The Christian virtues, personified and exhibited as a divine family .. . ful hands to build forTemperance a living, fragrant bower under theM 19 290 VIRTUE AND TEMPERANCE, shadow of the tree of life. Her distinguishingbadge shall be a crystal Fountain in ceaselessplay, surrounded with trees of various fruits andperennial flowers. And the name of Temper-ance shall be changed to Bliss. conclusion. Such is Divine Religion, the Mother of all theVirtues; and such the offspring of divine ma-ternity. But however pleasing the ideal image-ry, however beautiful the plumage and draperyof thought, pure Re
The Christian virtues, personified and exhibited as a divine family .. . ful hands to build forTemperance a living, fragrant bower under theM 19 290 VIRTUE AND TEMPERANCE, shadow of the tree of life. Her distinguishingbadge shall be a crystal Fountain in ceaselessplay, surrounded with trees of various fruits andperennial flowers. And the name of Temper-ance shall be changed to Bliss. conclusion. Such is Divine Religion, the Mother of all theVirtues; and such the offspring of divine ma-ternity. But however pleasing the ideal image-ry, however beautiful the plumage and draperyof thought, pure Religion enthroned in theheart, the Christian Virtues exhibited in thelife, are lovelier far than Fancys pencilings,more beautiful than poetic dreams. This Re-ligion—these Virtues—are more prized in heav-en than thrones and diadems are esteemed onearth. Amiable Reader! may this Divine Religionbe your daily adornment,, and your everlastingjoy! May every virtue and every grace beyour earthly accomplishment and your eternalbliss! THE END. J tHftt THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE. BEING HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE WOMEN OP THE BIBLE, PEOM EYE OF THE OLD TO THE MARYS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. BY REV. P. O. Volume, 284 pp. 16mo., Illustrated. Price $1 00. It is the design of this work to breathe encouragement to the ma-ternal heart, and to infuse the spirit of their high destiny into theminds of the Women of America. OPINIONS OF REVIEWERS. The author of this work possesses enough traits of resemblance to the author of theSacred Mountains, to leave no doubt of his right to the name of Headley. There ismuch of that spirited descriptive power, which has made the elder brother a popular fa-vorite, and gives promise of a successful career on his own account.—jV. It contains nineteen descriptive biographical sketches, arranged in chronological order,including nearly all the distinguished women of the sacred annals, and forming an out-line of Scripture history. The
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