Brotherly Love.

where the weary are at rest , and the spirit tastes imperishable and unchangmg felicity , she gradually became reconciled to her affliction , and the transitory sorrow of this life was forgotten in tlie contemplation of that permanent happiness which the words of a Creator have promised . In an age where there is so much infidelity abroad , and where the sceptic is endeavouring to infuse the " leprous distilment" of his doctrines

into the minds of the community , when the revelations of science are enlisted in this unhallowed crusade , and that literature , whose mission is to refine and elevate , is made the medium of polluting tlie imagination and desecrating the soid , how refreshing are such instances as that of the piety of this young maiden ! And , if the tree is known by its fruits , can the Atheist , with his negation of scripture and his derision of mysteries , which we can feel if not comprehend , supply a more efficient lenitive for human affliction than-is afforded to the true believer when he rises from this vale

of tears to the promised land where sin , and sorrow , and death , arc unknown ? When Ida came to the determination of relinquishing all hope of being united to Simon , she thought it would be unjust to him if she concealed the state of her sentiments longer than was necessary ; she therefore addressed him a letter .

She commenced by adverting to the many years of their acquaintance , and to the feelings of affection with which she had regarded him . from childhood . She then spoke of the love lie had expressed , aud which she did not deny that she reciprocated , though she had hesitated to avow it , from considerations which were subsequently found to bo judicious . She spoke of the sentiments of christian benevolence which

she herself felt , and the grief that the exhibition of his unforgiving and vengeful temper occasioned her , and which she felt satisfied it would not be in her power to alter . She then earnestly besought him to endeavour to eradicate his evil propensities , and she alluded to the death bed of her father , who , with almost his last breath , prayed for the false friend , and

those persecutors who had brought him to an untimely grave . She then informed him of her resolution , which she stated it would be useless for him to attempt to change , and mentioned that she had accepted an invitation to a distant part of the country for which she was about immediately to depart . She concluded by expressing an earnest wish for his happiness and reformation , recommending strongly to Ms attention the mandate of his

Saviour , that we should love one another . She accompanied the letter with a testament , where the passage alluded to was marked down . When the letter was concluded it was dispatched with her gift to Simon , and she felt for some time relieved by the consciousness of having done her duty . But Ida ' s womanlfeelings and her affection for Simonstill left that

y , lingering , dull , corroding pain which remains after the first violence of grief has past away . Her determination to leave for a time the place where everything around could not fail to remind her of her lover was wise , and she resolved to carry it out as quickly as possible . But in making the arrangement for her departure , she had a further trial to