level with you, and you may be assured that he will always be able to do more mischief to you than you would choose to do to him. And now I think of it, I will tell you what happened to him not long since:

Very unluckily for him, he chanced to see a bee hover ing about a flower, which he caught, and was going to pull off its wings out of sport, when the animal found means to sting him, and then flew away in safety to the hive. The pain put him into a most furious passion, and, like you, he vowed to take a severe revenge. He accordingly procur ed a little hazle stick, and thrust it through the hole into the bee-hive, twisting it about therein. By these means he killed several of the little animals; but, in an instant, all the swarm issued out, and falling upon him, stung him in a thousand different places. You will naturally suppose that he uttered the most piercing cries, and rolled upon the ground in the excess of his agony. His father ran to him, but could not, without the greatest difficulty, put the bees to flight, after having stung him so severely that he was confined several days to his bed.

Thus, you see, he was not very successful in his pursuit of revenge. I would advise you therefore to pass over bis insult. He is a wicked boy, and much stronger than you are; so that your ability to obtain this wished-for revenge may be doubtful.'

"I must own (replied Philip) that your advice seems very good. So come along with me, and I will go and tell my father the whole matter, and I think he will not be angry with me." He and his friend then went together, and Philip told his father what had happened, who thanked Stephen for the good advice he had given his son, and gave Philip another cane exactly like the first.

A few days afterwards Philip saw this ill-natured boy

fall

fall as he was carrying home a very heavy log of wood, which he could not get up again. Philip ran to him, and replaced it on his shoulder.

Young Robinson was quite ashamed at the thought of having received this kind assistance from a youth he had treated so badly, and heartily repented of his behaviour. Philip went home quite satisfied. "This (said he) is the noblest vengeance I could take, in returning good for evil It is impossible I should repent of it.

CHOICE MAXIMS.

Alluded to by the Observant Pedestrian, in page 434.

THE

INTEREST OF THE POOR
AND THEIR DUTY ARE THE SAME;
For

LABOUR PROMOTES HEALTH,
Industry Yields Plenty;

ECONOMY AND FRUGALITY PRESERVE IT.

SOBRIETY GIVES COMFORT:

DAILY TOIL BRINGS SWEET REPOSE AT NIGHT. FIDELITY GAINS ESTEEM;

HONESTY MAKES FRIENDS.

EXEMPLARY PARENTS HAVE DUTIFUL CHILDREN,
And

THE FEAR OF GOD

AND

OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDMENTS,
ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH THE HOPE

OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY.

THE DUTY OF CHILDREN TO THEIR

PARENTS.

I AM the happy father of a very towardly son, in whom I do not only see my life but also my manner of life, renewed. It would be extremely beneficial to society, if you would frequently resume subjects which serve to bind these sort of relations faster, and endear the ties of blood with those of good-will, protection, observance, indulgence, and veneration. I thank Heaven I have no outrageous offence against my own excellent parents to answer for; but when I am now and then alone, and look back upon my past life, from my earliest infancy to this time, there are many faults which I committed that did not appear to me, even until I myself became a father. I had not until then a notion of the yearnings of heart, which a man has when he sees his child do a laudable thing, or the sudden damp which seizes him when he fears he will act something unworthy. It is not to be imagined what a remorse touched me for a long train of childish negligences to my mother, when I saw my wife the other day look out of the window, and turn as pale as ashes upon seeing my younger boy sliding upon the ice. These slight intimations will give you to understand, that there are numberless little crimes which children take no notice of while they are doing, which upon reflection, when they shall themselves become fathers, they will look upon with the utmost horror and contrition, that they did not regard before those whom they offended were to be no more seen. How many thousand things do I remember which would have highly pleased my father, and I omitted for no other reason but that I thought what he proposed the effect of humour and old age, which I am now convinced had reason and good sense in it. I cannot now go into the parlour to him, and make his heart glad with an account of a matter which was of no consequence but that I told it and acted

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in it. The good man and woman are long since in their graves, who used to sit and plot the welfare of us their children, while, perhaps, we were laughing at the old folks at another end of the house. But the most delightful view of this relative situation is when the father, according to the opportunities which are offered to him, is throwing down blessings on the son, and the son endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of such a father. It is after this manner that Camillus and kis first-born dwell together. Camillus enjoys a pleasing and indolent old age, in which passion is subdued and reason exalted. He waits the day of his dissolution with a resignation mixed with delight, and the son fears the accession of his father's fortune with diffidence, lest he should not enjoy or become it as well as his predecessor. Add to this, that the father knows he leaves a friend to the children of his friends, an easy landlord to his tenants, and an agreeable companion to his acquaintance. He believes his son's behaviour will make him frequently remembered, but never wanted. This commerce is so well cemented, that without the pomp of saying, Son, be a friend to such a one when I am gone; Camillus knows, being in his favour is direction enough to the grateful youth who is to succeed him. These gentlemen are honoured in their neighbourhood, and the same effect which the court has on the manners of a kingdom, their characters have on all who live within the influence of them.

My son and I are not of fortune to communicate our good actions or intentions to so many as these gentlemen do; but I will be bold to say, my son has, by the applause and approbation which his behaviour towards me has gained him, occasioned that many an old man, besides myself, has rejoiced. Other men's children follow the example of mine, and I have the inexpressible happiness of overhearing our neighbours, as we ride by, point to their children and say, with a voice of joy, "There they go."

PICTURE OF A CHRISTIAN SABBATH.

Extracted from a Communication accompanying the following note.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE CHEAP MAGAZINE.

Gentlemen,

SHOULD the following beautiful and interesting description of a Christian Family spending the Sabbath, extracted from GILPIN'S Memoirs of his Son, be thought worthy of a place in your useful little work, its insertion in an early number will gratify many of your Subscribers in this part of the country, and greatly oblige

De, Sept. 1813.

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IN the meanwhile, the secret of God was upon our tabernacle, and a consciousness of his favourable presence added a peculiar relish to all our enjoyments. The Lord himself was our shepherd; He made us to lie down in green pastures, and led us forth beside the still waters; by his bounty our wants were richly supplied, and under his protection we felt security and peace; He anointed our heads with the oil of gladness: and, while our cup was running over with comforts, we said in our hearts, Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our life. Every day was a day of tranquil satisfaction, in which we had little to wish and much to enjoy ; but the Sabbath presented us with peculiar consolations. We saluted every return of that holy day with undissembled joy, cheerfully laying aside all our usual studies and employments, except such as had a manifest tendency, either to enlarge our acquaintance with, or to advance our preparation for the kingdom of God. It was a day truly honourable in our eyes, and marked as a season of sacred delights. Its various exercises, whether public or private, produced an exhilarating effect upon our minds, and never failed to set us some paces nearer the object of our supreme desires. It was a kind of transfiguration day, shedding a guild glory

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