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Poetry.
SONNET . OH give me light ! the thirsting soul exclaims ; Panting amid the drought of earthly things . Light such as lives upon angelic flames And o ' er the seraph host , its radiance flings . Light ! such as in its vastness heaves and swells
Around the Majesty of God ' s high throne ; And by the mildness of its lustre tells Of Him whose mercy clasps us as a zone . Light ! light ! Immortal and undying light Be mine , oh God ! Thy own eternal truth Pour on my soul ; that from the murky night Of Sin and Error which have sapped my youth ,
I may emerge , and by its cheering ray Press to the regions of eternal day . W . SNEWING . Festival of Corpus Christi . Ju . ie 3 , 1847 .
Domestic Happiness.—" The Sweetest Of Hu...
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS . — " The sweetest of human enjoyments are those afforded by a happy family circle . Community of interests , judgment , and feeling , among those who are bound by the ties of blood , should make all the members of the same family as one body , animated by the same life . Besides the respect due to parents , there is veneration for grand-parents . The child who perceives himself separated from the ideas of his grandfather by two generationsis too frequentlinclined
, y to ridicule the old customs of the grandsire , and to despise counsels , which , according to his opinion , do not harmonise with modern times . All of us should bear in mind that wisdom is the appendage of years , and that experience may be gathered from every furrow on every old man ' s countenance . Friendship between brothers is a feeling so natural that it is useless to dilate upon it ; but we cannot too strongly urge concord , which is often disturbed by misdirected rivalry during youth , and
by question of interest in maturer age . But above all , the eldest of every family should contribute to the care of younger brothers and sisters , as they themselves received it from their parents . If the mother , wife , or daughter supply the domestic superintendence necessary to a well-regulated household , also labour and anxiety during sickness , together with kind consolations in the day of trouble , the brother , husbandand son ought never to forget thatin addition to supporting the
, , household , they have on all occasions to protect the weaker and younger branches of the parent . stem . Respect for wives is recommended by all our sacred books . The virtues of Sarah , Rebecca , and Rachel shine with those of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . It is a rabbinical maxim , that the approach of a wife to a house is an omen of felicity . "—Moral and Religious Tales for the young ofthe Hebrew Faith . .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
SONNET . OH give me light ! the thirsting soul exclaims ; Panting amid the drought of earthly things . Light such as lives upon angelic flames And o ' er the seraph host , its radiance flings . Light ! such as in its vastness heaves and swells
Around the Majesty of God ' s high throne ; And by the mildness of its lustre tells Of Him whose mercy clasps us as a zone . Light ! light ! Immortal and undying light Be mine , oh God ! Thy own eternal truth Pour on my soul ; that from the murky night Of Sin and Error which have sapped my youth ,
I may emerge , and by its cheering ray Press to the regions of eternal day . W . SNEWING . Festival of Corpus Christi . Ju . ie 3 , 1847 .
Domestic Happiness.—" The Sweetest Of Hu...
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS . — " The sweetest of human enjoyments are those afforded by a happy family circle . Community of interests , judgment , and feeling , among those who are bound by the ties of blood , should make all the members of the same family as one body , animated by the same life . Besides the respect due to parents , there is veneration for grand-parents . The child who perceives himself separated from the ideas of his grandfather by two generationsis too frequentlinclined
, y to ridicule the old customs of the grandsire , and to despise counsels , which , according to his opinion , do not harmonise with modern times . All of us should bear in mind that wisdom is the appendage of years , and that experience may be gathered from every furrow on every old man ' s countenance . Friendship between brothers is a feeling so natural that it is useless to dilate upon it ; but we cannot too strongly urge concord , which is often disturbed by misdirected rivalry during youth , and
by question of interest in maturer age . But above all , the eldest of every family should contribute to the care of younger brothers and sisters , as they themselves received it from their parents . If the mother , wife , or daughter supply the domestic superintendence necessary to a well-regulated household , also labour and anxiety during sickness , together with kind consolations in the day of trouble , the brother , husbandand son ought never to forget thatin addition to supporting the
, , household , they have on all occasions to protect the weaker and younger branches of the parent . stem . Respect for wives is recommended by all our sacred books . The virtues of Sarah , Rebecca , and Rachel shine with those of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . It is a rabbinical maxim , that the approach of a wife to a house is an omen of felicity . "—Moral and Religious Tales for the young ofthe Hebrew Faith . .