Christ, Truth, of what can mortal opinion avail? Cast

not your pearls before swine; but if you cannot bring

peace to all, you can to many, if faithful laborers in His [15]

vineyard.

Looking over the newspapers of the day, one naturally

reflects that it is dangerous to live, so loaded with disease

seems the very air. These descriptions carry fears to

many minds, to be depicted in some future time upon [20]

the body. A periodical of our own will counteract to

some extent this public nuisance; for through our paper,