Wild waves leaped up on the crags and beat On the edge of the rock-bound shore; And the thought of a coming time was sweet, When the sea should be no more. No more, no more shall mothers and wives Dream of loves that the blue wastes hide, No more shall the vigorous hearts and lives Be flung to the wind and tide! Oh, Father, follow the gallant ships Through the light of the morning pale! Thou hearest the prayer of the loving lips, Thy mercy never can fail. And guide us all to some haven blest Where never a tempest is known; For life is sad, and the secret of rest Is hidden with Thee alone. GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEAVENS FOR JANUARY. BY PROF. M. B. GOFF, Western University of Pennsylvania. THE SUN. During this month the sun makes rapid strides northward, moving from declination 22° 57′ south on the 1st to declination 17° 11′ south on the 31st. This occasions also quite an increase in the length of the day, from sunrise to sunset on the 1st being 9h. 23m. 36s., and on the 30th, 10h. 4m. 56s. On the 1st, 16th and 30th, 7:22, 7:21 and 7:11 a. m. are the respective hours of rising, and 4:46, 4:59 and 5:16 p. m. the hours of setting. On the 16th, day breaks at 5:40 a. m., and twilight ends at 6:40 p. m., giving just thirteen hours between “early dawn and dewy eve.” The sun is slower than the clock, on the 1st, being on the meridian at three minutes and thirty-eight seconds past twelve, and on the 31st reaching the meridian thirteen minutes and forty-seven seconds after the clock indicates noon. THE MOON Will present its ordinary four changes at the following times: last quarter on the 7th, at 10:28 p. m.; new moon, 16th, 3:28 a. m.; first quarter, 23d, 8:18 p. m.; full, 30th, 11:11 a. m. It will be in apogee, or farthest from the earth, on the 13th, at 3:42 a. m., and in perigee, or nearest to the earth, on the 28th, at 8:42 p. m. It will reach its greatest elevation, amounting to 66° 55′, on the 28th, and the least elevation, 30°, on the 14th. MERCURY,