Praise.

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art,
Reigns, more or less, and glows in every heart;
The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure,
The modest shun it, but to make it sure.-Young.

Prayer.

Prayer is the silence of the soul, the calm of the passions, the contentment of desire, and the union of our will with the Divine.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart.

Prayer is the only dormitive I take to bedward, and I need no other laudanum than this to make me sleep; after which I close mine eyes in security, content to take my leave of the sun, and sleep unto the resurrection.—Sir Thomas Brown.

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Utter'd or unexpress'd;

The motion of a hidden fire,

That trembles in the breast.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant-lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;

His watch-word at the gates of death;
He enters heaven with prayer.

The saints in prayer appear as one,
In word, and deed, and mind;
While with the Father, and the Son,
Sweet fellowship they find.

Nor prayer is made on earth alone;
The Holy Spirit pleads,

And Jesus, on the eternal throne,
For mourners intercedes.

O Thou by whom we come to God,
The life, the truth, the way!
The path of prayer Thyself hast trod :

Lord, teach us how to pray !-Montgomery.
- But when on life we're tempest driv'n,
A conscience but a canker-
A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n,

Is sure a noble anchor.-Burns.

Prejudice.

Prejudice may be considered as a continual false medium of viewing things, for prejudiced persons not only never speak well, but also never think well, of those whom they dislike, and the whole character and conduct is considered with an eye to that particular thing which offends them.Butler.

Presence of Mind.

At all times presence of mind is valuable. In time of repose it enables us to say and do whatever is most befitting the occasion that presents itself; while in time of trial it may protect, and in time of danger preserve.

- Presence of mind is courage.

Real valour consists, not

in being insensible to danger, but in being prompt to confute and disarm it.-Byron.

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- A quality which is the opposite to surprise.-Bulwer.

Press (The).

The press is the safeguard of public rights;-it is the messenger of truth-the herald of science-the interpreter of letters-the amanuensis of history-and the teacher of futurity. Like the sun, it illuminates the gloom of Gothic night-irradiates the shade of ignorance and pours a flood of knowledge on the world.-It dilates the perceptions of man-extends his intellectual vision-inspires his heart with sensibility and mind with thought—and endows him with past and present omniscience;-it directs his way to the pyerian mount-and discovers to faith the radiant path by angels trod to Zion's hill.

- Sheridan, in one of his impassioned moments, said :— "Give me a tyrant king-give me a hostile house of lords— give me a corrupt house of commons-give me the press, and I will overturn them all!"

London owes much to its press; as much to its press as to its being the seat of government and law. Its parliaments and tribunals give it an influence over the provinces, but without the press how would its decisions be known or received? No man can have travelled in this country without feeling that the exalted position of the metropolis of England is mainly attributable to the press. It is by the press that the whole kingdom feels the pulse of the capital; it is thus the tone is given, the key-note sounded, our public virtue stimulated, and our national emotions awakened and nourished. The greatest blessings are the least appreciated the person who eats bread daily can find no flavour in it; let him go to some foreign land, and eat nothing but bread-fruit for ten years, and he will appreciate, on his return, the flavour of a French roll. But the press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies, but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.-B. Disraeli.

But mightiest of the mighty means,
On which the arm of progress leans,
Man's noblest mission to advance,
His woes assuage, his weal enhance,
His rights enforce, his wrongs redress,-

Mightiest of Mighty is the Press.— Dr. Bowring.

What is the Press ?-'Tis what the Pen

Was thrice ten centuries to men.

It is a power,

Years cannot waste, nor flames devour,
Nor waters drown, nor tyrants bind :
It is the mirror of man's mind.

No marshall'd bands, with dungeon, and with chain, And all the ills that follow in their train,

Against the Press can hold successful war.
The hero, raging o'er the field afar,

As well might aim to pluck from yon high sphere,
The red-eyed Mars, to grace his triumphs here,
As ever hope to glory in the hour

When he shall circumscribe its mighty power.

J. McCreery.

How shall I speak thee, or thy power address,
Thou god of our idolatry, the Press?
By thee, religion, liberty, and laws

Exert their influence, and advance their cause;
By thee, worse plagues than Pharaoh's land befel,
Diffused, make earth the vestibule of hell:
Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise,
Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies,

Like Eden's dread probationary tree,

Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.-Cowper.

Pride.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece : it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.-Franklin.

The first peer and president of hell.—Defoe.

- Pride is like the stately turkey, which gloomily and contemptuously strides along; conceit is like the sun-flower, which impudently turns and stares at the sun; while humility is like a lovely flower, which is almost hidden among more prominent and less beautiful plants.

Princes.

Let the bold conspirator beware,

For heaven makes princes its peculiar care.-Dryden.

Whate'er adorns the world of letters fair,

The Printer's toiling eyes and hands prepare;
Foregoing oft sweet sleep's restoring power,
At early morn, or midnight's heavy hour,
He aids the sons of genius and of lore

To send rich merchandise from shore to shore.
Our Milton and our Shakespere, ever new,
With later bards, are loved and prized by you;
And 'tis the printer's task to multiply

A million-fold, their pearls of poesy.-W. R.

Printing.

An invention which gives wings to human ideas, and circulates them over every portion of the known and habitable globe.-Daniel O'Connell.

Printing makes the orator himself more than an orator. It catches up his dying words, and breathes into them the breath of life. It is the speaking gallery through which the orator thunders in the ear of ages. He leans from the tomb over the cradle of rising generations.