(VOL. VINO. 81.

A Beautiful Incident.
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On fine summers day, clergy
man was called to preach in a town
in Indiana, to young Episcopal con-
gsegation.s AT the close of his dis.
course, he addressed his young heara
ers in some such words as these
E"Learn that the present life is pre-.
paration for, and has tendency to,
eternity. The present is linked to
thetfutare throughout creation, in the
vegetable, in the animal, and in the
mofal.world. .Asidths seJd, is the
fiuit ss atheeg 9, So is the fowl; as is
the boy, so is the man; and as the ra.
tional being irthis world, SO will he
be in the next; Dives estranged from
God here. is Dives estranged from
God there; and Enoc b walking With
God here, is Enoch walking with God
ina calman better world. Ibeseech
you, then, live for blessed eternity.
Go TO the worm that you tread upon,
and learn lesson of wisdom. The
very caterpillar seeks the food that fos1
ters it for another and similar state,
and, more wisel than man, builds its
own sepulchre, from whence in time,
by sort Of resurrection, it comes
forth a new creature, in almost an an.
gelic form. And now, that which
was hideous is beautiful, and that
which crawled flies, and that which
fed on comparatively gross food, sips
the dew and revels inethe rich pass
tures, an emblem Of that. paradise
where flows the river of God and
grows the tree Of life. Could the cat
erpilar have been diverted from its
proper element and mode of life, if it
had never attained the butterhy's form
and hue, it had perished a worthless
1 worm. CONSIDER, ber ways and be
wise. Letit not be said that yc are
more negligent than worms, and that
your reason is less available than your
instnct.-As often as the butterfly
fits across your path, remember that
it whispers in its fight-"for the fu.
ture."


With this the preacher closed his
discourse, but to deepen the impress
sion, a butterfly, directed by the Hand
which guides alike the sun and an
atom in its course, futtered through
the Church, as if commissioned by
heaven to repeat the exhortation.
There was neither speech nor lan~
guage, but its voice was heard saying
to the gazing audience-s'Live for the
future. Albany Spectator.