and with the other pours into the bleeding heart the balm of
consolation, so pure, so free, that his children almost feel that they
could never have understood his goodness but for the need of his
severity. When, notwithstanding the earnest prayer of the father, he
smites the child of his shame, how soon does he return with a better
gift--a son of peace, who shall remind him only of days of contrition
and the favor of God--a Jedediah, who shall ever be a daily witness to
his forgiving love.

And to those who suffer innocently from the crimes of others, how tender
are the compassions of our heavenly Father. To the injured, afflicted
Bathsheba is given the honor of being the mother of Israel's wisest,
most mighty and renowned king; and she is, by father and son, by the
prophet of the Lord, by the aspirant to the throne, and by all around
her, ever approached with that deference and confidence which her truly
dignified character and gentle virtues, not less than her high station,
demand. And while not a word of reproach is permitted to be left on
record against her, on that monument of which we have before spoken,
among mighty and worthy names, destined to stand where many of earth's
wisest and greatest are forgotten, with the progenitors of our Lord and
Savior, is inscribed hers "who was the wife of Urias."

* * * * *

Original.

FEMALE EDUCATION.

BY REV. S. W. FISHER.

The second and special object of education, is the preparation of youth
for the particular sphere of action to which he designs to devote his
life. It may seem at first, that this general education of which I have
already spoken, as it is most comprehensive and reaches to the highest
range of subjects, so it should be the only style of training for an
immortal mind. If we regarded man simply as spiritual and immortal, this
might be true; but when we descend to the practical realities of life;
when we behold him in a mixed nature, on one side touching the earth, on
the other surveying the heavens, his bodily nature having its
necessities as well as his spiritual, we find ourselves limited in the
manner of education and the pursuit of knowledge. The division of labor
and of objects of pursuit is the natural result of these physical
necessities in connection with the imperfection of the human mind and
the constitution of civilized society.

This division of labor constitutes the starting point for the diverse
trai