1. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. REV. T. STORK, D.D..... 2. NEW YEAR'S EVE. EDITOR. (Poetry.)... 3. WORKING FOR A GOOD NAME. SELDOM.. 4. HOMEWARD BOUND. REV. B. BAUSMAN I 5 7 10 5. THE GOLDEN YEAR. ALFRED TENNYSON. (Poetry.).. ....... 16 6. THE ANGEL OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER....... 7. CHRISTMAS IN OUR CHILDHOOD HOME. EDITOR.. 8. A MOMENT. (Poetry.)... 9. GONE HOME. GINOSKO. (Poetry.)...... 10. SHOULD I STUDY LAW OR DIVINITY? N,.......... 11. THE CHRISTMAS-TREE. (Poetry.)... 12. POOR BOYS AND GREAT MEN.. 13. BOOK NOTICES.... RECEIPTS FOR THE GUARDIAN. 17 23 25 26 27 30 31 32 JUST PUBLISHED. LIFE AND TRAVELS OF REV. MICHAEL SCHLATTER BY REV. H. HARBAUGH. He was the first regular Missionary sent from Europe to labor among the Germans in the New World. The Book gives a full account of his Labors and Travels in this country from 1746 to 1790. Pages 375. Price $1. A liberal discount to Agents. The Book will be sent by mail if desired. BOOKS FOR MOURNERS. HEAVEN; or the Sainted Dead, 12th and Revised Edition..........75 cents. HEAVENLY RECOGNITION; or, Will we know our friends in Heaven. 9th and revised edition ......75 cents. THE HEAVENLY HOME; or, the Employments and Enjoyments of the Saints in Heaven. 6th and revised edition.... .$1.00 STEAM POWER PRINTING. THE DAILY AND SATURDAY EXPRESS BOOK, GARD, JOB PRINTING OFFICE. The Proprietors of this Establishment, having A STEAM POWER PRINTING MACHINE IN OPERATION, COMBINED WITH OTHER FACILITIES, ARE NOW PREPARED TO EXECUTE WORK CHEAP, NEAT AND EXPEDITIOUSLY, SUCH AS BOOK, CARD, PLAIN & FANCY JOB PRINTING, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS, TO SUIT THE TIMES. OFFICE No. 9, WEST KING St, LANCASTER. PA. FOR 1858. THE GUARDIAN: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, DEVOTED TO THE SOCIAL, LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS INTERESTS OF YOUNG MEN AND LADIES. EDITED BY REV. H. HARBAUGH. ON the First of January, 1858, the Guardian will commence a NEW VOLUME. It is not weary in laboring for the young, to whom it is dedicated and devoted, and from whose kind hands it has received abiding favor and encouragement. The Guardian will keep on its accustomed course. It will be, as heretofore, devoted to the highest interests of the young, at the most solemn and interesting period of their life. It will offer its friendly councils to them in an earnest though free and cheerful way. It will solemnly seek to warn them against the wrong, and affectionately allure them to the right. The Editor will endeavor to make its contents true, pure, fresh, and healthy as the morning of life. It will particularly urge self-culture and early piet as of the highest importance. It will seek to move in the element of its motto: "Life-Light-Love." The Guardian has no denominational or party bias. It interferes not with controversies either in Church or State. It is its ambition to take the quiet way of peace and love. 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ADDRESS THE PUBLISHERS, PEARSOL & GEIST, Lancaster, Pa. 1. MY SPELLING BOOK. EDITOR 2. HOW DEAR TO ME THE HOUR. MOORE. (Poetry.). 5. CABBAGE-HEADS AND SOMETHING ELSE. 7. WHERE ARE THE BOYS AND GIRLS? 8. ONLY ONE LIFE. (Poetry)................ 9. THE GODDESS OF REASON. EDITOR.. 10. DO GOOD. S. J. H. S. (Poetry)... 11. BOYS! DO YOU HEAR THAT? EDITOR 12. OLD HUNDREDTH".... 13. THE FARM. HON. EDWARD EVERETT.. 14. A THRILLING POEM... 15. DESCRIPTION OF A PASTOR. (Poetry).. 16. A MERCHANT TURNED FARMER.. 17. TEARS AND BLUSHES..... 18. BOOK NOTICES.. 33 ..... 39 40 44 EDITOR..... 48 49 NATHAN.. RECEIPTS FOR THE GUARDIAN. VOL. VI. Mrs AR M Staley. VOL. VII. Mary Breneman John S Roberts. Miss M McClatchey A Finfrock Jacob M Knode.. Catharine Shoemaker. Mrs Luther Farnham. Benjamin Isenberg. . VOL. VIII. Rev. Thos Leinbach. Rev W J Mohr 1 Lydia Neff... 1 Jacob Odenweller 1 Ann Eyerman .1 Tobias S Gerhart. 1 Rev Henry Wissler. (Receipts continued on the third page of cover.) |