The census just taken ia the United States has shown that the number of Chinese in California has enormously J>een exaggerated. What unthankfulriess it is to forge' our consolations, and to look only upon matter of grievances; to think so much upon two or three crosses as to forget a hundred blessings.—Sibbes. It is seldom wise to enter into a discussion with a sceptical man on the doctrines oft religion. The best thing ii to hare such a life back of your words that you can say, "Come and see for yourself whether religion is not a blessed thing to have.—-Golden fiule. —Safe they rest, the green turf under; SiqhiDg breeze, or music's breath,. Winter's wind, or summer's thunder Caanot break the sleep of death. . —Where the earth in her rich grand beauty Seems made for our Lady's throne, And the stars in their radiant clusters Seems fit for her throne alone.- A JL. Procter. Let them lie silent at my feet, Since broken down, even as they, The heart whose tnueic made them sweet Hath poured on desert sands its wealth away. Mr* Semana. —Ti* at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Bach burning deed and thought. —H. W. Lwtfettow.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3727, 4 December 1880, Page 1
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211Untitled Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3727, 4 December 1880, Page 1
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