religious establishment. Rosa installed herself here, increased the number of her companions, and greatly extended the branches of labor to which they applied themselves. Two years after this, by order of the same prince, the manufactures carried on by Rosa were properly organized, and registered by the magistrates of commerce; and regulations were VOL. XX. 44 drawn up for the government of the institution, which now received the name of Rosines (from that of the foundress), and above the principal entrance was inscribed the following words, addressed by Rosa to her first companions—“ You shall live honestly by the work of your hands." The prosperous condition of her institution filled the heart of the pious foundress with joy, but she could not divest herself of a desire to extend its blessings still further. She had left an establishment at Mondovi, and she wished now to form similar ones at other populous places. With this end in view, she visited several provinces of the kingdom, called around her all the young women who were desirous of finding a decent means of subsistence, and founded asylums at Novare, Fossano, Savigliano, Saluces, Chieri, and St. Damiano d'Asti, all of them towns of considerable note and population. These were provided with the necessary materials for work, and every other want was generously supplied by the excellent Rosa. She lived twenty-two years after quitting her native city, during all of which period she was engaged in work, laboring unceasingly for the establishment of her eight institutions, and providing asylums for the sustenance both of the bodies and souls of the unfortunate of her sex. On the 28th February 1776, this excellent woman expired, in the midst of her sorrowing pupils, being quite worn out, not with age, but fatigues. Her memory was held in the greatest veneration, as well by those, many of whom she had rescued from misery and idleness, if not from the depths of sin and shame, and rendered good and useful members of society, as by all classes of the Sardinian subjects who had experienced the benefits arising from her exertions, and who knew how to applaud, and take example from the virtue of a simple maiden, who, from the lowest condition of poverty, had raised, by her wisdom and virtue, a monument in the hearts of all well-disposed and charitable persons. In the establishment of Rosines are received all indigent young girls, of from thirteen to twenty years of age, who have no means of subsistence, but who are qualified for manual labor. "You shall live honestly by the work of your hands"-such is the fundamental rule and the base of the establishments of Rosines, which rule is never perverted. All the means of subsistence are derived from the labor of the young girls; and the resources for the support of the aged and infirm members are procured from the work of their more youthful companions. The establishment at Turin is a centre of manufactures, and so are the other affiliated houses, all of which flourish at the present time, with the exception of that at Novare, which was closed when that city became part of the kingdom of Italy, and which has never been re-opened since. To avoid all interference with the manufacturers elsewhere, Rosa ordained that all connected with the different establishments should be at the charge of each, and that all should correspond with the principal institution at Turin, which should exercise a surveillance over the others, and be considered as the centre of their operations. The arts and manufactures carried on by the Rosines, are as varied as the taste of woman can, make them. After receiving the raw material, the whole operations from first to last are carried on by them. Take, for example, all silken articles. The cocoons of the silk-worm are purchased at the proper season; these are divided by the hands of the Rosines, and the silk is then spun, and undergoes every other preparation necessary, before it is delivered into the hands of the weavers. The most beautiful stuffs, gro de Naples, levantines, satins, &c., are thus fabricated, and more particularly ribbons, for the manufacture of which there are more than twenty looms. These ribbons are of excellent quality, and really beautiful. Those silken stuffs, the fabrication of which requires a frequent change of machine, are never made by the Rosines, as in other manufactories, because in that case, and in every change of fashion, they would be obliged to introduce people from without into the house. But all that is really convenient and useful may be found in their warehouses at almost any time. Linen is also fabricated in these institutions, particularly table cloths; but this species of work is very laborious to young women, and consequently there are not many employed in it. A large number are likewise occupied in the manufacture of cotton articles; the raw material being purchased by the Rosines, it is then transformed into all kinds of goods. The woollen factory is at Chieri, because at Turin it would interfere greatly with the silk trade. This establishment is complete in all its arrangements, the wool being here scoured, carded, spun, and woven entirely by the Rosines, who fabricate cloths of every quality from it. As may be supposed, there are many industrious Rosines employed in the article of embroidery. In fact, in this particular branch the Ro sines have acquired as much perfection as can possibly be obtained by the industry of women. A new species of manufacture has lately been introduced into the establishments, namely, that of gold thread for the fabrication of lace; this is a most beautiful article, and particularly adapted for church ornaments. All the habiliments of the clergy are made in these institutions. Our readers will no doubt be curious to know by what means the young women contrive to dispose of their various goods, in order to cover the outlay, and to gain a profit on the raw material. This is managed in the following simple manner :-Each establishment acts, as we have said, as a centre of manufacture-as a great commercial depot; and each of them has a magazine or shop attached to it, in which the handiwork of the Rosines is sold by persons in the employment of the institution. All the cloths necessary for the army are purchased by the government from the warehouses of the Rosines. They not only fabricate the cloth itself, but also every other article of ornamental attire, and skilful tailors are employed by them to cut out the different coat pieces, which are then perfected by the Rosines, and delivered to the government all ready to be put on by the soldiers. Besides this, the inhabitants of Turin, and even the tradesmen themselves, are glad to make their purchases at the institotion, because they are sure to get every thing good and cheap. In this manner, then, the institutions are never in want of employment, and a considerable profit is generally left after deducting all the expenses of the different establishments. That at Turin alone brings in a sum of £3,333, 6s. 8d. per annum; it contains three hundred females, amongst whom there are about fifty aged or infirm inmates, who in consequence are chargeable to the community. "I visited this remarkable institution," says Signior Sacchi, "thanks to the kindness of a worthy ecclesiastic who presided over its administration. He accompanied me round the different apartments, which contained many young females animated by the holy ardor of labor. With an air of quiet content, the girls were engaged in their several tasks, all apparently animated with an anxiety like that which a mother displays when laboring with her children for their common subsistence. Six mistresses and a matron preside over the different work-rooms, and the institution is frequently visited by one of the ladies of honor to the queen (of Sardinia), bearing the commands |