Brotherly Love.

infancy , and had almost died out of memory . Farewell ! Ida . 1 leave yon as our first parents departed from Eden , despairing and hopeless . With a quick step , the voung man proceeded up an unfrequented path that led to the summit of a lofty hill , and Ida returned homewards , with mind saddened and lexed

a perp . 11 . 1 + 1 For some time he proceeded in his ascent until he had reached the apex of one of the loftiest hills in the neighbourhood . The scene before Mm was rude , and contrasted strongly with the soft loveliness and verdure that clothed the adjacent declivities . It was steep , and scarce a trace of vegetation redeemed it from sterilityLarge masses of shattered granite ,

. and the prostrate trunks of mouldering trees were strewed along the path , and justified the history which tradition had assigned it , of having been at some remote period the scene of an earthquake . When he had gained the summit , Ms eye encountered a rude edifice in the form of a hut , and a human figure seated on a fragment of rock before the aperture which formroused b

admitted to the interior of this primitive abode . The , y Ms footsteps , raised its head , and he beheld the features of the maniac whom he had seen in the church . There was , however , a great change m his countenance . His eyes , which on the former occasion were lit up with ' the wild lustre of insanity , were now dimmed with tears ; and there was a subdued and heart-stricken expression about his features that told the

stormier passions were at rest . ¦ Simon was about to retire , but the recluse had perceived him , and said , in an accent tremulous with emotion , — " Come hither , Simon . " A superstitious awe crept over the mind of the latter at hearing himself addressed by his name , by one with whom lie was unacquainted , and hesitated

whose knowledge of him : he was at a loss to understand . He O 1 t to advance , ancl he felt unable to retire . " Come hither , my son , " said the strange being , in accents still milder , "if human eye should witness me in this moment of softer emotion , it . should be yours . " Though somewhat surprised , and rather unwilling to comply , Simon seated himself at his side .

" Look , " said the recluse , " how beautiful is the scene beneath . _ All is loveliness and serenity , a fitting temple for the spirit to kneel in and worship its Creator . How calmly glides yon crystal rivulet to its ocean home , its glassy bosom scarcely curled with the breeze , and bearing on its surface the clear blue of heaven , and the shadows of the sMubs that fringe its margin . How lovely and graceful those vines bending in the breeze ,

and how fresh the fragrance that ascends from the flowers of the valley . Peace is written on every blossom and unfolding petal that has sprung into existence at the mandate of their maker . But the tempest impends , and will lay desolate this scene . It is a type of life , the life of youth , while the darker passions are at rest , and the volcano of the heart is undeveloped . For the storm will die away , and the voice of the tempest dwindle into the faint breathing of the summer breeze , and the loveliness of the MU and valley shine forth more glorious from being transiently