-> sN IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ 1.0 1.1 11.25 liiKA 115 m ■^" MM ■tt l&i 12.2 £f 134 ■" ;^ ug 12.0 14 Ui^ Photographic Sciences Ckirporation aa WIST MAIN STMIT WIUTIt.N.Y. MSM (7U)l7a-4S03 CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian tnttituvt for Historical IMicroraproductions / Institut Canadian da microraproductions hiatoHquaa \ .0^ ^•. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) M/ ^ '^ :* I 1.0 I.I 11.25 III lAO f^ ii^ :>>.> ^''^ ** // '/ Fhotograjjiic SdSioes Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STHIT WIMTM.N.Y, 14IM (7U)I79-4S03 CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Inttltuta for Historical H*icroraproductlon« / Jnstitut Canadian da microraproductiona hiatoriquoa \ Tachnieai and Biblioflraphie NotM/NotM tachniquM M bibliographiquM Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha boat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibliogri^ieaHy uniqua. which may altar any of th«» imagaa in tha raproduction. or which may aignifieantly ehanga tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chaclcad balow. HColourad eovara/ Couvartura do coulaur rn Covara damagad/ D n n Couvartura ondommagAo Covara raatorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura raatauria at/ou pallicuMa □ Covar titia miaaing/ La titra da couvartura manquo □ Colourad mapa/ Cartaa gAographiquaa ^n coulaur D Colourac^ ink U.a. othar tftan blua or blaekl/ Enera da coulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) rn Colourad plataa and/or illuatrationa/ Planchaa at/ou illuatrationa an coulaur Bound with othar matarial/ Ralii avac d'autraa documanta Tight biiMling may causa shadowa or diatortion along intarior margin/ La ra Uura aarria paut oauaar da I'ombra ou da la diatorakm la kmadala marna iiilitfiaufa □ Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may appaar within tha taxt. Whanovar poaaibla. thaaa hava baan omittad from filming/ II aa pau: quo eartalnaa pagaa Manchaa ajoutAaa kwa d'una raatauratkNi appara h iaa n t dana la taxta, mala, loraquo eala Atait poaaiWa, eaa pagaa n'ont paa *ti film4oa. Additional commanta:/ Commantairaa aupplAmantalraa; L'Inatitut a microfilmA la maiHaur axamplaira qu'il lui a At* poaaibia da aa procurar. Laa ditaiis da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-*tra uniquaa du point da vua Mbliographiqua. qui pauvant modif iar una imaga raproduita. ou qui pouvont axigar una modification dana la mithoda normala da f ilmaga aont indiquAa cl*dMaoua. r~n Colourad pagaa/ Pagaa da ooulaur Pagaa damagad/ Fagaa anchnnmagAaa Pagaa raatorad and/oi Pagaa raataurAaa at/ou palliculAaa Pagaa diacolourad. tts^nad or foxa< Pagaa dAcoioriaa. tacha^Aaa ou piquAaa Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa ditaohAaa □ Pagaa damagad/ Pagaa r*~{ Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ ry\ Pagaa diacolourad. tts^nad or foxad/ □ Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa ditaohAaa HShowthrough/ Tranaparanea □ Quality of print variaa/ QuaHt* inAgala da I'impraaaion □ Includoa aupplamantary matarial/ Comprand du material aupplAmantaira D D Only adition availabia/ Saula Mition dlaponibla Pagaa wholly or partially obacuro^ by arrata aiipa. tiaauaa. ate. hava baan rafilmad to anaura tha baat poaaibia imaga/ Laa pagaa totalamant ou partiailamcnt obacurdaa par un f luillat d'arrata. una palura. ate, ont At* fllmAoa A nouvaau da fa^on A obtanir la malNaura imaga poaaibia. Thia Itam ia filrnad at tha raduetion ratio ehaekad balow/ Co documant aat filmA au taux da rAduction indlquA ci-daaaoua. 10X 14X 1IX 22X MX 30X y 12X ItX aox MX ax 32X Tlw copy fllm«d hw hat Immi rtproduetd thanks to tho gonoroolty of: Nmv BrunMvick MuMum MntJohn Tho imagoa oppowing hoio aro tho poaaiblo eonaidwIfHl tho oondHteA of tho origbuil copy and in hooping filming eontraet tpoelfieations. quoHty logiMlity tho L'oxomplairo film4 fut roproduit grico i ia gAn4roatti do: Nmv Bnintwidc IMuMum Saint John L4M imogoo auivantoa ont 4ti roprodtiitoa avoc lo plua grand aoin, eompto tonu do la condition ot do la nottoti do i'oxomploiro fHmd. ot on eonforaiitd avao km condltiona du contrat do fHmogo. Original ooplaa in printod papor covors aio fNmod beginning with tho front eovor and andbig on tho lost pogo with a printad or IHustratod Improo- •ion, or tho bock covor whon oppropriata. AH othor origlnol coploa aro fOnHNl beginning on tho first pogo with a printad or Wustralad improo- sion. ond snding on tho last paga wWi a printad or Hlustratad improaslon. Tho last r a cord od frama on shaH contain tho symbol — TINUID"), or tho symbol T ( mtefOfSMM (mooning "CON- END"). IMopa. platas. charta, etc., moy bo fHmod at d W faront roduetlon ratloa. Thooo too iorgo to bo ontlroly hieiudod in ono sKpoouro ara fUmod beginning in tho uppor loft bond eomor. loft to right and top to bottom, aa many f r a m e s aa required. Tho following diegrams IHustrate tho method: t 2 3 Lee OKom pla l r a s orlginoux dont la couvorturo en poplor eot imprimdo sent fUmio en commonvont per lo premier ptat ot en torminont solt per io de m ii r e pogo qui eompoito uno emp r e i nto dlmpresslon ou dlHuatratlon. solt pnr io seeond plat, s alo n lo eoe. To«m kM outree exrimplolree orlginoux sent fHmde en common^ont per la prmnMro pege qui comporte uno emprekito di m pres si o n ou dlRusbratlon at en torminont per lo demMro pege qui comporte uno tone Un dee symbeleo eufcfonts oppersttro sur hi d emii r e image do cheque microfiche, seion lo ear. lo symbolo -^'Signifie "A 8UIVRE". lo eymbole ▼ signlflo "FIN". pouvont Atre fHmde i doe taux da rdduetlon diffdronts. Loraquo lo dooumont eot trop grand pour too reproidult en un soul cNchd. 11 eot fNmd i partir da I'angle supdrlour geueho, do geucho i droHo, ot do bout en boo. en prenent io nombro dimegoe ndceseeire. Los diogrammee suhrants niuetront io rAdthodo. ' 1 2 3 4 f 6 Pn¥3 %i LINES ON THE GREAT lIEE OF 1825. AND OTHER SVJtlECTS. On tiie Fird and Hurticaile wdoh took place ini Hew IBmnswick in 1^5. Come all wlio» dwell below the suiii And live in clitistian lands^ Come hear what Wonders God has done> And know you're in his hands. His sovereign hand was stretched abroad/ To pour his judgments forth^ And by the fury of his rod, He smote from south to north. And to prepare the dreadful stroke,' The cloudfif withheld the rain. His fiery armies then awoke, And spread the dreadful trail . In eighteen hundred twenty-five, October seventh day, s Then did the solemn time arrive,- These wonders to display. In Fredericton, that afternoon. Alarm of fire did sound. Then eighty buildings very soon! Burnt level with the ground. But that had just began the scene,- .AJpirious wind did bloW, ilie fire, almost like lightening streams/ On through the woods did go. a,. Then on the Oromocto stream,- ' The waters of Sai^t John, Its northern branch was soon in flame^- Which swept their buildings down. Tlieh frightened nnmbers sought the streat&y In that distressing hour. To shun the fury of the flame , Which threatened to devour. One infant perished in the flame. Two others >«oon expired. Then another burnt' till very lame. But yet her life was sparedl But if our thoughts shoul And for their wants provide. To Nova Scotia and Saint John, || For present help they cry, And soon their goods were hurried on. Their wants ror to supply. 5 The States have not mthheld theii' hand. But did send forth their aid, And Canada that northern laud, Some presents too have made. In England IVlr. Bliss arose, For to describe their grief, ] [is feeling heart did him dispose To plead for their relief. Large numbers felt their pity glow. On hearing their distress. And did large sums on them bestow. Their wants for to redress. And since we've merited the rod. Which comes a thousand ways, How just it is Jehovah should Chastise us as he please. Then let us sympathise with those Who lie beneath his frowns, And tiy for to relieve their woes, And heal their bleeding wounds. Least our ingratitude provoke Jehovah's watchful care. And we receive some bitter stroke, That's heavy for to bear. And you my friends who felt the smart, And had tKe balm applied, May thankfulness possess your heart. That mercy was'nt denied. Now give yourselves to God alone. And seek his heavenly grace. Least his fierce wrath again be shown. And sweep you from the place. .<*< 'i,. '.f^ The following stanzas were suggested by hearing an extract of a If Iter from Capt. Chase, giving an account of the sichiess and death of his hrother-i7i-laWy Mr. Brown Owen^ who died on his passage to California. - c. ,.,.-,,,,.,.... „.. , :1V Lay up nearer, brother, nearer, ' For my limbs are growinfT cold, And thy presence seeraeth dearer, When thy arms around me fold ; I am dying, brother, dying, : ^r Soon you'll miss me in your berth, , ' For my form will soon be lying 'Neath the ocean's briny surf, Harken to me, brother, harken, ... I have something I would sayj .^. E're the veil my vision darken, ^ t;., » And I go from hence away. I am going, surely going, But my hope in God is strong, I am willing, brother, knowii:g 'M* That he doeth nothing wrong. Tell my father, when you greet him, ^ ^ That in death I prayed for him, / • Prayed that one day 1 might meet him In a world that's free from sin. ,/ - ! Tell my mother, God assist her, ' * Now that she is growing old. Tell her child would glad have kissed her When his lips grew pale and cold. Listen, brother, catch each whisper, 'Tis my ■wife I'd speak of now, , : Tell, O tell her how I missed her When the fever burned my brow ; Tell her, brother, — closely listen — Don't forget a single word, v. ' , That in death my eyes did glisten ^ : With the tears her memory stirred. . Tell her she must kiss my children, Like the kiss of last impressed, Hold them as when last I held them. Folded closuly to rny breast j ^ i^': " , *,SH:*A ■,.. ■'■■■-■■ k- ■■ ^■•-. -i-.^i^ j'» their makei', Give tiiem eaxJf to their ma Putting all their trust in God* And he nevei* will forsake her, He has said so in his word. '^■i^-a A' V^-- . ^x'- ii'}r O my children, heaven bless them, , , ] They were all my life to me ; "Would I could once more caress thcm> Ere I sink beneath the sea. ..-^ , *Twas for them I crossed the ocean, What my hopes were, I'll not tell, But they've gained an orphan's portion, Yet he doeth all things well. f / 'rdl my sister, I remember ,,.r ,-,. Every kindly, parting word, ' - And my ^°art has been kept tender. By the tliought their memory stirred* Tell them I near reached the haven , Where I sought the precious dust, But I've gained a post called heaven, , , . Where the gold will never rust. , ^j tJrge them to secure an entrance. For they'll find their brother there ; Faith in Jesus and repentance ;- ; ,.;;v Will secure for them a share. Hark ! I hear my saviour speaking, 'Tis his voice I know so well ; When Tm gone, O do'nt be weeping, Brother, here's my last farewell. •*; Lines on the following incident ! Many yonrs ago two children, daughters of a person rciiding in thia Province, wore lost in the woods. What their fate had been none knew, 110 trace of thc-ni could be found, until at length, after a long period of time. Olio of them was discovered amonjj; some Indians by wliom they had been taken, and with whom this one had remained since their disappear- ance. With some dilTiculty she was brought to mool her only surviving 1)arent. The tide of time swept back from the uiother^A mind, and she lastened to meet the child of nor memory. But alas ! the change. Her ftpirit nhrunk from the wild form before her ; and well it might, for there remained no love or sympathy for her in the bosom of the lost one. Sbo /n / tl 'ir.- f s- \ longed to be again with the Indians ; in vain they besought her to remain : the thraldom of their ways was irksome to the dweller of the forest, and after several fruitless efforts to detain ber she escaped from them. At early mom a mother stood, Her hands were raised to heaven, And she prais'd Almighty God f For the blessings he had given. But far too deep were they Encircled in her heart — « !v; . . * Too deep for hunian weal, For earth and love must pai't. She looked with hope too bright On the forms that by her bent, And loved by far too strongly ' .^ Those treasures God had sent. They bound her to the earth With love's own golden chain, How were its bright links severed By the spirit's wildest pain ; She parted the rich tresse?^ And kissed each sunny bro'W, ' > And where, oh happy mother,- Was one so blest as thou ? The summer sun was shining All cloudless o'ei* the lea. And forth her children bounded,- In childhood's summer glee. • They strayed among the flowers That grew in beauty there. They twined them into garlands, , And wreathed them in their hair. ITiey danced along the woody banks, All fringed with sunny green; Where like a silveiy serpent The river ran between. „ , Their glad young voices rose, >ft As they thought of flower or bird, And they sang the joyous fancies That in each spirit stirred. *♦ Oh ! sister, see that humming bird, Saw ye ever aught so fair, With wings of gold and ruby. He sparkles through the air ? Let us follo\V where he fliea- 9 ^v -1. •i"i; r/x .'" -A- Qver yonda; liazerdell, i'wr oh, it xhnit he beautiful ^ ^ Where such a thing can dwell,\ Yet to me it seemeth still That ite nest must be on high;>, Methinks his plumes are baj;hed i In the.even's^cnmsan sky." " Nay, sister, le&us. stay Where those water lillies float| ., So spotless and so pure, like a fairy's pearly boat ;. . ;r.n/ , ^f Listen to the melody That Cometh sof^ and low,. . Asvthrough the twining tendrils . Tile water glides below. ' »: Perchance 'twas in a spot like thi&,, And by> a stream-as- mild, t Where the Jewish mother laid . Her gentle Hebrew child." Then rested they beneath the tre^s. And through the leafy shade, With ever clianging rad^ence .- Thor broken sunlight pkyed,. And spoke in words whose simple truth '\ Beyealed.the guileless soul, . lUl softly o*er their senses . . r A quiet slumber stole. ^ lio ! now a form comes glancing Along the waters blue, .. ,,-j And moored among the lillies . Lay an Indian's bark canoe. The days of ancient feud were gone — - The axe was buried .deep, y And still the red- man's wfurfare :j t r. In unawaking sleep. ^r/,; Why stands he thus so silently .- y" Where those fair children lio ; . And say what means the flashing Of the Indian's eagle eye ? He thinks him of hiq lonely spouse, Within, her foftest glade, ■ Around her silent dwelling No children ever played — ' ■ No voice arose io greet hicx..^ '- %■: it 4\ 7. y X y ■^if^7': ^ My softest furs shoidd rest ; Their kindred drive us onward Where the netting sunbeams shine '0^', They claim our fathers' heritage, ,! ' Why may not these be mine.?" U' He raised the sleeping children^ Oh! sad and dreary day, ;;vr i f. And o'er the dtmcing waters f? v|J He bore them far away. /> He wiled their heai'ts fond feelings / With words and actions kind, ; /■ . In beauty came the holy stars^ ..^* All gleaming in the blue, > ^r c It seemed as o'er the lonely earth f'. A blessed calm they threw, ?^;: But a sound of grief arose T f, On the dewy eviening air. It bore the bitter anguish - *, * Of a mother's wild dispair. , ". A wail like that which sounded 't ; Tl;iroughout Judea's land, vi ' Wheh Hered's haughty minions ,! .*k * Obeyed his dark command ; V*'" The mourning mother wept '•' Because her babes were not, 'v /.. Their forms were gone forever :'• From each familiar spot. • if- Oh ! had they sought the river. And sank beneath the wave. Or had the dark recesses Of the forest been their gr«re ? '' The same deep tinge of sorrow /> £ach surmise ever bore. % V. »■'", \ -^ «» v:: .<. ■■ .■«'•'' 1^' "Her gems l^^piit^W taken. Of their ^M^hasw no moi-e. ^Long years of %itji*ring woe went on, Each sadly as the last, TTo other ears the theme became A' legend of the past^ But she, oh ! bright she kept Their memory enshrined, *With all a mother's fondness. And fadeless truth entwined. And many a hope- she cherished. In sorrow's gloom had burst, 3ut still her spirit Iknew No grieving like the first. ^* . ; Along her &!ded forehead The hand ofiimehad crossed,. , And every ftinrow^told Her mourning for the lost. With such deep^ love within her. What words the truth could give, How*er she heard the tidings. Thy children yet they live ; But one alone was near, And with rushmg feelings wild, '^he aged mother flew To meet once more her child. A moment past away. The lost one slosvly came. And stood before her then A tall and dark browed dame, ^ar from her swarthy forehead Her ravien hair was rolled, "She spoko to those around her. Her words were stern and cold : -** Why seek ye here to bind me ? I would again be free, They say ye are my kindred. But what is that to me ? My spring of youth was passed With the people of the wild. And slumber in the greenwood My husband and my child. In the hours of silent night, But many a vision comes .# * . ^.„ .-«■;■. Hi -^ "^ X Froii\ the drei^^J If e'er IVe been a)! Save in the wan^ The teemory has passec Ye long have been f^g^ And were not these hard.word^s To that fond mdti|^r-ii heart, . Who through such years of agony:- Had kept her loying part ? Her wildest wish was granted; Her fondest hope was heard| Yet it but s(5ryed to. show her.- How deeply she had erred". T^e mysteries of Qqd'^ high wilF May not be understood^ , And mortals may not yaiiU}' ask: . To them what seemeth goddt With spirit wrung^ to earthy In griel she Bowed Rer ReeJ— r . Oh! better far than, meet. ttius/ ■ ^'o mourn thee wilE the dtist.** But think ye he, who comforted' The widotred ond Of Nain--- Who bade the lonely Hagar With hope reviy^ again.-. Think ye t^at mother's irustihg love Should "^bleed without a balm? No, o'er the troubled spij^iC There came a blessed calmd. Ainid t£ie. savage relics Around her daughter flung— ^ . Upon her naked bosom • A crucifix there hung ; And th,ough the simple Indian . False tepets migli^t enthrall^ Yet it was the blessed symbol' Of him who died for alll And the mother's heart rejoiced,' For the promise seemed to say — • She shall be thine in heaven. When the world has passed away. Though now. we meet as strangers, Yet there ye shall be one. And live in love forever. . When time and earth are gone.. »X-.,