...true responsibility at all ? Are ' punishments ' as the necessity for restraints to the diseased ? ' Unless above himself he can erect himself, how mean a thing is man.' Of course man cannot truly do that ; it is a contradiction in terms. Here is exactly the proof, and...

...with his share, and treads upon." It also enforces the reflection of the old poet : " . . . . Except above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! " THE ZUNI INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO. BT FRANCIS KLETT. A NOTHER interesting branch of the aborigines...

...own strength to overcome and expel the evils that are rooted in our nature. " Moralists may pr-each ' Unless above himself he can erect himself, how mean a thing is man,' but all the preaching in the world is of no avail. The task is an impossibility. The stream cannot...

...beautiful and good. How necessary is this moral elevation, we realize from the words of the poet, " unless above himself he can erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! " Art, so understood, is the embodiment or utterance of those ideas modified by the imagination,...

...of all who have relations with him. The old poet understood our fallen nature when he said : — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man !" If, on the contrary, he takes the downward course, he will grow far worse than mean, and to the...

...itself! It is a paradox indeed, very hard to understand; but yet most truly has it been said — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man." The words of St. Paul before us bid us thus examine ourselves, watch ourselves, and report to ourselves...

...SUPERINTENDEXCK '. that anything should overlook itself 1 Is not this a paraSENSATIONALISM SHAME dox, and hard to understand ? It is, indeed, difficult,...and yet most truly does the poet exclaim — Unless abore himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! ST Cokrid'jc (Aid»). SENSATIONALISM....

...elevate, or impel men to righteousness. Faith in oneself, gets one no farther than himself, and, " Unless above himself, he can erect himself, How mean a thing is man." . And, hard on this, comes Mr. Carlyle in his struggle after religion without love. The pathos of his...

...elevate, or impel men to righteousness. Faith in oneself, gets one no farther than himself, and, " Unless above himself, he can erect himself, How mean a thing is man." And, hard on this, comes Mr. Carlyle in his struggle after religion without love. The pathos of his...

...fell asleep, blessed in God, Katharine von Bora, the blessed widow of Dr. Martin Luther." SOLITUDE. AN hour of solitude passed in sincere and earnest prayer, or the conflict with, airi conquest over, some " subtle bosom sin," will teach us more of thought, will more effectually...