But let us look at the results of education, operating upon the faculties of man. Look at Boston――what a mighty city! How many houses――and if we go into them, how beautiful――how convenient! Look at the paved streets――the pleasant side-walks! Go into the shops, and see the beautiful merchandises. Go into the Museum, in Tremont street, and see the wonders there, gathered from the four quarters of the globe. Go down to the waters and see the ships, made to plough the mighty ocean, and hold intercourse with the ends of the earth. Go to the Atheneum, and see the stores of knowledge, which man has discovered. Go to the churches, and see the people holding communion with that God who built the earth, and spread out the heavens. Open the Bible, and read the wonders of revelation――the immortality of the soul――the mighty plan of man’s salvation. Go to the fireside, and see the comfort――the peace――the happiness, which are there. And remember that all these things――every one of them――is the product of education. Oh, who then would be content with instinct, merely because it is easy, and costs nothing; and spurn education, because it requires effort? Education, then, is a great and glorious thing; but remember that you must take advantage of it. The old adage says――“One man may lead a horse to water, but ten can’t make him drink.” It is so with children in education: it is easy to send them to school――easy to put books before them――easy to give them good counsel; but if they will not try to learn, they will not learn. You cannot teach an unwilling mind. When I was a boy, I caught a blue jay, and put him in a cage; but the fellow wouldn’t eat. I got hold of his head, and opened his mouth, and put some cherries down, but he wouldn’t swallow; and as soon as I let him go, he threw it all up; and so he died! Now, this is just the way with some boys and girls――they will not take knowledge into their minds; they reject good counsel; even if you cram it down, they throw it up. Isn’t that bad? Yes――very bad indeed. Now――ladies and gentlemen――boys and girls――walk up,――here’s Merry’s Museum for 1844! We are going to set matters all right; we are going to show the advantages of education, the pleasures of education, the duty of education. We shall have our sweetmeats and sugar-plums, as we go along; but still――still――we mean to know a great deal more at the end of the year, than we do now! We mean to lay up a good stock of knowledge, which may last us through life. Who will go with us? ―――― A LONDON printseller advertises, “A head of Charles I., capitally executed.” ―――― A TEST.――“Never,” said the celebrated Lord Burleigh, “trust a man who is unsound in religion, for he that is false to his God can never be true to man.” ――――