Genesis. Chapter Fifty-One.

I. And it came to pass after these things, that Abraham sat in the door of his tent, about the going down of the sun.

2. And behold a man bowed with age, came from the way of the wilderness, leaning on a staff.

3. And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him: Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.

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4. But the man said: Nay, for I will abide under this tree. And Abraham pressed him greatly; so he turned, and they went into the tent, and Abraham baked unleavened bread, and they did eat.

6. And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said to him, wherefore dost thou not worship the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth?

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And the man answered and said, I do not worship the God thou speakest of, neither do I call upon His name; for I have made to myself a God, which abideth alway in my house, and provideth me all things.

8. And Abrham's zeal was kindled against the man, and he arose and drove him forth with blows into the wilderness.

And at midnight God called unto Abraham, saying, Abraham, where is the stranger?

10. And Abraham answered and said: Lord, he would not worship Thee, neither would he call upon Thy name, therefore, have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness. II. And God said: Have I borne with him these hundred ninety and eight years, and nourished him, and clothed him, nothwithstanding his rebellion against me, and couldst not thou, who art thyself a sinner, bear with hlm one night?

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And Abraham said: Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot against his servant; I have sinned, forgive me, I pray thee. 13. And abraham arose and went forth into the wilderness, and sought diligently for the man, and found him, and returned with him to the tent, and when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the morrow with gifts.

14. And God spake again unto Abraham, saying: For this, thy sin, thy seed shall be afflicted four hundred years in a strange land.

15. But for thy repentance will I deliver them, and they shall come forth with power, and with gladness of heart, and with much substance. Benjamin Franklin.

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"KOY,S WIFE OF ALDIVALLOCH." There are all kinds of versions, Latin, French, German, etc., of "Old Grimes," by Alfred B. Street, but we do not remember to have seen a Latin rendering of Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch," until a few days since in an English paper devoted to the quaint and curious. The original song written by a Mrs. Grant, in 1745, was as follows:

Roy's wife of Aldivalloch! Roy's wife of Aldivalloch !

Wot ye how she treated me as I came o'er the braes of Balloch?

She vowed, she swore, she wad be mine,

She said she lo ed me best of onie !

But ah! the fickle, faithless quean,

She's ta'en the carle and left her Johnnie.

Oh, she was a cantie quean!

Weel could she dance the Highland walloch,
How happy I had she been mine,

Or I'd been Roy of Aldivalloch !

Her hair sae fair, her een sae dear,

Her wee bit mou' sae weet and bonnie !

To me she ever will be dear,

Though she's forever left her Johnnie.

The Latin version of this by the Dr. Rev. Lindsay Alexan der, of Edinbugh, runs thus :

Rubri uxor Aldivallis! Rubri uxor Aldivallis !
Scisne quâ decepit me colles cum transirem Ballis ?

Vovit ac juravit illa meam semper se futuram ;
Sed væ mihi virgo levis istum præ me legit furem.

Optime saltavit virgo lætiorem numquam malles ;
O utinam fuisset mea, aut ego Ruber Aldivallis !
Oculos nitentes babet, osque pulchrum ut Dianæ,
Semper mihi cara erit, quamvis perfida Joanni.

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN CHARM. + In nomine Patris, et Spiritus Sancti, Amen. +A+L+G+A+. TETRAGRAMMATON. ALPHA+OMEGA. +4.0.+ Primogenitus,+Sapientia, + Virtus. JESUS NAZARENUS REX JUDÆORUM. + Fili Domini.

Miserere mei. + Amen. + Matheus. + Marcus. + Lucas. Johannes. Mihi succurrite et defendite. Amen. +

Prayer of Zoroaster.

(From an Indian manuscript found by a traveller in the ruins of Palmyra.)

God, my father in Heaven! Thou hast given to man such an unfettered, splendid and luxurious existence ! Powers of infinite variety have in his heart free play to make him king of the earth; yet in a remarkable way, he lies prone in chains and bonds, overpowered by invisible spirits; blinded by error, he overlooks the most lofty and wanders as though stricken sightless, amid wretchedness and nihility. Yea, he likes himself in this condition; and if there had been no past and no inspired song to tell of it, we would never imagine, O God, from what heights man can survey his surroundings. From time to time Thou removest the scales from the eyes of one of Thy servants whom Thou has chosen, so that he may see the follies and errors of his kind; Thou armest him with the arrows of speech, so that he, fearless and loving, may go among men, and awaken them — now keenly, now gently- from the wonderful lethargy in whose enthrallment they lie. And Thou hast chosen me, Oh Lord, for this important mission, and I apply myself to my work. Fill me, head to heels, with an derstanding of that wretchedness which is the bane of our time, and with an insight into all those meaneesses, superficialities, untruths, and deceptions of which it is the result. Steel me with strength, strongly to span the bow of judgment, and with deliberation and wisdom in the selection of the shafts, so that I may meet every one as is fitting to cast down for Thy glory the pernicious and incorrigible ones; so to frighten the vicious, warn the erring and to arouse the fool by merely rustling Thy weapon above his head. And teach me to weave a wreath, so that I may crown in my own way, him who is pleasing in my sight. Above all things, Oh Lord, may our love for Thee watch over every thing, since nothing, not even the merest trifle succeeds without it; so that Thy kingdom may become glorified and extended through all space and all time. Amen. From The Whim.

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. The "Tree of Knowledge" is a title given by the followers of Bodhidharma (Wisdom Religion) to those who have attained the height of mystic knowledge Adepts. Nâgârjuna the founder of the Madhyamika School was called the Dragon Tree" - Dragon standing as a Symbol of Wisdom and Knowledge. The tree is honored because it is under the Bodhi (Wisdom) Tree that Buddha received his birth and enlightment, preached his first sermon and died. Voice of the Silence.

NICKNAMES Of the Presidents.

The following are some of the more common nicknames from Washington to McKinley: Washington: "Father of his Country," American Fabius," "Cincinnatus of the West," and "Lovely Georgius," the last in sarcasm by the British officers.

Adams: "Colossus of Independence."

Jefferson: "Sage of Montecello." "Long Tom," the latter by his opponents.

Madison: "Father of the Constitution."

Monroe:

"Last Cocked Hat."

J. Q. Adams: "Old Man Eloquent.”

Jackson: "Old Hickory," and "Hero af New Orleans." Van Buren : "The Wizard of Kinderhook, " Follower in the Footsteps," and "Northern Man of Southern Principles." Wm. Henry Harrison: "Tippecanoe," "Washington of the West," and "Old Tip."

Tyler : "Young Hickory," and "Accidental President." Polk : "Young Hickory," the same as to Tyler.

Taylor: "Rough and Ready."

Buchanan : "The Bachelor President," "Old Public Functionary."

Lincoln: "The Rail Splitter," and "Father Abraham.”
Johnson: "Sir Veto."

Grant : "The Modern Ulysses," "Round-the-World," and several others based on the initials U. S.

Hayes: "President de Facto," by his opponents.

Garfield: "The Martyr President."

Cleveland:

"Man of Destiny."

McKinley: "The Emperor."

In that rare work by

MOHAMMED And His Bible Names. Rev. Samuel Lyde, entitled "The Asian Mystery; the History, Religion, and Present State of the Ansaireeh or Nusairis of Syria," (London, 1860), is given some of the biblical names of Mohammed. For instance, in the Pentateuch, Genesis xvii, 2, Mad el Mad. In the Gospels, John xiv, 16. 26; xv, 26; xvi, 7, Paraclytos (Chaldee, Prqlet), " Illustrious" (Godfrey Higgins). In Haggai ii, 7, (Heb. Ahmed) "Desire" (Godfrey Higgins.)

The Modammedans claim that the following verse was ex. punged from the New Testament (See Koran lxi, p. 423, and note on this in Sale's Koran):

"And when Jesus, the son of Mary, said: O children of Israel, verily, I am the apostle of God sent unto you, confirming the law which was delivered unto me, and bringing good tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, and whose name shall be Ahmed."

A REVELATION AND PROPHECY. The following revelation was published by Elder F. D. Richards, 15 Wilton Street, Liverpool, England, in the year 1851, in a pamphlet entitled “The Pearl of Great Price. The revelation and prophecy was given December 25th, 1832, by the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. -Answers to Questions.

"Verily thus saith the Lord, concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion of South Caro lina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many souls. The days will come that wars will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at that place; for behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the na tion of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations; and thus war shall be poured out upon all nations. And it shall come to pass, after many days, slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be marshalled and disciplined for war. And it shall come to pass also, that the remnants who are left of the land will marshal themselves, and shall be come exceeding angry, and shall vex the gentiles with a sore vexation; and thus, with the sword, and bloodshed, the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquakes, and the thunder of Heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath and indignation and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed, hath made a full end of all nations; that the cry of the Saints and the blood of the Saints, shall cease to come up into the ears of the Lord of Sabbaoth, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies. Wherefore stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen."