The Fireside, is a seminary of infinite importance.  It is important because it is universal, and because the education it bestows, being woven in with the woof of childhood, gives form and color to the whole texture of life.  There are few who can receive the honors of a college, but all are graduates of the hearth.  The learning of the university may fade from the recollection; its classic lore may moulder in the halls of memory.  But the simple lessons of home, enameled upon the heart of childhood, defy the rust of years, and outlive the more mature but less vivid pictures of after days.

FOOTNOTES: 

[A] 2 Cor. 5:21.

[B] The construction put upon this passage is taken from Bush’s Commentary on Exodus, which see.

[C] 1 John iv:16.

[D] We are glad to see that Mr. Abbott has recently revised and enlarged this useful book.  We recommend it to the careful perusal of all young people, as well as parents.