The Boy And Man

A few years ngo, there was, in the city of tostón, a portrait painter, whose name was 4r. Copley. He did rot suoceed very well n bis bnsinPSB, and concluded to go to Engind, to try liis fortunes thcre. He had a lit-í le son, whotn he took with him, wliose name vms John Singleton Copley. John wao a very studious boy, and made uch rapid progrese in his studies, that his áthcr eont him to college. There he applied limself so closely to his books, and became ;o distingiiislied a scholar, that his instructors nedicted th&t he would malee a very eminent nan. After he graduatd, he studied law. And vljcn he entered upon the practice of his pro'ession, liis mind waa so richly stored with inbrmation, and so lug-hly disciplined byy"nis irevious diligence, that he almost immodiatcly btnined celebrity . One or two cases of very jreat impoitance being entrusted to him, he nanaged them with so much wisdom and skill, ik to attract the admiration oí the whole Britsh nfttion. The king and his cnbinet, secing what a earned man he was, and how much iifluencc 10 hadaequired, felt it to he important to se:ure his services for the government. Thej Jierefore raised hitn from one post of hon. !o another. till he whs created Lord High (Jhancellor of England - the very highest post af honor to which any oubjcct can attain; so that John Singleton Copley is now Lord Lyndhuret, Lord High Chancellor of England. About sixty years ngo, he waBa little boy in Boston. Hi8 fatlier ñas a poor portrait pniner, haroly able to get his daily bread. Now, John is at the head of notility of Engtand; one. of the most tlistinguished men in talent and power, in the House of Lords, and regarded with reverence nd respect br the whole ciziÜred world. This is the reward of industry. The studious boy becomee the usoful and respected man. Had John S. Copley spent his school -boy days in idleness, lic would probab!y have pased his manhood in poverty and shame. Bul he sludied in Fchool, while other boya wort idle; he studied in college, when othr young men were wasting their time; he even adoptec for his motto, "Ullrt pergere," (Pre$a onward.) - and how ricb has been his reward.You, my younjj friende, ore aow la ving the foundation for your future lifo. You are every day at schoolTdeciding t!e queition, whother your tnanhood slull be pawed in mourning over the fullios of miespent boyhood.