Oft has he called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him,
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;
Yet he is gracious, and with arms unfolded,
Waits to embrace thee..

Come, then, poor sinner, come away this moment,
Just as you are, come, filthy and polluted,
Come to the fountain open for uncleanness;
Jesus invites you.

But, if you trifle with his gracious message,
Cleave to the world and love its guilty pleasures,
Mercy, grown weary, shall in righteous judgment,
Quit you for ever.

Then you shall call, but he will not regard you,
Seek for his favor, yet shall never find it,
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence,

Deep in their caverns.

Where the worm dies not, and the fire eternal,
Fills the lost soul with anguish and with terror,
There shall the sinner spend a long for ever.
Dying unpardoned.

Oh! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace his pardon;
So shall your spirit meet, with joy triumphant,
Death and the judgment

MARY HATH CHOSEN THAT BETTER PART, WHICH SHALL
NOT BE TAKEN FROM HER. ST. LUKE.

While the skies of youth are o'er thee,
And beneath thy feet its flowers,
Hope's delightful dream before thee,
And around thee Pleasure's bow'rs,

Take the gifts that Heav'n provides thee
To enjoy with grateful heart,

But the Lord who made and guides thee,
Oh! choose Him thy "better part."

So, when youth's bright skies are vanish'd,
And its freshest flowers shall fade,
Hope's delightful dream be banish'd,
Pleasures's fairest bow'rs decay'd,—
Blessings still shall rest upon thee,
How distress'd so e'er thou art,
Which shall ne'er be taken from thee.
If thou choose the "better part."

ODESSA is a flourishing seaport in the south part of European Russia, and is situated in the government of Cherson, on a small bay of the Black Sea, between the mouths of the Dniester and the Dnieper. This place is entirely of modern erection, having been founded in 1792, by Catharine II. The Emperor Alexander followed up the views of Catharine, and appointed as governor the duke of Richelieu, at that time a French emigrant nobleman, afterwards (in 1816) prime minister of France. Under his superintendence it prospered, and a number of public establishments were set on foot under the patronage of the government. The population in 1804 had risen to 15,000, and in 1820 to 40,000 The present number of inhabitants is estimated at upwards of 50,000.

In point of regularity and architecture, Odessa may be said to be Petersburgh in miniature. In both, the experience of ages, and the skill and superintendence of famous architects, chiefly Italian and French, have contributed much to their embellishment. Thus, as on other occasions, by an enlightened policy, Russia has availed herself, to a great extent of the labors, science, and general knowledge of her neighbors. Petersburgh, renovated Moscow, Odessa, Cherson, Nikoalaef, Taganrog, and Novo-Tcherkask, abundantly testify the success which has attended the anxious exertions of her monarchs in raising cities and towns, which excite the astonishment and the admiration of travellers from the most polished nations.

The streets of Odessa are all regular, straight, and spacious, and they intersect each other at right angles. Some of them are a mile in length, and a few are adorned by rows of trees on each side. They are unpaved; and indescribably dirty in autumn and spring after heavy rain; all the edifices are of stone, and generally plastered over, and painted different colors. Their roofs are made of wood, or of sheets of iron, gaudily painted, sometimes also of tiles, and of slates from the Krimea. Comparatively speaking, but few low houses are to be seen. Odessa is built upon the same limestone rock of which its edifices are constructed, and really it may be called "Un coquillage," a congeries of shells, which falls very rapidly into decay.

The public gardens, from their central situation, are a great ornament to the town, and a source of pleasure to the inhabitants of Odessa.

The Gradskoi Goshpital, the town hospital, or the civil hospital, which forms one of the most conspicuous objects in Odessa, stands in an elevated, airy situation, near the barrier of Cherson. It is a fine edifice, two stories in height, with columns in front, but is strangely disfigured by the apertures of numerous ventilators in its walls.

A whitewashed edifice, adorned with columns, and with a green painted roof, which stands near the cathedral, had an imposing aspect, and caused our inquiries. We were told it was the post-office; but we found that, though part of it is so occupied, and part by the magistracy, yet that the chief part forms a prison. What a contrast did its interior present to the impressions which had been raised by its exterior! It contained 264 prisoners, whose fate was pitiable. Every where filth, in various forms, reigned beyond description. Nothing can more deeply wound the feelings of the philanthropist, than the inspection of the jails in Russia, with the exception of those at Petersburgh and Moscow.

Among the public edifices of Odessa, the cathedral, dedicated, I believe, to St. Nicholas, stands the most conspicuous. It is finely situated in the centre of the town, and in the middle of an immense square, surrounded by trees, and by a balustrade, in which are four