call forth her powers was kept out of her childish occupations forced on her in t The favourite maxim was to occupy her common things; she was made to rom dance, and to play, to read story books, dolls' clothes. Her physical powers were pied-but where was her mind the while itself with fancies for want of truths; dr conclusions, forming wrong judgments, ing over its own mistakes, for want of occupation of its activities. Another ma keep Jemima ignorant of her own capaci should set up for a genius, and be undo She was told she had none, and was le rance of what she was capable, and for was responsible. Made to believe tha feelings were oddities, her expansive th surdities, and her love of knowledge unfe ungraceful, she kept them to herself, a

red to learn; and finding herself deserving it, encouraged herself to disliking every body. In the latter rk awry while she made a couplet nd unpicked it while she made ng told she did every thing ill, became indolent and careless to do sumed meanwhile by the restless mind, and tasked to exercise for e framework was unfit, her person orn, and feeble. To be brief, the

in baffling nature's promise, but ilment of their own. At twenty zzle to every body and a weariness cious of her powers, but not knowthem, she gave into every imagilaving made the discovery of her despised the opinions of others, re too ill-formed to be her guide. ing talent, and yet ashamed to tomed to explain herself-certain

reelings, her expansive thoughts remained to be wounded, to irritate or to mislead her

Where is the moral of my tale, and wh of telling it? I have told it because I see has his purposes in every thing that he 1 and man has his own and disregards the every day I hear it disputed with acrin much unkindness, what faculties and cha is better to have or not to have, without sideration of what God has given or withh standards are set up, by which all must sured, though, alas! they cannot take from one cubit to their statures. "There is one the sun, another of the moon, and one star from another in glory." Why do we not the sun for outshining the stars, and the p for having no light but what she borrows? of settling for others what they ought to choosing for ourselves what we will be, wou

too much or too little of what God nay have our preferences, but we e them for standards of right. I e garden and take which flower I should be a fool if I trampled ecause they are not like it. And t parents in the education of their ave no scheme or purpose, but to forward the purposes of Heaven. not have hour after hour consumed what they cannot learn, because while powers and faculties that r good, are neglected and despised. would not be taught to aspire to hey are unfit, or to bury talents for give account. The indiscriminate hool would not be thought a meet ry cast of character, and a suitable very sphere of duty. The timid not be exposed to the summer sunle to the chillness of the mountain

and the inferiority which now frets itse patience of what it cannot measure, w Heaven for its easier and less perilous task

Every character has beauties peculiar

and dangers to which it is peculiarly exp there are duties pertaining to each, apart circumstances in which they may be pla thing, therefore, can be more contrary to fest order and disposition of providence endeavour to be or do whatever we admi ther, or to force others to be and do wl admire in ourselves. Which character of less variety that surrounds is the most h most useful, and most deserving to be b were impossible, I believe, to decide-a could, we have gained little by the deci we could neither give it to our childre ourselves. But of this we may be cer