It is no trifling gcud to win the ear of children with
yerses which foster in them the seeds of humanity, and
tenderness, and piety; awaken their fancy, and exercise
pleasurably and wholesomely their imaginative and me-
ditative powers. It is no trifling benefit to provide a ready
mirror for the young, in which they may see their own
best feelings reflected, and wherein “ whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are lovely,” are presented to them in the most attractive
form. It is no trifling benefit to send abroad strains which
may assist in preparing the heart for its trials and in
supporting it under them.

SouTHey.