PREFACE. THE Religious Souvenir, after the absence of a year, reappears with its friendly salutations. During this recess, it has been flattered to find its place preserved in the memory of the public, and to hear from various, and remote parts of our wide country, kind inquiries for its welfare, or earnest wishes for its return. Refreshed by slumber, it resumes its pleasant toil, gladly gathering from the fields of literature, flowers for the vase of the tasteful, and fruits to cheer the Christian on the journey of immortality. HARTFORD, CONN., June, 1838. L. H. S. 5 49 60 by F. S. Agate. Engraved by Oscar A. Lawson. ISLAND OF SYRA, GREECE. Painted by Lieut. Owen Stanley, R. N. Engraved by Robert Hinshelwood. MRS. STEWART, LATE MISSIONARY TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Painted by Charles Ingraham. Engraved by Casilear and Paradise. THE MISSIONARY. (Vignette for Title Page.) LADY ARBELLA JOHNSON. Painted by C. R. Leslie. Engraved by M. J. Danforth. 98 136 184 220 THE YOUNG WARRIOR. Painted by H. Corbould. Engraved by Cheney. 268 CHILDHOOD. Painted by H. Inman, N. A. Engraved by S. H. Gimber. 282 CONTENTS. The Infant St. John the Evangelist.-Miss H. F. Gould. The Fading First-born.—Mrs. Da Ponté. Thoughts on Poetry.-Bernard Barton. Sacred Melody.-R. Shelton Mackenzie, L.L.D. Syra-Demetrius Stamatiades, M.D. Stanzas.-Grenville Mellen.. Russell Atherton.-Mrs. Emma C. Embury. Sickness.-Miss M. A. Browne. Mrs. Stewart.-Rev. C. S. Stewart, U. S. N. 95 The Desert and Garden.-Rev. Hollis Reed. The Gospel Triad.-Rev. George Burgess. Trust in Heaven.-Richard Bacon, Jun. "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life."-Rev. Tryon The Progress of the Christian.-The late Rev. E. D. Griffin. 275 What is the Bible ?-Mrs. E. C. Stedman. |