THE BRIGHT SIDE OF HUMANITY.
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There arc good men every where. There are men who are good for goodness sake.

 In obscurity, in retirement, beneath the

 shadow of ten thousand dwellings, scarcely

 known to the world, and never asking to

 be known, there are good men in advcr- sity, in poverty, amid temptations. amid all

 the severity of earthly trials, there are good

 men, whose lives shed brightness upon the

 dark clouds that surround them. Be it true, if we must admit the sad truth, that many

 are wrong, and persist in being wrong; that many are false to every holy trust, and

 Caithless toward every holy affection; that may be estranged from infinite goodness i; InRI WSuny SOaas, s~sGss., ...'j s.oa"ay scnsual-yes, cold aud dead to every thing that is not wrapped up in their own little earthly interest, or more darkly wrapped up in the veil of fleshly capacities. Be it so but I thank God, that it is not all that we are obliged to believe. No there are true hearts, amid the ,hrong of the false and the faishless. There are warm and generous hearts, which the cold atmosphere of surrounding selfishness never chills; and eyes unused to weep for personal sorrow. which often overflow with sympathy for the sorrows of others. Yes, there are good men, and true men; thank them; l bless them for what they are. God, from on high, doth bless them, and he give,h his angels charge to keep them; aud now here in the holy record are these words more precious or strong than those in which it is written God love;h the righteous ones. Such men are there. Le. not their pre- cious virtues be distrusted. As surely and as evidently as some men have obeyed the calls ofambition and pleasure, so surely and so evidently have other men opened the voice of conciencc, and "chosen rather to suffer with the people of God than 10 enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season." Why. every meek man suffers in conflict kecncr far than the contest for honor and applause. And there are such men, who, amid injury and insult, and misconstruction, and the pointed finger. and the scornful lip of pride stand firm in their integrity and allegiance to loliicr principle, and still their .hrob- bing hearts in prayer, and hush them to the gentle motions of kindness aud pity. Such witnesses there are in this bad world: signs that rcdeeming work is going forward a. mid its derelictiOns; proofs that tt is not world forsakcn of heaven pledges that !

 will not be forsaken; that cheer and toucl every good and tl'oug hlfnl miDd, beyond al other power Of earth to penetrate and cn. kindlc it.-PRoTEssOR DEWEY.