LAND. || FRANCE.
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| 1860. | 1861. || 1860. | 1861.
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Population | 19,902,918 | 20,119,496 || 35,597,461 | 36,752,565
Marriages | 170,156 | 163,706 || 290,657 | 283,642
Births | 684,018 | 693,406 || 953,315 | 987,830
Deaths | 422,721 | 435,114 || 782,764 | 848,174
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| Percentage. || Percentage.
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Marriages | .855 | .814 || .794 | .772
Births | 3.437 | 3.461 || 2.605 | 2.688
Deaths | 2.124 | 2.163 || 2.139 | 2.308
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ON HEARING A 'TRIO.

'All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,'
Thrilled through the wildering harmonies
That from the music came.

All soothing sounds of nature blent,
In wonderful accord,
With pleadings, wild and passionate,
From human hearts outpoured.

The wailings of the world's sad heart,
Oppressed with social wrongs,
In mournful monotones were mixed
With sounds of angel songs.

The falling of a nation's tears
O'er Freedom's prostrate form,
Dew droppings sweet from starry spheres,
Swift-rushing wings of storm.

The voices of Time's children three--
Past, Present, Future, blent
In that wild 'trio's' harmony,
Thrilled each fine instrument.

And, at the sound, my soul awoke,
And saw the dawning clear
Of Freedom's coming day illume
Earth's clouded atmosphere!

THE IDEAL MAN FOR UNIVERSAL IMITATION; OR, THE SINLESS PERFECTION OF
JESUS.

(A POSITIVE REPLY TO STRAUSS AND RENAN.)

The first impression which we receive from the life of Jesus, is that of
perfect innocency and sinlessness in the midst of a sinful world. He,
and He alone, carried the spotless purity of childhood untarnished
through his youth and manhood. Hence the lamb and the dove are his
appropriate symbols.

He was, indeed, tempted as we are, but he never yielded to temptation.
His sinlessness was at first only the _relative_ sinlessness of Adam
before the fall, which implies the necessity of trial and temptation,
an