("I’m mos’ don’ a trablin’ an’ I boun’
To carry my sould to Jesus
I’m mos’ don’ a trablin’ an’ I boun’
To carry my sould to de Lord.”)

Then ’neath the whitewashed cottage vines,
From its window that looks on the dying day,
I gaze at the pictures in the pines,
Made by their plumes and cones of gray. 
’Mong the leafy pictures is a crown,
Bedecked with a brightly shining star,
By angel hands held out and down
From the western gate that stands ajar.

My crown is bright when the year is new,
Nor changes, when its frosts appear: 
For the star still shines in its ground of blue,
And the pine tree lives when the rest are sere. 
From the pine my thoughts ascend above
To the Tree of LIfe that Heaven adorns;
From the star to the Star of my Saviour’s Love,
That grandly shone in a crown of thorns.

Oh, Star of Love, thy beams shall guide
Me through the shadows of earth and sin,
Till Heaven’s gate shall open wide
To let thy weary follower in. 
I note the onward march of time
By the Negro’s songs and the lightwood’s glare,
And know I’m nearing the happy clime
And the starry crown that I shall wear.

The Indians.
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Mr. Shelton At Northfield Again.
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Mr Moody is nothing if not practical, and when he undertakes a thing he is apt to push it through.  We give below another pleasant illustration of this.  Our readers will remember that Rev. C.W.  Shelton two years ago made an address at the great Missionary Meeting at Northfield, Mass., which touched the sympathies of the audience and moved Mr. Moody at once to “do something about it.”  Under his inspiration three thousand five hundred dollars were raised to establish several new Indian mission stations in Dakota.

At Mr. Moody’s solicitation, Mr. Shelton attended the Northfield Missionary Meeting this year, making report of what had been done with the money given before.  The enthusiasm of the audience was again kindled, with a result which we give below, condensing the sketch of the meeting as given in the Springfield Union.

The meeting opened with prayer by Major D.W.  Whittle, and then Rev C.W.  Shelton of New York City, who is connected with the American Missionary Association, spoke about the work among the Indians.  He said that two years ago the people of Northfield gave money enough to establish five mission stations; and he would first report on the work in those missions.  The first one had been established one hundred and fifty miles northwest of Bismarck, and was called the Moody station.  Having found two classes of people thirty miles apart, both of whom seemed to be equally in need, we had been in doubt as to where to plant the station; but finally a man was found whose parentage included both nations, and who was willing and able to preach to both in their own language.