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• NOTES FRO

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No. 393.— Pdolishee

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SUNDAY AT HOME:

I i^mk ihgu^ine for Subkifj ^fitbiiig.

BOKOLCLir.

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

On the 18th of January, 1850, two gentlemen
were travelling from London to Plymouth.
They conversed together in a language which
some of their fellow passengers might perhaps
recognise as German, for one of them could
speak no English. That one we are about to
introduce to our readers. Ou arriving at
Plymouth, the two friends hired a boat, and
were rowed out to sea. Two small ships of
war lay at anchor ii Plymouth Sound. On
board one of these the German stranger was
presented to Captain Collinson, of the ' Enter-
No. 353.— PUBHSHED jASUAnV 31, 1861.

prise,' and his guest, Commander M'Clure, of
the ' Investigator.' He was kindly received
by the two captains, with whom his friend
entered into a long conversation, in which he
unhappily, from ignorance of the language,
could take no part. He was soon left alone
among strangers, feeling very lonely, for,
thou£Ti they were kind, none of them spoke
Gennan. On board the two ships, all was con-
fusion : the men were busy taking in coals,
provisions, and stores of all kinds ; the decks
were encumbered with casks, ice-saws, ice-
anchors, ice-triangles, and other strange arti-
cles. What was the object of this preparation ?

Prici Okg Pknht,

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NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

It was then but fivo years since the clepar-
liiro of tlio Arctic expedition under Sir John
Franklin ; and hope was still cherished that he
might return in safety. The ' Enterprise ' and
the ' Investigator ' had but just returned from
their unsuccessful expedition ui uearch of him
in 1848 and 1849, and had been refitted as
speedily as possible to resume the search by
way of Bohring's Strait. Captain R. Collinson
was appointed to the * Enterprise,' as leader of
the expedition, and Commander M'Clure, who
had served as first lieutenant under Sir James
Ross in the last expedition, to the ' Investi-
gator.' It was probable that important intel-
ligence might be obtained from the Esquimaux ;
the Admiralty therefore applied to the Mora-
vian Missionary Society, with the request that
one of their Labrador missionaries might ac-
company the expedition as interpreter.

Johann August Miertsching, who had been
labouring five years in Labrador, was then on
a visit to his relations in Germany. To him
the proposal was made that he should under-
take the office. He consented, and hence it is
that our readers are about to make his acquaint-
ance. His journal was published in Germany
after his return; from that it is proposed to
translate the more interesting passages, con-
necting them by i» very brief narrative of the
expedition. There was, as yet, no cabin for
him in the ' Enterprise ;' he was, therefore,
transferred next day to the ' Investigator.'

By six o'clock on the morning of January
20th, the last farewells were spoken or looked,
the last letters written, the anchors raised,
and, with a favourable wind, the ships were
under weigh. " Shall we ever see Europe
again? and when?" These questions pressed
involuntarily on the mind of the missionary as
he stood on deck and gased at the receding
shore. " An Arctic exp^lition is so beset with
hindrances and dangers. How long will the
ice hold us imprisoned in the far North ? Per-
haps for two years or more — and perhaps for
ever ! But all is kno^vn to the God under
whose protection we unworthy men commence
this perilous voyage. He will deal with us
according to his good pleasure."

Brother Miertsching was happily exempt
from sea-sickness, and at once applied himself
diligently to acquire the language of his new
friends, in which task they willingly assisted
him. But the sailors evidently contrasted
strangely with the crew of the mission ship
' Harmony :' their songs, dancing, and " sky-
larking" astonished him not a little; and they,
if they chanced to overhear him in his cabin
singing German hymns to his guitar, probably
set him down for a very odd kind of " land-
lubber," little imagining how many solid,

useful accomplishments he possessed — that, in
fact, there were very few things ho could not
do. In time each learned better to appreciate
the other. The journal offers little of interest
during the first part of the voyage.

March 5th, the ' Investigator ' crossed the
Line, and the crew celebrated what our fiicnd
called " Neptune's feast," which he declined
describing in his journal, because ho " would
much rather forget it."

Sunday, March 23rd. — "Glorious weather!
How delightful it would bo if wo were all
Christians ! Not far from hence is the land
of palm-trees, but unhappily there are there but
few who break off branches, and go forth to meet
the King of Glory."

The additional timber and iron required to
witiistand ice-shocks, and the heavy cargo of
stores, retarded the speed of the ships ; the
' Investigator ' did not reach the Straits of
Magellan until April 15th. There they met
the 'Gorgon' war-steamer, which had come
from Valparaiso to tow them through the
straits, and learned from Captain Painter that
the ' Enterprise,' which had not been seen
since January 26th, had arrived two days
before.

The green treeless hills of Patagonia came
in view. On the shore appeared nearly three
hundred of the gigantic natives, many on
horseback. They are described as being
clothed in long mantles of llama skins, having
broad, well-formed faces, and long black hair.
Evon the women are six feet high. In For-
tescue Bay, the ' Enterprise ' was lying at
anchor. Mr. Miertsching was invited by Cap-
tain CoUinson to take possession of the new
cabin which had been prepared for him. This,
however, was not a positive command : Cap-
tain M'Clure evidently did not wish to part
with him, and it was therefore dooided that ho
should join the * Enterprise ' at t^e Sandwich
Islands. The • Gorgon ' now took both vessels
in tow; the stately Patagonians were suc-
ceeded by the diminutive, miserable-looking
natives of Terra del Fuego. They endeavoured
to approach in their bark canoes, which weie
about twelve feet long, each containing two
men and three women, besides children. In
the middle of each boat, on a flat stone, burned
a small fire, which was tended by one of the
women ; the other two rowed : at each end of
the boat sat the men. From time to time the
women dived, returning to the surface with
shell-fish, which, after being roasted at the
little fire, were devoured by the men. Their
only clothing was a smal]^ sealskin hung from
their shoulders.

Their condition touched the heart of one
voyager at least: the good Moravian asked

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

seen
days

sue-

himself sadly, " Shall not these poor heathen
also hear the gospel ? Ships sail by carrying
miBsionuries to other lands, but for these poor
brethren, lowest in the scale of humanity, no
man cares."

Under the influence of a strong north-w< • I
\vind the Pacific Ocean proved anything but
pacific, and for several weeks the weather was
very stoimy. When it became fair, the inter-
preter made his first humble attempt to benefit
the sailors by giving tracts to some of them
when he brought his books on dock to dry.
He records with pleasure that they Avere thank-
fully received.

Juno 30th the lofty mountains of Hawaii
appeared. ^Vearied by the monotony of the
broad I'acific, the voyagers gazed with delight
upon those verdant, sunny isles of the west.
It was the sabbath-day when they passed
Slarakai, so near the land that those on deck
could hear the gongs, which sers^e as a sub-
stitute for bells, and see the white-clothed
natives hastening to church. What a contrast
to those poor naked women who were left
diving for shell-fish in the Straits of Magellan !
The next day signals were made for a pilot,
who soon came on board, bringing the informa-
tion that the ' Enterprise,* which had not been
seen since April 2 let, had been a anchor there
four days, and sailed yesterday mc ling. This
was startling intelligence : there w. much to
be done before the * Investigator ' could follow ;
masts and sails had been lost during the
stormy weather in April, and a quantity of
provisions spoiled by sea-water and heat. By
ten in the morning, July 1st, the ' Investiga-
tor * was anchored in the harbour of Honolulu.
Mr. Miertsching gladly availed l.imself of
permission to go on shore, where he received a
fraternal welcome from the American mis-
fsiouaries, and a kindly greeting in his native
tongii? fKom a Hambui^ merchant. In the
eveniiig his heart was gladdened by news from
afar; a ship arrived from Panama bringing
letters and papers from England, and for the
German wanderer, from the dear ones in his
fatherland. The missionaries kindly invited
the stranger to take up his abode with them,
and took pleasure in showing him all that was
worthy of note. One day wa« devoted to ex-
ploring the country, which he terms a " para-
disaical land." Honolulu contained then about
thirty thouinand inhabitants, among whom wore
many English, Germans, Americans, ChincKC,
and Jews. It was increasing almost daily;
houses of wood and iron being brought from
England and America, which were put together
and ready to be inhabited in a few days. Theic
was a fort which presented a doleful appearance,
having been recently shattered by the guns of

a Frencli frigate, sent out to convert the pcoi>lo
to Ituinanihm. The fourth of July, being tho
anniversaiy of American independence, was
not forgotten by the American dwellers in
Honolulu. The missionaries had arranged to
hold a festival at one of their schools, about an
hour's journey from the city. Mr. Miertsching
cheerfully accepted an invitation to join tho
party, but his pleasure was damped by re-
ceiving that morning a note from Captain
M'Clure, desiring him to be on board by four
o'clock, instead of remaining a fortnight ; ho
had decided upon sailing that day. Letteis
were hastily finished and left in ♦'"e care of the
English consul ; and at one o'ciock the guest
sat down to dine with the mission circle.
After tho meal, a farewell service was held, in
which earnest jirayers were offered, not only
for tho Christian brother present, but for all
his companions in danger and hardship. Then
children crowded round, offering flowers and
books as farewell gifts, their parentr uttered
fei'vent blessings, two of them accompanied
him to the boat which was waiting for him, and
cheered by their kindness, though sad at part-
ing, the voyager returned to his ship. "Bj"'
five o'clock we were out of the harbour, and as
the wind was favourable, tho city of Honolulu
soon vanished from our eyes. The captain's
presence being required on deck, I went into
his cabin and sang to my guitar : —

* Give me thy strength, O God of power.
Then let wiiwla blow or thunders roar ;
I need not fear by sea or land.
For thou, my God, wilt by mo stand.' •*

Tho captain had been advised by an experi-
enced seaman not to take the usual course to
reach Bohring's Strait, but the most direct, by
the Aleutian Islands. Tliis proved perilous on
account of the strong currents, tho incorrect-
ness of the charts, and also the prevalence of
fogs. Tho ' Investigator ' entered the Strait
July 27th. On arriving in Kotzebue Sound,
guns were fired as a signal for the ' Enterprise,'
which were answered by the appearance of the
'Plover,' Commander Moove. Tho enquiry,
" How long since tho 'Enterprise ' passed ?" re-
ceived the unexpected answer, " We have seen
nothing ot her."

Two days later, beyond Cape Lisbume,
H. M. S. ' Herald,' Captain Kellett, hove in
sight. The 'Plover' had been stationed in
Kotzebue Sound as a dep6t ship for Sir John
Franklin in case ho should succeed in the
object of his expedition; and the 'Herald,'
which was engaged in surveying the coast of
Central America, paid a yearly visit to the
' I'lover ' with a supply of provisions, remaining
three months cruising about in tho hope of fall-

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THE FAITHFUL DOG.

iiig in with Sir John Franklin ; an<T also aiiled
in cmrcctiug tho charts of tho.so coasts. The
account given of tho ice was nnfavourablo ; tho
fiistor fsailing ' EnterpriHO ' had not impiobahly
passed unseen during a fog. Captain M'Clure
hail orders from tho Admiralty to he in the ice
by tho 1st of August, ho therefore determined
to wait no longer for his chief. The crew of
the ' Herald ' manned the rigging and guve the
' Investigator' three heaity cheers, and so they
parted.

On the morning of August 2nd the cry of
"Ice!" was heard from the masthead, and in
two hours the ship was in the midst of it,
receiving many severe shocks. After sailing
northwardf for several day., tho ice barred all
further progress, &o that Captain M'Cluro was
compelled to alter his course, and seek tho open
water along the American coast.

THE FAITHFUL DOG.

Wi: aie frecpiently in Holy Scripture taught
lesbons of heavenly wisdom from the lower
croi.ures, and their faithful fulfilment of tho
post assigned them by their Maker in his
creation is not seldom contrasted with man's
less willing and less perfect service. It is,
however, to bo jemarked that, except as
Solomon points us to tho graceful bearing of
till.' greyhoinid, the dog is never spoken of in
the Bible but with disgust and aversion, and
the epithet of " dog" is always used whenever
the most conteraptuoiis term is required. The
nature and chai-actor of the dog in the East
seems to remain unaltered ; travellers agree in
attesting that they are the most disgusting and
annoying of animals ; yet even in this degraded
condition, man's interest and advantage are
promoted by their existence, for they are the
scavengers of eastern towns. But in more
civilized countiies the dog has a higher place,
and is singularly adapted to meet the wants, tho
comforts, the safety, or the pleasures of man.

AVhether we bound with the Esquimaux
over tracts of frozen snow ; dive with the
St. Bernard's for the traveller buried beneath
the fearful avalanche ; whether we watch the
sagacious sheplierd's dog fetching homo tho
distant flock, or leading the ewes and lambs
■with a tenderness and wisdom almost human,
and meeting with indomitable courage any
assailant who would harm them ; whether we
wonder at tho almost unerring sagacity of the
pointer or setter, the bravo and trusty guardian-
ship of the domestic dog, or tho faithful aitd
devoted attachment of the house-dog ; man sees
in each and every capacity they fill, tho
wisdom and the goodness of Him who gave to
each its peculiar instinct; and may ho not.

without oft'ence, be stimtilated by their example
to the laborious diligence, tho cotirago, tiio
cheerfulness, the tender consideration, tho wis-
dom, the usofulnecs, and the steady, faithful,
and devoted attachment of these inferior crea-
tin-os of God's hand.

Traits of touching interest abound wherever
the habits of these animals are closely observed.
The following is a well-authenticated instance
of aflection in a aog. A larofo nr.d celebrated
retriever named Kate, of tho black Newfound-
land breed, had been for many years in tho

possession of Mr, C . Kato had always

shoAved the greatest affection for him. Her
master lay at the point of death, and Kate,
confined in the kennel, seemed to have an
intu'.tive knowledge of the fact : her ceaseless
cries so disttirbed the house that they were
compelled to loose her : whereupon, being
very powerful and savage, in fpite of all oppo-
sition, she forced her way up into her master's
bed-room, where she stretched herself out and
roiuained immovable b his bed-side. Mr.
C 's illness increasing, it was deemed expe-
dient to remove her ; but neither force, nor
coaxing, nor denial of food and water, could
induce Kate to leave tho room for a minute.
Kate gave no trouble, made no noise ; she
refused all food offered her, but occasionally
drank a little water. She delighted to lick the
hand her dying master and. only friend was
just able to extend to her. This continued

three or four days, when Mr. C died.

Kate still refused to leave the room, and only
did so when the coffin of her much-loved
master was jrne to its grave in the adjacent
churchyard. She stood by the grave vhilst
the funeral ceremony took place (a veritable
mourner), and very shortly afterwards stretched
herself out and died.

Tlie writer lately visited the house on tho
banks of the Ouse in which the poet Cowpei
wrote his touching little poem, ' The Dog and
tho Water-lily,' while on a visit there to his
friends the daughters of Sir liobert Gunning.
There the little incident occurred which gave
rise to the poem ; the eulogy it contains of
little Beau* may not inaptly be applied to the
faithful and atfectionate Kate.

" Cliavmcil with the sight, ' The world,' I cried,
' SliiiU hear of tliia thy deed ;
My dog shall mortify tho pride

Of man's superior breed. ,

But chief myself I will enjoin.

Awake at duty's cull,
To sliow a love as prompt as thine.

To Him who gives mo all.' " -' * • *

* The identical little Beau, with a water-lily in his
mouth, was preserved in a glass case by the late Mrs.
Hayley.

IIEMON.

'. cried,

TEAVELS IN THE UGLY LAND.

THK SHEIKHS OF THK 'ALAWtx.
V.

STHIAN <JUAnANTl»E— THE MIGHTY WHO CAMK TO JIEUBON
OF OLU, Ani(A|IAM, ISAAC, JACOU— THE ANAKIM, C'ALEn,
JOSHUA, DAVID, ABSOM)M--SCUIi'TUnE i'lIUASE IN A MOS-
LEM SOLI>IEI('9 MOUTH— FAHEWELL TO THE ('lUF.FS OF THE
'AI.AwiN — DimCULTIES IN THE WAV OF A MISSION TO THE
UEDOWIN.

Two hours before wo arrived at Hebron, wo
had been taken in charge by a quarantine
soldier, for the Syiian authorities do not con-
sider that pevKons who have passed forty dajs
in hard travel in (he desert liavo tliereby
given a pretty conclusive proof that thoyare at
least in fair average health and strength. Wo
had undergone this ordeal, but still we must
be put into quarantine before the authorities
could ascertain that we wero not affected with
tho plague, or other vii-ulent contagious disease,
which we might disseminate amongst tho
Syrian subjects of tho Sultan. When once the
guardian of tho public health had taken pos-
session of us, ho decidedly objected to our
stopping to sketch, for fear that we should
infect the passers-by ; but we were resolute in
our deteimination to cany away some reminis-
cence of the first phase under which the city
of the patriarchs presented itself to us, and of
our own impressions of the bright cheerful
to\vn which clung to the steep hill-face on one
side of this famed and fertile vale, so plente-
ously enriched with shade — a landscape con-
trasting so strongly with that upon which wo
had looked for several weeks past.

Tho desire to bear away with us some
memento of this southern approach to Hebron
— " the way of the spies " — would have been
strong within us, if the scene had possessed
nothing but its own physical beauty and fresh-
ness to recommend it as a subject for our
pencil ; but this earthly comeliness was its
least attraction in our eyes. It was not for
this that wo were so anxious to possess some
tangible memorial which shoiild serve years
afterwai ds to renew our fading recollections of
the distant spot we should never revisit. Our
thoughts were not of the present possessors of
the {trim houses, the groves and gardens and
vineyards outspread before us. Our minds
wandered far away among tho dim shadows of
the hoary past. A'vvful phantoms — the unsub-
stantial shapes of the mighty who dwelt here
of 3'ore — stalk across that narrow plain, haunt
those cool dark groves, and glide along those
mountain slopes which hem the valley round.
It. shadowy outline on tho mountain summit,
faintly seen against the clear blue sky, with
am. s outstretched to the heaven up to which
his trusting glance is raised, s+ands a reverend

form, endowed with mi.ro than mortal majesty,
whose title, when ho dwelt here below, wi'i :
still more awe-inspiring: tliat is "tlio frieiul
of (iod. ' Mt)re than three thoiisand yoven
hundred yoius have been engulfed by ete]nit3''8
broad flood, since on that same mountain-top
he pleaded face to face with his Cioiitor, in
earnest intercession for sinning inuu. Tlieie,
too, the righteous Judge of ail the eartli, who
descended to the land to " see whetlier they
had done altogether according to the cry of it
which had come up to him," yielded to mortal
man's i)etitiou for his fellow-man. Alas I in
vain. The cry that had gone up to heaven had
spoken too clearly, too tnily ; and outside the
walls of one man's house there wero not ten
righteous to save the wicked, or one single
righteous soul to fly or perish with them.
" The prayer of i. righteous man availeth much,"
and great things were here granted bj' God to
his faithful servant's prayer ; but that long-
sut!ering mercy brought no remissi'ju of
punishment to the land that was so deejily
flooded by the torrents of pollution.

The venerable shape upon the high hill-top
now melts away from sight ; but flitting round
that one grand stmcture of past days, now
dominated by the minarets, and desecrated by
the possession of the Taynim infidel, the spirits
of the faithful and the holy, who sprang
from Abraham's loins, watch their own and
their fathers' sepidchres.

There, too, are the grim giaftts, tho sons oi'
Anak, in whose sight ordinary mortal men ap-
peared as grasshoppers. Strong and biave
were the Anakim, proud and self-reliant ; they
trusted in their own arm and their own spear.

But the stalwart frames of the pagan giant.^
fade away, a:id other shapes succeed. Men of
common mould they seemed in life, but the
might of the all-powerful Deity strengthened
their weak arms, whilst Omniscience guided
their feeble reason and inspired their fallible
speech. They were Imman, and they wero
weak, but (hey were full of faith and humility ;
their tnist was in no resources of (heir own,
but in that great God who made them ; and
befoie them, giant force and giant pride fell
prostrate in the dust. They were the in.'-tru
ments of God's vengcauc, and their energies
were wielded by Omnipotence. 'I'hese wero
the two who in the prime of life had visited
this spot, viewed the good land, and had not.
feared its giant owneis. Near half a century
afterwards they retunied with the sword, and
before their heaven-sent power tho valour of
the Anakim melted away like summer hail.

And there, with the ointment of a royal con -
secration on his brow, the ruddy youth, the
wondrous harper, the champion of his God and

■^1

TILWELS IN THE IIOLV LANJ).

of lii^ king, llio I'liftitivo outlaw, the man of
blood, tliG swooh Hiiij^t;r of lnnu;l, llio kiiif:; over
nil tlio tiihos of GoiI'm peoplo, the inspired pro-
phet, tho deeply repentant sinner, tho ancestor
of tho AlessiuU — htouda by the city where first
ho reigned.

And there, too, is one with flowing locks,
whoso beauty wax matchless through the land,
and whoso frank word and seductivo smile
"stolo tho liearttj of tho children of Israel."
lie, fio li/Ved and cherished by tho father whom
ho honoured not, passes before us in parricidal
rebellion, wilii a trumpet blown before liim,
and a crown usurped, breaking God's command
spoken in 8inai's thunder, and destined soon
to lose the blessing attached to its observance,
for his days wore not hmg in tho land which
the Lord his God had given him — his fate the
great warning to disobedient children.

Strangely in unison with our mind's flight
into tho Kpectral past, was the phrase with
which our wearied guard, whom we had kept
so long waitijig for us, broke in upon our train
of thought and dispelled tho vieion of the
mighty men of old: " Uavo you no bowels?"
Here was a form of expression used in com-
mon talk by a Moslem soldier, in a sense which
was familiar to us from its frequent occuiTence
in Scripture, and in Scripture alone. It was a
phrase belonging to those ancient days and
that old dispensation whither our thoughts had
wandered. Ho was tired of having to take
charge of ns fo*r so long a time, sitting out in
the sun, whilst wo were engaged in an occupa-
tion that seemed to him utterly childish n.nd
futile, if not positively wicked, and we h-
pity for him. Our "bowels" were
" troubled for him ;" wo had not showed ni.a
" any bowels and mercies ;" we had shut np
our " bowels of compassion." He thought that
we were *' straitened in our bowels," and said
in his own mind to each of us, *' Tho sounding
of thy bowels and of thy mercies towards me,
are they restrairied ?" He looked upon us as
altogether selfish and unfeeling for continuing
to do our own pleasure in opposition to his
wishes, but what else could he expect from
infidels and Nazarenes such as we were ? And
he doubtless thought that " the bowels of the
wicked are crael."

Our sketch at length was finished, and then
wo remounted our dromedaries, yielded our-
selves up as prisoners to the quarantine oflBcial,
and wero lodged by him at last within the walls
of tho lazaretto, to his great satisfaction.

This was our last day of travel upon camels
and dromedaries. We were now supposed to be
within the border of civilization, and amongst
a fixed population, dwelling in houses instead
of amongst tlio nomade dwellers in tents. From

henceforth, horses and mules wore destined to
cany us and our baggugo. Tho quarantine
establishment of Ilobrun is situated in a great
cemetery outside the town ; and now that wo
and our belongings were dept)8ited there, tho
" ships of the desert," whom we had buidened
so long, wero to return to their native wilder-
ness.

Wc had now to take leave of onr wild Arabs
and their chiefs, tho sheikhs of the great tribe
of the 'Alawin or 'Aloein Bodowiu, and to give
them " baksheesh," i. e. small presents over
and above the price stipulated for our safe
conduct and tho hiro of their animals. This
bargain had been struck and this price fixed at
Akabah with the famous Sheikh Iluasoin, tho
chief of all tho 'Alawtn. The " baksheesh"
was optional on our part, but still was oxpeo-
tcd, as a matter of custom, by the subordinate
shoiklis sent with ua by the crafty and powerful
old man of Akabah.

During oiir long desert journey we had over-
taken, or been overtaken by, several indepen-
dent parties of travellers, who joined our cor-
tege, until the caravan, gradually swelling in
numbers, amounted, when we reached Hebron,
to upwards of seventy dromedaries and camels
and one horse, of which latter unfortunate
beast we have before made mention. Tho
whole caravan was governed by a brother of
Sheikh Hussein, who obliged us all to start
more or less together each morning, to adhere
to the same route during the day's journey,
and to pitch our tents in tolerable proximity at
night. He also legulated the hours of our
morning's start and of our halt for the night,
but beyond these points he did not interfere.
In other respects, each party preserved its own
independence, was guided by its own sheikh,
had its own encampment, went its own pace
during the journey, made slight deviations
from the route if it chose, stopped to lunch or
sketch when it pleased, and amalgamated with
or isolated itself from the companions whom
chance had thrown- in its way, just as it
fancied.

Our own private detachment of this great
gathering was led by Sheikh Eid, and we had
a dozen dromedaries and camels for our share.
We had also a supplementary sheikh attached
to our party, a boy, by name 'Aish, who had
inherited the rank and property of his dead
father, and who for the first time acted as a
guide and guard to wayfarers traversing tho
land of his tribe. His inheritance comprised a
dromedary or two, an immense and faded
" kefieh," or striped silk and cotton handker-
chief worn over the head, and an " abbaya," or
outer garment, striped brown and white, and
so much too long for its diminutive wearer

THE SHEIKHS of the 'alawix.

destined to
qiiaraiitino
I in a j^roat
)W that wo
, theio, iho
I burdened
ivo wilder-
wild Ainbs
great tribe
md to give
iSonts over
ir our eai'o
rials. This
ice fixed at
Tissciii, the
jakBheesli "
was oxpco-
rtibordiuttto
id powerful

e had over-

al indepen-

ed our cor-

swelling m

ed Ilobron,

and caniols

unfortunate

tion. Tho

brother of

all to start

r, to adhere

's journey,

roximity at

urs of our

r the night,

>t interfere.

rod its own

wn sheikh,

own pace

deviations

to lunch or

mated with

ions whom

just as it

this great
ind wo had
r our share,
h attached
1, who had
f his dead
acted as a
versing tho
lomprised a
and faded
m handker-
ibbaya," or
white, and
ivo wearer

that it was all frayed at tho bottom from trail-
ing on tho giound, so that it appeared to bo
iluubtfnl whether the boy would first gi'ow to
the proper lieight for his robe, or the robe
sooner wear itself away to the dimensions of its
boy owner. One other chattel descended to
tliu young ishoikh, which ho lucked on as an
< uiblom of his rank and position, and which
Avas the pride of his heart. This was a match-
lock of portentous length, heavy and unwieldy,
ft most undesirable burden for a pedestrian ;
but tlio boy could not bear to abandon this
badge of dignity, and he trudged along tho
greater part of each day with this cumbrous
appendage slung across his shoulders. Ho was
ft pleasant, cheerful lad, but grave withal,
and full of a sense of what was due to his posi-
tion. He was far from handsome, being some-
what monkey-like in the form and arrangement
of his features. Our head sheikh— Sheikh Eid
— was a son-in-law of the great Sheikh Husaein.
Ho was decidedly good looking, and his frame
^^°as more square built and powerful than is
customary with tho Bedowin, and his face also
was more massive. If tho adjective "respect-
able " were not utterly and outrageously inap-
jnopriate as applied to anything Bedowin,
>Sheikh Eid might have laid claim to this quali-
fication, at any rate relatively. He was kindly
and courteous, as became a man of mark ; and
on the strength of his rank and connections he
paid us a visit every evening in our tent, and
conversed for a few minutes, then wished good-
night, and departed.

As we wore two Englishmen under his
guidance, he attached himself to one of us
during each day's travel, and young Sheikh
'Aish extended his care and the protection of
his long matchlock to the other, and during all
our journey under such escort, wo had every
reason to bo thankful that we had fallen into
the hands of Sheikh Eid and his youthful
protege. Other parties travelling in the same
caravan were not so fortunate.

It is always di£Bcnlt to arrange a matter of
" baksheesh." Arabs are never satisfied with a
gratuity, however liberal. They will often
take scant pay fmr hai-d service, gratefully ; but
the moment a free gift is in question they be-
come grasping and rapacious. We were by
this time pretty well ubed to Bedowin habits
and characteristics, and knew what we ought
to do. Wo therefore presented Sheikh Eid
with some piastres, and with nearly two pounds
of English gunpowder — a gift beyond all prco
to an Arab — and gave a few piastres and a
pound of gunpowder to the miniature shiekh,
which latter gift raised him no doubt vastly in
his own estimation, and gave him great im-
portance. We took the customary amount of

grumbling us .i matter of cuuroo, and as soon as
it was seen (hut wo wuro firm, und that no moro
was to bo got from us, the fucos of the sheikhs,
young and old, cleared up, and we became capi-
tal friends again. Then it Wiis that wo luuilc
them both stand for tho poitruits we give in
our engraving — young Aish being os])ecially
anxious that due piominenee should be given
to his weapon of war— and then, tho sketch
being finished, wo took a cordial farewell,
spoko the final " Poaco go with you ! " and
parted.

It has been a subject of deep regret to many
an earnest minister of Christ's gospel who has
crossed the desert under the guidance of its
wild denizens, to feel, wlion ho spake these
last words of courteous farewell to the sons of
Ishmaol who had been his faithful guides and
guards through the perils of the wilderness to
Uie very threshold of civilization and town life,
that the wish was a barren one. " There is no
peace, saith my Goo, to the wicked." These
poor barbarians are fast bound in tho toils of a
fierce and false superstition, and the heart of
the clergyman or the missionary has been sad
within him at the thought that those who had
rendered him cheerful service through dreary
and diiBcult journeys should return to their
native wilds in tho same state of ignorance
of things spiritual, and Avith their future as
uncheered by one gleam of a better hope as
when first they became his companions.

The countries over which the Bedowin roams
have been as yet entirely excluded from the
boundaries of that vast field of labour in which
the missionary toils. The whole of Arabia, its
cities and their inhabitants, its fertile valleys
and pastoral tribes, has been altogether ex-
cluded from that message of peace, that pro-
clamation of mercy and pai'don, which has
resounded in tho cars of savages of all races in
all parts of the world. Arabia and the Bedo-
win have not j'et heard the good news which
has cheered the hearts of some — a very few, per-
haps, but undoubtedly some — in each countiy
or island of tho globe's remotest regions.

Many circumstances have operated upon the
missionary mind, tending to divert its energies
into other channels, leaving Arabia still ne-
glected, and many bold, zealous men have been
deterred at the verj' outset from attacking this
stronghold of a false creed. Space forbids tho
enumeration even of these obstacles in this
place, but there can be no doubt that they are
numerous and great — almost insuperable, in
fact, at present — and very special gifts of very
diverse kinds, physical and intellectual, must
he possess, in addition to his Christianity and
his zeal, who would put his hand to God's
work in Mahomet's native land.

} ' TUioUl

I ^

THE FOKGlVENKtiS OF SIX.

THE I'l^IJMT IN THE FAMILY.

IIIK roKGlVKNtSS OK KIN.

'I'liioUBh tills uian U pnachwl unto yoii ihe forglvcncsa of elua."—
A'tt xlll. 38.

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■4'

FIIS is the jjfospul ns tho
upostlo J'lml proacluid it
in tho Hynagfiguo at Antioch.
lleing invittid to give a word of
exhortation to tho people, after
tho reading of tho hivv and tho
prophets, lio declared that Jckus
was the Metisiah promised to their
fathers and predicted by the pro-
phets; that ho was criuilied, dead,
and buried, and that Ciud raised
him again according to tlie Scrip-
tures ; and having apjiealod to
facts then quite recent and witliin tlie know-
ledgo of his hearers, Lo confirmed his stnte-
luents by testimonies out of tho Scriptures,
toucluding with tho substance of tho gospel
message, " Be it known unto you, men and
Irethren, that by this man is preached unto
yun tho forgiveness of nins, that by him all
that believe aro justified from all things, from
which ye could not bo justified by the law of
:\Ioses."

1. Lot us consider tlie way of forgiveuesa,
" through this man,"

It is not by a vague depondencL on the
Diviuo mercy that forgiveness is to bo sought,
nor by vain attempta to pleaho God by personal
righteousness. God will by no means clear
the guilty. Tho holy lawgiver requires a per-
fect obedience, which no mere man can give.
But " this man," this Divine man, undertook to
meet the requirements of the Divine law. God
dealt with him as a substitute and surety;
oxactt;d from him the full penalty of the broken
law ; hence he suffered, died, and was buried.
God demanded obedience from him, and ho
wrought a perfect righteousness; hence God
raised him again, and idaced him at his right
hand, in token of perfect satisfaction with him
and all his work, both of obedience and sullVr-
ing. And now he sends forth his ambassadors,
to preach the glad tidings of forgiveness.

By the deeds of the law can no man bo justi-
fied ; by this way there is no salvation. But
there is another way, and only one. It is
through Jesus Christ. Consent, then, to God's
^vay of salvation. Renounce all dependence
on self. You must bo condonmed when
weighed in the balances of strict justice. Put
no trust, therefore, in your own righteousness.
Cease to plead other than guilty. Come, poor,
and helpless, and lost, crj'ing, " God be merci-
ful to me a sinner." Come through this luan.

through whom alone is preached unto you tho
forgivonciSH of .sins,

2. (Jonsidir tlie nattiro of the forgiveness
that is preached.

First, it is free. It is tho unnonni-oiiK'nt of
a gift on tho part of Gud. It is tVto in the
widest and most absolute sen.se. It took its
.".rst origin in tho heart of (Jod, Tlii- first
thought of it began with him, not witli us.
The whole device and execution of it, fioia
bi'gii'uing to end, was tlie work of (Jod. It
was carried on, not by our help, but in spite of
us. And tlioug'i wicked men fuKilled iho
whole counsel of bud, when they put to death
the Lord of glory, so soon as tho Lord Jesits
was dead and risen, this fnie gos])eI (anie to
the very men that crucified hiiuwitli cruel and
wicked hands.

The same f'orgivoncsH is now pioaclieil unto
us, and that freely. Its very nature is its f'lee-
ness. It does not come to glorify uk, but to
glf)vify the goodness and grace, the majesty
and tlie mercy of God. it is because wo
could do nothing to save oiu'selvcs, that tJod
has done everything to save us. ^'^ is because
there is neither righteousness nor f ' onglh in
us, that tho gospel comes with tho ughteous-
noss and the strength of God. 'I'he gospel is
no gospel if it is not free. If it is not free,
then it is not true that no ilosii may glory in
God's presence. It is sinners that are sought,
that aro called, that aro offered foi-givoncss.
God se-jks glory, and that to his grace and
mercy; and that we may give ii him we must
come empty — bring nothing, take everything.
Tho forgiveness is free.

Second. It is full. There is no dislinction,
no separation of classes and sorts. When an
amnesty is declared in a conquered country,
there aro generally certain persons excepted,
and certain classes of ofl'cndcrs are refused the
benefit of the general act of gTace. But in tho
gospel there is no excepted case, f;aving only
he who sins against the Holy Ghost — a crime
which no one has committed who is coming as
a sinner to the foot of the cress, seeking salva-
tion. It embraces and includes all tlie siiisj
committed up to the very hour and moment of
believing. It includes the sin of your nadue,
and the sin that cleaves to you unconsciorisly.
You have put it, iis it were, in God's hand.
Like a skilful and strong and wise physician,
he rejoices to attack the disease that is con-
suming away tho very .strength of your bones ;
and he will not leave you till health again
throbs tlirough ytiur veins, and glows and
gladdens on your cheek. Be it known to you,
men and brethren, that through thia man, this
full forgiveness is freely preached to every
one of you.

7-i

THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN.

This furglvcncss is final. It is never
jovoked. It is the act of (Jod, and God un-
does uono of liis own work. It was a transac-
tion Lotwocn the Father and Son ; it was done
between tliem. The reasons were found in
Christ ; the forgiveness came thi'ough him ;
.and BO long as there is no change in him, so
lung as God continues the unchanging and the
uiichangeable God, so long this forgiveness
remains as it was. You may ask me, Does
this forgiveness remain in force if a man falls
into sin, and abides in it, and altogether for-
sakes God? The answer to such a queiy is
this, that if a man can fall into sin and abide
in it, can depart finally from God, then that
man was never truly forgiven ; his sin remains ;
ho is ii deceiver, has been deceiving others, or
quite possibly onlj' himself. There are two
natures in the forgiven man, an old and a new,
and bet^veen them the conflict goes on with
ever* varying success till the day of death,
when the old nature finally dies, and is a bur-
den no more. But to suy that a forgiven man
can abide in sin, is to say that the old nature,
with the devil for its strength and power, and
the first Adam for its head, is stronger than
the new nature, which, bom of God, has the
Spirit of God dwelling in it, Christ for its
living head, and God for its grace and strength.
True forgiveness comes on the ground of
Christ's finished work, who, in dying, bore thy
sins in his own body. The change must be in
liim, ere there can be a change in the forgive-
ness. It has the nature of God in it. It rests
on the word, and promise, and strength of God.
It is as the Lord liveth, and because the Lord
liveth, that thy soul liveth. Your life is hid
with Christ in God.

Let the sense of this foi^iveness once fairly
enter mind and heart, and see what a change it
will produce within. See if you cannot soon
lell the meaning of peace in believing and joy
in God. Go out into the world, lie down at
night, rise up in the morning, saying : " I am a
pardoned man. God hath forgiven me. I am
past death, past hell, past despair", and dai'k-
ness, and woe. I am pardoned, my heart is
pure, my conscience is purged, I am safe." I
i^iiy, believe that ; believe that you have that
through this man. Honour the God of truth
so far as to believe his word. Go out and go
on in the strength of it, and see if you are not
a new man ; tell me if all things have not
passed away, and whether you cannot say,
" Behold, all things are made new." And ever
go on in this faith and this strength. Never
once lose sight of this the first and funda-
mental principle of the gospel, but hold fast
this the beginning of your confidence stedfast
unto the end, and your path will be as the

shining light, shining more and more unto the
perfect day.

Ah ! it is because people do not really realize
and act upon this, that there is so much of the
hanging hands and the feeble knees among us.
It is an awful fight to toil and strive along
the Christian path without the sense of for-
given sin. Obedience is cramped and con-
strained. Till you can behold God as a loving
Father, who has forgiven you, you want the
very first principle which causes loye_ to
spring up in the heart. Unforgiven sin is a
thick black cloud between you and the sun,
and causes thick darkness, and your^ path is
blind and groping. Labour to enter into this
rest. You will never know f eaoe till you do ;
you will never be made glad with the joy of
God till you accept this full and free salvation.

STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY.

A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF DANGER AND
DELIVEUANCE.

It was in the fall of the year 1838 that I sot
out frpm home late one evening to walk a dis-
tance of twelve miles into the country. It was
for the greater part a solitary journey, and to
add to its discomfort the absence of the moon
rendered the night verj"^ dark, whilst a thick
drizzling rain commenced shortly after my
leaving, and continued throughout the whole
length of my lonely way. Having no com-
panion to cheer the solitude, I had only my
own thoughts to beguile the tediousness. It
was a road, too, that was occasionally attended
with some danger to foot travellers ; but I was
on the Lord's work, and feeling assured that
his presence is always nigh, and that without
his permission no evil can befal his sei-vants,
" nor an hair of their head fall unto the
ground," I gathered courago ; and committing
myself to his gracious care, proceeded through
the thick darkness, which so effectually ex-
cluded objects from view thot I could scarcely
distinguish the form of the umbrella which I
carried for protection from the rain.

At the present date, the locality is much
improved, and where there was then only the
highway with its cross-roads, persons have
now the advantages of the railway, with its
facilities and comforts. But I was well ac-
quainted with the route, and had therefore not
much difficulty in finding my way, whilst I
had plenty of occupation for my thoughts in
the important errand on which I was going,
having on the next day to preach in a small
town and an adjacent village— the former being
the place of my present destination.

It may not be out of place to state here that

STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY.

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in the earlier periods of my ministerial life, my
duties entailed much hard work, and many
long journeys on foot — so that, to walk twenty
miles in the day and to preach two or three
times wa« a weekly custom, but happily I was
equal to my woik ; though after a few years I
found my strength yielding to the great tax
iijjon it, and my health also began to suffer,
owing to weariness ond frequent exposure to
the severity of the veather.

But to return to my narrative. I had
proceeded about ten miles of ray journey
safely, and with no material impediment
beyond what the extreme darkness naturally
caused, with the unfavourable state cf the
roads, which in many parts had become verj'
miry ; whilst, where the trees overhung, the
large drops battered heavily and rather dis-
mally upon the umbrella, which in fact had
a long while continued to shoot off a plentiful
discharge of water from every point.

I was absorbed in thought, which the still-
ness of the night (it being nearly eleven
o'clock) served to favour, wh«n suddenly 1
heard a slight rustling sound somewbei'e near,
which attracted my whole attention for the
moment. Before I could foiin an opinion as
to its cause, and whether it might not proceed
from some strayed horse or bullock, which cer-
tainly I would not have wished to come into
contact with, I was startled by the voice of a
man from the opposite side of the road, au-
thoritatively calling to me and bidding me in-
stantly to " stop there."

Surprised at this unexpected interruption,
and somewhat alarmed by a sense of danger,
my first impulse was, mentally, to call unto the
Lord to help and protect me ; then, shutting
my umbrella, by an extraordinary sort of im-
pulse I went over towards the spot whence the
voice camo ; when, to my horror, I perceived a
man jumping down from the hedge upon me,
with a large bludgeon in his hand, which he
instantly upraised, as if intending by a blow
therewith to fell me to the grotmd.

I immediately spoke to him ; and in as calm
a manner as I could assume, requested to
know what he wanted of me, and why he had
stopped me on the public road.

lie at first gave me no answer, but i^tood
before me with the stick still elevate 1 in the
air, which I every moment feared and expected
ho would bring down with a violojoe that
perhaps might inflict some grievous, or it
might be mortal, injury. It was a critical
moment. But although I oould not in the
least have competed with my antagonist, the
Lord enabled me to feel a degree of composure
which at the time surprised my mind ; it was
certainly the result of Divine interference, and

a voice seemed to say, " A thousand shall fiiii
at thy side, and ten thousand at thy light
hand, but it chall not come nigh thee." (IVa.
xci. 7.)

As I said, the mciU kept the stick raised, as
if intending to strike, but from some peculiar
cause it appeared lie cither hesitated in his
pui-pose or was altogether unnerved.

hi tlic nioanwhiio 1 was emboldened to
rcppiit my question, and, without manifesting
timidity, expressed a hope that ho would not
attempt to injure me. He then answered,
" Ko, I won't harm yon."

" Then, pray put down the stick," I said ;
but he did not, and I repeated my request :
"Do remove that stick from over my head, and
1 will believe you/'

" I do not mean to hurr- you," he answered ;
" I would not, for I know you."

Surprised at this statement — for I had no
idea how it was possible I could be known to
him, neither of us being able, by reason of the
darkness of the night, to distingui-sh each
other's features — I said, "A'hotc mk, do you ?
Why, how is it possible you should have any
knowledge of mo ?"

" I DO know you," he again averred.

" Then who am T ?"

" You are the minister of ."

" Pray how do you make that out ?" I said.

"Why, sir," he answered in a subdued
manner, while he put the stick down by his

side, " I once heard you preach at ■ ', and

just now when you spoke, though I could not
see who you were, I knew you again by your
voice ; so I would not harm you."

This singular disclosure both surprised and
pleased me, and therefore, feeling all appre-
hension removed from my mind, I began to
go on my way again, saying to the man : " I
am indeed the person you describe, and am
surprised at the recognition. I am noAv on
the Lord my Master's work; and with the
object of sei-ving him and, as I hope, doing
some good to my fellow-creatures, by directing
them to the ' Lamb of Qod who taketh awaj-
the sin of the world,' I am out thu? late to-
night on my .vay to town ; come along

with me now, and let me talk with you."

The man stuck close to my side, and we
went on together some little distance, whilst I
made inquiries of him respecting his lying in
wait in the hedge at that hour of the night and
in such weather. But to all ho kept mute :
he neither answered my questions nor made
any response to the remarks which I felt it a
duty to press on his attention. He was evi-
dently ill-disposed, and had lain in secrosy
with some evil design. I doubt if any honest
man would have boen whore he was and acted

STOrPED ON THE HIGHWAY.

as ho did ; or else, certainly, if I had mistaken
his purposes, he would have immediately told
me so and set mo right, and not have continued
silent to my words, particularly when seeking
to ascertain the obji^ct he had in lying behind
the hedge. After proceeding a short distance,
he suddenly grasped my hand, then darted
forward, sprang into a narrow lane on the left,
and 1 entirely lost him.

How 1 felt at that moment, so suddenly left
again to my own reflections, I cannot describe ;
but my first impressions were those of Jacob
when awaking from sleep on his journey be-
tween Beersheba and Haran (Gen. xxviii. 1(>):
" Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew
it not."

Oh ! how often we need some special circum-
stance to be to our mind the remembrancer of
our absolute dependence upon God. The pre-
sence of God is always surrounding our path,
and we cannot go from his presence nor flee
from his Spirit. (Psa. cxxxix. 7 — 12.) But we
do not always, perhaps, so recognise that pre-
sence as when the Lord, by his interposing pro-
vidence in the season of a threatening calamity,
shows u'>' ho is still caring for us, remembering
us, and is evBiywhere with us. We need occa-
sionally some unusual and peculiar circum-
stance or trial to prove to us that the Lord is
" a God nigh at hand and not afar off." And
then, like the patriarch, we attest our surprise
that God was still so near, when perhaps we
thought ourselves " all alone ;" that in this or
that crooked troubled path, so intricate to our
minds, so trying to our spirits, so dark to our
comprehensiun, he was there too, in his aiding,
supporting, protecting, saving providence, love,
and grace. " I knew it not." Oh ! what joy
to our souls to make the discovery, by what-
ever means it may be, that God is very nigh
unto us. But we ought always to believe so
if we are his people and servants, for "the
luigel of the Lord encampeth roimd about them
that fear him, and delivereth them." (Psa.
xxxiv. 7.)

liescucd so remarkably from the danger in
which I had been placed, my heart was lifted
up in gratitude to tho Almighty for his mer-
ciful and timt;ly providence, and I went on
some way ejaculating portions of his word, as —
" The Lord is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy
shade on thy right hand ; the Lord shall pre-
serve thee from all evil ; he shall preserve thy
going out and thy coming in fi-om this time
forth and for ever." (Psa. cxxi. 7, 8.) I blessed
him for his protecting hand, and also that he
had enabled mo at tho moment nof to endeavour
to make my escape from tho man, which at-
tempt, perhaps, would have altogether failed ;
but to speak, and to speak in tho natural tones

of my voice, by which I was instantly recog-
nised, and which prevented the violence that
probably would otherwise have been dune
unto me.

It was near midnight when I arrived at my
friend's house, to whom I narrated tho occur-
rence, and then we joined together in ofl'ering
unto the Lord the praise due unto his gieat
goodness.

In the week following, inquiries were set en
foot in the neighbourhood, to trace if possible
the individual, but nothing could bo e^ficited ;
and to the present he remains unknown, a«
probably will continue to be the case until that
day when all secrets shall be made public, and
the hidden works of darkness, with all that is
treasured up in the Divine remembrance, shall
be brought to light, I can only hope that the
few words I addressed to the man may have
been blessed by the Holy Spirit unto his eter-
nal good. Then, in more senses than one, we
shall be constrained to give glory unto God,
and say, " This was the Lord's doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes."

CHOICE SAYINGS OF DYING SAINTS.

PART II.

Thk great reformer, John Knox, when he lay
a-dying, was much in pi-ayer, ever crying,
" Come, Lord Jesus, into thy hands I commend
ray spirit." Being asked by those that at-
tended him if his pain was great, he answered,
" That he did not esteem that a pain which
would be to him the end of all trouble, and the
beginning of eternal joys." Ofttimes, after
some deep meditation, he said, "0 serve the
Lord in fear, and death shall not be terrible to
you : blessed is the death of those that have
part in the death of Jesus."

After a sore temptation from Satan, over
which he triumphed at length, he said : " Now
tho enemy has gone away ashamed, and shall
no more return. I am sure my battle is now at
an end, and that, withoTit pain of body, or
trouble of spirit, I shall chortly change this
mortal and miserable life for that happy and
immortal life which shall never have an end."
After one had prayed for him, he was asked
whether he heard the prayer. He answered,
" Would to God you had heard it with such an
ear and heart as 1 have done !" adding, " Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit." With which words,
without any motion of hands or feet, as one
falling asleep rather than dying, ho ended his;
life.

3Ir. John Bradford, a minister and martyr
in qTieeu Mary's reign, when tho keeper told
him that the* next day he was to be burnt in

.«^,

CHOICE MAYINGS OF DYING SAINTS.

Sniithfield, ho put oflF his cap, and lifting up
his eyes to heaven, waid, " I thank God, for it
comes not now to me on a Midden, but as a
thing waited for every day and hour ; the Lord
make me worthy thereof." One Cresewell
offering to intei-pose for him, and desiring to
know what his request was, ho yaid, " 1 have
no request to make ; if the queen gives me my
life, 1 will thank her; if she will banish me, I
will thank her ; if she will burn me, I will
thank her ; if she will condemn mc to pei-petual
imprisonment, I will thank her." The chan-
cellor pressing him to do as others had done,
in hopes of the queen's mercy, he said, " My
lord, 1 desire mercy with God's mercy, that is,
without doing or saying anything against God
and his truth. But mercy with God's wrath,
God keep me from. God's mercy," added he,
" I desire, and also would be glad of the queen's
favour to live as a subject without clog on
conscience ; but otherwise, the Lord's mercy is
better to me than life. Life in his displeasure
is worse than death, and death in his favour is
true life."

In one of his meditations, after confession of
sin, he said : " what now may we do ? Des-
pair ! No : for thou art God, and therefore
good ; thou art merciful, and therefore thou
forgivest sin ; with thee there is mercy and
propitiation, and therefore thou art worshipped.
When Adam sinned, thou gavest him mercy
he desired it ; and wilt thou deny us
who now desire the same ? Adam cx-
his fault, and accused thee, but we
ourselves, and excuse thee ; and shall
sent empty away ? How often in the
Avilderness didst thou spare Israel, and defer
thy plagues, at the request of Moses, when the
people themselves made no petition to thee !
Now, wo do not only make our petitions to
thee, but also have a IMediator, far above Moses,
to appear for us, even Jesus Christ thine
own Son ; and shall we, dear Lord, depart
ashamed ?"

In a letter to Mrs. Anne Warcup, he said :
'• My staff standeth at the door. I look con-
tinually for the sheriff to come for me ; and I
bless God I am ready for him. Now I go to
practice that which I have preached. Now I
am climbing up the hill; it will cause me to
puff and blow before I come to the cliff. The
hill is steep and high, my breath is short, my
strength is feeble. Pray therefore to the Lord
for me that, as 1 have now through his good-
ness almost come to the top, I may by his
grace bo strengthened not to rest till I come
where I should be."

He was singular for humility and self-abase-
ment, tliough a most eminent saint. He sub-
scribed some of his letters, " The most miser-

before
morsy,
cused
accuse
wo bo

able, hard-hearted, unthankful sinner, John
Bradford."

Mr. Hooker, a minister in New England,
when one that stood weeping at his bed-side
as he lay a-dying, said to him, " Sir, you are
going to receive the reward of all your la-
bours," replied, " Brother, 1 am going to receive
meicy."

Holy and learned Mr. Kutherford, when his
death drew near, said : " I shall shine. 1 shall
see him as he is : I shall see him reign, and all
his fair company- with him ; and I shall have
my large share : my eyes sliall see my Re-
deemer, these very eyes of mine, and no other
for me." When exhorting one to be diligent
in sefiking God, he said : " it is no easy thing
to be a Cliristian ; but for me I have gotten
the victory, and Christ is holding out both his
arms to embrace me." He was wonderfully
strengthened against the feare of suffering and of
death ; for, says he, " I said to the Lord, if he
should slay me five thousand times, 1 would
trust in him ; and I spoke with much trem-
bling, fearing I should not make my part good.
But, as really as ever he spoke to mo by his
Spirit, he witnessed unto my heart that his
grace should be sufficient for me." He said to
some ministers that came to see him : " My
Lord and Master is the chief of ten thousand of
thousands ; none is comparable to him in
heaven o .• in earth. Dear brethren, do all for
him ; pray for Christ, preach for (.'hr'.st, feed
the flock committed to your charge ftr Christ,
visit and catechise for Clirist ; do all for Christ,
and beware of man-pleasing. Feed the flock
out of love ; the chief Shepherd will appear
shortly." Once, when he recovered from a
fainting fit, ho said, " I feel, I feel, I believe,
I enjoy, 1 rejoice, I feed on manna." Af(er
some discourse, Mr. Blair said to him, " What
think j-ou now of Christ ?" To which he replied,
" I shall live and adore him : glory, gloiy
to my Creator, and to my Redeemer for evei-."
Afterwards he said, " O that all my brethren
did know what a Master I have sei-ved, and
what peac!e 1 have this day ; I shall sleep in
Christ, and when I awake, I shall be satisfied
with his likeness." Then he said, " This
night shall close the door, and put mj- anchor
within the vail ; I shall go away in a sleep by
five of the clock in the morning ; " >vhich
exactly fell out. That night, though ho was
veiy weak, he often had this expression, "
for arms to embrace him ! O, for a well-tuned
harpl" When one spoke of his former pain-
fulness and faithfulness in the work of God, he
said, " I disclaim all that ; the port I would bo
in at, is redemption, and forgiveness of sins
through his blood." His last words were,
"Glory, glory dwoUeth in Emmanuel's land."

u^t iax t^e f 0«ng,

THE PILGRIMS AND THEIR PITCHERS.

DR. JAMES HAMILXOX,

It was loiig ago, and somewhere in the eastera clime.
The kiiig came into the garden and called the cliil-
dron round him. He led them up to a sunny knoll
with a leafy arbour on its summit ; and wlicn they
Ii'ad all sat down, he said : " You see far down the river,
and hanging as on the side of the hill, yon palace ? It is
a palace -though here it looks so little and far away, i
But when you reach it, you will find it a larger and
sweeter home than this ; and when jou come, you will
find that I have got there before you. And when yea
arrive at the gate, that they may know that you belong
to me, and may let you in, hero is what each of you
must take with him." And he gave to each of the chil-
dren a most beautiftd porcelain jar— a little pitcher so
exquisitely fashioned that yon were almost afraid to
touch it, so pure tliat you could see the daylight through
it, and with delicate figures raised on its sides. " Take
this, and carry it carefully. Walk steadily, and the
journey will soon be over."

But they had not gone far before they forgot. One
was running carelessly and looking over his shoulder,
when his foot stumbled, and as he fell full lengtli on the
stony path the pitcher was shivered in a thousiuvd pieces ;
and one way and another, long before they reached the
palace, they had broken all the pitchers.

When this happened, I may mention what some of
them did. Some grew sulky, and knowing that it was
of no use to go forward without the token, they began to
shatter the fragments still smaller, and dashed the
broken sherds among the stones, and stamped them with
their feet ; and then they said, " Why trouble ourselves
about this palace ? It is for away, and here is a pleasant
spot. We wiU just stay here and play." And so tlioy
began to play. Another could not play, but sat wrmging
his hands, and wecpiiig bitterly. Another grew pale at
first, but recovered his composure a little on observing
that his pitcher was not broken so bad as some others.
There n-ere three or four large pieces, and these he put
togcUier as well as ho could. It was a broken pitcher
that would hold no water, but by a little care he could
keep it together ; and so he gathered courage, and began
to walk along more cautiously.

Just then, a voice accosted the weeping boy, and look-
ing up he saw a very lovely form, with a sweet and plea-
sant countenance— such a countenance as is accustomed
to bo happy, though somctliing for the present has made
it sad. And in his band he held just such a pitcher as
the little hoy had broken, only the workmanship waa
more exquisite, and the colours were as bright as tlu
rainbow round the stranger's head. " You may have it,'
lie Raid ; " it is better than the one you have lost ; anc.
though it is not tlie same, they will know it at the gate."
The little mounier could scarcely believe that it was
ruAlly meant for him ; but the kind looka of tlie stranger
eiK-ouragcd him. Ho held out liis hand for tlic stranger's
vase, and gave a sob of joyful surprise when he found it
his own. He began liis journey ag^in, and you would
littvo liked to see how tenderly no carried his treasure,
and how carefully he picked his M«ps, «iid iiow some-

times, when he gave another look at it, the tear would
flu his eye ; and he lifted up his happy thankful face to
heaven.

The stranger made the same offer to the playing boys,
but by tliis time tliey were so bent on their new amuse-
ments, that they did not care for it. Some saucy cliil-
dren said ho might leave his presont there if ho liked,
and they would take it when tliey were ready. Ho
passed away, and spoke to the boy who was carrying the
broken pitcher. At first he would have denied that it
waa broken, but the traveller's clear glance had already
seen it all ; and so he told him, " You had bettor cast it
away, and have this one in its stead." Tlic boy woiUd
have been very glad to haveithis new one, but to throw
away tho relics of his own was what he could never
thiuk o£ They were his chief dependence every time
he thought of the journey's end ; so lio thanked the
stranger, and clasped his fragments firmer.

The boy with the gift-pitcher and tliis other reached
the precincts of the pnlaco about the (same time. Tliey
stood for a little and looked on. Tliey noticed some of
the bright-robed inhabitants going out and in ; and every
time they passed tho gate, they presented such a token
ns they themselves had once got from the king, but had
broken so long ago.

The boy who liad accepted the kind stranger's present
now went forward, and held it up ; and whether it was
tho light glancing on it from tlic pearly gate, I Ciinnot
tell, but at tliat instant its owner thought tliat it liad
never looked so fair. He who kept the gate seemed to
think the same, for he gave n friendly smile, as much as
to say, "I know who gave you that;" and immediately
tho door was lifted up and let the little pilgrim in.

The boy with the broken pitcher now began to wisli
that his choice had been tlie same ; but tliero was no
help for it now. He adjusted tlio fragments ns skilfully
as ho could, and tiyiug to look courageous, carried tliem
in both his hands. But lie who kept the gate was not to
bo deceived. He sliook his head, and tliere was that
BOiTOw in his look wliich leaves no hope. Tlio bearer of
the broken pitclier still held fast his useless sherds ; but
he soon found that it was vain to linger. Tho door con-
tinuedshut. -, •■:> ■•'.•' ■•■ ■;•■'■■ t ■

*^* The key to tho parable of the Pilgrims and llioir
Pitchers will be found in the following passages : —
Gal. ii. 16 ; Bom. iii 19—26 ; Acts xiii. 39.

r'.r,

MENTAL SCENES AND PICTURES.

On a lonely mountain peak, whose rocky slopes are
strewn witli the blackened and disfigured remains of
^•uman beings, is seated a man of stem and imposing
appearance. Absorbed in meditation, he retains an atti-
tude of calm and majestic composure, unmoved by the
awful solemnity of tho scene around liim, until tlio ap-
proach of a band of armed men, when, yielding to tlio
urgent but respectful entreaty of tlicir leader, ho rises
and descends the moimtaiu with them.

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la

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I large publ
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I These opini
vhave been
I of Italy,
I Tho pop
■ past month,
'- in tlie most
tJio c.ardina
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Jof tlio peop
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inues its sti
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lA^'ninBt thet
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arrying the
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atl akcady
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hoy would
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•ould never
I every time
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such a token
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liether it was
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3cgnn to wish
there was no
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, carried tliem
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lero was that
Tlio bearer of
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passages : —

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and imposing
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lltligbxts Intjelligtnrt

January, 1801.
Ii' we may judge from the Bigniflcaut indicationa
wliicli mark the horizon of continental Europe,
the year 1861 ia pregnant with events oa im-
portant in their reUgious bearing as any that
have occurred during the last twelve months.
The precarious tenure by which Pius ix. still re-
tains the shadow of temporal power in a limited
porfion of his former territories may end at any
moment. In spite of the insalubrity and deso-
lation of the Campagna, amid which Borne ia
situated, it ia evident that the Italians look for-
wird to its transfer from .sacerdotal to secular
rule as the crowning achievement of their struggle
for national unity. >^-'ch ia the well-known con-
viction of that woua^rful man who has been
raised up in so remarkable a manner to break the
yoke of despotism and priestcraft by which tlie
whole of Southern Italy was long and grievously
oppressed. The patriotic Garibaldi, in liis sir lio-
ness of purpose, his stem and uncompromising dr lun-
ciation of " wickedness in high places," and, above all,
in Ills success with what, but for the blessing of
Heaven, wo should call very inadequate means, re-
minds us sometimea of the most distinguished ol'uur
■ n Puritans— sometimes of the jutlges by whom the
Oud of Israel effected hia people's deliverance, and
punished the injustice of their oppressors. The lan-
', guage in which Garibaldi haa more than once stigma-
,! tizcd the papacy as the source of the evils from which
I hia countrjonen auffer, ia very remarkable. Before he
> Mt tlie scene of hia triumphs in continental Italy, he
$ had used language with reference to the pope more like
M that which might be expected from some modern John
f Knox, than from one who is, nominally at leaat, still
I witliin the Bomish communion. Ho had declared, in a
I large public assembly in Naples, the pope to be Anti-
1 clirist, and the source of all the evils from which his
i country suffers. More recently he writes to the same
I effect from hia retreat at Caprera. He calls the papacy
f the " offspring of ignorance and auperstition," and points
§ out how, while it engenders hypocrisy among the great

I ones of the earth, it leads, among the poor, to degrada-
4- tion and mi.sery. " Albion became great and proaper-

II ous," ho remarks, " wh6n she courageously cut off that
I cancer." Borne (he continues) ceaaed to be great, and
^ continues prostrate, because afflicted by tliat scourge.
'^ These opinions, promulgated by such a man, can hardly

liave been without considerable effect upon the people
of Italy.

The popUiOi iceling has been manifested during the
past month, at Naples, towards the cardinal archbishop,
in tiie most unmistakable mauner — cries of "Down with
^Ithe cardinal !" having been raiaed on hia return to that
|city. We may expect further demonstrations of the aame
Ikiiul as the preaent movement proceeds. And the feeling
^f tiie people is in entire harmony witli that of their
ulcra. Tlio government of king victor Emmanuel con-
;inucs its steady warfare against those hitiierto impreg-
blc fortrcases of priestly power — the monastic ordera.
jfaiiiet these proceedings, so far aa they refer to his own
ider, the General of the Jesuits has issued a protest,
ijvhieh, were his cause not identified with superstition and

misgovemmcnt, might well move oiu- pity. Yet, if we
may judge by a counts from Italy, bearing the impress of
impartiality, every reasonable precaution appears to bo
token, in effecting the abolition of conventual establish-
ments, to avoid the infliction of unnecessary hardship
upon individuals. Such, at all events, ia tlie policy
adopted by the Marquis Pepoli, governor of the newly-
constituted and extensive province of Umbria, which
till very recently formed an unportant part of the pope's
dominions, and whither monks of all kinds fled after
their dispersion in tiio provinces previously annexed to
Sardinia. The marquis haa publislied a decree, in
twenty-one articles, in which he abolishes " all the cor-
porations and establishments, of any kind whatever, of
monastic orders, and of regular and secular bodies,"

with the exception of the " Do-good Brethren " a

charitablo community, chiefly in charge of the hospitals
— and tho " Bretliren of the Pious Schools," who aro
engaged in the work of elementary education. The
chapters of collegiate churches, simple boncflccs, chap-
laincies, and all pious foundations or legacies, ccch>-
aiaatical patrimonies, etc., whenever they enjoy a re-
venue exceeding tho amount necessary to tho fulfilment
of tlie duties attached to similar institutions, aro also
abolished. The properties of tho suppressed corpora-
tions pass .nto tho possession of a government depart-
ment, instituted to secure their better administration,
entitled " The Ecclesiastical Treasury." TJie monks of
some of tho suppressed orders aie to remain in pos-
session of their property till they dwindle down to tha
number of three members, when they aro to bo pon-
sioned off. All others are to quit their religious houses
within forty days from the date of the decree ; but tho
nuns, by givmg notice mi' - the same period, may
remain in their present houses, or bo removed to other
cloisters which may bo assigned to them. The "breth-
ren" and "sisters" of the suppressed communities ara
to receive a pension, proportioned to tho present net
revenue of tho house to which they belong, varying from
eight hundred francs to (in the case of servants) two
hundred and fifty francs. The first charge upon tha
" Ecclesiastical Treasury " will be the pensions in ques-
tion; the surplus funds will bo devoted to alleviating
the wants of the poor parochial clergy of country dia-
tricta. " It is against the drones, not the bees of tha
church," aays one writer, "that war is declared, and
even the former insects are treated with a gentlonesa
which may either spare them if they ore willing to ha
turned to any useful purpose, or leave them (o dia
quietly away in the blessed idleness which tliey cliooso
as a state of ascetic perfection upon earth."

The present position of tho papacy appears tho mora
remarkable when we remember how difterent it must ba
from what was anticipated by its present representativa
and his councillors, when they assembled in St. Peter's,
in such solemn pomp, a few years since, to promulgate
authoritatively tho new dogma of the Immaculate Con-
ception. The Virgin, whose special favour Pius ix. ex-
pected to secure by that proceeding — who, indeed, ho
prophesied would restore to " tho Church " her fonncr
glory and prosperity — haa reaponded as little to tho
prayers of Iier devotees as did Baal of old to tho
passionate outcries of hia priests, when they were upon

EELIG lOUS i NTELLiGENCE.

tho eve of their downfall. Tlio 8th of tho present
i\iontli WHS the unniversiiry of tlmt inpious corunioniiil
by which Muriohtry wan declared iiii eaaentinl dogma of
the church of Rome.

Fnince— ulthough ready aa ever to advance her secn-
lar interests, in China or elsewhere abroad, by espousing
the quarrels of her priests wlio can boast that they are
also Frenchmen — has been for some time post on any-
thing but amicable terms with tho pope, and matters
tlircaten to grow worse. At the present moment at
least six bishoprics ore vacant in France„in consequence
of tho pontiff having hitherto withheld tho necessary
oonflrmotion of tho eorlier of these appointments, or
"nominations," made by the emperor, in accordnnce
with tho terms of tho French Concordat. As the pope
has never accepted certoin presentees long since desig-
nated by tho Imperial Government for episcopal honours,
the latter, when a bishopric now falls vacant, does not
mfkc any presentation whatever, and tho diocese re-
mains without a Bpiritual head. The French people
begin to feci that tlieir national dignity is involved, and
one public writer proposes that France shall dispense
with the pope oltogether. Such is .;he drift of a
pumphlet, by M. Cayla, entitled, ' The Pope and the
Emiuror,' which lias excited not a little attention
throughout Europe, and has been denounced officially by
Pius IX. himself.

Tlio AuHtrion Concordat, so different from the French
in its large concessions to the papacy, will doubtless be
revised or completely ulwlislicd. In fact, it has never
been fully carried out. And in this matter agoin the court
of Rome becomes a loser where slie had hoped to gain.

There is one land, indeed, where Romanism still
flourisliea with an exclusivencsa and in a spirit of
intolerance which might have been natural in the six-
teenth century, but in the nineteenth must awaken our
sorrow and indignation. Wo refer to the Spanish penin-
sula. The most bigoted country in Europe, it is also
the most ignorant, and has shared, less than any other,
in tho i'ltellectual and social progress of the age. Yet
even h\ that benighted land there are those who, in
incre.ising numbers, seek a purer worship tlian they are
abl'j to enjoy in the communion of Rome. Tho con-
version of one of these — u young priest named Alonzo,
residing in Granada — has become tho occasion of a
general persecution. Several of those known or sus-
pected to have become converts to Protestantism — some
accounts say eight or twelve, and one mentions fifteen —
were arrested and imprisoned ; others fled in various
directions, and five or six escaped to Gibraltar and
Marseilles. The most detailed accounta which hove
been received relate to Manuel Matamoros, of Barcelona,
and Jose Alhama, of Granada. Both are personally
known to Dr. Tregellcs, tho well-known Biblical critic,
■who, with several other gentlemen, have presented a
memorial upon tho subject to her Majesty's foreign
secretary. This document states that Manuel Mata-
moros is a man of excellent character, formerly a soldier,
but who purchased his discharge, and has since, as well
as previously, been engaged in diffusing tho gospel
among his countrymen. He was arrested on a charge
made against him in Grenada, and consigned to the
prison in Barcelona, and after having been confined
tliere several weeks, he has been summoned by the
uouueil of Grenada to appear there, and it is expected
that he will be forced to travel about seven hundred miles
on foot, bound with a gang of criminals, and be asso-
ciated with murderers and other felons ; that he will be
eoiiflned ni most loathsome prisons, in the various places
he will pass through on his way to Grenada ; and that,
us lio is in very delicate health, such a journey will
prove highly dangerous to his life. Jose Alhama is a
working hatt(;r, a man much re.speeted, very active in
doing good, and is now a prisoner in Grenada for the

sole offence of having quitted tho church of ll.ii:ii
Tho families of these good men are roducel lo great
misery and want in consequence of their imprisonment.
To the facts thus stated in the mc^morial. Dr. Tregullea
added that the law of. Spain inflicts, as tho punishment
of apostacy, or worshipping contrary to the principles cf
tho church of Rome, eight years' imprisonment with
hard labour. This is a penalty which few persons wlm
hove been accustomed to hard labour can endure, Tlu
deputation hod the advantage of being introduced to
Lord John Russell by that veteran diplomatist and
friend of religious liberty, Lord Stratford do Redelifl'o.
Both the noble lords expressed themselves favourable to
the general object of the deputation ; and the former,
while pledging himself to do whatever might promise a
beneficial result in the way of diplomatic action, urged,
as a yet more effectual means of securing the recog-
nition of the rights of conscience, the efforts of oasocia-
tions and individuals in tho creation of a powerful public
opinion at home, which might make itself influentially
felt abroad. Several letters have been received frorii
Matamoros, written in liis prison at Barcelona, all of
which breathe a spirit of resignation under his sufferings,
combined with unshaken constancy to tho truth as it is
in Jesus.

A letter from Dr. Livingstone to the Bishop of Oxford
has been received, expressing the doctor's satisfaction
that a mission to the interior of Africa has been under-
taken by the universities. " By my letter respecting the
opening mode into tho highland lake region from tht
Shire," he writes, "you will have seen that simul-
taneously with your prayerful movement at home, onr
steps have been directed to a field which presents :i
really glorious prospect for the mission, By the Shire
j'ou get easily past the unfriendly border tribes, and
then the ridge, wliich rises on the east to a height of
eight thousand feet, affords variations of climate witliin
a few miles of each other. The region bathed by the
lakes is pre-eminently a cotton-producing one, and, as
far as we can learn from Burton and Speko, the people
possess the same comparative mildness of disposition n-
I observed generally prevailing away from the sin
coast. 'Viewing tho field in all its bearings, it sceni-
worthy of the universities and of the English churcli ;
and bearing in mind and heart Him who promised, ' Lc
I am with you alway, even to tho end of the world,'
there is not the shadow of a doubt but that her mission
will become a double blessing — to our own overcrowded
home population, and to the victims of blavery and tli ■
slave trade throughout the world. Let the church ol
England only enter upon this great work with a will,
and nations and tribes will bless her to the latest genera-
tions." The Central African Mission, thtis refeiTcd tu,
has already sailed. It consists of Archdeacon Maeken-
zio (who will hereafter be consecrated a bishop), lii>
sister, two clergymen, a lay superintendent of inaustria!
works, a carpenter, and a farm labourer. Others wii!
shortly follow, until the clerical members of the missio:
ore at least six in number. As to the exact spot they
will occupy, they will be guided by information they oii
to receive from Dr. Livingstone.

An extraordinary spiritual awakening has just takci:
place in Jamaica, and at tl^e date of the latest account-
was spreading in tho various uistricts of tlie island, A
writer on the spot, having given details, says : " Few, ii
any, expected such a manifestation of God's power as is
now being put fortli. The awakening seems to have
appeared first in tho lowlands of St. Elizabeth's ami
amongst the Moravians, and then to have spread to
Westmoreland, Hanover, Manchester, and was gradually
extending itself to St. James's and Trelawny. Tho
excitement is such as no one in the island has evet
known before, and the missionaries ore worn out by in-
cessant labour."

irst

t\,h, l^v.. ^^ fi^t'C P-'^-aj

THE

• (

Imrch of R.iisi
rodueel lo grout
lir iniprisomnt'ut
inl, Dr. TrcguUea
I tho punislimotit
tlie principles n(
iprisonmeiit with
few perBous who
an endure. Tin
ng introduced td
diplomatist ami
iord de Kciluliffo.
ves fiivourablo to
; and the former,
might promise a
tic action, urged,
uring the recog-
ifforts of aasociu-
a powerful public
tself influeutially
en received from
Barcelona, all of
der his sufferings,
tho truth as it is

Bishop of Oxfonl
ictor's satisfaction
, has been undov-
;ter respecting the'
3 region from the

seen that siinul-
lent at home, our
which presents ;i
on, By the Shire
jorder tribes, and
iBt to a height of

of climate witiiiii
on bathed by the
ucing one, and, as
Spcko, the peoplf
i of disposition ns

SUNDAY AT HOME

% iaimhi Mm^^t for S:ibb:it{i pairing.

from tho sia
bearings, it seeni-
English churcli :
ho promised, 'Lo.
ind of the world,'
. that her mission
own overcrowded

blavery and tlu
rot the church o
vork with a will,
the latest genera-
tlitis refeiTcd hi,
hdeacon Mackeiv
lid a bishop), hi;
dent of industrial
irer. Others will
3rs of the missioi

exact spot they
brmation they nvu

Qg has just taken
le latest account!
)f the island, A
Is, says : " Few, ii
Sod's power as is
seems to have
Elizabeth's aivl
have spread to
ind was gradually
Trelawny. The
_ island has ever
worn out by in-

nilKUDLV ISTEKVIKW WITH Till; K.SyLI5IAUX.

I NOTES FEOM AN ARCTIC DIARY.
I II.

|Dn Augnst 7th tho ' Investigator' ronndecl Point
fBarrow, being tho first shi]) which had done so.
|!rho following morning Mr. Miertscliing was
groused from his sleep at three o'clock, his
>Bcrviccs as interpreter being required for the
' "^rst time, the man stationed in the " crow's
lest " having seen people on land. A boat was
loon ready, and Mr. Miertsching and Mr. Court
■ere rowed to the shore. They wore met by
iree Esquimaux men, at the sight of whom
10 missionary almost fancied himself again in
No. 356.— Publish Ei> FEBuuAnv U, 1801.

Labrador ; there were the same figures, faces,
and clothing, and, better still, tho same lan-
guage, tho difference of dialect not occasioning
any difiicnlty in understanding them. They
pointed out their tents at a di.stanf(!. and invited
the strangers to visit them. This being de-
clined, they hastily departed, no d(m})t to give
an account of their proceedings : they had seen
the ship the previous day, and these men liad
been depnted to follow it along tho shore.
Next day these Esquimaux came ofl' in great
numbers, bringing fish and sea-fowl, which
thoy bartered for tobacco. As the fish became
smaller, the pieces of tobacco were cut asunder :

Price One Pennv.

XOTKS FL'OM AN A1{CTIC IJIAIIV.

llils prorxH'iliup; they iuutalod diioctly by ciit-
thig cacli lisli in two, clerninuliiig llio pa^'munl
tor half Hint ■waa intcudtil fur tliu wliolc.
They icccivod many prescntM, and were re-
([nest.cd, if wliitu men canio 1o them over Ihe
ice, to treat them kindly, and give thorn rein-
deer Hesh to cat, which the;; iiromisod to do.
l»nt havinp; now ohiuined all tlicy could yet
honestly, they Le,'j;an 1o Kieal, and wore forth-
with oi-dered into fhoir boats, and forbidden to
ctjme on board npiin.

Another visit from tho Esqiximanx was re-
ceived on Sunday, August tho 11th. Although
a strict watch Avas kept on deck duiing the time
of Divine service, they succeeded in conveying
Kovoral tiling!^ into tlioir boats, and, before tho
theft was discovered, had disappeared among
tho ice. Soon after tents were seen on an
island near tho mouth of the Colvillo ]{ivor.
A jiavty from tlio ship attempting to land, was
at first opposed by tho natives, armed with
knives, spears, ond bows ; but finding no harm
was intended thet^^ they became veiy friendly.
These people, milike those of Point Drew,
A\-cro well cl'jthcd and clean. Their chief, a
line-looking and intelligent man, named Attiia,
received a boat-flag and other presents from
tho captain, in return for which ho promised
to convey letters to the Kussian ti-aders on tho
Colvillo ; but, unhappily, with the Esquimaux,
promiso and porfoimanco are two difierent
things. It docs not appear that any of tho
letters Captiiin M'Cluvo hoped to forward in
this mamier ever reached their destination,
Tho next interview is thus described by Mr.
Miertsching.

" Saturday, August 24th. — This morning we
sailed near the coast, and, as usual, saw Esqui-
maux tents. Some of the crew, who have a
verj' keen sight, asserted that they saw also a
man in European clothing. Thereupon the
captain determined to land, and wrote several
letters, in order to forward them by those
people to the Europeans on tho Mackenzie
iJiver. A white flag was hoisted, and then
the captain, Dr. Armstrong, and I, with six
sailors, rowed to the shore. "We found only a
few Esquimaux, who threatened us with knives,
spears, and bent bows. Evoiy attempt to ap-
proach these wild men in a friendly manner
failed, but tho captain was imwilling to return
without having spoken to them. At length,
after several vain attempts, I succeeded in ap-
proaching within ten paces of them. I spoke
to them kindly, and they at last ceased their
outcry and listened, but told me, pointing to
the ship, that wo must go back again. I had
picked up several of their arrows ; those I re-
turned, venturing still nearer; but they be-
came angry again, and I thought it advisable

tu lire my )iistuls in tho air to show 1 meant
no harm. This Avas not without cllbct. Tlicy
listened to )no quietly, and after a Mhile con-
sented to lay down their anns. The captain
and the others, also unarmed, now drew near.
We became at length wich good friends, that
they offorcd us th<;ir newl3--built wooden house
as a dwelling, and gave us birds, fish, and leiu-
deor skins in exchange for knives and saws.
Their friendship became still greater when we
told them of our visit to Attua. Kairoluak, tho
principal man, was esjKjcially pleased, saying,
' Ilo is a great chief.' This man possessed a
good house and two tents. Everywhere reigned
the greatest order and cleanliness, more than 1
have cvei- seen before among tho Esquimaux,
riles of dried skins of tho reindeer, bear, fox,
and badger wore ready for sale. They had
never before seen Europeans, and have no
dealings with tho lludson's Bay traders on the
Mackenzie, but carry their wares westward,
and barter them with Attua.

" I wished to talk longer with these people
and toll them something of their Creator and
Eedecmer, hut tho captain called out, ' Tho
ship is aground!' and we were obliged to
return hastily to our boat. These Esquimaux
put to sliamo many Christians, since they
undertake long journeys to barter their skins
for useful artiebs, instead of exchanging them
nearer homo for brandy. This they had done
once, but they repented of their folly, and said,
' The evil water killed some of us, and made
tho others foolish.'

" They told a story of some strangers having
como there without a boat, and built a house
on a distant promontory'. They disappeared
one by one, and Kairoluak afBrmed that ho
found the last dead on the gi'ound, and buried
him. It was impossible to learn when this
happened ; the Esquimaux ai"e not exact chro-
nologors. ' Perhaps two years ago, or perhaps
when I was a child,' is often their nearest
approximation to a date. On visiting the spot
pointed out, nothing was found but two niiucd
]:]squimaux winter houses built of drift-wood,
a tew broken stone lamps, and other trifles, all
old and overgrown with moss, but not the
sliglitest trace of Europeans."

The coast of the American continent appeared
to be well peopled. AVhencver the ship ap-
proached the shore, tents were seen; but, on
account of tho shallow water, it was nccessarj-
to keep as far from land as the ice w-ould
permit. The last interview with the Esqui-
maux at this time shall also be narrated in the
worthy inteipreter's oviti words.

" Saturday, August 31st. — After breakfast,
the captain. Dr. Anustvong, and I, with eight
sailors, started in a sailing-boat, carrying with

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KaiiohiaJc, iho
loahed, .saying,
n posse«>sod a
whore reigned
!, more tlian I
Esquimaux,
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• They ]iad
md liave no
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these peoi)lo
Creator and
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3 Esquimaux
since they

• tlioir skins
mging them
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ly, and eaid,
I, and made

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lilt a house
iisappeared
sd that he
and buried

when this
exact chro-
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Jreakfast,
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■ing with

NOTES FKOM AN ARCTIC DIAIIY.

'iiB provisions for the day and snitablo presents.
Wo steertid towards the spot whore we parted
with the two women yesterday, iuleudiug to
sail alon^- the coast till wo reaehod the pro-
montory which they had pointed out aa the
pi'osent abodo of tho men who wore whale-
fishini:,-. "^I'lio ground, on which jcslerday wo
f(jund many flowers, waa to-day covered with
newly-fallen snow seven inches de(!p, ^\o
sailed ton miles before reaching tho place
pointed out by the women, and found uo
people there. Eivo miles farther we camo to
anothei' promontory, and wcro about to return,
as the shallow water proved that hero there
•could be no whales, when, looking through a
telescope, I descried elevations, which, when
the fog lifted for a fuw minutes, revealed them-
selves as Esquimaux dwellings. Wo counted
about thirty tents and three houses. Over a
.small tongue of land tho sea was visible. AVo
^vere now certain that wo bad reached Cape
liathnr.st.

" Wo had scarcely landed, when the people
eauio in a swarm to meet us, brandishing spears
and knives, and uttering frightful yells; the
Avonicn following with resen'o weapons. The
(japtain asked, ' What is to bo done ?' I gave
him my gun, and fastening my Esquimaux
coat properly, ran to meet thom. They did
not allow themselves to bo intimidated. I
fired my pistols in the air, and desired them to
lay aside their weapons, but they only .shouted
tho louder. I called to them again that wo
were friends, had brought them presents, and
intended them no harm. On hearing this they
bocamo more quiet ; the captain camo up, and
after many words and promises they agTced to
lay down their weapons, keeping their knives,
hov.-evcr, ready for conflict. I drew a lino in
the snow over v.-hich neither party was to
pass, but they soon became more friendly, and
at last quite confiding, bringing forward their
^vivcs and children, and placing the inflmts in
oTir arms. These Esquimaux trade with the
1 1 are Indian,?, whose language they under-
:,tand; the Indians convey tho skins to Fovt
(Jood Hope, on tho Mackenzie Kiver. After
tho captain had satisfied himself by many
questions that they knew nothing of Sir John
Franklin's expedition, ho gave the Esquimaux
Kcnualik letters for the Hudson's Bay station,
and many j)resents for himself.

" ^Vhile the captain was exploring the loca-
lity, I conversed with the people, who listened
to mo willingly, asked many (luestions, and
-when their expressions were not intelli-
giblo to mo, made use of signs. Of a Creator,
or any Divine Being, they had no idea, and
had apparently never thought that sun, moon,
and stars must have been made by some super-

natural power. They were therefore much
astonished when I told them that a ^ .eat and
good Spirit dwells abovo tho sun tind s ars, who
can .SCO all that we do, and that this .Spirit made
all things. All that I said was allowed to
pass uncontradicted j only upon the subject of
the stars, old Kcnnalik gave me this piece of
information. 'Over our heads is a large blue
chest, tho house of the sun. In the day-time,
and in tho summer, tho sun is for a long time
not in his house ; but when ho goes in it is
dark, in tho house are many littlo holes
through which tho sun can suo tho earth,
and through which his light shines : these
are the stars.' Of a future life these E.squi-
maux have also a peculiar idea. There aro
two lands, one good and beautiful, tho other
bad. In tho forlner lives a good spirit, who
Avatches the game, that it should not stray out
of tho country. In the latter dwells an evil
s]nrit, who is always bringing ills upon man-
kind. When an Esquimaux dies who in his
lifc-timo has fed and clothed widows and
orphans, ho goes to the good land, where tho
sun always shines, wheio there is neither rain,
wind, nor ice, but alw^ays wann weather, and
where there are countless herds of reindeer,
seals, etc., which may be caught by the hands.
But when any man dies who has not acted
thus kindlj', he goes to the bad land, which is
in eveiy respect the reverse of tho other.

" VN'hilo 1 was still talking with these in-
teresting people, the captain called me. I
rose to depart, but Kennalik held mo back, and
said I should remain here and tell him more ;
I f-ihould live with h n. 1 told him I could
not stay, I must go with the ship to seek some
of our brothers in the ice. Thereupon he
oifered me a sledge and dogs, that ' when the
next moon became invisible,' and tho eea was
frozen, I might liaA-el over the ice to my ship.
I answered that by that time the ship would bo
so far ofi" that I should be unable to find it.
lie re]ieated his offer of the sledge, and added
to it a tent. I was obliged to tell him decidedly
that my ' angajTiga ' had called me, and I inusf
obey and follow him. This, however, did not
satisfy him ; he not only renewed his former
oilers , but placed before mo his daughter, a
A'ery good-looking damsel, about sixteen, with
tho words, ' Takka unna ' — ' Take this.'

" Tho captain now came to fetch me, and
we were both taken by tho anns and thus con-
ducted to our boat, where wo divided the
presents. I bestowed double gifts upon my
friend Kennalik and his daughter, giving the
latter some needles, which aro greatly valued.
T» escape further importunity we put ofi",
leaving the poor people standing on the beach
and shouting many tarcwells after us. "'i-""-

Their

100

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

langtmgo difforH a little from that of the other
Esquimaux on this coast ; it was at first diffloult
to understand thom, although thoy undor«tood
me quit© well. Several had brcvn hair and
blue eyes, whereas the Esquimaux generally
have black hair and brown oyoa. Their gar-
ments, skilfully made of the finest skins, are
very becoming to these small but well-formed
people.

" Or the following day, fifteen inen in kayaks
and two other boats filled with inen and
women, came oif to the ship. Some of these
had made our acquaintance yesterday, and
were therefore the more confiding. Towards
mo thoy were especially friendly, brought me
several trifling articles as presents, and i'ol-
lowed me even into my cabin. One of them
told us that the day before yesterday strangers
came here in two boats, and lived in a tent
on land, also that thoy shot a white bear on
the ice. He described minutely the appear-
ance of the people in their different clothing,
the boats with their masts, and even related
how the chief of the party, a stout man, con-
stantly walked up and down on the strand,
always walking just twenty paces and then
turning round again. The captain rewarded
this man for his story, which was quite correct,
with the exception iJiat ' the day before yester-
day * was more than two years ago, at which
time Dr. Richardson conducted a boat expe-
dition from the Mackenzie to the Coppermine
River."

Captain M'Cluro intended continuing his
course in the direction of Dolphin and Union
Straits ; hut after passing Cape I'arry, the
coast was found so blockaded with drift ice
that this was impossible. He therefore steered
in a northerly direction, and on the 6th of
September land was seen to the north — a high
rocky coast. Tlie next day a place was found
suitable for landing, and the newly discovered
country was duly taken possession of in tho
name of Queen Victoria. It was named by tho
captain Baring Land ; and the southern point,
a castellated promontory a thousand feet high,
Lord Nelson's Head. The ice would not admit
of sailiLg along tho western shore of this land.
Sailing eastwards, with a fair wind, for two
days, tho ' Investigator ' entered what appeared
to be a deep gulf. Tho ice now became heavier
and the navigation more perilous. There was
a strong cur/ent, which, in conjunction with
the wind and tide, threw the heavy masses of
ice into violent commotion. With intervals of
calm, this continued many days, but our space
will only admit tho account of the last day.

" September 26th. — Yesterday we had but a
few hours' rest ; a strong wind drove the ship,
together with the ice, towards a perpendicular

cliff a hundred and twenty feet high. We
were carried within fifty feet of this dangerous
cliff, the water being sixt; fivo fathoms deep.
The past night was the rao... terrible wo have
yet ston. It is impossible for me to describe
those fearful hours ; but all my life 1 shall re-
member them, and the remembrance will ever
excite in n.y mind gratitude to the Lord, who
saved us in such a wonderful manner from im-
pending death. Seventeer liours we stood on
de(;k, looking upon each moment as the last of
our lives. Masses of ice, each three or four
times as large as tho ship, j)ilod on one another,
wore driven about, and then ruKhed against
each other with a cruish like thunder. In tho
midst of this wild uproar, the ship was thrown
now on one side, now on tho other, or lifted
out of the water, and then, when the ice crashed,
plunged a<^ain into the raging Hca. The seams
parted and the caulking fell out, and oven some
of tho casks in the hold burst. If wo could
have escaped to land, no ono would have re-
mained on board ; but this was utterly impos-
sible, either in a boat or on foot. When the
danger was greatest; when the ship, thrown
on her side, was on tho point of being crushed
by a towering mass of ice, which would have
buried in a moment seventy-six human beings ;
then spake the Most Merciful — ' Thus far, and
no farther.' The ice stood perfectly still !
We looked at one another, astonished at this
sudden change, scarcely daring to believe it,
and expecting every moment a renewal of tho
fearful uproar. But the Lord had commanded
tho waves and tho ice, and there was a great
calm. A strong watch remained on deck ; the
others, exhausted and wet through, letircd to
rest."

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

VII.
THE VALLEY OF ESHCOL.
THE FERTILllT OF THE VALE OF ESIICOL — ITS CAUSES —
VINEYARDS AND OLIVE GARDENS — THE WIIITE-THORN IN
BLOOM— THE " FICNCED CITIES " OF JUDAH, MAON, CAU-
MEL, ZIPH — NAF.AL, AlilGAIL, ANT) DAVID — DAVID'S WAN-
DERINGS AND god's PROTECTION — SAUL'S PURSUIT OF
DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ZIPII — DAVID AND JONA-
THAN.

The quarantine doctor at Hebron was a Frank
in the Turkish service ; and by the prospect of
a small fee, he was induced to promise that on
the morning preceding that on which we were
to be liberated he would come and inspect us
all, and if he could then conscientiously declare
that we were free from plague and other
such-like disorders, we might the same day
explore tho countrj' about Hebron nnder the
charge of a guardian. The doctor was behind
his time, so that the afternoon was advanced

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

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before wo could wander forth inio the valley
above Hebron, which is coiisidt-rcd by most
iinthorilicH to bo the valley of Kslicol wlience
iho spies cut "one cluster of gropes, and bare
it l)etwecn two upon a staff, and biought of
the pomegranates and of tho figs," and carriw,d
them to all Israel at Kadesh, as evidence of
the exuberant fruitfulncss of tlio land that
" surely flowed with milk and honey."

Starting so late, wo could not go far. Tho
day was cold and cheerless ; heavy clouds
sailed rapidly overhead, now and then pierced
by a gleam of sunshine, whilst ragged streamers
of mist flow across tho hill-tops. The whole
oflect produced appeared more appropriate to
Scottish highlands than to a landscape almost
on tho border of Arabia. This bitter, gloomy
weather seemed strange, but it was not unsuited
to the local itj', for wo were really in a moun-
tain land. Wo had boon constantly rising
over since we left tho Arabah, and Hebron
itself is tho town of highest elevation in all
S^'ria, standing two thousand eight hundred
feet above the sea, so that truly Jacob and his
sons ■ wont down into Egypt." This con-
siderable elevation, this variable climate, caused
tho fertility which prompted Caleb to ask for tho
region round Hebron as his portion of the
promised land, and which mado that district so
rich a reward. It is tho mists, the moisture,
and the cooler air of a more noiihern clime,
conjoined v/ith the fervid heat of the sun of a
Syrian summer, that have mado Eshcol's valley
so celebrated. These same causes still work out
similar results, and the vines of Eshcol's vale
still bear splendid grapes, the largest and best
in all the country round ; figs and pomegranates
burden the trees on the terraced mountain-
sides, whose groves likewise enrich her with
" oil olive," and the fields wave with com.

This was the first place we had seen in all
the border-land of tho south, in which we
could appreciate tho longing of Abraliam's
children for the land God had promised them.
Here, indeed, we had a fair example of that
country which was *' a land of com and wine,
a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive
and honey," and of which wo had read so much.

Tho vines in the vicinity of Hebron are
sometimes enclosed in vineyards surrounded
by stone walls, and overlooked by " the tower
of the watchman ;" sometimes they run along
ten-aces which may have existed from the early
days of Israel's possession, and here and there
is built a hut for the guards or vine-dreseers —
" a oottage in a vineyard." In these towers
and huts, and also in tents, the families of
Hebron are crowded in time of vintage, which
is a festival season for the whole population,
and the town is left desei-ted. Tho produce of

tho vineyards is sent all over Palestine. Tho
proprietors, being chiefly Mahometans, make
no wine or raki, but a little is mado by tho
Jews, though not in sufficient quantities for
exportation. Whilst in tho lazaretto, wo pro-
cured some wine of two kinds grown hero,
both of them sweet, andfound them excellent.
Tho best grapes aro mado into raisins ; the
remainder are trodden out in tho winepress,
and their juico is boiled down to a syrup,
which resembles treacle, but has a plcasanter
taste. This syrup is called "dibs," a Hebrew
word signifying "honey" and also "symp of
grapes," and wherever in Palestine there is "a
land of vineyards " this syrup is commonly
oaten with bread.

Tho valleys hereabouts are all well cultivated,
and the hills, wherever they are terraced, well
repay tho toil expended upon them. Where
they are left to nature, loose rocks and scanty
grass aro scattered over them.

During our ramble in Eshcol's valley, wo
mot with one tree which forcibly and instan-
taneously bore us back in spirit to our own
dear land, so worthy in these days to bear tho
name so often given to Palestine — "tho land
of the Biblo." That tree was an ancient
whitethorn, snowy with luxuriant blossom — tho
sweet fresh " may " of tho springtide at home —
tho pride of our hedgerows — the " may" that,
to our sore disappointment and discomfiture
in childhood's years, so seldom kept the promise
we thought she gave, to inaugurate the spring
by her pure open flowers on May's first day.
Ilero, amidst Abraham's pasturage and on
Caleb's estate, the tree was in full bloom before
April was nearly ended.

Wo went up to some considerable ruins on
ono of the western hills, among which was
a long vaulted chamber, some wells, remains of
columns, walls, etc. ; but we could find out
nothing about their history ; our guide.«t called
them " the convent."

We sketched tho valley of Eshcol looking
about north-west from Hebron, and just in-
cluded in our view a straggling suburb nomi-
nally belonging to Hebron, but quite separated
from it bj' fields and gardens. Tho evening
was very oold, and the air was so damp that it
saturated oar drawing-paper, and prevented its
lying flat -, and we had only just completed our
sketch, when tho sun went down and drove us
back to our iemporary home.

We must now return, as we promised to do,
to the south country, and continue our notice
of the fenced cities of Judah, near which we
passed on our road to Hebron. In our next
chapter we shall say something about Hebron
itself, and then pursue our journey onwards.
We have already made mention of Beersheba

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109

TKAVKLS IN THE HOLY LAND.

and Moluiliih : it was uflor leaving the latter
place— t ho liiodom Kl MUh — that ruins and
hill.s, many of thorn Btill bearing; thoir old
liistoric names exactly, and others prcsoninj;
with Homo «lij:;lit modification tlio nomonclahiio
of Joshua's days, began to crowd upon uh,

Atlir, Auub, Main, Kurmel, Vutia, Zif,
lijhuwoikoh, names now in u.so fur lucalitics wo
paused, Kpcak to us of Yattir, Anab, Maon,
<Jarniol, .luttah, Ziph, and Socoh, so oailud
\\hon Judali liiHt took poHfluHsion of his Iwri-
tago. Maon, (Jarmol, and Ziph wo left a lUtlo
to our riglit, with tho wildernesH of Eugodi
beyond them. 'JTlieso names aro especially
I'auiiliar to um, for it was in this district that
vSaul hunted David like "a partridge in thj
mountains." 'i'his " wildornoss of Maon " and
this " wildorneas of Ziph " harboured David
"iu tho rocks (jf tho wild goats," in oaves and
forests, which woro then tho haunt of lions and
Oilier wild boast). Both tho lions and tho
furcsts have long sinoo disappeared, but tho
grey hills, tho deep caves, tho soatterod ruins,
and the old names still remain.

Many an eventful story aro wo told of
David's adventures hero ; and very strongly
marked is that pi'ovidence of Ood which pre-
served him, when ho wandered hero nn outlaw,
for a groat work in the fnturo; but in all the
records of his wild career there is no tale more
strangely romantic than tiat of which Maon
and Carmel woro the scene.

In Maon, on tho top of that high, bare,
conical hill, now crowned with niins, dwelt
tho " churlish and evil" Nabal, " whoso pos-
sessions were in Carmel." lie was a worthless
offshoot of the house of tho mighty Caleb, but
no portion of Caleb's virtues had descended to
Nabal with Caleb's land. He was rich in
flocks, and ho was, at the date of our narrative,
shearing his sheep in Carmel. At that time,
David and his armed men, outlaws and fu-
gitives like himself, were hiding in the neigh-
bouring wilderness ; and day by day Nabal's
pastoral wealth, and those who tended it, h^.d
been at the mercy of David's band, without
suffering diminution or hurt, but, on the con-
trary, they had boon " a wall unto them both
bj- night and by day." David consequently
expected to share in tho feast prepared for the
shearers, as ariy modem Arab sheikh of tho
wilderness, who had protected the flocks of his
rich neighbour, would on a similar occasion.
Ho sent messengers to greet Nabal, in tho
words that any native of Palestine would nse
at the present time : " Thus shall ye say to
liim that liveth in prosperity. Peace be botifi to
thee, and peace bo to thine house, and peace
be unto all that thou hast." Then he set forth
his claim for a portion of tho food that was

in preparation, but his rociuost was i.ut by
Nabal with contuinoly and railing. Nabul was
avaricioTiH, ill-tcmjHred, and uncljaritablc, oven
to those from whom lie derived benefits. Ho
repudiated all obligation by falsely pruf'essiug
ignorance of the whole matter, because ho meant
to evade any rotuni i-f kindness. He threw un
insulting slur upon David's character. •' \\ iio
is David ? and who is tho son of Jesfjo ? There
bo many servants nowadays that break away
every man from his master. Shall 1 then take
my bread and my watt-ir, and my flesh (hat I
have killed fur my shearers, and give it unto
men wiiom 1 know not whence they be?"
Hero Nabal asserts his absolute right to, and
power ovei-, all that belonged to him, and scouts
tlio idea that he was but tho steward of the
Almight}-, who had entrusted him with his
wealth that he might enjoy it, but enjoy it
without being niggardly and pitiless to tho
poor and needy. Nabal felt no thankfulness
to Cod, and he had no gratitude to man. His
conduct, bad as it seems to us at home, is soon
in a much worse light when in tho land iu
which ho lived we pass judgment upon it.
Ho grossly transgressed all the proprieties,
ho violated all tho usages — the established, un-
varying customs — of Eastern social life. To
tho present day, such conduct as his would be
considered worse than boorish and brutal ; for
even as his temporary neighbour, from whom
ho had received no help, David might expect
to share in the festivities, according to oriental
habits; but as Nabal's benefactor he had an
absolute right to do so, and Nabal's refusal
was an outrage— an outi-ago sufficient to cause
the hot bloj:l of the Arab to wash out the
insult in blood.

Now Nabal had a wife, named Abigail;
" and she was a woman of a good under-
standing and of a beautiful countenance,"
and she and Nabal's servants knew his cha-
racter well, " that ho was siich a son of Belial
that a man cannot speak to him," Thoy also
seem to have rightly estimated the probable
vigour of David's rejoinder, for Abigail sent to
David provisions which were luxuries oom-
pared with those which he would have been
satisfied with, and which her lord had refused ;
and then she set forth herself to meet him.
She was only just in .ime, for tho sword was
girded on tho thigh, and David was already
on his way to the slaughter of Nabal and his
race. But God designed otherwise, and made
use of woman's lair face, woman's gentle tact,
and woman's persuasive tongue, as his instru-
ments to check his servant in the career of
blood, and to save him from sin.

Abigail, in her mediation, did not attempt
to deny her husband's A\Tong-doing, or to gloss

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i'cn III. in spirit from Nftbiil wiih liis foip^iicd
igiioiiinco, kIio hcliovcd in the liiluro promisLd
to Diivid, hho looked up to liitn us " boxind up
in tlio hundlo of lil'o with tlio liurd hiH < od ; '
and what a beantifid inmjj,'! this in in which
slio oxproHsefl hor .senso <if Uod'H cixro for
David's ficourity. She know that Goil dcH-
tined him to rule (jvcr JHiael. Hho advised
the fiituro monarch neither (o nhed Ijlood nor
to avenge Idraself with hin own hand ; and
then, speaking of that, fiitnro time, when lio
Hlmuld roign over all tho iiibeH of (Jmrs
people, .she 8!.id, "This shall bo no j^iief v,nto
thco, nor offence of heart unto my lord, eitlier
that thou hast shed blood cansoleK.s, or tliiil
my lord hath avon<;od himself; hut when llio
ijord shidl have dealt well with my lord, then
remember thine handmaid." Abigail .speuka in
all humility, and puts no relianco in iho
power of her own argumontfl, but set 8 and
acknowledges Ood's hand in the succesy of
hor mission. God'a grace, through his haiid-
maid'.s means, calmed tho turbulent flood of
David's fierco anger, and ho p;avo glory to the
Almighty, and gratitude to Abigail, a.s Cod's
in;;tnimont, for her wiso counsel, which had
saved him from crime ; and how earnest and
heartfelt is the expression of that gratitude:
" Blessed be tho Lord God of Israel which sent
thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy
advice, and blessed bo thou, which hast kept
mo this day from coming to shed blood, and
from avenging myself with mine own band."

J)avid and Abigail parted and went their
ways ; ho to his hiding-place in tho wilderness,
she to where her husband, in fancied security,
" held a feast in his house like the feast of
a king," where, but for her intercession,
blood would have flowed aj fiocly as did tho
wine with which "Nabal's heart was meriy
within him, for he was very drunken." Nabal,
who could not bring himself to pay debts of
gratitude, and had no charity for those who
required it, was ready without gnidging to
squander wealth on his intemperate pleasures.
In the morning, his good wife told him the
danj^er ho had incurred, and the mode of his
escape. Then his boldneKs all fled, and " his
heart died within him, and he became as a
fit one." About ten days after. God smote Nabal
that he died and left those riches whose
stewardship he had so flagrantly abused.
iJavid's first thought at the news of Nabal's
death was one of thanlcfulnesa to tho Lord who
had kept his servant from evil. His second
was for Abigail's wisdom and beauty. lie at
onco sent messengers to her, and she became

hit wife. " TIhj uii^litv (iiio (if iJaeob" was
joaliiiH for his lujiiour; Kab.d forgot tluMV was
i: God in Israel, and "the Lord rolurned tho
wiekednesH of ^-'abal uimu his own licnd."
Thero are many Nabals in tlm world; many
who aro as forgetfid of and unthankful to tlieir
Creator and IIhut Hedeenier as Nabal was;
many who aro a.s lavish to themselves and as
unt^ratoful and uncharitablo to others. Lot
us strive and pray that wo aio not ;>m"n;;; tho
Nabals of our dispensation.

Wo must hero mention, to prevent confiisiuu
of ideas, that this " (.'armel,'" where Nabal iiad
his posBcssions, ra far distant from iMoiint
Carmel on tho I'hconician coast, the .scene of
Elijah's sacrifice. Tho ruins of Carmel in
.Indah are extensive, and some of them very
ancient. Tho castle, from tho stylo of its
masoniy, is probably of tho time of Herod.
Among tho ruins aro tho remains of chiireiies.
showing that Carmel had at one time a largo
Chri.stian populati(m. It is all de.scii now.
About an hour and a lialf from Carmel is thi'
little hill "Tell Zif," elo.-ic to whieliare I lie ruins
of Ziph, whose people on two ooeasious betrayed
David's hiding-placo to Saul. On the lirst
occasion David was " in a mountain in tho
wilderness of Ziph," and thoiii^h "Saul .-oiij^ht
him every day," yet " God delivered him not
into his hantl ;" and hero it was that Jona-
than gave another proof of his stnmg, temler,
and life-long affection for the sou of .Jcsse,
for ho "went to David into tho Avood and
strengthened his hand in God."

In all history, sacred and profane, thero is
no more touching example of true, imselfish,
unwavering devotion of man to man than that
of Jonathan for David. Jonathan knew that
his friend would deprive him of the throne
to which ho might, but for him, succeed ; but
no thought of self ever entered his mind. He
knew that it was the will of Jehovah that
David should rule Israel, and ho bowed liis
heart without a murmur to that Almighty will,
and rejoiced in tho thought that his friend
would be his king. David now wandered into
tho wilderness of Maon for a tiaie, and after
that the Ziphitcs again betrayed his haunts
to Saul, who sought him in tho wildieniess of
Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel.
To no pui-pose, for the Lord n-atched over
David, who penetrated Saul's cai-ip at night,
and took the spear and cruse of water from
beside the bolster of the sleeping king. God
hero specially interposed in David's behalf,
for "no man saw it nor knew it, neither
awaked, for they were all asleep, because a
deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon
them." David spared his enemy when in lii.-i
power, and God preserved him from all danger.

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THK DECKITFULNESS OF THK IIKAVT.
'I'lic hoart Is ilcocitfiil above oU things."— i/cr. xvli. 9.

:-^ HEEE is <rvcat deceit in
the dealings of men in tho
world, great, in their counsels and
contrivances, in reference to their
affairs private and public ; gi-eat
deceit in their words and actings ;
tho world is full of deceit and
fraud. But all this is nothing to
the deceit that is in man's heart
towards himself, for that is the
"■;.>V" meaning of the expression in this
'y'' place, and not towards others.

Now this deceitfulness of the
heart, wlioreh}^ it is exceedingly advantaged in
its harbouring of sin, lies chiefly in these two
things.

First, that it abounds in contradictions, so
that it is not to be found and dealt withal ac-
cording to any constant rule and way of pro-
cedure. There are some men that have much
of this from their natural constitution, or from
other causes in their conversation. They seem
to be made np of contradictions ; sometimes to
be very wise in their affairs, sometimes very
foolish ; very open, and very reserved ; very
tacile, and very obstinate ; very easy to be en-
treated, and very revengeful, all in a remark-
able height. This is generally accounted a
bad character, and is seldom ft>und but when
it proceeds from some notable predominant
lust. But in general, in respect of moral
good or evil, duty or sin, it is so with tho
heart of every man ; flaming hot, and key cold ;
weak, and yet stubborn ; obstinate and facile.
The frame of the heart is ready to contradict
itself every moment. Kow you would think
you had it all for such a frame, such a way ;
anon it is quite ' therwiso ; so that nemo know
what to expect fiom it. The rise of this is the
disorder that is brought upon all its faculties
by .sin. (iod created tlu.m all in a perfect
harmony and nnion. The mind and reason
were in perfect subjection iind subordination
to God and his will ; tlio will answered, in
its choice of good, the discovery made of it by
tlie mind ; the atl'ootions constantly and evenly
followed the understanding and will. Tho
mind's subjection to God was the spring of the
orderly and liannonious nioti<m of the soul,
and all the wheels in it. That being disturbed
b)- sin, the i-est of the faculties move cross and
contrary one to another ; the will chuseth not
tho good which the mind discovers ; the affec-
tions delight not in that which the will
chuseth, but all jar and interfere, cross and
rebel against each other. This we have got by

our falling from God. Hence sometimes tho
will leads, the judgment follows. Yea, com-
monly the affections that should attend upon
all, get tho sovereignty, and draw tho wholo
soul captive after them.

Secondly, its deceit lies in its full pro-
misings upon tho first appearance of things.
And this also proceeds from the same prin-
ciple with the former. Sometimes tho affec-
tions are touched and wrought upon, the wholo
heart appears in a fair frame, all promiseth to
be well. Within a while tho whole frame is
changed ; tho mind was not at all affected
or turned ; the affections a little acted their
parts and are gone off, and all the fair promises
of the heart are departed with them. All the
disorder that is in the heart, all its false pro-
mises and fair appearances, promote the in-
terest and advantage of sin. Hence (iod cau-
tions tho people to look to it, lest '• their own
hearts should entice and deceive them."

Who can mention the treacheries and deceits
that lie in the heart of man? ]t is not for
nothing that the Holy Ghost so expresseth it,
"It is deceitful above all things;" imcertaiu
in what it doth, and false in what it promiseth.
And hence, moreover, it is amongst other causes
that, in the pursuit of our war against sin, we
have not jnly the i)ld work to go over and
over, but new work still, while we live in
this world ; still new stratagems and wiles to
deal withal, as the manner will be where
unsearchableness and deceitfulness are to bo
contended with.

Kever let us reckon that our work in con-
tending against sin, in crucifying, mortifying,
and subduing of it, is at an end. The place of
its habitation is unsearchable ; and when we
may think that we have thoroughly won tho
field, there is still some reserve remaining that
we saw not, that we knew not of. Many con-
qtierors have been ruined by their carelessness
after a victory ; and many have been spiritually
wounded after great successes against this
enemy. David was so ; his great surprise into
sin was after a long profession, manifold ex-
periences of God, and watchful keeping of
himself from his iniquity. And hence in part
liatli it como to pass that the ])rofossion of
many hath declined even in their old age, or
riper time. Thoy have given over the work
of mortifying of sin before their work was at
an end. There is no way for us to pursue sin
in its unsearchable habitation but by being
endless in our pursuit. And that command of
the apostlo which we have in Col. iii. 5, on this
account is as necessary for them to observe
who are towards the end of their race, as those
that are but at the beginning of it : " Mortify,
therefore, your members that are on the

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THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEAET.

earth ;" be always doiny ii whilst yon livo iu
this world. It is true, great ground i.i ob-
tained when the work is vigorously and con-
stantly carried on ; am is much weakened, so
that the soul pressetli forward towards per-
fection. But yet the work must bo endless,
I mean whilst we arc in this world. If wo
give over, we shall quickly see this enemy
exerting itself with new strength and vigour.
It may bo luider some gi'eat affliction, it may
be in some eminent enjoyment of God, in the
sense of the sweetness of blessed communion
with Christ, wc have been ready to say that
there was an end of sin, that it was dead and
gone for over. But have wo not found the
contrary by experience ? hath it not manifested
that it was only retired into some unsearchable
recf^sses of the heart, as to its in-being and
nature, though it may bo greatly weakened
in its power ? Lot us then I'eckon on it, that
theio is no way to have our work done, but by
always doing of it ; and ho who dies fighting
in this warfare, dies assuredly a conqueror.

The fact that tlie heart is various, inconstant,
deceitful above all things, calls for perpetual
watclrfulness. An open enemy that deals by
violence only always gives some respite ; 3-ou
knov.' where to have him and what he is doing,
so that sometimes you may sloop quietly witb-
out fear ; but against adversaries that deal by
deceit and treachery (which are long swords,
and reach at the greatest distance) nothing
will give security but perpetual watchfulness.
It is impossible we should in this case be
too jealous, doubtful, suspicious, or watchful.
Tho heart hath a thousand wiles and deceits,
and if we are in tho least off from our watch,
we may bo sure to be surprised. Hence are
those reiterated commands and cautions given
for watching, for being circumspect, diligent,
careful, and tho like. There is no living for
them who have to deal with an enemy deceitful
above all things, unless they persist in such
a frame. All cautions that are given in this
case are necessary, especially that, remember
not to trust it. '> lie that trusteth in his own
heart is a fool." (I'rov. xxviii. 20.) Doth thy
heart prnmisofair? rest not on it, but say to
tho Lord Christ, " Lord, do thou undertake for
mo." Doth tho sun shine fair in tho morning ?
reckon not therefore on a fine day ; the clouds
may ariso and fall, though the morning give
a fair appearance of serenity aiul peace ; tur-
bulent affections may arise and cloud the soul
with sin and darkness.

Commit, then, the whole matter, with all
care and diligence, unto Him who can search
the heart to the uttermost, and knows how to
prevent all its treacheries and deceits. In tho
thint'P before mentioned lies our duty, btit

here lies our safety. There is no treacherotis
corner in our hearts, bttt ho can searcli il to
tho uttermost; there is no deceit in Iheni, but
ho can disappoint it. This course David takes
(Psa. cxxxix.) ; after he had set forth tho om-
nipresence of God, and his tmniRcienco (Psa,
cxxxix. 8, 9, 10), he makes improvement of it
(ver. 23) : "Search me, O Lord, and try mo."
As if ho had said, " It ia but a little that 1 knovv'
of my deceitful heart, only I would be sincere,
I would not have reserves for sin retained
therein ; wherefore do thou, who art j.resent
with my heart, who knowest my thoughts
long before, undertake this work, perforui it
thoroughly, for thou alone art able so to do."

jOr. Julia Owen.

THE SISTEES.

A T R U E X A R RATI V K.
CIUU'TER II.

" I AM so glad you are come, dear Charles," said
Kate, one evening, after waiting tea to an un-
usually lato hour ; " I began to fear something
strange must have happened to detain you s(^
long ; but now you are here, wo will have tea,
and you shall tell mo what has made you look
so tired."

Dear, loving Kate soon put his feet into the
well-warmed slippers, and held ready the loose
coat in which ho was accustomed to lounge in
his luxurious easy-chair; and after the tray
was removed, she took her usual seat on a low
stool at his feet, and waited with patient child-
like gentleness to hear- tho truant's account of
the day.

" You know, my little wife, how often Ed-
ward Walters has asked me to his rooms, and,
since tho night I took leave of all my baclielor
friends, how steadily I have refused cverj-
invitation, both from him and others. 'Well,
just as I was leaving my office, he came and
pleaded so irresistibly, that at last I promised
to spend to-morrow evening with him. I shall
bo sorry to leave you alone, but will return
quite early."

Poor Kate felt tho first pang of wedded life
then, for she knew this man's character was
lightly spoken of; yet she would not. grieve
her husband by referring to what she thought
and hoped might be mv,re idle report. But as
evening after evening now began to bo passed
away from home by her husband, whi" she
was left to weep in secret over hopes cit.ched
and prospects blighted, Kate felt that she must
make some ellbrt to withdraw her husband
from the evil influences by which he was en-
tangled. Little did she dream that this was
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became liis wilV', iuul iliat Ibu few months of
quiet, life ho hud passed witVi her li;ul been
irksome beyond longer endnrunce. But so it
was ; !vnd Kate soon ibtind that though every
night'.s cruel neglect was for a time followed by
a repentant morning, and promises that all
should bo given up f<ir her sake, hho was oV)-
liged to acknowledge to herself that her confi-
dence in such priiuiises wiis daily bccoiiing
weaker.

Ah })y degrees the dreadful truth that she
was married to a worthless man forced itself
upon the mind of Kato, she was filled with
grief so agonizing as almost to unfit her for
daily duties ; yet even now she would not meet
the cause of all her sorrow with a cloud upon
that face, which nevertheless told either of fail-
ing health, or, worse still, a mind ill at ease.
"When the first baby voice was hoard in her
home, fondly did tho young mother hopo that
the father's presence would gladden that fireside
which his absence alono made sad. For a while
tho reward of patient endurance seemed to have
come ; and as each returning evening found
Charles seeking the side of his wife, she Avas
happy, tho roses returned to her cheek, tho
lightness to her step, and all tho world looked
bright once more.

It is true, Kate had mourned deeply over
tho sad awakening from her dream of wedded
joy, but she, poor girl, unlike her sister, had
yet to turn to a pitying Saviour for comfort
in every time of sorrow. Her heart was not
yet given to lioly things, but was enlirely filled
willi the image of him who had already made
her taste of tho cup of bitterness. But now
that God had committed a little one to lier
care, deep and holy thoughts were stirred
Avilhin the mother's breast, and she sought
Tremblingly and earnestly for that "wisdom
which Cometh from above," to onablo her to
train her dear one for the God who sent it.

About this time Harry and Ellen removed
into the immediate neighbourhood of the Mor-
timers, an event which was most annoying to
Charles, as hitherto the defects in his character
luid not become generally known ; for however
little ho had scrupled to wound his devoted
wife, he still wished to present a fair appear-
ance to tho world ; and now that ho seemed so
changed and domestic in his habits, Kate
trusted that her sister might never learn the
grief she had passed through. Well was it for
*hat gentle one that God had given her a child
to love and train, for old habits ore long
threatened again to gain tho asoendencj' oA-er
Charles, who was fast relapsing into his evil
ways.

With a feeling of undefined dread, Kate
noticed the gradual alteration in his appear-

ance and nianuur ; but ^he had no idea that Iil-
warf rapidly sinking into habits of intoxication,
till one night ho returaed, not alone, but led
to his homo debased and senseless, brought by
one who had helped him in tlie downward
court. . ^\'o draw a veil over tlie dreadful g. lef
of that stricken one, too sacred and intense for
(uher eyes than her tender, pitying, loving
Father's to rest upon. By the bed.sido of her
sleeping infant sho prayed for guidance iu her
hour of trial.

Charles was covered with shame and rcmor.'^i-
when, on the lbllo^ving morning, his meek and
suffering wife put his sin before him, and willi
tears and prayers besought him to leflect and
make a firm stand, while he might yet retrieve-
tho past, in tho hour of huuiiliatiou r,nd grief
he promised all slie desired ; but alas ! evil
habits had gained tc > groat a power over him.
He bartered away iiis present liappiness and
eternal joy for the short-lived and falsely called
pleasures of the prodigal, and seemed to forget
that misoiy, woe, md death were tho constant
attendants on such a life of sin.

What could Kato do? ^\ hither could she
go for comfort and advice ? Sho was unwilling
that any bhould know how Ioav her still dear
though degiaded husband had fallen. l?he
Iherefore turned to the " Strong" for help, and
cried in tho desolate sorrow and anguish of her
mind, " When my heart is overwhelmed within
me, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I."

In the midst of these sad scenes were the
first few years of the lililo Annio passed.
What Avondcr if her yormg mind wcro prema-
turely tinged with care ! for to tier were almost
unknown tho joys of childhood. It is at home
that oven tho youngest look for endearing,
happy hours, and Kate had now so fully realized
her wretched and forlorn position that she was
often too bowed by grief to vv-ear a cheerful
aspect even before her child.

In A'cry truth might it be said thai he " wasted
his substance in riotous living," so that, in addi-
tion to her other trials, the broken-hearted wife
saw poverty becoming every day more appa-
rent. She spoke to her husband on the subject
of his pecuniary aflairs, and heard, not with
surprise, that they must leave their present
home, and seek one more suited to their grcatlj;
reduced means.

Even now could Kato have been happy in
poverty and exile, if her still beloved husband
were Avhat her true woman's heart would have
him to be. But alas ! her cup wsis not yet full ;
her trials were not yet ended. One morning,
whilst sho Avas trying to arrange her future
plans, Ellen surprised her in tears. She had
Icmg noticed the altered looks of the sufferer,
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of Charles' dissipated life, slio knew too well
the cause ; but aifection is ever delicate,^ and
though often tempted to question her sister,
she resolved to wait, feeling sure that the
would know all when the right time arrived.
Little did she imagine the emban-assed circum-
stances if the Mortimers, or the great cause
existing for grief to Kate, who now, in the
bitterness of her anguish and depth of her
despair, confided her wrongs and sufferings to
the astonished and indignant Ellen. Harry at ,
onco came forward with willing heart to help, |
not the destroyer, but his gentle, uncomplain- |
ing wife and child. Nothing could be saved ;
from the wreck ; and a quiet, humble lodging ;
received one who had begun life with bright j
and happy prospects. I

It was proposed that Annie should become a '
member of her aunt's family for a time, and :
join her cousin Hugh in his studies; but
neither she or her mother could bear the j
thought of separation ; their very lives were
entwined, and it was beautiful to see the devo-
tion of the child and the intense love of the
mother. And so Kate and her darling Annie
remained together, whilst ho, the cause of all
their sorrow, often absented himself for weeks,
and then only returned to leave them poorer
than before. At length he left them, and re-
turned no more. Weeks and months passed
away, and still he came not. The deserted
wife yearned and longed for his coming ; she
could not give up the husband of her youth;
and it took all Annie's lovo and efforts to
keep her from sinking altogether under this
final blow. Well was it for her that she had
foimd a sure refuge in this her time of greatest
need.

STORM-W^NDS.

" When were the winds
Lot slip with such ii warrant to destroy ?
When did the waves so haughtily o'erleap
Their ancient barriers, deluging the day ?"

CowPEii wrote these lines in his " Task" in al-
lusion to the unusual natural phenomena which
marked one of the years of his troubled life.
They may as truly bo applied to tko j'ear
1860, with a few preceding months, for living
experience has known no similar interval,
during which there has been such a succes-
sion of furious stonns, with heavy rains, and
a generally disturbed condition of the atmo-
sphere. There is no peculiarity in the mere
occurrence of a tempest. Our fathers and their
grandsiros were familiar with it ; and occa-
sionally with even more teiriblo displays of its
power than we have ever witnesses. But
the lessons of such occurrences are for all
times. Whatever may be the aspect of external

nature to us, it is our comfort to know that God's
government of it is ever a reality, as much so
when tlie elements are in fearful agitation as
when they are profoundly calm ; while all in-
animate agents in their various operations do
his bidding, equally, though unconsciously,
with the vast joyous host of heaven's intelli-
gences : —

" Tlie winds are his messengers ;
His servants, flames of fire."

However suddenly disastrous to life and pro-
perty may be the wild uproar of the tempest,
we are reminded by it *of being under the
mighty hand of God, and are stirred up to holy
conversation and godliness before him.

•' The wind blowoth where it listeth." It is
completely independent of the will of man,
both as to its direction and its force. " Thou
hearest the sound thereof." It is a whisper,
a murmur, a sob, or, anon, almost a laugh
in the gentle breeze — a wild ciy in the fast-
flying gale — an awful roar in the tremendous
hurricane. But no man can tell "whence it
Cometh and whither it goeth." The quarter,
indeed, from which it sweeps, and to which
it speeds, is readily ascertained ; but the stail-
ing-point of the current is beyond our find-
ing out, as well as the terminus of the
journey. Who can say where its first move-
ment began, and where it will end ? But
while obscurity rests upon aerial agitations in
matters of detail, it is sufficiently clear that
they are primarily occasioned by changes in
the temperature of a portion of the air, or in
the quantity of water which it holds in a state
of vapour. In either of these cases, a tempo-
rary destruction of the equilibrium of the
atmosphere is produced, and its particles are
set in motion to restore the balance. The pro-
cess of restoration will be conducted with more
or less vigour according to the extent and
suddenness of the derangement; and damage
to both person and property may bo incident
to it. But this is only very occasional and
local, while there is a resulting benefit which
is constant and general.

The winds display an endless variety in
their velocity and power. There is the zephyr
which scarcely wrinkles the lake, stirs the
leaves, or fans the frame ; and tho mighty blast
which dismantles the forest of its branches,
tears up its trees by tho roots, makes haVoc of
tho handiwork of man, and far outstrips the
swiftest locomotive in its speed. The storm
winds, under the names of tornadoes, typhoons,
and hurricanes, are most common and violent
within the tropics, where they arc often con-
fined to comparatively narrow limits. But
sometimes they pass to extra-tropical latitudes,
reach our wn islands, and sweep over wide

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areas of the northern heniisphore. It was
noticed by the enemies of Cromwell, that at
the time of his death, the wnds went foi-th
raving and howling throngh the land ; but the
same tempest dashed the vepsels of the Baltic
Hcaracn on the strand, buried Venetian argosies
in the Adriatic, shivered the pines of Korway,
and swept before it the cypresses of the Bos-
pliorus. But what is known in oiir records as
the " Great Storm " occun-ed in the early part
of the reign of Queen Anne, on the night of the
2(ith and the morning of the 27th of IS ovember,
1703, and is referred to by almost all writers of
the period. Under that date, Dr. Isaac Watts
wrote the entry in some private memoranda,
"Friday night and Saturday morning, the great
and dreadful storm." It was terribly destiuc-
tive both by land and sea ; and has never since
been equalled in violence.

During the preceding months of the year,
great rains fell in the south of England and the
north of France. On the day before the tem-
pest, the wind rose high in the afternoon ; in
the evening there was lightning ; and between
nine and ten o'clock at night, there was a severe
but short squall, with heavy showers. The
next morning, Friday, the weather was tem-
pestuous, 3'et not so as to give rise to appre-
hensions of danger, though liad the indications
of the barometer been understood and consnlted
as at present, the fall of tho mercury would,
doubtless, have told a talo of coming peril.
The wind blew high all day, increased towards
night, and became a perfect tempest about ten
o'clock. Still most families in London retired
to bed, though few were so hardy as to remain
there past midnight. The roar of the elements,
the unroofing of houses, the fall of chimneys,
and the cries of the injured, combined to fomi
a scene of the greatest tenor, appalling to tho
stoutest hearts. Many thought that the end of
the world was come. The cebrated De Foe
was in a substantial brick house in the suburbs.
A stack of chimneys falling, which belonged to
the next dwelling, gave the house such a shock
that he fancied it was coming down upon tho
heads of its inmates. Opening a door to escape
into the garden, the danger of doing .so was no
apparent, that they all deemed it best to leave
themselves quietly to the disposal of Almighty
Providence, and expect a grave in the ruins of
the building, rather than court almost certain
destruction by venturing into the open air.
De Foe remarks, in a commemorative poem : —

" I felt tbo mighty shock, and saw 'ho night,
Wlieii guilt look'd pale, and own'd tlio fright ;

And every time the raging clement
Shook liondon's lofty towers, at every rent
Tho falling timbers gave, they cried ' Repent.'
I saw, whei^all tho stormy crew,

Newly pomniission'd from on high,
Newly instructed what to do.

In lowering cloudy troops drew nigh ;

They hover'd o'er tlio guilty land,
As if they had been backward to obey ;
As if thoy wonder'd at tho sad command,

And pitied those they should destroy.
But lieaven, that long had gentler methods tried,
And saw tiioso gentler methods all deiied.

Had now resolved to bo obeyed :
Almiglity power upon the whirlwind rode,

And every blast proclaim'd aloud.
There is, there is, there is a God."

Between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday
morning the mercury began to rise swftly, and
tho hurricane slowly abated, but the wind con-
tinued to blow with the force of a strong gale,
and nearly a week elapsed before the atmo-
sphere was lulled to rest. " Thus ended," says
one, "tho greatest and tho longest stonu that
ever tho world saw."

The country north of tho Tweed was not
affected by this tempest. It swept up from tho
south-west, over tlie district between the Trent
in England and the Loire in France, where
dwellings unroofed, steoplos blown down, treca
prostrate, stacks of com scattered abroad, and
vessels wrecked on tho coast, proclaimed its
fury. It is supposed that upwards of six thou-
sand sailors found a watery grave on that fear-
ful night, and that a total of eight thousand
persons perished. The damage to propei-ty
wad estimated at more than four millions ster-
litig. In tho metropolis, the loss exceeded
that occasioned >)y the gi-eat fire ; and for msuiy
days, the city seemed a.s if it had been exposed
for a long period to the cannon of a besieging
army. " Tho wind," says Oldmixon, " blew
west-south-west, and gnmibled like thiiRflcr,
accompanied Avith fla.shes of lightning. It
threw down several battlements and stacks of-
chimneys at St. James's Palace ; tore to pieces
tall trees in the Park, and killed a servant in
the house. Tho guard house at Whitehall was
much damaged, as was the banquetting-house.
A great deal of lead was blown oiT Westminster
Abbey, and most of the lead on churches and
houses was either rolled up in sheets or
loosened. Tho pious and learned prelate. Dr.
Richard Kidder, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and
his lady, were killed by the fall of part of the
old episcopal palace at Wells. The Bishop of
London's sister, Lady Penelope Nicholas, was
killed in tho same manner at Horsely, in
Sussex, and Sir John Nicholas, her husband,
was grievously hurt."

In a dismal enumeration of the items of the
calamity, mention is made of 800 houses, 400
windmills, and 250,000 timber trees thrown
down ; 100 churches unroofed, 300 merchant-
men and 12 ships of the line lost upon the
coast ; 900 wherries and barges destroyed on

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the Thames, and 15,000 shecji, Leisides other
cattle, di'OAvnod by tho overiiowing of the
Seveni. Jioar-Adrairal Beaimiont perished
witli his crew on tho Goodwin Sands ; and Mr.
Winstauley, the engineer of tho iirstEddystono
Lighthouse, was swept awa}' Avith the struc-
ture ho had reared. Ho had expressed tho ut-
most confidence in its stability, and was in tho
buihliug superintending repairs when the
stt)rm arose. Tlie next morning not a vostige
of the habilation on the I'ock was to bo neon
from the shore. It was afterwards found, that
the waves had so completely torn Tip the struc-
ture from tho very foundation, and carried it
aAvay, tliat not u beam, stone, or iron-bar
remained. The only article left was a piece of
chain, wedged in a cleft, which was cut out
about half a century aftem^ai'ds. Faintly to
ill-strate the impetuosity of the wind, it may
be stated that a vessel laden with tin bioko
from her moorings ofi' Falmouth, and was driven
to the Islo of \Vight at tho rate of more than
thirty miles an hour.

This dreadful visitation silenced for a time
the clamour of political faclions, sjiocially loud
and rancoroTis at that period, and brought to
the remembrance of a godless generation llim
whf> sendeth forth the stormy Avind to fulfil
his Avord. Tho queen appointed a national
fast, stating in tho royal proclamation relative
to the event, that " avo most humbly acknoAv-
ledgo it to bo a token of the divine displeasure ;
and that it Avas of the infinite mercy of God
that Ave and our people Avero not thereby
wLolly desti'oyed." Many persons had cause
to regard that night of terror as ono to be
remembered Avith gratitude, OAvingto the almost
miraculous manner in Avhich tlioy Avere pre-
served from death or injury. One of these,
Mr. John Taylor, a bookseller in Paternoster
Ttow, Avas so affected bj' the interposition of
Divine I'rovidence on his behalf, that he
regularly devoted the anniversary of tho event
to thanksgiA'ing and prayer, with some friends
like-minded. They met at his usual place cf
worship, the Baptist Chapel, Little Wild Street,
Avhcn a sermon Avas generally preached com-
memorativo of God's goodness in preserving
the AV()i-Khi]>}K'rH at a time Avhcn so many
perished. This good man at his death be-
(pieathed a sum of money to trustees, Avith
directions to employ the interest in securing
the continued remembrance of an cA'ont in
Avhich judgment and mercy were so remarkably
displayed. The will of the testator has been
duly executed : ■^nd last iS'overaber, the one
-eighth annual commemora-
.Id.
jOnt «centur> , a hun icano

hundred and '
tion serA'ico av;
Down to tht

was generally deemed to be simply a gale of

Avind pursuing, Avith innuonso velocity, a rec-
tilinear course. But it is noAv known that
thewc storms are real Avhirhvinds, or huge
eddies in the atmosphere, having two motions,
a progressive and a rotaiy, both i'ollowing
certain fi.\ed laAvs. Originating generally
Avithin the tropics, they travel from thence
at a comparatively slow rate toAvards tho
poles, uorth-easterly in the uorthein hemi-
s]ihere, and south-easterly'- in tho soitthem.
Thus tho storm of 1 703 came across tho Atlan-
tic from the tropical regions of America, and
passed over Britain, France, Holland, GcrmaTiy,
(Sweden, liussia, and northern Asia, to the
polar ocean. But if the progressive mot ion is
a grand slow march, the rotary, or the Avhirl
of the air at the outer circle, has an intense
velocity, Avhile the interior space, or A'ortcx, is
the scene of gusts and lulls. In the northern
hemisphere, the Avhirl of the wind is in a direc-
tion againbt the hands of a Avatch, and with them
in tho southern ; and of course on opposite sides
of tho same Avhirl-storm, the wind bloAvs in
precisely opposite directions. Tho particular
cause of these ]ieculiar commotions ii\ tho
atmosphere remains in obscurity; but they
may bo due in part to tho same law under
Avhich eddies or Avhirlpools are formed in Avater,
by two currents being obliquely impelled
against each other. The great hurricane may
thus correspond in principle to tho small local
whirhvind, so commonly seen in tho summer
season, carrying upwards and along with it
the dust and loose grass in spiral columus,
exhibiting a progressive and rotary motion.

The general conclusions stated have been
well established by the independent observa-
tions and comparisons of highly-gifted men;
and Ave ought to be thankful to the Author of
all good for disposing their minds to the in-
quiry. By taking adA- atago of tho law of
storms, a ship may san out of a huiTicane,
instead of drifting along Avith it to be fatally
entangled. It is also a most happy circum-
stance that, like " coming events" Avhich " cast
their shadows before," those aAvful stonns are
incccded by signs indicating that

" Deep in ft cloudy spoek
Compressed, the iiiiglity tempest brooding dwells."

Among tho surest signs are the sinking of the
barometric columns, and the temperature be-
coming Avaraier or colder than usual at the
season. Sucli indications are distinctly shoAvn
many hours, if not two or more days, before a
dangerous tempest. With warnings of this
Icind proA'identially giA'en, the calamities noAV
endured by our fishenaeu and coasters might
in many instances be avoided, if good baro-
meters Avere generally available for their use.
But those who are the most exposed to peril

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STOini-WIXLS.

niiii'

arc either too poor, or ill-informed, 1o provide
Buch ponnaiicnt iiistrnmf.'nts of iii.stniction for
themselves, lleiico it is .satisfaotory to find
that the Xulional Life-Boat Jn.stitutiou pro-
poses ti) place them at its own fstations, wher-
over they are likely to he of most service ; and
to instruct iip;euts properly in reading their iuJi-
(•ations, so that they may act as so many storm-
warneis in tlie towns or villages; in wliich they
reside. Such a proposal Avill liave the wamiesl
eympatliy of the Christian ])hilanthi-opist.*

It is a time of fear and peril to man and
Least when the txjmpest developes its giant
strength, as in intcr-tropieal regions. Few
scenes in the varied panorama of natnic iiro
more awful than tho appeal then made to the
senses of sight and hearing, by the dense black
masses of ch:)ud that roll in wild confusion
through tho air, the tumultuous aspect of the
ocean, tho agitation of tho wuods, and the voice
of tho wind, varying from the picreingly-.'hi ill
cry to tho deafening roar, and occasionally
combining eveiy kind of intonation in the
sound. But it is unquestionable that neither
breeze, nor gale, nor storm, could be dispensed
■with in tho economy of nature, for the various
forms of life -which the common air sustains
are preserved in vigour by that conflict of the
elements which occasionally to some involves
disaster. A variety of causes in operation on tho
surface of the globe, and in its interior, concur
to derange that constitution of the atmoi phcre
■which is alone salubrious, and would con-
•vert tho medium of life and health into a fruit-
ful source of fever, pestilence, and death were
it not for an antagonistic influence in constiiut
action. Tho vitiated air (carbonic acid gas)
which is thrown oil' as deadly by animals,
becomes the food of plants, which, under the
influence of solar light, retain the carbon for
their own growth, and restore tho oxygen to
tho atmosphere. The exhalations from low
swampy grounds aro a further cause of deterio-
ration. But the atmospheric cuiTCuts separato
and disperse the poisonous ingredients, render
them innocuous by bringing them into new
combinations, and thus keej) up that due pro-
portion between the component parts of tlie
atmosplun-e upon which its life-conserving pro-
} lerty depends. The ordinary play of the winds,
iu tho breeze and in the gale, has been or-
dained to accomjilish this benign purjiose, and
ovou the dread tornado becomes a messenger of
life nud health to the regions over Avhich in
brief violence it has passed.

* It is esthnatcd tli.it a goo<l baromt'tcr cuiinut bo
lixtd i\i a life-boii+ liotise uuder iil., so tliat it will require
a coasiderable Biini to carry out eiiicicutly tlio above
liliin. It may servo tiic cause to .stale that tlio office of
the iastitutiou is 14, Jolai-strect, Adil[il!i, London.

111

•^.^ngp£i for tljt f nmig.

WASTE NOT.

"I WISH I were n priiK^ess," said litllo
Mary Horton to her mother, as, with a
very di.scontcuti d looking face, she entered tho
parionr.

jAj "Anil what ha.i made my little piil dissatislied
If witl) the station in life in wliieli (Jod has seen lit to
place her V" inquired Mr.s. llortoii.
"Why, uianniia, I was just tliinkiiip:, if I were ;i
* princes.-) I could do fvs I like. I tilionld nut bo
()l)lip;ed to laki^ sneli f;rcat care of every little thins;.
l\ri-.s Ashton wuH qnitt^ angry tlii^s nit' .oon because
fionie of I'ly bonka liad turned-uj) leave s ; and when I
u(<ked her t'l let nie hav(! my now doll, ,shi^ rofusjod."

" JJut 1 am quito sure that Miss Ashton had some
f:;ood reason for this refusal. What did she say besides
' No ' when j'ou asked permission?"

Mary's face turned red, and she slowly replied: "I
think, mamma, I displeased Miss Ashton by leavin;^ my
phiytliingri strewed upon the lloor, and she said I must
be taught to take care even in little matters."

" So Miss Ashton denied you this pleasure for the sake
of teaching you a useful cud necessary lesson?"

" Yes, mamma."

"And yoTi wished to bo a princess, thinking you
might, in such a station, commit with impunity a sin for
which j-ou aro now blamed ?"

" Oh, mamma," said Mary, "surely you do not call it
a sin to leave a few things lying upon the floor?"

" Were they not wasted by being left there, IMary ?
Now tell me, my dear child, should you not consider it
wrong to waste time and be negligent in performing
your duties?'

" Yes, mamma."

" Lisien to what the wise king of Israel wrote in IJio
eighteenth chapter of Proverbs and tho uintli verse :
'Ho aLso that is .slothful in his work is brother to him
that is a great waster.' Now, hero you seo the sluggard
who throws away time, and tlio extravagant person who
wastes bis goods, arc classed together ; tho one for not
working with his might; the other foi" not taking caro
of what he actually possesses."

" IJut, mamma, they were onli/ toys of which I was
careless."

" That does not niter the matter, my dear. Persons
very t:eldom begin by l.ireaking God's commandment.s v.\
great things. Tliey'l)egin witli matters whieli seem of
very littlo importance, and they go on until the .in
becom<>8 a habit. Tho same wasteful spirit which made
you indill'erent about your toys, would cause you to waste
things of jnoro importance when you are older. And
just think, my dear, tho toys, you used so carelessly,
l)Ccauso they were old, would have furnished amusement
to a child poorer than yourself, in whose eyes they
would have seemed porf(>c"t treasures. So you not only
wasted something, but lost an opportunity of conferring
happiness."

Mary hung her head, and her blue eyes filled with
tears when tliis view of tho case was presented by her
Mother, who added, "Does my littlo girl now think" that
Miss Ashton was right ?"

"Oh, yes," half stifled bv a sob, was Mary's ropl.v.

U.'^

peonlocoul.I.I,;/ • "lamina; but T ,i;i ...
," When I was at K ., '^ "''-»"' ashametl

^"'•"'^' I"' ty of^eJwfr"^ ^'''^ "lwaj-/;„S' """-^"t'^^'
lookibrJr,!^''', ■'^'•'^^^ I'ttio peon . V ' '""''■ ^" i'tr

"ml bestows a i^^^ joius n a ' l,,""'' ^^''i

saw Bibles Pi,,,, i o "" ^aeh youn./,L Vi "■ '*P^'t«.

WASTE iVOT,

, "lam^Liof v. "-"'bavonmcleu

■"*•« pi«:. ?*"'*'"" "»' '» iff' ;:r c'r

been /l„V *-'arnest, Ma

"^o; its wJi t. *?°'^''^ ordirtyr-
car.. ,.,„i ,.? ' ^ ^*^"s inucli stM,„i- ._•.,''.']• ^VJionlsaw

^^''«b wi^;™^£«t by it.;;;- «^'^- j^-^ l trust
cess (JooB nnf I "'"'^ couvinco Im,. Vi / , '^^^ ^a?i' own

wastefuJ. witJievl ,«"'l eitl.er of t os-e , • ^''''^"^''''ct'

*--»"«l.t that «ii '?'• ^™«">bei Sli ? "^'*' "' a '

*T to cure luyself; by ;

"".' 'I>^-tIt funo '//)/>, " f""*'' ^*' Arad . ., i"'' ^'*'
«aHl mito tii ? "'.?P''oplf." 1 Sam vv /l">" ^^e^t
«'"ony L iv,,, ,'-',"^'^'' <^». «l.T'art ;.f ' *'• Aml8auJ

from amon "^brl'^^^^J-pt. «o h[ ;"' S ''^T^ ^>-''ea'

*b() crinp]f. «'\vi ■ At Lystni, wJier,. Qf r. .

*'-y jB'„p^\tl"'°^'"P'^'^^v vmfji^l^-;'"^ beale,]

Lvcnonin Ti, ^ .^' voices, .s,v;„„ ■■:,""' ^'adi one

J3- From wi,.f ' "'^^STIONS.

t;vtnts occurreil on

^Iiss A«lif<m c,i!lg nn
■I' aiixiaiis now tlmt I
ill Juiylit Jmvo niiulo u

[fary ; nn.l I fnist tliu
1 »»>y I'liild.scfturtd to
o wo ilisiiiiss tim bill.,
•iijplo ul' (roiiiiinv ill
' King of Isiiici, \'vJn,
isiiiess is biotlicr tci

"lio lier Dihlf. and
id with live Ijuilrv
';nt wlan tliey were
»"tli(;r up tliu tia"-
l"st ;" thus ti iicliin-'
d bo of use.
'ild creatu us mueli
Id not waste a trw.
luuld caro for ij'u,

^iid now yon ])avo
toJ'lio wJio gave it
i£ himself 'King of

l':STIONS.

•>' uf tliu Keni tc-,

tliu city of paJin-

tlio wilderness of

d ; and till V went

XV. 0. "AiulSauI

t yoii down from

you with them •

en f>f Israel whea

Keiutes departed

[Irpn of Israel did
I'd IJaalim. And

Ashtnroth."
»ro3o, and her
and followed

Paul Jicalcd
Paul Jia.ldone,
"in' speecli of

tlio likeness

waslnuicdin
And Jaeob
!■ of Ifachers
thou art de-
two men by
n." ^

deep sh:ep to
" And when
pou Abiam."
lid the cruse

to Israel ?

•■are over

tlie region

initains oii
i'111'.-ie.s for

I'w Tostiv.
nirred oa

w,\

(I w % v^

h'"'h^f^.i, »j-*>.rM

Tii!-:

■M

SUNDAY AT HOME:

HANANIAII, lis KAUiii riioFa::T, ii:;::.\ki:;o t.'ie yoke which svmuot.izku sdiueCtiox to baiivlon.

THE LIFE A\D TDIES OF JEREMIAH
THE 1>KUPHET.

' t'liAPTi::: v.

JL'I)GMK>a' UKGUX.

" The I/)i\Vs voice crielli iintn the < ily, mul tlio man of wisilom
hliiiU soc tliv name : Hear ye tUe lod, and wlio hath oppohitetl it." —
Jlkdi VI. 'J.

JEiroiACinx, or Jcconiali, succeederl liis father,
fie reigned but tliroe month-s, and then was
carried captive to Babyhm, as Jehoahaz had
been to Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar set up his
nncle ^luttaniah in his stead, whose name ho
changed to Zedekiah. There were thus two
kings living at the same time, and the number
No. 359.— I'DBMsiiF.n JIarch 14, I86i.

of Israelites who were captives in Babylon was
so great that there were almost two nation.s.
Adversity did its work on the exiles, who were
in many respects superior in character and
conduct to their brethren at home. (Jer. xxiv.)
Nor were these expatriated Israelites without
the blessing of special revelations from heaven.
Among them, also, a prophet was raised up.
In the fifth year after Jehoiachin was carried
captive, the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel,
(Ezek. i.,) a priest, as was Jeremiah, while he
was dwelling by ihe river Chcbar. His thoughts
were of his distant home, and of the tempi;;
where he had been wont to minister, but in

PiiK.'E OsF, rE>::v.

162

Liri: AXl) TL'\IES OF JEJiEMIAlI THE rEOPIIET.

whose aacrod services ho might no hingcr
assist, when a ghjrions vision ut" tlio Diviiio
nifijosfj-, enthronod bctwci n the clu^inbim, was
VI uchsufed to him, b7iii<iiii<5 tlio chceiin}^
iisHiiriiiioo that t]u)n<ih fur from tlio <i'm])lo oi"
tho liord, ho was \v>': far tVoiii tho Loid of tlio
toniplo. To him, no loss fully than to Jeremiah,
was lovcalcd tho appvoaohiiif; doKolati(m of tho
city and dcstniction of tho tomplo ; and the utter
corruption that drew down such heavy judi^-
mcnls was shown to Irim in vifiion. (Ezek, viii.)

ITo was transported to Jerusalem, and cou-
ducted to iho house of (Jod. There, over tlio
altar, an idol imago was set up. On tho walls
(jf tho sanctuary Avero represented every form
of creeping beasts and abominable things that
the heathen worship, and sseventy elders of
fsrael stood there, burning incense to false
gods. Women were weeping for Tararanz, a
fable of heathen mythology aunnally com-
memcjrated by the Syrians and tho Greeks, in
those gates which should have resounded with
thanksgivings and psalms of praise. And
within, between tho porch and the altar, in
tho Kpaco reserved for the priests, the ministers
of tho liOrd, were five-and -twenty men, " with
their backs toward the temple and their faces
towards the east, worshipping the snn." These
wore tl things that Jeremiah was daily seeing
and hearing ; well might rivers of waters con-
tinually run down fmm hifi eyes.

The doom of the nation was sealed, the will
of God was proclaimed that for seventy yeare
they should dwell in captivity. And the
exertions of the prophets were directed to per-
suade the ])eoplo to submit to that will, to
reconcile the captives to remaining peaceable
(jitizens of Babylon, and to dissoado those still
in Judea from vain resistance to Nebnchadncz-
zar. For a time Zedekiah oontinuod submis-
sive to tho master to whom he owed liia king-
dom. In tho fourth year of his reign he
undertook tho journey to Babylon to do
homage (Jcr. li. 59), accompanied by somo of
liis nobles. One of these, named Seraiah, was
brother to Jeremiah's friend Baruch. Their
grandfather, IMaaseiah, had been governor of
Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah (2Chron.
xxxiv. 8), and both brothers were early com-
panions of the prophet. ., To him Jeremiah en-
trusted a manuscript, containing the i rediction
of tho sudden and complete overthrow of tho
magnificent city he was about to visit, which
was afterwards placed as tho appropriate con-
clusion of his prophecies when they were col-
lected into one volume. On arriving at Baby-
lon, Soraiah was first to read the book, and
ihon binding to it a heavy stone to throw it
into tho river Euphrates with these words:
" Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise.'' Uow

like were words and action to what St. John
long aftorwarils saw and heard in vi.>-ion con-
coiniiig another Babylon. "A mighty angel
took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast
it iuto tho sea, saying, Thus with violence shall
that great city Babylon bo thrown down, and
shall ho found no more at all." (Ifov. xviii. 21.)

Both among tho captives and in Jerusalem,
false prophets wcro numerous, and their pro-
dictions of peace and liberty deceived many.
Jeremiah was going about with a yoke on his
neck, similar to those he had sent to diiferonti
monarchy as tho symbol of their subjection by
Nebuchadnezzar. Ilananiah, ono of the im-
postors, insidtingly laid hold of this yoke and
broke it, (Jer. xxviii.) with the impious words,
" Thus saith tho Lord, After this manner will
I bleak tho yoke of tho king of Babylon from
tho neck of all nations within the space of two
full years." Jeremiah made no reply. It was
not his word, but God's, that was contradicted,
and to the personal insult ho meekly sub-
mitted: "the prophet Jeremiah went his
way." But soon ho was sent to Ilananiah
with a message he dared not but deliver :
" Thus saith the Lord, ITiou hast broken tho
yokes of wood, but thou shalt make for them
yokes of iron. Tho Lord hath not sent thee,
but tPiou makcst this people to trust in a lie :
this year thou shalt die." \N'ithin two months
Hananiah was no more.

At Babylon two false prophets, Zedekiah
and Ahab, disturbed tho minds of tho exiles by
promising them a speedy return to their father-
land. Very ditferent was the Divine message
by Ezeldel (Ezek. xii. 13) : " This burden con-
cei neth the prince that is in Jerusalem : 1
will bring him to Babylon, to the land of tho
Chaldeans ; yet shall he not see it, though ho
die there." Jeremiah was not unmindful of
these distant countrymen. He addreu^ed to
them a letter, entirely accordant with the lan-
guage of Ezekiel. (E»ek. xxix.)' He ex-
horted them to settle quietly where they were,
to bo good and peaceable citizens of Babylon,
for seventy years must pass ere their captivity
would end. Far from their quickly returning
to Jerusalem, king Zedekiah and the remnant
of his people were to be brought to them. And
as for the ' deceitful impostors, a terrible doom
awaited them ; their very names were to become
a proverb — " Ahab and Zedekiah, whom tlio
king of Babylon roasted in the fire."

Ezekiel and the faithful among whom he
ministered must have been refreshed by this
message from their distant home. But such
was not the feeling of all to whom it came.
The only reply mentioned to Jeremiah's letter
was addressed by one Shemaiah to the priests
at Jerusalem, advising them to reprove " Jore-

*l030MJt-«!»WWW<-..^

ASYLUM rOK FATIII Kf.ESS CIIII-DltEN.

163

miah of Anatliiitli" for tlio cuiiukcI ho had
(jivon — advice the priests wero too ready to
t'ulluw ; iur rebellion, not BubniiHsion, was tim
popiilar fcolinj^. Yet a Holenin outh bound
Iviiig Zedi.'kiuh (2 Chron. xxxvi. 13); ho was
the sworn viKssal of Nebnciiadiuizzar. \\ hen
ho revolted from his fillej^ianee, lio added
bin ai^iiinst (iod to re')ellii)n against his hove-
roign h)rd; (Kzek. xvii. 11-21) and punish-
ment followed (luiekly and siiiely.

'• In the ninth year" of Zedekinh's reipi
(Ezek. xxiv. 1, 2), " in tho tenth month, in
the tenth day of tho month, the word of the
Lord eanie unto " Ezokiel, in Chaldea, " saying.
Son of man, write thee tlio name of the day,
oven of this same day ; tlie king of Babylon
set himself against Jontsalein tliis same day."
" In tho ninth year of Zedokiivh'i reign," suyii
the eyewitness Jeremiah (Jer. xxxix. I ; lii. 4),
•'in tho tenth month, in tho tenth day of the
month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and
pitched against it, and built forta against it
lonnd about." niis was tho beginning of
calamities that ended only with the destruction
of tho ])eoplo and tho overthrow of the nation.

In this necessity (Jer. xxi.) Zcdekiah sent a
nies.sa<;e to Jereniiah, begging him to inquire
whether tho Lord would deal with them " ac-
cording to his great mercy," and cause the
king of liabylon to depart from thom. Tlio
moHfage in reply was, that instead of fighting
for his people, God would himself fight against
them, and givo the city into tho hands of
Xebuchadnezzar. And to tho people it was
openly proclaimed by tho prophet: " llo that
abidcth in the city .^hall die bj' tho sword, by
llio famine, and by llie pestilence ; but ho that
<;ooth out and falleth to tho Chaldeans that
besiege you, ho shall live, and his life shall be
given to him for a prey."

Such language was most displeasing to the
king, llo immediately confined Jeremiah in
the pri.son attached to his own palace, to
hinder him from spreading these doctrines
among tlio people, "f him. as of Joseph when
he was in prison, it might bo added, " but the
Tiord was with him."

came.

letter

priesta

Jere-

ASYLUM FOE FATHERLESS CHIL-
DREN.

The eyes of the numerous travellers on the
Brighton and South-Eastern Railway must, by
this time, have become familiar with the im-
posing structure which stands on a gentle
eminence on the east of tho line, about three
miles south of Croydon. But, whilst the pleas-
ing exterior attracts the observation and excites
the interest of many passers-by, the moro in-

teresting interior, with its ninuerous family
ami busy occupations, is known nnly to those
wjio have tin- upporlunity and tiio leisure to
\ ihit it, and inslituti; a minute examination into
its character and ojieralions.

It is an asylum founded, us its reports indi-
cate, " to board, clothe, nurse, and educate,
f'ltherloss children from the birtli, till \he boy.s
are fouiteeii, and the girls lifteen years <jf age,
without distinction of sex, ,jlaee, or religious
connexion ; that class of children being eligible
for admission whoso ' connexi(jns have been
respectable;' and 'every case being consideicd
to have a claim on tho s\ibscribers, in propor-
tion to its respectable standing in society.'"
As is tho case with the Orphan Working School,
of which a sketch was given in a recent number
of this puriodical (No. 341), no denominational
catechism wimlever is introduced into the
Asylum for Fatherless Children. ^Vhile, in
accordance with tho fundamental law of the
charity, " tho education of tho infnnt family is
to be strictly scj'iptural and leligious," no par-
ticular forms whatever are to be impiL'-ed on
any child, " contrary to the religious convietion.-
of the surviving parent or guardian of such
child." This rnlo has hitherto worked admi-
rably. While tho board of management is com-
posed of churchmen and dissenters, not a jarring
sound has ever been heard in its meetings,
ar'-iing from any of tho ecclesiastical diflereuccs
that may exist among its members.

With a solitary exception,* this institution
stands alone in or near tho metropolis, in one
of its most beneficent but costly provisions,
tiiat of receiving from tho cradlo tho J'oung and
helpless infant orphan; tho generality of asy-
lums requiring that the candidates .should have
passed that ago when they need tho tender,
AViitchful care of the nurse.

This asylum is one of the most recently
instituted of the kind, having been originated
by tho Kev. Andrew Reed, d.d. (tho founder of
four other charitable institutions), and a feu-
benevolent gentlemen, so lately as 1844. Among
its earliest friends, and as ono of its first hono-
rary secretaries, the late Mr. Aldeiman Wire oc-
cupied a prominent position. For sixteen years
he sustained oifice in connexion with the charity,
and by his eloquence, influence, and liberality,
rendered to it mostvaluable and efficient service.
In him tho orphan family has lost a warm-
hearted and generous friend and advocate.

Though now grown to be a large and flourish-
ing institution, numbering upwai'ds of 3400
subscribers, it had its "day of small things." At

• Tho Infant Orphan Asylum at Wanstead. Other
well-known iiiBtitutions for orphans aro " The Asylum
for Feuiiilo ^rpl^ias, Westuiinater Koad," and tho " Fe-
iniilc Orpliaii Houses " at Walworth and Wultluimstow.

M 2

164

ASYLUM FOR FATHERLESS CIIILIJREX.

nil; FlIlbT IIOMK AT ST.>SirOUI> IIII.1..

fiviit, a w^litaiy (jrpliau boy, tlics sou oi' a iiiinlstor
of llio Koypcl, was received. I'etbre a ycuv had
olupi-iod, twenty others wore oloeted, and placed
out to iiur.se at Kiehinond. After thi.s, the pro-
moters were encouraged to extend their opera-
tions, by renting a commodiqus house at Stani-
I'ord Hill, which, however, in about three
yean;, became too wtrait for the increasing
famih-, and an additional residence was taken :
first, a .small one at yhacklewcU Green ; then a
larger one, in its stead, at Stoke .Newington,
vvliicli WU.S appropriated to the infants of the
fiimily. (Itimately, a third hou.';o was secured
'\ )i- the elder boy.s at Kingsland Green.

Tbo means and '.•onsecpientlj'' the number, of
orpli;i;i.'i couunuing to increase, it was then felt
vo bo de>)irablo, both for the sake of economy,
and for efficiency of management, to unite iinder
one roof these di\'idcd members of the family;
and the vigilant and energetic managers soon
succocdod in securing, at a moderate cost, the
pleasant and very salubrious site which the
present edifice now graces. The foundation-
stone was laid August the 5th, 1856, by the then
lord mayor, Jlr. Alderman Saloiuon.s, and the
building was formally opened by the Earl of
Oarlislp, .July the lith, 1858.

During the comparatively short period of the
history of the charity, 432 children have been
the recipients of its iaenefits, all of whom were
bereaved of the support and care of a father,
and veiy many of whom were likewise deprived
of the fostering tenderness of a mother. At the
present time /.ere are 190 in the institution.

in the

while accommodation is provided
epncioui building for 100 more.

The managiMs liavo taken great care that the
sup)ily of food shall be plentitul, and the qualit\
good and wholesome, whilst the clothing is not
only comfortable and neat, but entirely devoid
(/f everything grotesque in shape, or iu any
other way rendering the children consjiicuous
as the objects of charity.

The education is a sound English one, prac-
tical and scriptural; and whilst due attention
is given to the ordinary scholastic studies, sill
the children are faught and trained to bo useful
and handy, geneially, in attending to thom-
selve^J, and in peribiming domestic and olho'
duties. The girls make all tlieir cv*. olotliing
(including frocks); the boys' shirts; tlu^v re-
pair the boys' socks, etc., and help in house and
laundry work ; whilst the boys, in addition to
many duties it the house, work in the grounds
and in the v/osk:.hops.

Of still greater importance is it to be assured
that the children are " brought up in the nur-
ture and admonition of the Lord " (Eph. vi. 4) ;
and that from their earliest j'ears they are
instructed in " the holy Scriptures, which are
able to make them wise unto salvation, through
faith Avhioh is in Christ Jesus." (2 Tim. iii. 15.)

Mr. Saunders, the inspector of schools, from
the Borough-road Training School, in his lasi
leport, testifies to the satisfactory working ot
the institution, as follows : " The very cheerful
and prompt obedience which has been secured
and established, the harmonious working of all

iMimm

ASYLUM FOR FATIFEKLESS CIIILDUEN.

165

ided in llic

t cavo thai lln'
iiid the (pmlit V
jlothing is nol
ntirely devoid
pe, or iu any
a conspicuous

lisli onu, prac-
duo attention
tic Ktudies, all
cd to he useful
ding to thcni-
stio and cthi-r
r t -Vi. clothing
lirts ; they re-
[) in house and
in addition to
in the grounds

it to he assmx'd
up in the nui-
" (Eph. vi. 4) :
ears they arc
res, which arc
ration, through
[2 Tim. iii. 15.)
t' schools, from
ool, in his last
5ry working ol'
e very cheerful
,8 been secured
working of all

nil-: AoiX'Jji .vr liUMiHAM, r-jAii ciiuiDo:;,

llu; 'drcatJoniil ageiicics, and the confidence and
itui'i tion v/i(li which the teachers are rogiirded
i.y the children, hold out the promiso of tlie
uidst satisfactoiy results from these etticiont and
inU.resting schools; while they must bo the
sijiirco of much gratification and encouragement
to the directors and friends of the charity."

Tlie cheerful ha]ipy looks and free move-
ments of the children indicate to the visitor
ihat tlio managers and officers of the institution
are verv desirous of niakin<>;, what to the bo-
reaved orphan might aftei- all he but a cold,
cheerless abode, a home of luippy hearts.

it may be interesting to the }euder to state
that, in addition to the ordinary cases of admis-
sion to the benefits of the charity, by election,
u jiowor is A'cstcd in the board of managers of
admitting at once ])ecidiarly distressing and
nigent cases of orphanage : (.if such class were
iwo children who lost their fathers in the ill-
fated " Amazon" some years ago. Another
'■hild, only five weeks old, av<.s the daughter of
.1 city missionary, who died from a fever caught
iu attending cases of a malignant natiuo in his
district. The mother, in her mental agony,
lieeiimo an inmate of a madhouse, and gave
birth to this child, while suifering from tho
dreadful malady which detained her there.

A list of the names of the children elected,
with the occupations of the fathers, and the
circumstances in which they were left, is pub-
I ishcd with each annual report, and is obtainable
at the office, 10, Poultry, London, A perusal
uf this list alone ii^ calculated to arouse sym-
]iaihy for such instituti(;n,s, and to induce those

who have means, and especially tho.-e wliO nvo
lilessed with loving and h/vcd ones uf their
u'.vn, to cumo forward liberally to aid tho bene-
vulent elforts of tho ]noinuto!s of this and
kindred institutions. To the already numerous
supjiorters of such charities it nmst bo a KotU'cc
of great gratification and a presi'iif rcv.ard, as
they pass these homos, to ritlect and feel thai
there dwell in comfort tho objects of their
generous regard and Christian beneficence.

Jn conclusion, wo present (as wo did in
urging the claims of "the Orphan Workin,i\-
.School" in Xo. .'J4I) tho scvijitural motive.; li.
this ^y,ecial form of Christian charity. '• Tc
vi: ii. ilie fatherless and widuAVs iu Ihcii' alliie-
tion " is one of the divinely-ajipointed duties of
"pin'o religion and undeiiled befoi'o God and
the Father." Personal vieiting and assi.'itance
may not be within the power of many, but the
next best way of fulfilling this dutj- is by con-
tributing to tho support of an orphan insti-
tution. It is written, " Leave thy fatherless
children, and lot thy widows trust in luo." To
be the agents in carrying out this bencucent
purpose should bo regarded as a privilege, and
must bo approved by Him who is called '■ llic
Father of tho fatherless."

NOTES FROM AX ARCTIC DIAIJY.
III.
Afteu tho events recorded in our last chapter,
the wind ceased, and the ice, cariying the
ship with it, drifted slowly nortln\ards with
the current, and gradually froze together. Tlia

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NOTES FROM AX ARCTIC DIARY.

ship finally became stationary about four miles
nortli of IVinoess iioyal Inliuirl, ami by the Cfh
of (.)ctobcr wa« r'X)fe(l in and arranged as fi
winter dwelling.

The following day, at eight in the niorninjr,
•n- party started to visit the eastern coast, wliieh,
thongh only six miles distant, took more than
two hours to reacii over the rugged blocks of
ice. " Wo planted the English flag upon a
hill and took possession of the newly-discovered
country in the name of Queen Victoria, the
captain bestowing upon it the name of Pi'ince
Albert's Land. Leaving the sailors to erect a
cairn aiid bury a glass bottle with the intelli-
gence of our visit, our officeiii strolled inland,
and ascended a hill about 1200 feet high, in
order to see, if possible, whether tho water in
which the ship was frozen up was a gulf or a
channel, but intervening heights prevented
this. We at© our luncheon, which by this
time was h»rd frosen, and then descending, re-
joined the sailors and started on our return.
In a quarter of an hour we came to a channel
of deep black water, a hundred feet wide.
Owing to the high tide, the sea had parted
from the land-ice. For a long hour wo wandered
up and down, hoping to find a place whore the
rift narrowed sufficiently fi>r us to spring over,
but tbe farther wp went the wide?- it became.

'* Returning to the spot wlience we started, wo
.iscendcd a mass of ice, more than thirty feet
liigh, from whence we could .see the ship dis-
tinctly, and tiled our gims as long as we hud
any powder ; but the report did not reach so
far. As it grew dark, we saw rockets tlirown
up and cannon fired on board the ship, but
that was of no use to us as wo had neither
powder nor fuel to give an answering signal.
Hunger and thirst wei-e now added to the other
discomforts of our situation, and which was
especially unpleasant to Dr. Armstrong and
me, for in the dark wo had both slip])ed and
fallen into the water. Being completely wet
through, we found the cold almost intolerable,
and could scarcely move in our frozen clothing.
About nine o'clock, three companies with
torches started from the ship in different direc-
tions. With our united voicea wo shouted as
loud as we could, but in vain. At last, about
eleven o'clock, one company seemed to be
approaching. We heard them fire, and shouted
again, this time not without effect, and by
midnight we had the satisfaction of speaking to
them over the water. We were conveyed
across in an india-rubber boat, and reached th^-
ship safely by two in the morning, thankful
to Ihid ourselves well and unharmed. A good
supper awaited v.r,, to which, half famished s\s
wo were, we did ample justice. This was our
visit to Mount Adventure.

" October 20th. This morning. Lieut. Sain.s-
Iniry, Mi*. Paine, Kewton, ami J, started fo*'
i'rince Albert's Land. A two honr.s' ir.aicli
brought us to the shore, where we eolleelcd
drift-wood and made a gfxxl fire. After taking
some coffee, we proceeded inland in search oi'
game and shot a hare. Returning to .ur fiio,
we saw something coining towards n.s over the
snow, which we took at first for a paity '<f
Esquimaux. I was rejoicing at tho idea of
meeting the.se people here, and was ah oudy
planning how I should pass the winter with
them, when we perceived that the objects wore
not men, but large dark-coloured anim.tls.
Theie are no black or brown beai's so far noith-
ward ; they were not reindeer, for we saw no
antlers ; and all the other creatures known tt>
us were white. We loaded with ball and
awaited their approach. Mr. Sainsbtiry was
unable to use his sfun, his fingers being frozen
etiir, so we three were obliged to prepare for a
conflict with the unknown animalsi. As they
continued to approach without seeing us, we
lay down on the snow, about twenty paces
from each other, on tho side of a low hill, and
watched them as they came heedlessly nearer.
Tlioy were tho size of an ox, with formidablf
and somewhat crooked horns ; their bodies
were covei'ed with long hair, which reached
nearly to the ground, so that their fcei were
scarcely vi.siblo. At the di^-tancc of about
sixty paces they became aware of onr presence,
stu]iped, began to snort and stainji, and tear up
the snow with tlioir lurns. We fay (piito still,
bur prepared for action. The largest ox now
can)o slowly forward alone, stopping again a1
about thirty paces distant, when lie leeeivcd
the first ball through his head. Turning round,
he received another in his side, and returned
to the rest, who were .advancing quietly. We
crept fifteen or twenty paces nearer and fired
again. The mortally-wounded animals were
now furious, and it wat, well for us that wc
fired from different dire -lio'.s, so that while
one was attixcked the others had time to reload,
'i'hree were already killed, when one rushed
direct.lj'' towards me. My gun missed fiic. tho
percnssion cap having fallen ofi'. 1 started up.
and it was only bj' an awkward side-jump that
1 avoided his rush. The animal, however, as
much alarmed us I, bounded past me and iled
without looking round. I soon put my gun in
order and ran after the fugitive, which i found
standing in the deep snow bleeding fnuu many
wounds. Another bullet stretched him dead, and
then I hastened back to aid in the contest
with the last infuriated creature, but found *hat
already dead. Wo had nt)W time to see how
we had perilled our lives, and all acknowledged
that it was only through tho protection of tho

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1G7

Lnid iLatAvo liad csciipcd uulnirt. "\\ o hail road
in Sir JiimesKoss's narrative that ho Lad fuund
luiisk-dxen on Melvillo Ishmd, and although
Ave liiid never seen any, wo ouiild luA. doubt
lli^kt llicwo uninmls were of that species. There
Averc amongst them only one cow. Tlic greatest
diliicnilty oi'thecha.so in Kuch cold is with one's
slitieiied fingers to pnt on percussion caps."

Captain M'Clure was then aksent on an ex-
ploring expedition, the result of which is thus
given ; — " October IHst. Yesterday moniing, at
half-past nine, the captain arrived unexpectedly
and alone. The previous morning he had left
his party with the sledge about nine miles off,
tliinkiug to reach the ship about two, and order
a good meal to be in readiness for them. A
snow-storm coming on, however, he lost his
v.';>y, hud wandered about the whole night
without rest or food, and had been twice in
danger from bears. H» bad fired away all his
powder in the hope of being heaid by the
watch, but this must have been at too great a
distance. At last, affer wandering for twenty
hours, he found himHelf at daybreak only half
an hour's distance from the ship. He looked
more like a coi-jise than a living man. Be was
unable to speak, and his limbs were stiff with
cold. At midday the pprty came with the
sledgo, and were astonished to hear that the
cajitain had but just arrived. They had jjitched
th'jir tent alter he left them, and, on account of
the snmv, Lad passed the night in it. Tlicy
returned, after an absence of ten days, in good
lu.allli, and well pleased with the result of their
journey.

'• On thi' 2Gth of October, they had reached
the end vi the water in which wo are frozen
u}), and i'ound themselves at the caslern ex-
treiuiiv of the L>nd seen bv ('aiitain Tarrv

b .It

thirty years befuic from IMelville Island, and
named by him Banks' Land. To the north they
saw only ice. and eastward tlie coast of I'rince
Albert's Land. Tims th long-sought north-
west paj;sage was found at last, lliis is really
a channel, here only about ten miles wide, but
having a breadth of thirty-five miles at the
exirciuity; from the eastern ))oint of l!anks'
Land, named P(jint Knssel, to the angle formed
l)y the coast of I'rincx^ Albert's Land, named by
our captain. Point Peel. The strait will Lence-
forth bear the name of Priuce of Wales's
St/ait "

Tho recent disnovcries of Sir Leopold i\I'C]in-
tock prove thai tho Liinonted Si'' John Fi'anklin
hatl already discovered a noith-west ])assiige.
That, of course. Captain IVPClure could not
know : he Lad. therefore, evcy reason t<.i believe
himself the first discoverer.

" tsov. 1 Itli. To-day wo saw the sun for one
minute onlv, and for tho last time this rear.

Oh! how joyfully shall v\-c gre<;t the ooimainee- ,
ment of February, if -vvo live ! Snow his lu'cn
collected, sawn into blocks two feet t;qi5are,
witli which a wall eight feet thick has been
bnilt all round the ship, to shelter from the cold :
on each side of tho deck a snow staircase leads
down to the now levelled ice. 'I'he decks have
received a coating of snow a foot thick, trodden
down, and then covered with a newly-invented
polar cement, composed of snow, sand, and
water. This will remain through the winter as
hard as granite."

At this time was carried out a long-cherished
intention of establishing a school f()r the men.
Five evenings in the week, from half-past six
till eight, they received instruction in reading,
writing, and arithmetic. There were also four
who studied navigation. They appeared to
tnke an interest in leami'^g, and attended the
school very regularl}-. December came in \vith
stoi-my weather ; there was little snow, but a
constant strong wind rendered the cold intense ;
patients came daily to tho doctor with frozen
faces and extremities.

At the close of the month the journal records
tho writer's gratitude to God for the many
mercies that had distinguished this, the u'o«t
eventful year of his life, for happy solitary
houre, for continued health, and for the ('riend-
ship and respect of the whole ship's company.
Soon after, we find that when ^e had ;i1lained
HiitVuient readiness in speaking English, lie
endeavoured ])rudently and quietly to Lcnefil
those around Lini. lie writes: " My cabin is
open to all, and, to my great joy, scmie of tliem
often come in. to -svlioni ' read tlie l>ible, and
then converse with them upon the subject oi
our reading."

The dark winter day.s passed slowly away,
clear and cloudless, but with no distinction
between day and night, aiid little or none
between one day and another. Those who
neither read, wioti', dicw, nor knitted, found
the time drag vcy heavily. It was otherwise
with our industrious I'liei'.d , we find him .msily
employed making thick cloth boots, with cork
soles, "for himself and the captain, that they
might be prepared foe tbe cha.so when dayiighl
returJied : also repairing his uuderelothiu^^ and
lining his sealskin coat with woollen.

Oii January the ;]lst, the sun ]i'ap]ioared for
a minute, and within a fortnight afterwards
there was sufiicicnt light for tlie sailors to
resume (heir ball-playing on the ice. Emplo,\-
ment was foinul for them the next month in
making a le\el road from the ship to Princes!-:
Royal Island. It was not difilcult to foresee
the piobablo fate of the ' Investigator' on the
breaking up of tho ice ; but even if she were
lost, the crew might escape to that i iimd, ind

Hj;S32r'SS'!i?'S'?KH"!!^'Sm

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ENCOUNTER WITH MUSK-OXEN.

'IT WAS ONI.T nv AN .VWKWAUD trDE-JLJil' Tll.Vi 1 A\o;lli-D lila i.L^U.'

•hence reach the shores of the continent. There-
f'oro, as soon as the road was completed, pro-
visions snfficicnt fur three months, together
with clothing, aniniimition, and a large boat,
were conveyed there, carefully socurol against
liears and foxes, and the sailors forl'dden to
visit the spot again, lest they should be ' jmpted
by the spirit casks. At the commencement of
-Vpril, an exact inventory was taken of the
chip's stores. It was found tliat there wero
provisions and fuel enough to last two j-ears,
though not cant'' . sufficient to light two dark
winters. " But wc all hope," remarks the dia-
risi, "that next winter wo shall bo at home
again. It is very beneficial that wo have now
di<,ylight in the cabins. I v-udered to day
alone on land ; was ir spirit w\,n my Esquimaux
in Labrador, and san^, with them, ' 0, Bethany,
thou home of peace !' ''

Preparritious had been making for some time
for sending out exploring partie,? as soon as the
weather would permit. There were to be tlii-ee
"orapauies, each consisting of an officer and
eight sailors, furnished with a tent and provi-
!»lons for a month. It was decided that they

should start on Good Friday. The usual i-;er
vice was held in the morning, and in the after-
noon all mustered on deck. The parting was
felt to bo rather sat., but the captain made a
speech, the colours were hoisted, the t\vc-nty-
four sailors harnessed *hemselves to their sledges,
and Avith three cheers from their shi)^ mates,
they st-rted in three diiferent directions.
Under th^ date of the following Sunday, wc
read : " In the iiiorning there was service ; and
as the men could not go on the ice in the after-
noon on account of the stormy v.'eather, I held
a meeting with them, at the close of which I
was requested to hold another soon."

Of such times, it is said that " the Lord
hearkened and heai-d, and a book of icmem-
bi-ance was written before him, for them that
feared tho Lord and that tliought u]ion his
name." (Mai. iii. 10.) Lot us hope that the good
brother's exhortations wore not without .some
spiritual blessing; and if this nanative tb.lls into
tho hands of any of his old shipmates, iray it
soi-A-o to bring to remembrance their prayers in
time of trouble, and their deliverance fiom tho
perils of which we have yet to give tho record.

THE \\ AY TO GOD.

109

Jeiic

THE PULPIT IN THE FAMILY.

TIIK -WAY TO GOD.

" Jesus saitl] unto Iiini, Iain the way, tlic trutli,
ami till! litV' : no iiiiUi coiueth uuio tUo t'allier but
by me."—Julm xiv, s,

S there a wi,; tu i.UA ? Can wo
Iravcrso that vadt expanse of
1li()Uj;;lit,tliatuimttei'abledifc>tunee,
whieh yeeiu.s to lie bcfweon a
Inimau soul and the iutinile
Deity? It is tnio that "the in-
visible tiling's of him from the
creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the
tilings that; are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead."
(Rom. i. 20.) linfc oven sup-
posing the unsearchable Jehovah has in part
manifested his attributes, unfolding to us as
much of his nature and charaeler as human
language can express, can wo draw near tu
iiim with any expectation uf a faAxmrable
I'egard — we, who have transgressed all his
lioly laws, and neglected to do the things
which Ave ought to have done ? Or, whore is
Viis temple of mercy to Avhich a sinner can
repair? A\"hero can wo hope to receive a visit
it his grace, or a passing token of his pardon-
ing mercy? Job, the best and most upright
man of his generation, poured out a complaint on
this matter, in the following mournful strains :
"Oh, that I knew where I might find him!
that I might come even to his seat I i woidd
')i'der my cause before him, and fill my mouth
with arguments. lie is not a man, as 1 am,
that I should answer him, and we should come
together in judgment ; neither is there any
<laysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand
upon us both." (Job xxiii. o, 4 ; ix. ;J2, 'o.>.)

It is evident that merely to know what
God is, cannot give peace or satistt\ction. On
the coi.trary, a proper sense of the Divine
gi'and<);u- and holiness would overwhelm a
tboT.'-iU 1 mind and awakened conscience.
\Vt • :. feel assured, not only that there is
a '^. . \uv' that he is approachable by his
creatui.. 1.' uiit that there is a way in which
:sinful mOitcN may come to him Avith accept-
ance. Such a way has been opened for us
l)y Christ ; " 1 am the way, the truth, and the
life : no man cometh unto the I'ather but by
me." Hero is a L^iand revelation. It tells us
that there is a way to God, a Avay to God as
our "Father." ^\'e can come where ho will
deign to meet us in mercy, and show him.^elf
>.\i' reconciled father and fiiend; for "God
V s in Christ, reconciling the world imt<j him-
r' not imputing their trcspassc.-. unto them."
dovt glorious the prospects wliich are thus
opened to ns by the gospel I ^W 11 u. os Jt

desen-e to be called "glad ddiugs." The
offended Lord of the univciso invites us to
come to the cross of Calvary, where we may
behold the Lamb of God which taketh away
the sin of the world; and believing on him as
our Saviour, we may have the loving regard of
a heavenly Father ]'estoied to us. All tliat wo
can Avant for our ])eace is contained in this
restoration. For, as the term "God" implies
an ability to supply all vair Avants, .so the Avord
"Father" implies ;i readiness to give us every
good thing. Therefore, he is able and Avilling
t(j bless us at all times in the appointed Avay.
So that, if you are in Christ Jesus, you are
always in the Avay of receiving grace froni
heaA'eu. And God Avill su]iply all your need,
according to his riches in glory b}- t.'hrist
Jesus. (Phil. iv. 19.)

"Having, therefore, brethren, boldness (or
liberty) to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus, by a new and living Avay, Avliich ho
hath consecrated for us, tlu'ough the vail, that
i,s to say his tlesh : and having a high priest over
the house of God ; let us draAV near Avith a true
heart, in full assnrance m' faith." (Heb. x. lii —
22 ) For this is the only Avay to "the Father."
The Bible tells us of only one salvation pre-
pared lor guilty men, Avho must aA'ail them-
scIa'cs of this Ava^' of life, or perish. Christ
himself said, " If ye belicA'c not that I am he,
ye shall die in your sins." God has, of his
infinite love and mere}', made a provision for
your souFs Avelfaro ; so that it may be par-
doned, renewed, made righteous, and sancti
tied. He invites you to try this simple and
efficacious Avay of life : "0 taste and sec how
good the Ijord is ; blessed is the man that
trusteth in him." But he Avill do nothing else
fur you. He Avill not adopt or condescend to
another plan, and thus let it be o -pposed that
the 2>resent one is hard or imperfect. He sets
before you his own Avise mode of grace ; and ho
does not promise life in any other Avay.

Have 3'ou accepted God's terms of deliver-
ance ? Or, is your Avay better than his ? A\ hy
not at once submit to his plan of mercy? l)f»
not dare to ho]-,e that the glorious Lord Avill
save you, Avhether you come to his terms or
not. Do not presume to think that, after all
he has d(jne to reconcile a gxiilty Avorld, ho avDI
change his eternal purposes, to suit the rebel-
lious Avill of a AA'ayAvard ciealurc ; that lie Avill
gu out of his great and holy Avay, to bless those
Avho refuse to come in it for the otfered salva-
tion. Pe assured, " there is none other mime
under lieaA'cn given among men whereby Ava
must be saved." (Acts iv. J 2.)

Think! docs God ever go out of his Avay ?
All nature witnesses that ho does not. Look
at his doing-^ in piuvidcnce. The husband-

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THE WAY TO GOD.

niaii must cviltivate the gronncl according to
the previous arrangements of the CJreator, if he
expect to reap a harvest. The physician must
use certain remedies, if he would cure certain
diseases. You would stai-ve beside gi-anaries
of wlieat, if .you refused to eat. Evei-ywhere
there arc apj)ointed means for desired ends.
What wo call miracles may be deviations from
the common course of things as observed by our \
limited viow,-buttliey are foreseen and arranged |
events, developing ihe purposes of the eternal j
and unchangeable Ruler of heaven and earth.
God does not move in the least to avert any of I
the physical evils of man, where he has pro- \
vided means for man's use. He hp,s prepared I
what is good for them ; he has given them the |
ability to find it out ; and he says, " Seek it I
oat and use it, or continue to suffer." This is
the divinel}^ appointed constitution of nature
and of man. |

Tiie same principles prevail in the spiritual |
world. Here, too, certain means are preor- ;
dained for certain ends. For the evil of sin in
the world and the heart th'ere is a grand I
remedy, provided by tho all-merciful Lord, j
Yet he allows the world to go on suffering, j
from generation to generation. He has heard
its groaning, whilst ages have rolled on, but he |
lias not stiried from his purpose. He neither '
steps forward to deliver it, nor allcws it to i
relieve itself in another way. The remedy is
tln-ough Christ the Saviour, and can come [
thrnui>;]i him alone. Men have raciked their
brains to invent means of reftmiiing society |
without tho true religion ; but they have not'
succeeded. Crod has set before them one sure I
mode of relief; and when they will not adopt i
it, ho lets tht;ra sutler on. They will not come i
by this way, that they may have life and salva-
tion. I

This is right. It becomes the Lord of glory :
to act in this manner. Were he to change or '
vacillitte in his plans, all confidence in the i
moral government of the universe would cease; j
and into heaven itself the element of insecurity '
would be introduced. Wore God to save sinners i
each in his own way, Christ had died in vain.

But God promises to dwell with the humble !
and oontiite soul, "to revive the spirit of tho |
humble, and the heart of the contrite one." l
Those who trust in the Divine provisions of [
salvation, will find them to be ample and satis- |
fying. Thi!y are free and full. Everj'thing I
about God is rich and great. He is "rich in
mercy, rich to all that call upon him." If you
come to him through Jesus Christ, yon will
find that there is a bounteousness in his doings
which sur])asse8 all that you can imagine. His
way is like himself, rich and glorious ; it blesses
us now, and leads us to heaven. Christ is able

to save to (he uttermost all wlio come unto God
through him. When you submit yourself to
God, you submit to the Father of mci-cios, the
Giver of all pjraco Oh, may the Holy Spirit
incline your hearts to hear the gracious words
of the Redeemer, " 1 am the way," and to hear
also tho solemn warning, " No man cometli
unto the Father but by me."

HYMNS AND HYMN-WKITEES.
KG. y. . •

As the Wesleys, John and Charles, a ere men
of genius and taste, both in music and poetr}-,
it was to be expected that they would employ
those powerful agents in the revival of religion
in England, of which they were both such dis-
tinguished instrumenta. Accordingly, singing
and poetry were a conspicuous and attractive
feature in the worship of their vast assem-
blages, whether in tho open air or within
doors. After many successive publicati(jns ol
bvrans during their long public ministry, in
;i , ^ ■ »-r 1779 Mr. VVesle}' gave his sanction to
a j} collection of hymns for the use of his

cong. cions throiighout Great Biitain and
Ireland. It was no fault of his if the collection
did not at once displace every other hjonn-
book in existence, for the patriarch thus
liberally praises it : " As but a small part of
these hymns is of my own composing " (the
greater part was composed by the Rev. (Jharlos
AVcsley), " I do not think it inconsistent with
modesty to declare that I am pei-suaded no such
hymn-book as this has yet been published 'in
tho English language. Jn what nthor publica-
tion of the kind have yon so distinct and full
an account of scriptural Christianity ? such a
declaration of the heights and depths of re-
ligion, speculative and practical ? so strong
cautions against the most plausible errors, pjvr-
ticularly those that are now most prevalent ?
and so clear directions for making ynur calling
and election sure, for perfecting holiness in the
fear uf God ?"

In almost cverj' hymn-book, whether pub-
lished under the sanction of particular do-
nominations or by private individuals, hymns
are to be found altered greatly from the words
and even the sentiments of their original'
authors. On this subject Mr. Wesley says:
" Many gentlemen have done my brother and
mo (though without naming us) the honour
to reprint many of our hymns. Now, they are
perfectly welcome so to do, provided they
print them just as they are. But 1 desire they
would not attempt to mend them, for they
really are not able. None of thorn is able to
mend either the sense or the verso. Therefore

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I must bog of tliem one of these two favoure : I "Jesus, refujjo of my soul,

oitLor to let tlioiii Btand iuat as thcv are, to ! ^J'^} ";° ^^' ^l'>' '"':!'f>' '*>' =„

take tnem for better or for worse, or to add the j ^vhile the temp(.st still is hic^l.."

true readina; m the inargm or at the bottom of : . ,, ,. , ,«.,"• -i

the |K,-o, that wo may no hunger he acconnt^bh) i ^=' 'iltcration surely most flattening and nn-
eithor fur the nonsense or the doggerel of other , ''P^lf^'J- Henceforth it wonld bo most de-

sirable that no changes Rhonicl be made unless
for absolute heresy in doctrine or absnrditj' in
manner, ancj in no case vitliout warning and
notico whore we can find the oiiginah

men." This is certainly a very reasonable
leqiiest; yet when Wesley himself adojjted
Watts's Hundredth I'salui, he altered or "im-
proved " it. Watts wrote the first two lines: —

"Nations attend before liis throne,
With solemn fear, with sacred joy.''

Wesley change it thus : —

"Before Jehovah's awful throne
Ye nations l)ow witli sacred joy."

Another distinguished hymn of W'atts was
altered by the same hand with universal appro-
bation. W'atts wrote : —

" He dies ! the lieavenly Lover dies !
Tiie tidings strike a doleful sound
On my poor lieart-strinpjs. D(!ep he lies
In tlio cold caverns of the ground."

Wesley's altered stanza is incomparably bet-
ter:—

"He dies! tlio Friend of sinners dies!
Lo ! Salem's dnutfliters weep aroimd ;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,

A sudden trembling shakes the gionnd."

The truth is, that hymns, by common con-
sent, are subject to have liberties taken with
them, to which no other compositions are sub-
jected for a moment. We have many volumes
of " Elegant Extracts," " Lessons in Heading,"
" Specimens from the Best Authors," etc.
^'^'hat would be said of any compiler of such
books, if, without warning or n(jti(!e, he altered
;m opinion which he did not like, or changed
the grammar and structure of the periods, to
conform them to theories of his own ':* On this
whim for making alterations take the following
specimens : —

A universal favourite, and deservedly so, is
C-harles Wesley's hymn : —

" JcKU, Lover of my sni'l.

Let lue to thy bosom fly,
Wliile the nciarer waters roll,

AViiile tlie tempest still is higli.
Hide me, my Saviour, hide.

Till the storm of life is past ;
Safe into the haven pnid(!,

O veeeivo my soul at last.

Other refuge have I none.

Hangs my helpless soul on tbeo ;
L(!ave, uh ! leave mo not alone.

Still support and comfort me.
All my trast on tliee is stayed ;

All my iielp from thee I bring :
Cover my dcfencelcSb; head

With tlio shadow of thy wing."

W e receive a hymn-book not known before,
and turn to see if our well-known piece bo
there, ^\'e find it thus tampered with : —

"Hark, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King ;
Peace on eartli, and mercy mild,
God and sinuors reconciled."

This is a good beginning; the following
verses by AVesley are rather inferior in merit.
They are judiciously altered thus : —

"Veiled in flesh the Godliead sec,
Huil the incarnate Deity :
Pleased as man with man to appear,
Jesus our Inimanuel here.

Mild ho lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die ;
Born to raise the sous of ,.arth ;
Born to give them second birth.

Joyful all ye natioiis rise,
Join ttie triumphs of 'he skies ;
Witli the angelic hosts proclaim,
'Christ is born in Bcth.'ehem.' "

On the 8th of j\Lirch, 1 750, there was great
excitement and consternation in London, owing
to some slight shocks of an carthqukke, and to
give the thoughts of the people a right di-
rection, Chfuies Wesley composed several
hymns.

" Come, Desire of nations, come ! »
Hasten, Ijoid, tlie general doom!
Hear tlie Spirit and the Bride ;
Come and take us to tliy side.
Mindful of thy chosen race,
Siiorh'U tiiese vindictive days !
Hear us now, and save thine own,
AVlio for full redemption groan."

Another on the same occasion began thus : —

"How wenk the thoughts and vain
Of self-deluding men ;
Mi'U who, lived to earth alone.

Think tlieir iiouses rhall endure,
Fijiidly call their lands iheir own.

To their distant heirs secure !"

The earthquakes of 1750 wore of no great
violence, but in November, 1755, the city of
Lisbon was nearly swallowed up. On this
occasion Wesley produced the hymn : —

" Stand the Omnipotent decree ;

Jehovah's will bo done :
Nature's end we wiiit to sec,

And hear her final groan. <

Let this eartii dissolve, and blend

In death tl'.o wicked and the just ;
Let those ponderous orbs descend,

Anil grind us in tho dust

Il'jsls secure the righteous man," etc. etc.

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HYMNS AND HYMN-WRITEKS.

Thcio is also a very sublime hymn by Wes-

loy.

" Tliou God of <;lorious majcaly,
'I I) thcf, iif,'iiiii.st niysi.'lf, to tlico,

A wonn urciiitli I oiy ;
A ludt'-iiwiikeiiL'd cliilil of iimii ;
All lu'ir of ciulless Uiis or piiin,
A biimci' born to (lie.

1,0 ! on 11 nniTow neck of laml,
Twixt two nnbonnilcfl seas I staud,

Seeniv, iuHeiiHiblo.
A pdiut of time, a mouieiit's spaee,
licnioves nic to tliat iiouvenly pluee,

Of shuts mo up ill hell."

Tlii.s ■was actually coinposod on the pro-
luuntoiy of tlio Tiaml's Ei'd, in Cornwall. Dr.
Adam ("larke, in 1819, i bus writes : "I write
this on the last projecting; point of rock of the
Tvand's End, upwards of two hundi'cd foot per-
pendicular above the sea, which is raging and
roaring tremendously, threatening destruction
to myself and the narrow point of rock on
which I am sitting. On my right band is the
Bristol Channel, and before mo the vast Atlan-
tic ocean. There is not one inch of land from
the place on which my feet rest to the Ame-
I'ican continent." This is the place where
' 'harles Wesley composed those fine lines : —

'• Lo ! on a narrow neck of land,
'Twi.vt two unbounded seas I stand.'*

The hymn (No. 140; entitled "Wrestling
Jacob," many will agree with James Mont-
gomery in ranking as among Charles AV'esley's
highest efforts : —

" Come, thou traveller unknown,
"Whom still I liold but cannot see ;

My company before is gone.
And I am left alone witli thee ;

With theo all nigl)t I mean to stay.

And wrestle till the break of day.

I need not tell theo who I .nm,

My misery and sin declare ;
Tliyself liust called me by my name,

Look on thy hands and read it tliero :
But wh. T .^,]J tliec, who art thou?
'J'ell me l.iv _idmo, and tell mo now."'

The interest is increasingly sustained till the
burst of joyful faith in the second part : —

" I know tlioc. Saviour, wlio tliru ai't —

Jesus, the feeblo sinner's friend :
Xor wilt thou witii tlio night depart,

But stay and lovo !no to the cud ;
Thy mercies never shall remove ;
TJiy nature and thy uumo is Love."'

In the collection published by the Wesleys
in 1770, there is a hymn beginning thus : —

"Bcliold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to tho shameful treo ;
How vast the lovo tliat him inclined
To bleed and dio for theo, " etc.

This is the composition of tho Rev. Samuel
\Vesley, tho father of Charles and John ; and
it is said to have been preserved in a very

remarkable manner, when his parsonagc-houso
,'.-.t Epworth, in Lincolnshire, was set on fire by
the pa' isliioners, who were e-xasporatcd bj' his
faithfulness in warning and admonishing them
for their pi'ofligate and immoral conduct. Thoy
had attempted twice to fire tho parson's
house, and succeeded at the third time. John,
who was destined afterwards to bo so eminent,
was then six years of age, and in the confusion
and agonies of cscupu by the other inmates,
had been forgotten, till he was hoard crying in
tlie nursery, lie had been awakened by the
liOjht and thought it day, but opening the
curtains ho saw streaks of fire on the top of th--
roum. lie ran to the door, and finding it im-
possible to escape that way, climbed upon ii
chest which stood near the window, and he
^\•as then seen from the yard. There Avas nci
time for procuring a ladder, but happily it was
a low house ; one man was hoisted upon the
shoulders of another, and could then reach the
window so as to take him out. It was not a
moment too soon, for the wdiole roof fell in,
and had it not fallen inward they must all have
been crushed together. In after life John
^Vesley had a house in flames engraved as an
emblem under one of his portraits, with the
verse, " Is not this a brand plucked out of the
burning ?" As another memento of this cala-
mity, four leaves of music remain, the edges of
which bear tho marks of the fire. Charles
"Wesley, junior, has written on one of the
leaves : " The words by my grandfather, the
Kev. Samuel Wesley : probably the music was
adapted by Henry Purcell and Dr. Blow."
The hymn —

" How happy is the pilgrim's lot !
How free from every anxious tliougiit.

From worldly hope and fear.
Confined to neither court nor cell.
His ooul disdains on eartli to dwell,

He only sojourns here " —

is b}' John Wesley, and with personal reference
to himself. His opinions about matiimonj'
were, at one period of his life, somewhat pecu-
liar, and it was then, probably, that he wrote
the stanza, now generally omitted, as he did
afterwards marry, but very unhappily : —

" I have no sharer of my heart,
To rob my Saviour of a part,

And desecrate the whole :
Only betrothed to Christ am I,
And wait his coming from tlie sky,

To wed my happy soul."

Some of the stanzas are remarkable for their
elegant simplicity : —

" No foot of land do I possess.
No cottage in this wildeiness ;

A poor wayfaring man,
I lodge awhile in tents l)olow ;
Or siadly wander to and fro,

Till I my Canaan gain.

HYMNS AND HYMN- WE ITERS.

Notliiiif,' on oiulli I cull my own :
A strmi.i'ir, to tlic world uiikiunvii,

I all tlR'iv jjoiiils (Icspisc ;
I tniinplc nil their wliolu deliiilit,
And sii'k II cuuiihy out of siirlil,

A country in thu skies."

Th ^^"eslcyiu^ collection is rich iu every
vari-Qty of livnui for special occasions' in public
worship, and some of these are in universal
use bvyond the ^Methodist communities. For
instance, every Christian assembly at f'hrist,-
mas-tido celebrates the nativity of the Saviour
in the words of ( 'liiirlcs Wesley : —

" K:irk llii) licndd aiigols ^'w^.
(tlory to tlic ni;\v-l)orn King. "

And, at the openiuL; (jf devotional sen'ices at
ill)}- season, how familiar arc the woi'ds :-—

" i'ur ii heart to pnilso my God,
A heart frijm .sin set live.'

The more special occasions for which nianj- of
tlio "Wesleyau hymns v:i:vt\ cfuuposed are well
known to every v.'orshipper in .\lcfhodi.st con-
gregatioDS — such ;is fuuemls, walcli nights, etc.
Some of the most valued of tlie \\'csleyan
hymns *re translations from the tiennan. Of
these the finest of all is from a liyiiin i.f (/ount
/'inx( -idorf, the .^ioravian : —

"Jesus, t!iy blood and righteousne.-,'--
3Iy beauty are, my glurion.s dre^.s ;
']\rid llaiLiiiiy; worlds, in lhe.sc ari'ayed,
AVitli joy sliall I lift up my head.""

The original contains twenty-four stanzas.
The "Weslejan collection contain ten stanzas,
and seloclions of these or other stanzas appear
in most hymn-books.

Another well-known translation is fiom the
German of Terstcegcn : —

•'Thou hidden love of God, whose lieiijhl,
AVho.se de[)th niifatiiom'd, no man knows :
I .see from far tliy beauleoiis light ;

Truly I sigh for thy repose :
My heart is pained, nor can it b(>
At rest till it linds rest iu thee. '

A translation from the German of IJothe,
" Now 1 have found the gTnce wherein," i.s a
hymn expressive of various phases of Ohiistian
experience, and two lines of it were among the
last words of the sainted rictcher of Madeley : —

" While Jcsu's blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries."

There is a very beautiful funeral liymn by
Charles Wesley : —

" Shrinking from tho cold hand of death,
I, too, shall gather up my feet ;
Soon shall resign this lieethig breath.
And die, my father's God to meet.

Numbered among thy people, I

Expect with Joy thy face to see ;
Because thou didst for sinners die,

Jesus, in death remember me.

that without a lingering groan
I may tl'.e welcome word reeeivi' :

My body with my chnrge lay down.
And cease at once to work and live."

j "When John "Wesley's increasing infirjnities
I moved his friends to wish he would sparr
I himself, he would listen to no advice, nor
I omit any of his religioTis duties and labours.
I His continual prayer was, "Lord, let me not
I live to bo useless." In anj' place where he
1 gave to his society what he wished to be con-
'• sidored as his last advice, ho invariabi}- con-
' eluded with this verse : —

j "0 that witliout a lingering groan

; 1 may tlie wileome word rec(jive ;

I ^ly boily with my charge lay down,

\ An<l cease at once to work and live."

i Another hymn of T'harles ^Vesley's begins
thus : -

•■ Conic, let us join our friends above.

Tiiiit have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love

To joys celestial rise.
Let all tlie saints terrestrial sing

AVith those to glory gone.
For all the servants of our King

In eartli and heaven are one."

A voar or two after the death of Chark

March, 17HS, John Avas officiating jn nis own
chapel in ilio Citj'-road. After the morning
prayers liad been read, he ascended the pulpit,
but instead of immediately announcing the
hymn to be sung, he stood silent, to tho great
surprise of the congregation, with hi.s ej'es
closed for several minutes, wrapt in intense;
thought. lie then read this hymn with a,
solemnity of feeling which at once showed
where his spirit had been communing. Ilis
decease took place not long after, there being
not quite three years between the deaths of t!ie
two brothers.

Of the hymns in tho "Wesleyan hymn-book
and supplement, 769 in number, about GOO are
ascribed to Charles Wesley, and ;)0 to 40 to
John Wesley. Of the remainder, 06 are taken
from Dr. '\\'atts, 10 from Doddridge, and the
rest from no fewer than eighteen different
hymn -writers. Very many of those attributed
to the \\'esleys, however, are only new versions
of other originals, some of thenr witli only
slight verbal alterations.

" SHE WILL NEVER DIE."

CHAPTER II.

The first sabbath after her return, my friend
again united with us in prayer for God's
blessing upon our labours, and in thanking
him for such a gracious outpouring of his
Spirit. But her large heart could not bo satis-
fied until all were inquiring, "What shall I

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tlo to

SHE WILL NEVER DIE."

bo sP^'Cicl?" When leaving tho school-
room, hor spirit seemed to agonize for Ihcm,
:in(l hIio exclaimed: "If by Li^^ing down iny
own life I conld wivo them, 1 would JDyfully
do it," That day was long rememboied by
many of us, for before its sacred hours had
closed, some for whom Ihuso fei'vent prayers
liad ascended, and who had for months been
objects of anxious concern, confessed that they
had found " peace in believing," and resolved
to dedicate their future lives to Christ.

AVe had often felt that it was no mean privi-
lege and responsibilitj' to sustain the oharacter
and to occupy tho position of a sabbath-school
teacher; but now wo more fully realized the
greatness of our work and the joy of winning
•souls to Christ. Our prayers were answered,
wo had a present reward, and were stimulated
not only to ask gieater things, btit to " work
while it is called to-day," knowing that " tho
night oonieth when no man can work."

Early in tho autumn of 1844, every hope of
returning health was completely dissipated ;
my fri(.'n<l experienced a relapse, and it became
evident that her days were numbered. 'J'he
languid frame, the hectic fiush, and the dis-
tressing cough, told too plainly that disease
was rapidly progressing. During a violent fit
of coughing she ruptured a blood-vessel, and
when all around her were filled with alanu
and agitation, she looked up with a sweet smilo
and said : —

" Not a siii};!;le shaft can bit,
Till thu God of lovo Bees fit."

Perfect repose and quietness were from that
moment enjoined, but her bright and beaming
eye told how happy she was. Hor removal to
.1 warmer locality was immediately proposed,
which distressed her greatly. Tho thought of
leaving again tho place and people to whom
.she was so tenderly attached seemed too much
for her feeble frame. She felt there was a
probability that she would never more see
them on earth. But when asked for her de-
cision, she replied, " Yes, I am in tho Lord's
hands."

After her removal, she rallied for a short
time, and wrote as follows : " I am in the
beat hands, those of my covenant God and
Father ; I have strong confidence in him, and
know that all things aie working for my good.
Oh! pray for me, that I may not grow im-
patient, but cheetfully wait his will. I havo
done with tho world now ; all my happiness is
in God. How joyfully can I leave these clouds
of sin and sonow for tho eternal sunshine of
his presence ! but I am passive, willing to
stay and to suflfer as he pleases.

It was hor anxious desire throughout her
illness to honour God by quiet, cheerful ac-

quiescence, and those who nursed and watched
l)y hor can bear witnoss how patiently .-ho
bore her great sufl'erings. She frequently
asked for a few verses of tho Scriptures to ho
read ; it appeared to soothe tho anguish of
pain, and to keep before hor the ono great
truth so dear to her heart — that God was Iter
covenant God and Fat/ier in and through Christ
Jesus, and that she was his child by adoption
and grace. This was the sweet truth she had
lived upon, and one that she found would now
bear the tost of the dying hour. The last note
received from her was a few days previous to
her death. It breathed tho same spirit of
holy, filial submission; there was no mur-
muring, no repining ; she seemed to rest
peacefully and happily in her Father';} love,
and to cling, with a loving, throbbing heart io
that Saviour who was so precious to her, ami
to whom she was so precious.

A friend, who was with her to the close,
supplies tho following statement : " After a
day of great suifering, and hor last on earth,
she requested that beautiful hymn mi<>;bt bo
read to her : — ,

" Vital spnrk of heavenly flume.
Quit, O qiiit, this iuort;iI iViiinu!
Trt'iiibliiifj, hoping, liiif^cjrinp;, tlyiug,
Oil the piiin, the bliss of dying!
Cea.sL', fond nature, cease tliy strife,
And let mo languish into life.

Hark ! they \?hi8per, angels say,
" Sister spirit, come away."
What is this absorbs me quite?
yteuls my senses, aliuta my sight,
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ?
Tell me, niy soul, can this be death ?'

When reading tho second verse, she ex-
claimed with eager ecstatic joy, as if already ono
of tho spirit-band: ''Hark! they call mo;
soon, soon shall I be there. Come, Lord .Jesus,
fetch me home." Beforo the morning dawned,
she fell asleep, no more to wake tmtil tho arcli-
angel's trump shall bid her rise "clothed in
his likeness."

" She landed in the view
Of tlaming liosta above.
Whoso ranks stood silent while slio drew

Nigh to tho throne of lovo,
And meekly took tho lowest sent.
Yet nearest her Redeemer's feet."

The peaceful and happy death of a believer
in Jesus aflbrds convincing evidence of the
value of those principles of tho " gospel of the
grace of God," which have been the support of
Christians in all ages. The martyr for Christ,
and those whose entrance into the dark vallej
has been soothed by the attention of beloved
friends, have alike needed and alike experienced
the sustaining influence of Divine truths.

It was my painful duty on the sabbath fol-
lowing the death of my dear friend, to supply

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,>j|(ie;u;hi.!r wiifi no more. 1 Kit In niuurufnl .-iluncc
'until all %viM(! assembled, ^vhcn. in answer 1o
their anxious encjuirin^ o^^*-'' ^ could only
reply, " N'd; is il<'ud,'' Oh, the aj;(.ny of th;it
grief, th« sacred .sileuco of that sorrow, my
heart ean never forget. None dared to infer-
rxipt it, until one of the dear girls, with impas-
sioned earnestness, exclaimed : "iS/'/e will /■cv^;r
die! she will live in onr hearts and lives, for
wo ^v*ill follow her as she followed Christ, and
wo sliall be as so many gems in her crown of
glory."

\\'ill not Snnday-school teachers covet such
a testimony as this? \N ill thoynot iitrivo more
earnestly and prayerfully to win souls toChri.-ty
seeking diligently for l>ivino wisdom to dis-
charge the solemn and momentous trust they
have assumed — that of rescuing souls from
eternal d(!ath? "He that winneth souls is
wise. They that bo wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament, and they that turn
many to righteousness as the stars for ever and
ever?'

The high estimation in which this devoted,
humble, consistent disciplo of the Lord Jesus
was held, was testified by the numerous con-
gregation assembled, and by the presence of
the Sunday-school children, all attired in em-
blems of nnmrning, particularly her own dear
girls, whose bursting liearts and tearful eyes
told how greatly they suft'ered when her lieloved

Eastor spoke of her holy, useful life, taking for
is text those words of our Saviour, " She hath
done what she could." Tier sun went down ere
it was yet day, but she had lived to refieot the
brightness of the Sun of righteoiisness, and to
allure otlierij by her influence to bask in its
warming rays. Oh, will not that same love
constrain those in whose hearts it is shod
abroad, to make untiring efforts for the promo-
tion of the Redeemer's glory ? Will they not
Ibo live, that when they die it may be recorded
of them, that for Christ they "have done N\hat
they could ?" Christ calls us to his help; he
uUows us to work for him, giving to each a
circle of influence, and making us tho special
instruments of good and great things.
" Go, labour on, while it is day,

Tlio worlil's dark night is iiustcning on ;
Speed, Bpeed thy work, cust sloth away :

It ia not thu» tiiat souls aru won.
Toil on, faint not, keep watch and prny,

Bo wise tho erring sua) to win;
Go tbrth into tlio world's liighwiiy,

ComiK.'l tlie wanderers to come in.
Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice ;

For toil comes rest, for exile home;
Soon slmlt tiiou hear the bridegroom's voice,
Tho midnisjht penl, 'Behold I eeinc?'"

•' SHE WILL ^'EVJilK DIE."

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yngfa for tljc •^•'nnnij.

mnoW DARKSIDE AND WIDOW
BRIGHTSIDE.

CIIAPTlJlt If.

Ap I liked Widow Brightsido tho bettt, 1
think 1 wi!' tell you ubont her flrat. Of
ciinrso you understand that tiiis was not her
real name ; I only call lier so boeanso shu
always looked at tho bright and liiippy side of
thingri, and ReeiiK.d so full of thaidtfulnessti) God for many
little blessing.i wliich some people scarcely notice at all.
In fact, bIio was always Uncling out a fii.'.'jii can.su for
rejoicing, as yu^i will see from an account of some of our
afternoon visits.

I remenilK'r it was on one day in April wlu.n we
called, mamma and I ; Widow Brightsidu liad beeoma
by that time like an old acquiiinttmce, and chatted away
(piite I'reely about her concerns. She had had a gri at
many trials, but she had learned to see tho hand of God
in wiiatever befel her. She had been used to have a finu
house, servants to wait on her, and plenty of money. And
what were more than these, she once had two danghter.-i
and a iiusband who loved her as I am sure she deserved
to bo loved. Yet though it had pleascil God to take away
all these, she tiover murmured, nor mwle people unhit])py
by C(mii)laints ; but I <lo thiuk she said, " TJiy will be
done, ' with all her heart.

Mamma and she had been talking about her trials —
for she siiid it was a comfort to her to speak of tins d.iir
ones whom " God had fciken into his re.it ;" she always
spoke of their deaths in those words— and mamma said,
" I often wonder that you can feel quite so cheerful wlicii
yon think of all you have lost."

" Ah !" she said in answer, " it is tho thouglit of tho
lengtli of time I was allowed to have tliese blessings that
miikes mo thnnkfid. I have .such happy memories. If I
had to look back upon nothing but a lil]e of misery, thou
it would bo dirterent. But for many years I seemed to
have nothing but happiness with my husband and eiiil-
tlren, and I think how few are so favoured as I have been.
Ought I to munuur that I must in my old age learn U>
bear the cross ':'"

"Well," flidd mnmma, "if we look round, wo shall sea
many things which should make us thankful for cur lot ;
butslill you must feel lonely sometimes."

" If I do, I liiid a medicine for loneliness here," she
said ; and she laid her hand upon the Bible ; " but still I
,un very glad to see a friends face, for I have not been
long accustomed to dwell by myself"

Mamma and Widow Brightside had a good deal moro
talk about things I did not very well understand ; and
when we got up to go, mamma asked if she would allow
me to come and epeml a little time with her now and
then. The old lady was quite pleased, and said I might
go wiieiiuver I liked ; and nmmnui thaidced her ; for sho
told me afterwards she was glad for me to have sucli a
beautiful example of contentment and submission to tlio
will of God as I should sec in that little almshouse ; and
she be^ed me to be very respectful to its tenant, be-
cause sho was not only old, but a servant of God.

The next day I went by myself to see Widow Brighi-
side, and she. let me read tlie Bible to her, and showed

176

WIDOW DAIIKSIDE A^D WIDOW BIUGIITSIDE.

mo ft pii'cnt many of tlio bpiiutiful Scriptiivo proiiiisi\s
v.'liicli iimdo lior U-xA so linppy ftiul lio|i(l'iil. t*lio said,
too, timt hIu' felt very <;lnil indeed timt xlie had bmi
t:m<,'lit to learn by heart so many passii}j;es of Seriptnre
when she wa.s ii litti(^ ;;irl, for they had come into her
tniiid just lilce nu'Ksa;,'es from (lod when they were thi;
most needed to comfort her.

"And now, Annie," she anlud, "if you were in avcnt
tiould" heeunsr you had lest some very near and ihar
relation, do yon think you could llnd ii verso in God'.s
word to comfort you Y'

"I do not know where lo lind on(> ; Imt I know tlicro
nro such in tiie IJihle," I said. " hecanse mamma snyi?
there in nil \\c want to he found in (iocl's iioly book,"

"Wlien I lost my husband and ehilihcn, I filt that a
ijoro ehastisenKMit, Annie.'

AVidow Urightside's voi<'e trembled a little when shn
>nid this. iShe pressed my little hand botwi'cn hers, and
jiaused a moment. Then she said. "IJnt I remembered
liuse words, 'For whom the liord loveth lie ehastcnetli,
and spi)urjreth every son whom lie reeeiveth.' Still if
.Heemecl rather hard to Ihink the sorrows and trials that
are sent an- a jiroof that tJod loves us; but that is ex-
plainid, too, in a verse a little further on in (he same
cihapter. ' Now, no chastening fur iltn jn-eseut seemith to
bo joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afti rward it
yieldeth the peaerabh' IVnits of righteousness unto them
which are exercised thereby.' So you see, little Annie,
tlie liible tf)ld mo that uiy chasteniujg would seem
grievous at tins time, but it promised mc rich and peace-
able fruit hereafter.''

"lint you had more Inmblr i-till, bad you not?" I
ii.-k(d ; for I wanted to knov,- where Widow Ib-ighlsido
found einifort when .-he lost her line Imu'^e and money.

"Yes. Annie," .she answered, "I had: but when
povi rty enme, and I did not know how I sliouul lind
bread in my old age, and I was beginning to futl rather
anxious about my fntmc, there were so many texts to
cheer my heart, that I can scarcely repeat them all.
Tlu.se are some of them. I was told not to ' take
thought for tho morrow, for the morrow would take
thought for tho things of itself;' and 'Consider tho
riwcns: for they neither sow nor rea]), which neither
have stnre-houso nor liarn, and (iod feedeth them ; how
much more aro yc better than the fowls?' 'And seek
not what ye shall eat, or what y(! shall drink, neither bo
ye of doubtful mind;* 'Your Father knoweth that yc
iiave need of tho.so thing.s ;' 'But seek ye fust the king-
dom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things
shall be added unto you.'

" Then I had another trial besides tho loss of wealth,
Annie; for I found that many people had only cared for
me because they thought I had riehes, and forsook mo
in the time of adversity. But clear above nil other
thoi'ghts in my mind came the blessed words, 'I will
never leave thee, nor for.-ake thee ;' and I felt that I
Ji.ad a Friend above all earthly ones to wliom I could
trust my cause .and my wants."

"And did you never feel afraid at all?" I asked.
"Did you never think that you might be forgotten ?'

"Xo, Annie; because 'God is not a man that he
should lie ;' and I knew ho would never break his pro-
mise, imless I cea.sed to believe in him."

'Wlicn I heard dear Widow Brightside speak in this
way, I felt that I should like to be able to trust in God
as slio did ; and binco then, the old lady's words have
ollen come to my mind, atid I am so thankful that I had
friends to teach mo about my heavenly Father's lovo and
goodnes.s. Often I think I should have been ready to
iaint, "unless,' as David says, "I had believed to see the
goodness of the Lord in tho land of tho living." Oh,
dear children, it is such a delightful thing to go to the
Lord's footstool, and tell Jesus all om- wants, and liojies,
and fears, knowing that he care.s for us.

IIow Widow Brightside took comfort I'lon). and <;\.
sure in, the earthly work.s of God, 1 will till you 'n,
Week.

ANSWFII TO SCniPTITin-l KXIGM.V.

.Ml. IV.

"Ill .Toifisfi IN- Hov\:."—Ilnw.\\\. ^■.'.

ll-ebekah
K-lisha .

.f-ehn .

()-(hd .

I-coninm
C-anaaii .
l-saae
\-aanian
G-edalii'l:

T-mlah .
N-aomi .

H-obub .
O-phir .
P haraol;
E-n''edi .

Gen. xxvii. 1.").
2 Kings vi. IS.
2 Kings X. ;!(!.
2 Chron. xv. I —
Acts xiv. I.
.losh. ii. ',).
(on. xxiv. -1.
2 Kings V. !».
2 Kings XXV. 2'.

1 Kings sxii. 0.
lluth i. 20, 2!.

Xnm. X. no.
I King.s ix. 2S.
Ilxod. viii. 2.
1 Sam. xxiii. 20.

SCRIPTURE EyiG:M.\.
NO. vt.

Tun mistress of a south and wide donuxin :

A wnrftiy man who lived in Ahab's reign :

A leper who to Israel's prophet came ;

A town which did the Saviour's jiity claim :

A name expressive of a mother's grief ;

A I'l-arless jirophet and a gn.'at man's c'lief ;

A blind deceiver of the wise and gnud;

Iiirds made to bring a proplntt d;ii!y food ;

l>he whose hard heart was ojiencd liy the woi " :

An ancestor of .lesns Christ our Lord :

A man whose death excited David'.^ ire

A .'■ervaut guilty of an act most dire ;

A fish emi)loyed to stay a prophet's course ;

A dauntless man who dared the fire's fierce force :

A noble instrument in hands divine ;

One from whose early childhood grace did shine.

If in the ninth and fifteenth lines nro taken
Tho second letter, none can be raisbikon.
The first of all tho rest will give the clue
Of a wise precept, both for mo and you.
And may tho Spirit fix it in each heart.
That we mny henceforth chooso the better part

MENTAL SCENES AND riCTUR E.

KO. V.

•' Pride ^ooth before destruction, iind a ImugUly spirit before a f:ili.'
I'roi'. xvl. 18.

Tnv; light which streams in througli high n.-inov
windows shows us tho interior of a building whose wall
weic lined with gold. What a strange scene of ccntes;
and excitement on this eacred ground ! A robeil raonarol,
is moving towards tho altar, with a deterrdned air.
bearing in his iiand a golden censer, from which ascenJ
a cloud of fragrant incense. Pressing around him, am
fearlessly oppo.sing his nearer approach, aro a comp.'iny
of men, clothed in white. The king, with a face full e'
fury, pushes on in defiance of their authority.

NVe look again. For a moment all is still, and cvei ;
eye is fixed upon the king. A dreadful change hi:
passed over him. His countenance is full of luirror, ami
a ghastly hue overspreads his brow. Tiie censer fali-
from his bands, which are clasped together, as in sud-
den anguish. With awe-struck faces the priests now
urge him forwards ; lie yields without a struggle, an'l
the folding-doors close upon his retreating steps.

^^0-^ •!, ^. n- tv-;c :-'Axv II. t^'4(. ■•■^')

k comfort iVoni, nml
God, 1 will tell Vdii

'TTIUK KXrO.MA.

." — Ram. xii. 1:'.
I. xxvii. 1.").
:iii'^« vi. IS.
iii^'.s X. ;i(i.
I'loil. x\. I -'■.
H xiv. I.
Ii. ii. 0.

I. x\iv. f.
in;,'3 V. it.
iiig.s XXV. \i:',.

iii'^'s sxii. ;t.
li i. ::!0, -J!

II. X. ;j().
iiigH ix. 2S.

III. viii. 2.
nil. xxiii. 20.

rxig:\i.\.

(I wiilo (loniain :
II Almb'.s rei;^'i ;
)l)lii't caino ;
ioiir'.s ])it_v elttim :
)tlii'i''s .ijriil' :
[•(.■lit iimu's cliicf ;
iu iiml ;.'iiuil :
liiitt {l;iily I'dimI ;
opened liy tlic wur ' :
;t our I.onl :
1 Duviil'.s Ire
:no.it. dire ;
)roi)liet's uoinsc ;

llie fire's fierce Inrcc
da divine ;
Ihood graco did shine.

1 lines arc taken
1 be mistiikoH.
give tlic clue
nie and you.
eacli heart,
IOO.SO the better part

ND FICTURI<1

lunigUty spirit before a fall.
8.

through higli nano.
f a building whoso wall
strange scene of ccntci-:
ound ! A robed monarcl

with a dcterr lined aii.
iscr, from which ascenJ
rcssing around him, ;iii.i
pproach, are u compaii}

king, with a face full li'
cir authority,
nt ail is still, and every
A dreadful change hr.
lice is full of horror, ami
jrow. The censer fall-
ped together, as in awh
: faces the priests now
without a struggle, iin'I
retreating steps.

THE

SUNDAY AT HOME:

% JfHmily IHagafinc for Mh\\ |leabing.

jKr.F.Mr.vii liKriiuvixa Tin; nwi.ATiiv or iiis rnorLK vin;.N in i-ovir.

LIFE AND TIMES OF JEREMIAH THE
rKOPHET.

c II \ p r K n VII.

THK K.XILK.

" I am witli thee, and will keep tlioe In all places whither Ihou
goest.'— O'en. xxvili. 15.

jEniCMi.^ii's captivity was over when that, of
his conntry began. Nebuzar-Adan, the Baby-
lonian general, treated him kindly. (Jer. xl.)
Bj- the king's special command, ho was free
to go where he pleased. He chose to dwell
quietly in the land of his fathers, where the
lower orders were left in peace, and the in-
S'aders withdrew when theit dominion was
No, 361.— PDiii.tsKF.D March 38, issi.

secure. A plentiful harvest was gianled to
crown the resumed labours of the husband-
men, and the rule of Gcdaliah, whom the
king of Babylon appointed governur of the
land, began in peace and hopefulness.

But soon new troubles arc. e. The king of
the Ammonites formed a jilot against the go-
vernor, and engaged an unprincipled man,
named Ishmael, to slay him. Gedaliah was
generally liked; all the captains remaining
in the land had willingly submitted to his
authority. One of these, Johanan, the son
of Kareah, hearing of the plot, warned the
governor of his danger, and entreated per-

PnicE One PF.sKr.

104

TJFi'i AND Tnn:s op jkremiah thk rnoriTET.

mission to Kill IthitiHcl bcfovo ho coiilil t'X( (.'iilo
his wii'koil <loHi;j;ii. Mut (Iciliiiiuh H'fiisiHl to
l)(li«ivo tJi(» Htory, uml wtniUl not coiiheiit to iho
mcti^nio i)ii)])(>Huil, lis uriiig JohHium thiit his
Mispicion.s wcio luitnuudc*!.

'I'ho ii()ble-mitul(.<l man ft^ll a victim (o tlio
ciiifty mnrdcn-r. (.Icr. xii.) [slmim'l cunio to
visit ilio );i)Vcriior, piii-fonk of liiH hospitality,
anil iIkjii kiUcil him. Ho hlow also all his com- i
panions, holh .lows and ClialtliMiiis, so that fnv
Iwo ilays liis atrooiouH prcicctHliii^i;^ iciiiaiiud a
pidtoimd si'f-rot. 'I'hi'ii a caravan of Iravt^llors
fnnii ililVciciit parts of the laiul \w\\\<^ expected,
Homo further step was needful. Ishmaol hesi-
tated not. Ifo put thcHO men also to deatli,
and cast their bodioH into i larjijn pit, v.hich,
starved for a common gravo. Then collectin);;
all tho booty ho could find, ho carried olY iho
defencelofis women and others too weak to re-
sist, and set out to roturn to tho Aiumonitish
kinp;, who had prompted and paid for tho
bloody work.

Rut .Johanan, who had vaiidy attempted to
prevent tho murder, was prepared to uvcn^o
it, and the other captaina jcnned their fcroes to
jiis. iHhmaol was defeated, and cBcapod with
eight followorn. Great wa« tho joy with which
tho captivoH welcomed thoir deliverers, and
.Johanau .seoms to have t-id{en tho lead among
the diminished romnanl. In constunt fear of
new iiisunectionB, and uarnod by experitnce
of their defenceless state, tho idea now sug-
gested it«elf to him and others, whelhcr it
might not be their best plan to seek for shelter
and protection in Egypt. 'I'hey consulted Jc-
reraLnh on the question, faithfully promising
that they would obey tho Divine connuand,
whatever it might bo. (.J or. xlii.) After ten
days the answer camo : thoy were to stay
whore I hey Aven3, confiding in God alone, aud
thoy ishould dwell in poaco .ind ."afoi-^' : but
if they followed their own devices and went
into Egypt, all tho evils they dreaded wotdd
fall upon thom there. Tho message was ex-
actly opposed to thoir wishes and plan.s, and
thoy wovld not listen to it for a moment, pro-
testing thiit it was not really a revelation from
God, but an invention of Haruch for thoir de-
struction. (Jer. xliii.)

Johanan put himself at the head of tho emi-
gration, which was joined by all the people
remaining in tho land, and Jeremiah and Ba-
nich woro compelled to accompany thom.
They airivcd in Egypt, and Hcttled in Tah-
pai"' 8. Shortly afterwards, Jeremiah was di-
rects, i to take some largo stones, and hide them
in front of Pharaoh'a house ; declaring at the
same time that, so far from their having got
boyonel Ncbuchadnezzai-'s power, his throne
should be set on that very spot, and they

would tind tliomselvosa second time involved
in all tho miseries of a oon(iue|ed enuntry.

Nor wan (his journey the ainulo act of di.s-
.,b dienop. ()nc«!i settled in I'Vyi't, tho pcrple
gave them^elveH over ninro than over to ido-
latry. (Jer. xliv.) Aud our lafost view of
.loioiiiiah is as a faitliiul witness f .r his Go(l,
tho inspind reprover, standing boldly alone,
exelaiiuing, "Wherefore commit ye ihisj;Teii
evil iujiainsl your souls V" A stoim wius raited
against hiu\ ; tho women had been foiemost in
wnrshippiuj;; " the (pieen of heaven," their
husbands had sanctioned thoir eiuiduct, ai.d
both in tho must viident mannor doelai < d their
rosidutinu to porsovoro in so doing. 'J'hey
even dated to ascribe all their la'o mirf(irt\ines
tu their liaving loft off this false worship, and
deelaiod tliiit thoy would not do so again.
.Jei emiidi assured them thoy woro mistaken ;
it was that very idcdady to which thoy were
now returning which had brougiit all their
troubles upon them. And it woidd yet draw
down still heavier judgments from God, so
that a vory small ntimbor of them should seo
thoir fatherland again: "aud all the remnant
of the house of Israol which aro gono into
Egypt," said tho Lord, " shall see whose woid
shall stand, mine or thoir.s."

I fore wo leave Jeremiah. Tradition says
that ho lived two years longer in Egypt. In
tho words of one greater than himself, h.o
might have exclaimed, " I have laboured in
vain, 1 havo spent my strength for nought
and in vain ; j'et .mrely my judgment is with
the Loid, and my work with my God."
(Isa. xlix. 4.) His work was done, ho had
no further message to deliver. Tho last years
of his life were passed in retirement, but wo
are at no Iojjs to imagine how his Ihoughis
were occupied. \\'o can picture him livijig
much alone, lamenting over his desolated
country, her capital in ruins and her toniplo
in ashes, and (n'ioved day by day at seeing
his people unwarned by all their cidamities.
IIcjw ot>en must ho havo icpoatcd, " 'i'he heart
is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked ; who can know it ?" (Jer. xvii. d.)
" Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or tho
leopard his spots ? then may yo also do good,
who aro accustomed to do ovil." (Jer. xiii. 23. )
Or, contrasting the many devices and continued
disappointments of the pers'orse nation among
whom he dwelt, with the comfort ho was per-
mitted to expericnv;(3 amidst all his trotddes, ho
could set his seal to the words he had long
before uttered : " Cursed is the man that
trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm,
and whose heart departeth from tho Lord.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert,
and shall not see when good cometh, but shall

)n(l (imo iuv.jlvc.l
oic<l cuiintiy.
aiimlo .vt of di;.

l'H;.V[pt, I hi; poflil,:

Hidii over fu i,l,,-
r liilcist view cf
ICH.S l',,r his (;,„|^

iiiit. 30 ihiy j.T,.,(
Htoim W(UH raibcil
bofu f(.niuu.sf ill
. la'avi'ii," ilu ir
h- coiidiicl-, fii.il
or (lodfin ,1 iJioii.

^ 'luiiio;. Tliey
Ii»*'j iiiirfdrtii,,,,.
ho worship, and
>t do Ko nguiii.
woro mistuktii ;
'liifh fhoy wcij
^ongiit all <hcir
ivould jet draw

from God, .-0
hem ishoiild soo
nil tlie remnant

aro guno into
seo ^vjioso woi d

Tradition sayd
in F:fi;ypt. in

an himself, lio
TO laboTired in
;th i'or nought
igmcut i« with

'h my O'od."
^(Ii'no, ho had
Tlio latit yeai'.s
!niont, hut wo
' hia Ihoughia
■o_ him living
hia desolated
nd her tomplo
"Ifty at seeing
iir calamities,
1, " 'J he heart
d desperately
Jer. xvii. <).)

^kin, or iho
also do good,
Jov. xiii. 2a.)
nd continued
lation among
t ho was per-
3 troubles, ho
he had long
© man thai
ish his arm,
a tho Lord.
» tho desert,
ith, but shall

A imAVK innDK.

196

inhiiblL the parched plaii-M iii the wiidornoKM,
ill a talt hiuil 1 nut iuiiabikd. Biuh.sed i«
iho niiiu that uih in tho liind, and whuHo

liopo thu l^ord IS. l'"ur lio nliall bo liko a tieo
pluutod by iho waterH, and that sproadoth out
liur root by Iho rivir.s, and hliall not hvu when
heat i.'uuuiih, but hor leaf rthall bo greou ; and
shall n(jt bo careful in tho year of drought,
neither bhail coabe Irum yiolding fruit."
(Jer. xvii. 5—8.)

YoH, in exilo and Hutt'eriug Jeremiah had
joyful Nubjocta for eonteuiplation iw well as
gloomy onod. Ivcvelalions liad Ijren mado to
hirii of future days of lileosedne.sn for l^srael
and for iho world, which it was hi.s prayer
and stud}- to undeustand more fully; "lieareh-
ing what or what luaimcr of time the Spirit of
L'hrint which was in him did .signify, wht.ii it
testitled boforciiand the hiiU'oringh of Christ and
the glory that .should follow.'' liy him were
uttered those glorious words which still animate
the hopes and strengthen the faith of the Chris-
tian cliiirch : " Behold, tho days come, saith the
Lord, that I will rai.so unto David a righteous
branch, and a king bhall loign and probper, and
shall execute judgment and justice in tho earth,
in hia days, Judah sh;iU bo saved and Israel
.shall dwell safely ; and this is his name whereby
he .shall bo called, Tho Lord our liigUtcous-

ucss.

(Jer.

xxiu. iJ, b.j

A BRAVE BKIDE.

VNK IIoLLAND weut to England for his bride.
. course, everybody who knew his circiun-
stancus, and the peculiarities of his Irish homo,
f^aid he had made a grcit hhuulor. Everybody
remarked that ho ought to have chosen a wife
from amongst the families of those few scattered
landholders who were just li^'icd above the
need}' class of cottiers, '''hoy t;aid that an
almost peasant girl, who Lad been nurtured in
hardship, and knew nothing of luxurious com-
forts even by vague rumour, would have been
the right helpmate for Frank Ifolland. " Think
of the place ho was bringing her to I"

Fraidc Holland's father and mother ■wore
English gentlef )lkK, who had settled in a wild
region on the west coast of Ireland. Their
primal object was certainly a commercial one :
they were bent on establishing in a most remote
and neglected district, one of those alkali trade?
which some years ago almost exclusively sup-
plied tho soap-makers of England with that
ban'la which was an essential part of their
manufacture. Now-a-days, this product is nl-
most entirely snporaeded by the employment of
soda produced from common salt ; for as science
moves triumphantly onward on its gi'eat high-

way, it is perpetually working unexpected
revolutions aniong.st the elements of conunerce.
taking down one old dynasty after another, ajid
bringing in parvenu families to reign for a wlaK'
in their stead; new aeiil.*, new alkalis, ne\.
solvents, ni^w metals, new devt loiiiuents of im
portjiut forces, from what had hiihorto toen
esteemed but waste mutter, llowiver, at tho
tinuj of which we speak, an inii"iilant alkali
was largely maniifaetureii from kelp, that rough
seaweed which come.s heavily surging in with
the swell of the Atlantic.

\Vi h a view of cultivating this wide-swoep-
ing connnodity, the nuiti refuse of ocean, and
of making it produce the lenuired alkali, Mr.
Holland had iixed his home on the wildest sptit
of a wild coast, building his dwelling house on
a ledge of rock which bends over the eeaselo.ts
dash of the Atlantic. Stonu and tempest, or
sunny swtdl and hoarse gladness, were before
and beneath him: drcarinis.ss and de; ohition, a
sparse po}iulation, liomish ignorance and super-
stition, and a struggling, inii)uverished agricul-
ture, scarce deserving of the name, were behind
him; so that tho inland secneiy was www.
dreary than the seaward outlook. I'ut Mr. and
Mrs. Holland wero Christian jieoide ; and
though, as has been said, their professed object
in settling on this stormy west coast of Ii'cland
was a sectdar one, yet a deep religliiis and phi-
lanthropic motive was \\(jrking in their heart:!
and minds. TIm'V longed to culliviito that
barren waste \S; ich spread l),.hir.d their rock-
built dwelling. They kncv/ that not a single
family, of such station and education as euuld
afford connnou ground for friend.ship, lived
within twenty miles. They knew that not even
medical aid coiUd be found within the same
wide circuit; and as ftn- that mo.st vital con-
sideration, religious fellowship, such church as
they could unite with, could only be '' that
church which was in their (jwti house" — a
family congregation (jf believers— father, mo-
ther, son, presided over by the unseen but
ever present head of a household of faith,
even by llim who pledges himsi^lf to bo with
tho '• two or three who are gathered together
in his name." And so they took with them
their book of divinity, tho Bible; and without
even an English servant to aid them, they
planned their lonely hearthstone high up above
the waves, liko the spray-bathed and wind buf-
feted nest of the sea-fowl. It was a brave en-
tcrpi'ise ; and Jfe in whom they triistod gavo
them good success. They sped well with tho
alkali works ; they sped well in cultivating
tho confideueo of tho rude l{omish peasantry
that were broad-cast over tho barren land be-
hind them. To cultivate their confidence was
the preparatory step to OBSailing tho stronghold

196

A BRAVE BRIDE.

of ihcir iruii-bancd supev.stition. But such
iniHsioimry work as tlioy were able to accom-
vHsh was at first mainly the preacliing by
bxainplo— sometimes a A'cry eloquent homily,
which may be known .and read of all men — of
all but the wilfully blind. This sweet sermon
(.if the life, writ in characters of lovo and light,
sometimes makos its wa^' into the heart when
the d(jor would bo rudely closed against a
polemical attack. However, there is a time for
all 'things ; and tlie hour comes in its turn Avhen
error must be denounced and truth p.oclaimed
as from the house-top. God now employs this
instrument, noAV that, in the exercis( of his
prerogative of wisdom, his purpose of love.

Business fie(|uently led Frank Holland to
England, and in one of his visits ho became
acquainted with young Mary North. Hence-
forth, Mary North was somehow or other mixed
up with every thought of his onward life.
Every day t)f beauty A\'hich dappled the green
iica Avitli purple shadows and dancing lights,
made him almost persuade himself that she
V ■'' I enjoy the wild freedom of his home;
ai 3voiy time that the woA'es rushed madly in,
to leap at the cliff, and then to fall back brolcen
into foam and shivered into spray, he thought
with a heavy heart that .she would never ho
able to brook his stormy domain, lie jjondered
upon tho queslion so anxiously that be at lost
determined to get it answered ouo way or tho
other. A visit to England was ''upending, and
ho made up his mind to tell Mary North his
.story in isoj^or pro.so, neither appealing to her
pity nor to her probable love of romance.

T'' walk into her quiet English homo in tho
civilised neiuhbouiliood of a gica*^ cit \', to mark
the luxuri f household life, tho refinements
of habit, d\.: all tlio nameless elegancies of
mind, tas' and association which surrounded
lier, and then to invito her to share with him a
kind nf liglilhouse life on a lonely elitV, required
almost more hardihood than Frank TfoUand
was master of. But, as ho had re.-olved, he
told a plai.-v, simple, earnest story, withholding
no dreary feature, and adding no fictitious
colouring ; and Mary North, to his glad surprise,
did not say no. But the said very quietly and
timidly, "May I go over and see this roi'k,
amongst the seals and sea-gulls, before I ile-
cido?" Fiank soon obtained from his mother a
warn iuvitatioTi for the young ^.'nglish lady;
and .soiin af*er his return Ikhuo, Mary North,
suitably o^xorted by a member of her own
family, paid tho decisive visit to tho ledge of
rock and its lonely homestead

Tho arrival wuh at a critical moment, for ^Irs.
Ilollatut wi'B absent fur the day on some busi-
ness of importance (a vibit to a sick neighbour,
or tho like) ; and there was not evoii woman's

presence to take off the sha-p edge from tin*
stern realities of the scene. Frank was ten-i(ieil
for tho result of this ill-timed inspection, but
his father and he did their best to remedy the
deficiency. A good dinner was soon spread —
no despicable fare ; fine fish caught not far
from their own door-step, .uid a couple of
chickens from their back-yard. Tho host and
his son were well dressed — dressed like gentle-
men, as indeed they were ; but tho son smil-
ingly confided to Mary North, that " father
had dressed the dinner, as it was his day to bo
cook." Two bare-footed girls, cottiers' daugh-
ters, of the neighbourhood, now and then peeped
in curiously through the chinks of tho door,
arrayed in their home-spun red woollen petti-
coats, the traditionary heir-loonr of the old
Spanish settlers ; but Frank, as ho waited upon
his guests, explained that they were not pre-
sentable, and tlnnefore, in the spirit of chivalry,
ho preferred .'.oing service himself. It was a
great relief io all parties when Mrs. Holland
came in with her gentle kindne.ss, her sweet
motherly ways, avd her Christian talk; and
mIku the great family Bible was laid at night
b)- Frank beftno his father, and hosts, guests,
and hare-footed maidens gathered solemnly
together to hear the word of truth and the gospel
of tho comn)on salvation, and io offer up the
prayer of faith, Mary North began to feel that
to be a member of this little church in the wil-
derness would not bo so very dreaVy an allot-
iiu.'iit after a'l

lie" out-look tho next day was thoroughly
illustrative uf wliat her lot would be, .vhould
she be bound to this rock. Tho poor peasant
folk came trooping round the house, each urging
his or her pica for medical aid, or motherly
coiinse], or practical help of all sorts; and
Frailly told how that during the past twolvo-
monlhs no fewer than 700 patients had been
relieved by his mother ! for tho whole di.striot
was destitute of regular medical attendance.
" And when I last went to T>oudoii," said
Frank, " fatlior charged mo to bring back a
complete set of dentists' instrnments; for the
wholo tooth-drawing of tho district devolved
upon us, and we were sondy bestead for tools."
It was evident to Mary's niind, as she listenod
to tho eager appeals,' watched the oonfidiiig
trust, and smiled at the exuberant gratitude oi'
tlie pcK.r clients of tho Hollands, that hero was
a field for earnest, humble, self-denying labour,
such as life might never again offer to her
aocejitance. Her heart, in which God's gi'aco
had long been working, readily took the con-
viction, which she found assimilated so happily
with tho attachment to Frank Holland, now no
new feeling thero. And so she retunicd homo
to make ready for the bridal.

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NOTES FEOM AN ARCTIC DIAIIY.

197

•p cilgc from till)
rank was terri (it'll
d inspection, hut
3st to remedy tho
as soon spread —
I caught not fur
ind a coiiplo of
I. The host and
cssed like gentlc-
3ut the son sniil-
th, that " father
was his day to bo
i, cottiers' daugh-
V and then peeped
inks of the door,
ed woollen petti-
loom of the old
IS ho waited upon
3y were not pie-
^pirit of chivalry,
imself. It was a
len Mrs. Holland
dness, her sweet
ristian talk ; and
vas laid at night
nd hosts, guests,
thered solemnly
ith and the gospel
. to offer np the
jegan to feel that
ihuroh in the wil-
dreaVy an allot-

Avas thoroughly
voiild be, fchonld
riio poor peasant
onsc, each urging
nid, or motherly

all sorts ; and
the past twolvc-
[\tients had been
10 whole distrirt
lical attendance.

London," said
to bring back a
innents; for the
listrict devolved
leslead for tools."
1, af! she listened
d the confiding
srant gratitude of
lIs, tliat lierc was
■-denying labour,
ain offer to her
lieh (jod's grace
ly took the con-
ilated so happily
Holland, now 7io
returned homo

In duo season !Mary North became Marj'
Holland, and accompanied her proud and
plejuiod husband to his nest in the crags. But
it was not to be a very smooth arrival, .and the
bravo bride's cheerful faith was rather shar])ly
tested on the way. A great bog had to be
ero.ssed in that direction by which they were
approaching the homo of the Hollands, and the
(•av on •which they were travelling had to be
dismissed miles oif from the desired spot. The
rains had made the bog more treacherous than
usual, and all the luggage must be left behind.
And so Mary took off her bonnet, deposited it
in one of the deserted boxes, threw a woollen
petticoat over her bonnie head, and essayed the
formidable bog. But Frank was too chivalrous
to allow his bride to plunge and struggle on-
ward by his side, to her new home, in that
dreary fashion ; and, taking her lignt figure in
his aruis, he bore her over bog and moss,
through i)ool and sti'eam, over rock and rugged-
ncss, until he set her down in trimupli on the
threshold of her future mission, the grand rock-
built home of her life's happiness. And were
you now to ask that bright, cheery, hopeful
young English matron for her definition of
earthly happiness, she would say, with sparkling
eyes, " A humble homo on a narrow ledge of
rock on one of the cliffs of Iroland that over-
hang the western waves, with Frank Holland
for a husband, and with a mission field to culti-
vate for a dear Saviour's sake."

Keader, we will not tell you where nestles
this home amidst the screaming sea-fowl, the
driving spray, umI the solemn music of the
l.ioomhig waves; iiut if you had only the right
clue, you might easily find it for yourself.

NOTES FKOM AN ARCTIC HIARY.

IV.

nid

"I WITH THKE."
Ita. xlitl. 1, nod 1 That. Iv. 17.
" I luith thee' — while; in u world

Ol' sin, and toil, niid can.'.
" lltnn with mc" — in tlmt bright world
Where all i.s pure and fair.

" I with diee" — when' Korrowa roigii,

Anil woes iind iroubles iiK.'ot.
" 77(OH mih mc" — wlicro every day

Fresh joy springs 'iieath thy feot.

" I It ith thee" — where storai.s ariae,

And clouds succt-od the rain.
" Thou icith me' — where not ii blast

Swccp.s o'er the heuveuly plain.

" I with thee — wliilo passing thfougli
K'l'n di.ath's dcop vulc of gloom.

" Thou with iii€ — wlu'u nil is lost
lu life's perennial bloom.

And dids't ihou leave thy glory, Lon],

For iwh a world as this;
Ami shall tee monni, its toils to leave,

To be with thee in bliaa ?

.\. A. W.

TiiK sledge parties all returned iji srifety
most of tlie men in good health. It is scarcely
necessary now to add that they hiul foinid no
traces of t'lu Franklin expedition. Lieut.
Haswell had met with some Esquinuiux, in-
habiting five tents on a promontory of Prince
Albert's Land. As they were only one hun-
dred miles from the ship, Capt. M'Clure re-
solved on paying them a visit, accompanied
by Mr. Miertsching, with the view of obtaining
from them some knowledge of the south-eastern
coast. With a sledge and tdx men they set
forth immediately, and after five days' travel-
ling, had the satisfaction, on reaching tho
summit of a hill, of seeing the tents below
them.

" Full of expectation," says Mr, IVIiertsehing,
" as to whether the people and I should under-
stand each other, we approacned them. As
soon as we came near cuoiagh, I called out
that we were friends, and had brouglit them
beautiful things. They were silent, and I
feared they cordd not understand me, till they
all cried, ' We are afraid ! wo arc afraid !'
They did not place themselves in a defensive
attitude, not even having any weapons, but
they waited our approach in fear and trem-
bling. It cost many words and some presents
to win tlieir confidence, they having never
seen foreigners before, and jtorhaps looked
upon us iis supematuial beings ; but as I wore
the Esquimaux dress, and they understood
mo so well, thoy probably tocik mo for an
actual man. Of tliis they convinced them-
selves afterwaids by feeling my anus, face,
and hair. Thoy hoard with groat astonish-
ment that there were many other inhabited
countries, having 8U])posed themselves to bo
the only people in the world. After they
became confiding, and we had answered their
eager questions as well as we could, a large
sheet of paper was spreat^ out on a sealskin,
upo:i which I drew our ship, tho way from it,
and the coast as far as their tents ; tliey were
then requested to continue the outline of the
coast. It took 'ime trouble to make the matter
clear to them, I at in an hour's time the draw-
ing was com.tleted, and pronounced correct,
both by meri and women, who knew the coast
well. It extended as far as I'oint I'arry in
Victoria Land, even tho already known Sutton
and Listen Islands in Dolphin and Union
Strait being correctly marked.

" According to them, many Esquimaux in-
habit this coast. They named to us several
promontories, and the families dwelling there-
on. Their ideas of a God, of a future state,

198

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

iind of tlio .sTiu, luoou, ami niavn, were tlic t'tuuc
as those of tlic people at Cape l>iv11iiirht. 1'lioy
sjHtko also of a liigh nionntiiiii. cm tlie siiiimiit
of w'liicli tlieiv furcfuthers hud lived in tents
during the time of a great walcr. Jt grieved
me to leave these simple people so soon, hiit
llie captain could not stay Linger, on Hewlett's
account, wlio \vas quite unable to walk. Hew-
lett wa« a mulatto, wlm.se feet were so severely
fro.st})itton during this journey that it was found
ncPGBsary In amputate t-ovcn of his toes.

" I now divided among them the gifts we
had 1>. . ught, rod and blue flannel, saws,
knives, iicodles, etc., but of the meaning of
a present they had not the .smallest idea,
and brought all manner of things to give in
rctuin. After we had taken our leave, the
captain, who felt really sorry to leave them
after such a short acquaintaneo, turned back
and tied his large red comforter round the
neck of a young wom.an who stood near, with
her child on her back. Slie was frightened,
and exclaimed that she had nothing to give :
then hastily talcing her infant out of lier bi-east,
.and kissing it, she otl'ered it to the ciipfciin by
w.ay of payment f<ir the comforter, which she
'lid not venture to touch. After I Jiad suc-
ceeded in explaining to her that it was a gift,
she thanked him with a pleasant smile, very
glad that she might keep her child, ;nv\ then
'sked me what kind of animal it was that had
mch a red skin. As they knew of nothing
idse, they took tmr tent canvas, cloth clothes,
Jiandkcrchii'fs, paper, and everything for the
skins of dilViMcnt animals, and our time wan too
short to explain the matter to them. Most of
the otlicr !>quim;iux wliom avo had seen were
avaricious and thievish: here, on the contraiy,
we observed nothing of the kind."

'J'he ice was no longer safe to travel upon
in June, and the sportsmen had the mortifica-
tion of seeing reindeer through their telescopes,
Avithout tho chance of shooting a single one.
But. the actual breaking up, on duly 14th,
occiUTcd so siiddenly, that a quantity of linen,
laid out to whiten, was lost. All was now
activity and ho]ie ; the ten months' imprison-
ment was at an end. 'J'he crew were assend)le('
on dock, and the captain addressed them kindly
but seriously. I] very one was to be prejiared
to quit the ship in case of the worst, the boats
were to be kept in readiness, and each man's
little bundle must be at hand. The next three
weekfs. witit a few intervals of calm, were
p.a8Red in gieat peril.

" July 1 Sth. 'I'he strong north-east wind con-
tinues, and the i^o presses fearfully on the
'■"' .p. Till' attempt to anchor to a iloe faile<l,
and we were entii"oly abandoned to the ico.
But the faithful Watcher of Israel watched

over us, so tliat in all the danger tlio night
passed quietly."

The ship drifted with the ice, sometimes
being freed by the aid of gimpowder, sailing
hoi)efully for awhile in open water, and then
besot again and at the mercy of another " ico
revolution." All endeavours to proceed in a
noi-thorly direction were unavailing, the outlet
of the strait being barricaded by twenty-tive
miles of impenetiable ice.

On August Kith the attempt was finally
abandoned ; the strait was now clear of ice
to iho southward, and the ' Investigator '
pa.ssed down with strch speed that the waves
fofimed u]) to the bowsprit, and even washed
oA'er the deck. Lord Nelson's Head was
rounded the next da}*. Captain M'Clure had
determined on sailing round Baring Land, in
the hope of reaching Melville Island ; he there-
fore foUowed the yet unknown line of coast for
several daj's without any impediment. Then
appeared the fearful polar ice, " of which no
one who has not seen it can form jiny idea,"
on the one hand, and perpendicular cliffs on
the other. Between the ice-wall and the cliti'-
wall the chaimel became narrower and nar-
rower, until there was barely room for the shiji
to pass, and then only by repeatedly blasting
projecting angles. At last thej' came to a
regular " ice labyrinth," which rendered further
progress impossible ; tJie ship wa.s moored to a
floe, and all waited and hoped that a land-wind
woidd drive back tho ice. For more than ji
week there was little change ; then a high
springtide and a strong north-west wind
threw the pack into violent commotion.

'• Friday, August 29th, was n day of anxiety
and tenor, such a one as we had never before
lived through. From two o'clock in the morn-
ing till ten at night we .stood with our bundles
ready on the deck of our feaifullj'-tossod ship,
now thrown on one side, now on the other,
timbers creaking and crashing, and partitions
giving way. At seven in the evening the
iqiroar was tho greatest, so great imlecd that
even the captain said, ' Now it is .all over ; the
'hip nuist go to pieces ; in five minutes rIk; will
sink.' Two horns Inter, in the hope that tlie
shiji might Le thrctwn on the land, where wo
hail at least shelter and focnl for tin; next
V. inter, the captain ordered the rive anchor
cables to be cut ; but before this could l>e
accomplished, ihe ico became suddenly motion-
less, and an almost awful stillness succeeded.
The feelings of that moment were indescribable.
All stood pale and silent."

The calm continued ; and during the next
two days, by blasting ice, tho ship, which was
lying oTi its side, was righted and got afloat
agiiin. On Monday, September 1st, the captain

KOTES FKOM AX ARCTIC DIARY.

199

3 danger Iho night

'lie ice, Koniotiuics
;-iinpowtler, nailing
-■n water, a«d then
■y of anotlier " ico
s to procoed in ;i
I vailing, the onllet
ed by twentj'-tivc

empfc Avas final] v
now clear of ice
te ' Investigator '
;d that the waves
and even washed
Ison's Head was
tain M'CIure had
Ikring Land, in
Island ; he tJiere-
n line of coast fur
ipediment. Then
■G, " of which no
1 form any idea,"
adicular cliifs on
vail and tlic cliii-
irrower and nar-
room for the ship
peatedly blasting
the}- came to ii
I rendered further
Avas moored to a
that a land-M'iiul
or more than a
!> ; then a high
loith-west wind
nnnotion.
1 day of anxiety
ad never before-
ok in the niorn-
vUh onr bundles
Lill3'-toHsod sliip,

on tlio otlier,

and i^ortitions
le evening the
■eat indeed that
is all over ; the
ninutesshe will
r? hope tliattlio
land, where wo

for the next
le tivo anclior
tin's conld Ikj
ulenly motion-
loss sncceoded.

indescribable.

iring the next
lip, which was
and got afloat
st, the captain

addrcfjsed the sailors ; ho spoke of the merciful
preservati'in of the ship, and admonished thorn
to bear in mind that wondeifiil deliveiance,
Rud nut to lot their courage sink at the pros-
pect of another winter; adding, in conclu-
sion, that nothing ebould be wanting on his
part to make every one's life as pleasant as
possible.

The biief arctic summer was indeed almost
over; the pack remained still and freezing
together ; it appeared probable that this must
be their winter quarters. In order to employ
the men, they weie set to collect stones on land
to serve as ballast for the next year. But a
liigh wind drove the pack out to sea, .\nd with
it the ship. Several hundred pounds of powder
were expended iu vain ; at last the ice spli^ of
itself, and the vessel, once more afloat, though
without a rudder, came to anchoi safely that
night fifteen miles beyond the spot where
stones had been collected. Some days passed
iu great danger ; much toil and immense quan-
tities of powder were expended with but little
success, " It is a troubled, restless life. Only
thy strong aim, Almighty, gracious Lord, can
^.3scu«^ us !"

" September 17th. The weather is clear and
cold, the pack freezing together. Should this
be our winter quarters, next spring, humanly
speaking, all will be over with us and the ship.
()n the breaking up of the ico, the vessel must
inevitably be crushed or stranded, and from
here it would bo impossible for us to reach
our dep6t on foot." But this was not to be ;
a storm broke up the ico agaiU; and with a
favourable wind, the ' Investigator ' held on
her course once more. A high promontory
was passed to which the captain gave the
name of Cape Crozier, imder the shell er of
which they passed a quiet ^Mght.

On the morrow, Sunday, atici- Divine ser\'ico
the way was cleared by blasting, and the vessel
towed liy four cigbt-oared boats. Then a thick
fog came on, but on Tuesday it wa« clearer,
and the wind being stro: ^c. , all the sails were
set and soundings taken eveiy two niinutts.
"At the foremost head was stationed, as usual,
a man termed an 'ice-pilot,' who indicates the
l.iest way for the ship through the ice, com-
municating Avith th(! oflicer of the watch
through a long gutta-percha tube. As to-
day neither of the successive ice-pilots made
any communications, and to repeated ques-
tions the only answer returned was, ' All ice,'
the officers nevoral times went aloft to convince
themselves ; for notwithstanding the assurance
that far and wide there was nothing before us
but ice, wo wore sailing six miles an hour.
ITiey found it rcuPy so. Before the ship
there was a short strip of water, beyond

eye could reach, nothing
The helmsman held the

which, as far as the

appeared but ice.

ship so that the sails received the full power

of the wind, the sailors had nothing to do but

to walk up and down, talking over titiis strange

occurrence.

" This continued for hours. Then tbe ice-
pilot shouted, * Heavy ice ahead !' The men
flew to their posts, and the captain ordered
all the sails to be reefed immediately. Before
this order could be executed, the pilot shouted
again, • Hold ! the ice divides and opens before
us.' It did so, to eveiy man's astonishment.
Without the least difficulty, the ship sailed on
through a narrow way between ice so high
that the ends of the j'ards touched it on either
side. For half an hour we sailed through this
strait whicli God had pre|»e,red for us through
the sea, a.-; of old for the children of Israel,
until we came among lighter ice. This event
made a deep impression upon all, and the
sailors conversed earnestly among themselves
about it.

" After this, we held on •with full sail in fog
and siiow, not knowing whither or how. Only
this wc knew, that, somewhere in an ear^terly
direction, the land must lie named "uy Sir
Edward Parry Banks' Land, and that the ice
covering the sea all around made way itr u.s.
At last the ice-pilot, quitting his post without
peimission, came on deck and excused himself tu
the oflicer of the watch, by saying that he could
stay up there no longer ; it was all ice before
us, not a 6p( onful of water to be seen, and yet
the ship sailed on, as might jilainly be seen by
watching the land. He could not be prevailed
on to go aloft agiin, so nnich was he awe-
struck bj' these inL'i|jlicable oc niTcnces. It
grew dark rarly, owing to the fog and snow;
the captaii herefore ordered that, as soon as
wo canie to u -.uituble mass of ice, the sailn
should be reefed lud tin- ship anchored for
the night.

" About half-past six tlus ship stnnk un-
expectedly upon a sand-baMi. Every i no ex-
erted hiuiself to the utmost to got her ofl' before
the heavy ice should cnish or diivt; her on
shore. Casks and other heavy tl ings were
transfeiTcd to the boats, in orde' tn lij^hteu
the vessel as much as possible ; but all was
in vain, and the captain seeing that the si .aked
and weary sailors could hold out nn In 'i;er,
ordered them to go to rest. As I fi' ,ded
the staircase, he told mo to ehari^ v wet
clothes and come and take tea with iuui. On
entering the cabin he came to meet me with an
open book in his hand. 'See here,' said he,
' how often the words of Scripture do not suit
our circumstaneeH at all. In this time of need,
when all our lives are at stake, I opened the

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

FEBIIAUS POSmON or IHI "INVlJiTIGAToK, ' AUQLBT 29TH, 1551.

Bible to find some comfort, and tlio first words
that met my eye were these, Psalm xxxiv. 3, 4 :

magnify the Lord with me, and let us exult
his name together. I sought the Lord, and ho
heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
That suits very ill with our present situation.'

1 read aloud the second and third versos. He
added, ' I know oni- position only too well.' I
answered that I also had sometimes felt as if
the words of Scripture stood in contradiction
to experience, and yet in time they had been
verified. As we wore taking our first cup of
tea, a violent shock made the ship tremble.
The ca]itain hastened on deck, and I followed
him. The ship was floating in deep water.
A mass of floe ice, driven by the current, had,
by a mighty blow againsL the fore part of the
vessel, forced her oft' the sandbank. "What
were the feelings of us all, but especially
of the captain and myself, at this moment, can-
not bo described.

" On the following morning the boats were
imloaded and all set in order again. The
captain thought of steering for Melville Island,
hoping to reach the harbour in which Sir E.

Parry had wintered ; but as soon as it was day,
he saw the impossibility of proceeding a single
mile farther. Now that it was clear, we found
that we were in a bay near the western ex-
tremity of Banks' Land. Melville Island was
distinctly visible to the north. The ship was
now anchored in a corner of the bay, near the
land, and sheltered by the great sandbank from
the pressure of the ice. The men were sent
to recruit their exhausted powers by sleep.
After twelve hours' rest, they came on deck
fresh and ready for their work ; btit not now to
get undir sail. The ship was already frozen in,
and the raptaiii and I had walked over the
new ice to the laiul. The men were assembled
and addressed by the captain, who thanked them
for their good behaviour and prompt fulfilment
of their duty in the hour of danger ; he encou-
raged them to be cheeiful and hopeful, and
announced this as the place of our winter
abode. He named the long sandy promon-
tory, ' Point Providence,' and the bay in which
we are to winter the • Bay of "^Tercy,' in grate-
ful recognition of the wonderful help of the
Lord."

-iStLiVxJur:.;- yiii^M,

ABKAIIAM'S GBEAT TRIAL.

201

^,•1

)on as it was day,
ocecdiug a single
s clear, we found
the western ex-
Iville Island was
The shiji was
ihc bay, near the
it sandbank from
men were sent
oweis by sleep,
y came on dccl;
but not now to
heady frozen in,
alked over the
Avere assembled
ho thanked tliem
ompt fulfilment
nger ; hv encou-
ui hopeful, and
of our winter
sandy promon-
le bay in which
ercy,' in grate-
ful help of the

THE PULPIT IN THE FAMILY.

abuaham's gukat trial.

" God did tempt Abmtium."— (?«!. xxii. 1.

. HE wIkjIb histoiy of Abra-
ham is tnily interesting,
but this chapter is more so than
anything else in the life of the
father of the faithful, of whom it
is hero said, " God did tempt
Abraham."

By God's tempting him, we
are only to understand that God
pi-oved him, or tried him ; other-
wise wo shall make Scripture con-
tradict itself. For it is impossible
for God to tempt any being in the
sense in which Satan tempts. It is infinitely
removed from the Divine character to lep.d any
of his creatures into the commission of sin.
God in no sense whatever is tlie author of sin ;
sin is from the creature entirely ; and this prin-
ciple cannot sink tuo deeply into our hearts.
" Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth l?o any man; but
every man is tempted when ho is diawn away
of his own lust, and enticed." This is a truth
which it is necessary to keep before the eye of
the intellect continually', for iniless it bo so
conscience will not be enabled to do its duty.
Tho conscience which does not fix guilt in
the bosom of the intlividual iu whom it dwells,
is awfully unenlightened, l^ut whether con-
science condemn or not, the responsibility and
guilt remain when the heart gives way to its
own evil temptings. It well behoves us all,
therefore, to pray that the Lord will of his
mercy preserve us in piinciple as well as in
practice.

In asking tho reader to consider this subject,
the first observation I would make i^ this, viz.,
that the life of faith here below is from first
to last a life of temptation or trial. It is more
or lees so with every believer. But the
believer is net tried aluno. His God is tried
and prov(^d likewiiic ; hi*) faithfulness is tried
and jiroved. Abraham was exposed to much
trial, yet his faith ilid not fail. A promise had
been given him that ho should have a son, and
many years had gone by before that promise
was fulfilled ; and yet it is said of him that
" against hope Le believed in hope, that ho
raight become tho father of many nations ; and
staggered not at the promise of God through
unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glurj'
to God." Now this faith was afterwards
crowned with tho expected blessing ; the pro-
mise was fulfilled ; Isaac was born. He waited
long, but he waited in hope ; and at length he

learned in a peculiar manner tlje faithfulness of
God to his promise. Isaac was boni. Perhaps
we may have waited, or may have to wait, for
the blessing we seek, and which it is tho de-
sign of God to confer upon us; but wo must
wait patiently God's j^'ood time. " In due time
we shall reap, if wo faint not."

But besides trials which more or less exor-
cise every believer, there are seasons which
may be called seasons of peculiar trial to tho
Christian ; the trying hotir M'hen ho is called
upon by God to surrender p> i haps all he pos-
sesses of earthly goods, or it may be some object
of his affections dearer to him than life itself.
The cup of joy seems to be suddenly emptied,
and to be replaced with bitterness and gall.
He would seem to be forsaken b}' his (jiod ; his
faith is severely tested, almot;t ready to fail.
But in God's time the relief comes ; 'con.sola-
tion is at hand ; the j^romise 6U.stains him, " 1
will never leave thee nor forsake thee." It was
so with Abraham. How was he tried! How
v.'as his faith as it were put into the funuice !
But God had in all this his own gracious pur-
poses. " God did tempt Abraham," not simply
that his own faith should be thus tested, but
for the encouragement and instruction of tho
church of God to tho remotest periods of time.

Fiom this trial of Abmham we learn, that
those on whfmi the Lord confers a strong faith
are frequently called upon to prove to ofhei"s
tho genuineness of the faith they possess.
Such are the dealings of God with his people ;
leading them by his Providence into such
circumstances that they must surrender the
dearest objects of their afl'ections, and " hold
fast the profession of their faith," or else re-
nounce their professions in him and refuse the
sacrifice. TIius It was with Job, with his
many sufferings ; tluis it was with the three
Hebrew children, to whom it was literally " a
fiery tried." So it was with 1 )aniel ; so it will
be -moie or less with tho servants of God till
the end comes. But in every instance we find
the faithfulness of God to his promises vin-
dicated, the Scriptures verified, the promise to
the letter fulfilled. Oh ! what consolation to
the t'liristian, in the severest of his trials, to
have that promise to lean upon : " Fear not,
I have redeemed thee ; I have called thee by
thy name ; thou art viiuc. AVhen thou passest
through the waters, I will be with thee ; and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee :
when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt
not bo bunted, neither shall the- flame kindle
upon thoc. For I am the Lord thy God, tho
Holy One of Israel, tliy Saviour."

Further, tho severe tiials which God inflictt^
are seldom of long duration ; they are not only
sent in wisdom and love, but they are abridged

"^H"

202

THE VISIONS OF DANIEL.

\iy the samo wisdom and the same love. Life
itself is but shurt ; and when the Lord on some
ftmergency calls his child to stop forward, to
loud the teiiilcrost feelings of the heart, wo
sec with what tenderness in his turn the Lord
cornea to his relief. He only allows him to
boar as nuich as is necessary to evince the rec-
titude of his heart before God, for the instruc-
tion and example of .those who love ant! serve
him. Every trial here is preparatory for a
state of glory hereafter. By it believers are
led by the Spirit of God to a knowledge of
their own character, and of the perfections of
Jehovah. Their state hereafter will be con-
nected with every discipline to which they
were subjected heie below, for there is no
doubt but there will be different degrees of
glory in heaven. Take, for instance, the
Saviour liimself in his human nature. The
sufferings which he underwent when on earth
enabled him to enter into the perfections of
God to a dogi'ee in which they can never be
known by any of his brethren. Who can ex-
plain what is meant by the words, " being
made perfect by suffering?" — the perfection
to which his hnmanity was carried when pre-
senting to tis Father a sacrifice for sinners.
His bliss was pi-oportionable to the depth of his
suffering, and there may be found in this tnith
an analogy which may be applied to his bre-
thren; as we read that *'our light afflictions
which are but for a moment, work out for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory." Thoy are used as instruments in the
hand of God, in teaching iis truths which are
absolutely necessary to enable us to drink deep
draughts of glory above.

What encouragement have we then to ap-
proach the Lord continually, beseeching him
to give us, not only a resignation and submis-
.sion to his will, but also to make us see the
hand of mercy and wisdom in every affliction
with which he may be pleas-^d to visit us. Thus,
whatever may be the proportion of trial allotted
ns here, we may be enabled to say perpotiially,
" Thy will bo done ;" and thus glorifying him in
our life, after death wo may be glorified with
him for evei*.

THE VISIONS OF DANIEL.

That the kingdoms into which the lioman em-
pire was divided were partly strong, even as
iron, and partly and relatively weak, even as
clay; and yet that they formed distinct and
separate kingdoms; that some of them rank
to this day among " the great powers," and
others of them have no pretensions to the name ;
and yet that they were distinct kingdoms, which
lareserved their individuality ft-om age to age,

aae truths which were shown to the prophet,
in the vision of the Imago, oven as in duo
season they wore known to the world.

Tlie other vision of Daniel speaks with the
same voice ; though it shows the division of
the empire in another as sigi'.ificant and expres-
sive form, and represents it too from the first
as the fourth beast, which, like the rest, rose
out of the sea, and ♦' had ten horns." The
division of the fourth kingdom is marked by
the same symbol as that wliich denoted the
divis'on of the third; but each, according to
the tnith, by its own respective number of
horns. Four bonis oamo up for the one gieat
hrrn of the rough goat ; but the fourth beast
had ten in his head. The Greek cmi)ire was
divided into four kingdoms; theljatin into ten.
Of the fourth beast it is expressly written that it
had ten horns ; and thi'ice again is the same
number told of it : " The ten horns that were
in his head ;" " The ten hoi-ns out of this king-
dom are ten kings that shall arise."

The feet and toes of the image, and the ten
horns in the head of the beast, alike, in the
interpretation given of both, set forth to view
the divided kingdom, while that of the foimer
alone makes kno%vn the truth that the kingdom
was partly strong and partly broken. When the
ten-homed beast is seen, the same interpreta-
tion as to the significancy of the homs is re-
corded, as when an angel of the Lord of the holy
prophets told to the apostle John the mystery of
the beast that finally goeth into perdition : " The
ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings," etc.
These give their kingdom to the beast ; and
thus it has ten homs at the last, till the words
of God shall be fulfilled.

In both these visions there is manifestly a
continuous history throughout, even from first
to last, till the days and the dominion and the
very life of vnlA beasts, as the representatives
of kingdoms, is at an end, and the time be come
when there shall be none of them to succeed
each other any more. However afar off Abra-
ham saw the day of Christ, yet he was glad.
The Almighty had made with him an ever-
lasting covenant, and he saw the day in which
not all nations merely, but all tlie families of
the earth, shall be blessed. Daniel, in a far
later day than that of Abraham, saw one wild
beast arise after another, the second of which
devoui-ed much flesh, the third had dominion
given unto it, and the fourth brake the earth
in pieces ; and not till the utter destruction of
ita body, and the final extinction of them all,
did ho record the giving of the dominion over
all the earth to the Son of man, when he saw
him oome with the clouds of heaven. He tells
what his emotions were, and what lie sought to
know. The end, like the things which were

ill

til

nl
"I

^1
T

'wn to tbo prophet,
;o, oven as in duo
tho world,
ol speaks with the
^ys tho division of
lifioant and expres-

too fiom the firct
like the rest, rose

ten horns." The
clom is marked hy
vhich denoted the
Dach, according to
iectivo number of
I for the one great
it the fourtli beat-t
Greek empire was
the Latin into ten.
ssly written tliat it
again is the same
n liorns that were
IS out of this king-
irise."

mage, and the ten
iast, alike, in the
, set forth to view
;hat of tho fonner

that the kingdom
iroken. When the

same interpreta-
f the homs is re-
Lord of the holy
hn the mystery of

perdition: "The

re ten kings," etc.

the beast ; and

it, till the words

! is manifestly a
, even from first
ominion and the
3 representatives
;ho time be come
them to succeed
er afar off Abra-
et he was glad.
1 him an ever-
le day in which

the families of
Daniel, in a far
1, saw one wild
econd of which

had dominion
3rako the earth

destruction of
an of them all,
dominion over
, when he saw
»ven. He tells
iit ho sought to
?s which were

HYMNS AND HYMN-WIUTERS.

203

fiwt U) 1)0, was matlo known tu him ; and lie
kept llic matter in his heart.

Not in. no chjsoly or clearly did tho golden
jwrtiou t)f tho grout imngo como in contact with
the .silver wliicU was next to it, or tho bilver
with tlio brass, or that again with tho iron,
than did tho stone — that was ctit out of tho
mountain— with tho image whicli it smote, aa
no pait of it had ever been smitten till then :
" And tho stone that smote the image became a
great niDuntain, and filled the wliole earth."
Tliis i.s tlio tnie Intoipretation : " The kingdom
of tho (mj(1 of heaven shall break in pieces and
consume all llioso kingdoms;, and it shall stand
for ever." In these two vi.slon.s tho same truths
are represented; and more than doubly but
not doubt ingly told. }>ot more surely did the
fiecoml kingdom succeed the first, and tho third
the .scconil, and the fourth the third, than the
cvevhu-ting Iringdnm of tho Son of man shall
succeed the fourth kinploni npon the earth;
■when onco the imago bhall bo smitten on its
feet, and tho body of the fourth, wild bea.st
shall be desti-oyod. Oi' them and of their kind
there .shall then lie no mure ftir ever. " There
was given him (tho Son of man) dominion, and
glory, and a kingdom, that all peo})le, nations,
and langiiage.s, should serve him: his dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass awaj', and his kingdom that which shfill
not be dostrovcd." *

HYMNS AND HYMN-WETTEES.

NO, VI.

Among the contemporaries of the Weslcys, and
oonnected with them either as followers or
opponents, there wore several who have at-
tained celebrity as hymn-writei-s. One of those is
Enw Aun PEiiONNKr, the son of Vincent Pcronnet,
vicar of 8h(jreham in Kent for more than iift}-
years, and who died in JTHo, at tho age of 92.
iCdward was for some time associated with the
Wcsleys, but disliking tlieir Arminian tendon-
oies, he was employed by Lady Huntingdon,
and laboured at Canferbnry. Norwich, and
other places, with considerable success. But
his hostility to the church of England so grieved
Lady Hiuitingdon, that he left her connection
and preached to a small congi-egatiun of Dis-
Bentors till his deatli. The hymn to which he
owes the perpetuation of his name is the one
which begins with, "All hail the power of Jesnis'
JSamo," and ends every A'ersc with the words
-W And crown him Lord of all." As it has
Jbeen inserted in almost every collection of

I * " The Hiutory and Destiny of the World and the
;|Dhurch." By the Rev. Dr. Keith. Nelson and Soue. A
jtiew und important work on proplu^ic history.

hymns, and often greatly altered, perhaps our
readers will bo plea.sed to nee it original and
nnaltered, as the author printed it in a book
entitled, "OccasioniU N'erses, Mural and Social,"
published in 17H5 : —

"All Imil the jv-avov of .Ti'.iins' nunie!
Ijot unKl•l^; iirostrntc full ;
lliiiig Cdrtli tlio ruvul Uiuikiii,
To crown him Lord ('iull.

L't lii,i;li-l)(ini boiitiihrt innc- llie lyrt,

And tiH thi>y tunc it, full
Brfuro hiri liwi', who tiiiif.s their choii'.

And crown hitu Ijord of «11,

Ci'owii liini, yc niornin;:; stars of liglit

Wlio tixcil thi.s floutinf,' hull ;
Now, hiiil tho Btreupfth of Isrucl's mif^ht,

And crown him Lonl of ull.
Grown liini, yo niurtyrn of yonr God,

Who from liio ultur cull ;
I-xt(d th(! «tcm of .JcsHc's r^d,

And crown him Lord of nil.
Yo seed of lariul's cho.scn race,

Yc r:iii:-omed of tlic full,
Hail him who Hives you by his grace,

And crown him Lord of all.

Hall him, vo licird of David 8 line,

"Wiiora David Lord did cull ;
The God incarnate, man divine ;

And crown him Lord of nil.
SinncvH, whose love can no'ir forget

'I'he wormwood and tlic Lcall,
Go .sjin-ad your trophies at liis feet,

An<l crown him Lord of all.
Let every trihi; and every tonfruo

That bomid creation's call,
Now liliout, in nnivcr^al song,

Thi: CHow.NKf) Lonr) oi' ma.."

Some lines in this cumposiiicm might cer-
tainly be improved, though in general, hjTnns
should bo printed according to tho judgment of
th(!ir authors, and not by the emendations of
volunteer ciities.

Mr. Wesley had long been desirotisof heanng
Edward Peronnet preach, but he studiously
avoided every occasion that might lead to it.
At length, Mr. Pcronnet being in ehajiel one
evening in London, when ^h: \>csley preached,
tho latter, without asking his con.'-ent, pub-
lished that he would preach there tho next
morning at iive o'clock ; and as it was not tho
time or place to make any remonstrance, ho
a]>peared accordingly in the pulpit next morn-
ing. After singing and prayer, ho informed
tho congregation that ho appeared before them
C(jntrary to his own wish ; that he had never
been once asked, much less his consent gained,
to pieach; that he had done vi(dence to his
feelings out of respect to Mr. Wesley ; and
now that he had been compelled to occupy tho
place where he stood, though weak and inade-
quate for the work assigned him, he would
pledge himself to funiish them with tho best
sermon that had ever been delivered. He then
read the Lord's Sermon on tho Mount, which

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204

HYMNS AND HYMN-WRITERS.

ho cnncludcil without a single word of note or
(n)inmout. Mr. I'orunnct (lied at Canterbury,
in .laiiuary, 1702. His dying words wore:
" tilory to G!od in the hoight of his divinity;
(Uory to God in the depth of his humanity;
Glory to God in his all-sufBcicncy ! Into has
luinJ.s, I commend my Kpirit."

John Cksnick was the author of some admi-
riiblo and well-known hymns. Among the best
arc these : —

" Tliou (lenv RedoLiner, ilyiiig Lamb,
AVc love to lii'iii- of tliL'f ;
No soniul no clmrniing an thy nouio.

Nor half bo swctt cau be.
O may wo ever huar thy voice

III mercy to us speak,
And ill our priest will we rejoice,
Tliou great Mek'hisodec."
" .Tesus, my all, to heaven is gone.
He whom I fix my liopea upon ;
Hia path I bcc, anil I'll pursue
Tlie narrow way, till him I view.
The way the holy prophets went,
Tlie road that leads from banishment,
The kiug'a highway of holiness
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.

WW***

l-o ! gliid I eomi! ; and thou, blest Ltinib,
Shiilt fcike mo to thee ns I am :
Novhiug but sin I thee can give,
Nothing but love shall I receive.
Then will I tell to siuucrs round,
What a der.r Saviour I have found
I'll point to thy redeeming blood.
And say, Behold the way to God.

For Cennick many liave claimed the author-
ship of the E'jglish version of the Moravian
hymn, " Jesus, thy blood and righteousness,"
and some of the stanzas arc more in accordance
with Cennick's view of the doctrine of " im-
puted righteousness " than with Wesley's view
of that doctrine.

The two following stfinzas are in Wesley's
version, and not in the version as printed in
the hynni-book used in the Countess of Hunt-
ingdon's chapels : —

" Lord, I believe were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Tliou hast for all a ransom paid
For all a full atonement made.

Jesus, be endless praise to thee,
Whoso boundless mercy hath for me.
For me, and all thy hands have made.
An everlasting ransom paid."

The two foUoAving verses are in Lady Ihmt-
ingdon's collection, and not in the Methodist
hymn-book : —

" This spotless robe the same appears,
When ruined nature sinks in years ;
No Qge can change its glorious hue,
The grace of Gliriat is ever new.

O let the dead now hear thy voice.
Now bid thy banished ones rejoice,
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesis the Loud our riohteousxess."

Wesley in his version dwelt more on the .j
tent of the atonement, Cennick on the nahi;
of the righteousness of C'hrist.

This hymn, we may here remark, was u gic,
favourite with Rowland Hill ; and when tl,
mortal remains of that noble itinerant ai,
warm-hearted evangelist were being luwcix>
into their final resting-place under his ow
pulpit, in the presence of thousands, bathed i;
tears, a stanza of this hymn, common to bu;'
versions, was sung in solemn tones : —

" When from the dust of death I rise.
To claim my mansion in the skies.
Even then shall this l>e all my plea,
Jesus hath lived and died for me."

Cennick also was the author of this hymn :-

" Children of the heaveidy king.
As ye journey, sweetly sing ;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.
Ye are travelling home to God,
In the way the fathers trode ;
They are happy now, and ye
8oon their happinces shall sec.
* * * * 1*

Lord, obediently we'll go,
Gladly leaving all below ;
Only Thou our leader be.
Ami we still will follow thee.
Shout, ye little flock, and blest
You on Jesus' throne shall rest ;
There your seat is now prepared ;
There your kingdom atid reward."

Cennick's spiritual history is interesting.
Ho was born at Reading, about the year 171",
and brought up in the church of England
From the age of fifteen, he was fond of card play-
ing, novels, plays, and the like, till one day ("to
use his own words) " while walking hastily in
Cheapfc-.ldc, the hand of the Lord touched v
I felt at once an uncommon fear and dejection.
He had often been in bitterness through tlie
strength of convictions and the fear of hell, but
never before knew any weight like that. " Tin:
terrors of the Lord came about him, and the
pains of hell took hold upon him." This state
of mind continued for two years. He tried the
usual legal methods for peace ; he fasted long
and often, was much in prayer, with deeds ol
mortification and self-denial, till he took home
to his heart the words of Jesus, " I am thy
salvation." He was filled with joy in the
assurance that Christ loved him, and died for
him. Some time after this, he became ac-
quainted with Whitefield, his heart having
been knit to him through reading one of hi.s
works. Ho preached among the Methodists:
and when Wesley and Whitefield separated, ho
clave to Whitefield, whom he assisted in the
erection of a new chapel at Kingswood, Bristol.
In 1745, he joined the Moravians, and remained
among them till his death, in July, 1755.

l\
ol

safe-f

HYMNS AND IIYAIN-WIIITEES.

welt more on the ,.j
'onnickou the ,!„/„
lirist.

JO rcmurk, wan a y;vt
"ill; and when tl
uoblo itinerant i.i,
wore being Idwou,

5laco under his ^w,
thousands, bathed i;

'»m, comiuou to hj

iiiiu tones : —

fdcathlriMo,
i» the skies,
;" nil my pleu,
lied for mo."

thorofthis hymu:-.

ily King,
sing ;

•rtliy praiijo,
ind wiiyn.
to God,
trodc ;
nd ye
mil see.
• *

?o,
iv;
>e.

thee,
id blest
lall rest ;
prepared ;
J reward."

till'

^ly 18 interest i..„,
out the year 17 J 7,
hurch of England,
isfondofcard2>lav-
ike, till one day (tj
walking hastily in
Lord touched i>
car and dejection,
i-ness through tlju
ho fear of hell, bm
t like that. " Tlic
•out him, and the
h»«." This state
ars. He tried the
'; he fasted Ion;;
51-, with deeds <J
till ho took home
5SUS, "I am thy
with joy in the
"n, and died foi
he became ac-
is heart having
iding one of hi.s
the Methodists:
2ld separated, lio
> assisted in the
igswood, Bristol.
18, and remained
"l3% 1756.

Hew well (lUiilifiod by bis own e.Kperionco
dilinick was to bo a useful guide to distressed
souls, wo liiivo a pleasing instance recorded
bv Mr. L;v Trobo. A friend of his wan riding
•long the .higli road, in au uninhabited part oi'
Ireland, wii'u ho was ovoi-takon by a traveller
on hor.soback, who oHered him his company.
There Wivs something in the features and gene-
ral heaving i>i Mr. J^a Trobo's friend which
made him often bo mistaken for a Popish priest,
and so it happened on this occasion. As ho
did not directly announce the contrary, the
stranger said, "Will you, sir, accept my con-
fesBion ? 1 have travelled f(jr many weeks up
and down the country, and have never once
confessed ; and as I am conscious of many and
great tiansgressions for which I desire absolu-
tion, I am very imhappy without it." Ho then
enumerated many serious oifences, expressing
an earnest desire of forgiveness. The supposed

?riest gave no answer, but groaned heavily,
'ho poor penitent was frightened; and repeat-
ing his suit, profcs.sed his willingness to submit
to any penance the priest might proscribe,
however severe, that he might free his consci-
ence from so intolerable a burden. After leav-
ing him some time in suspense, and perceiving
that he seemed truly in earnest. La Trobo's
friend addressed him thus : " As we are hero
jJone, and without danger of being botrayed, I
may .speak freely and honestly to you, as to a
fenjly penitent sinner. Your sins are grievous,
and the wounds inflicted on j'our conscience
incurable by man's device." He then entered
into detail, and showed that in some of the sins
confessed, thero were many circumstances of
aggravation. This alarmed the penitent ex-
ceedingly ; and the other proceeded. " You
offer, sir, to submit to any penance which holy
mother church prescribes ; but as an honest
man, 1 must ii\forra you that I know no
penance whatever, the merit of which will
meet your case. But it appears to mo to be
with thu soul as with the body. I have known
sick persons, who had the advantage of the
best advice and prescriptions of the most able
■physicians, and who had at last been pro-
nounced incurable, completely restored by the
nostrums of a quack doctor to whom they had
been prevailed upon to apply. The same may
happen in spiritual concerns. The clergy are
the authorized prescribers of the means of
'.* spiritual relief, but these means'^ may often fail,
i|?nnd Avill certainly fail in your case. Now
theie are spiritual quacks as well as medical
ones, and I have known their advice taken and
rendered available, when all regular means
^have failed to give comfort to a burdened mind.
f You may try what the priesthood can do for
I you, but if the penances prescribed fail of effect

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(su'.posing you to bo sincere in seeking re-
lief), I can roconmiend you to one who is
considered a very skilful quack, and of whom
1 have heard wonderful instances of his ha\in<''
alforded relief to many. His name is (,'onniek°
and he is to bo met with in Skinner's Allev
Dublin." ^

Here the two travellers parted, and the peni-
tent proceeded to Dublin, where ho followed
the advice given him, and, seeking Jesus as a
heavy laden sinner, found rest for his soul.
He connected himself with the Moravians, and
some years afterwards, the assumed priest, hav-
ing himself become truly converted, mot his
fellow traveller in Dublin, as members of the
same church.

Tiio.MAs Olivkrs, was the author of two very
sublime hymns : —

" Lo! ho comes, with clouds descDiding,

Oiico for fuvoured slniiors sluin ;

Thousand, tlioiisund siiiiits iitt'Miding,

Swell the triiunjili of I, in train.
Hallelujidi! Jesus KhuU fur ever rci!,Mi.

Every eye slmll now behold him,

Reb:'d ill dreadful nitijesty ;
Those who set at nought and »old iiim,

Pierced and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, shall the true Messiah see."

The tune to which these words are sung was
also the composition of (Jlivers. Equally well
known, and as deservedly admired, is the grand
hymn thus commencing : —

" Tlio God of Abraham praise.

Who ivigns entiironed alx)vc ;
Ancient of everlasting days,

And God of luve.
Jeliovah ! great I am,

By earth and heaven confessed ;
I bow and bless the sacred name,

For ever blessed." ♦ ♦ »

Thoiaas Olivers was a native of Tregouan, in
Montgoraeryahiro. He wa.s born in 1725, and
oiginally a shoemaker, but of very profligate
conduct. One night, ho met a multitude of
pec«ple, and found they had been to hear White-
field, Two evenings afterwards, he also went
to hear him, and the sermon was the means of
stopping him in his downward course. Hu
afterwards joined the Methodists, who appear
to have held him in high estimation. Fletcher
of Madeley says of him, " His talents as a
Avriter, a logician, a poet, and a composer of
sacred music, are knoAvn to thoce who have
looked into his compositions;" and the Con-
ference, after his death, paid hira the tribute of
saying : " In his younger days, ho was a zeal-
ous, able, and useful travelling preacher. Ho
will he held in honour by the Christian world,
almost solely for his two hymns, ' Lo ! he
comes with clouds descending,' and ' The God
of Abraham praise.' "

20G

WIDOW DAKliSJUE AND WIDOW BULGIITSIDE.

yngt flit tjie -^^011115.

Luoui'h for nu', ami thin will

WIDOW DAHKSIDK AND WIDOW
BKIGIITglDK.

CIIAl'Ti:!'. IV.

•' OoMK ill, <liil(l," Kiiid WiiloNT Diirkhitlt', in

NftTK-' ft^RWir to my tiiiii'l tap at the door, wiioii I

uVti paid my tivst viMit alon(,\ "I iicvi-r tlioii;^lit

\\'/ you rt ally would ionic, tor niiun is a dull

hoiii'o for n yonns tliiiif? liko yon."

"I Ihink thi-Sf vtry'prtlly liousoH," baid I, " tliouj^'li
IliPV arc littlo."

"All, well, lluiT i-i room
hist my timo, I dun, «iy." „ , , ,.,,,,

Siu) ]wij;i\n to loovu 0110 of the heavy, liigliliaoki d
cliairH for mo to h't n\n n, mid '.'ninddcd a.i sho did it, lic-
cansc tlicy wiri; cliiiutiy and olll-fll^'^ionl■d.

"Oil, i always thofifrlit t hoy were .so pretty, too," I
taid; " aud, do you know, our elcrgrymuu told niammu
one day fliat hi; should liko to huy some jn»t like theiii,
if he 'joidd : tluy aro m eomfortahlo ami nms«ive, nml
tluy have uifo )li;;ure3 eai-ved on the hack, such as aro
not often .seen now. And," I continued, quite aiixioii.i to
put her in 11 .''ood humour with her furniture, " Wido\7
IJrightriido, who law como to livu in the next house, sayo
jlio iove.i tho old furniture, lieoauso it put.s her in mind
(■f sonio that was in lu.r graudmothcr'a liouso wheu she
wuH a littlo xii'l ''!"■ mo."

^Vidow I)nr!;.^.ido shook lier head, and secined dc-
lenniiud to he plensed with uothiuu; iii her littlo home.

I prai.-eil tho ivy, which spread itst If over tho \v(v11h,
and hiuij,' in wreatiia from the roof and chinmey.s. Sho
said it mado tho windows dark. I hilkwl tihout tho
.starlinj^s and their son;;, and tho chii'iMug ."sparrows, and
the way in which they might ho tauf;iit to coiiiu for food.
She .said they were noisy thiiis^.s and awoko her in tho
morninf?. Kverything seemed to bo full of faults in this
poor old lady's eyes', and at last I wn.s silent, for I Iwirdly
imew what U) .say or do. I was almost afraid to ask if I
mi<,dit read in the Bilile to her; hut at last I ventured,
and .she said, "You may if you like, hut I <laro say you
Wv'uld like a story-hook better." .

T eiuld hardly keep in my tcnrs, I felt so aoiTT ; but I
told tier I Hked'to read the Uihle, and asked where I waa
to be{,'in.

" Oh, anywhere,'' sho answered; "I do not mind."

I ehoso Iho fourteenth of St, .Tohn ; for I thoui^ht if
she were disRi^(i^iie(l with her homo hero, it would com-
fort her to b(ar afi;ain about tho many mansions in tho
houso of her Father in heaven. I rend on steadily, till I
had nearly finished the chiipter, and then I looked np.
Widow Darksido was sitting in her great arm-chair, and
was nodiling her head forward at tliut moment. Sho
was asleep ! It was harder work than ever to keep from
crying when I sjiw that.

All lit once sho awoke, and said, "Thauk yoii, missy;
yoH read very nicely. That will do for tonlay."

But she sliook liandj witli me before I left, and said,
" I shall bo glad to see you again ; but thia ia a dull
house for you."

I^Iamraa was very kind when I got home and told licr
all about my visit, and she was not discouraged, though
I was. I felt that almshouse a very dull house indeed.

I said to mamma that I never saw two people so iin!
0110 iiuotlier as Widow Darksido and Widow Urightij

" It was something gainud for Wiilow Darkside to
sho slKaild bo glad to sue you again, Annie. Shr \,
pi rhiips Icain '.•> lovo you m time, and ynu mii.t p
tl it you may help l'> make her happy in llii 1 her tiii'
loneliness and widowhoinl."

' people so
idow Urigl
and she un.swered, " Perhaps tluy will grow mure ui
after a time."

I put ofV going to Widow Darksido's for some il:i
but then mamma made a bargain tiiat I shoidd visit :
juht Its often as I ilid my dear old friend, so I did ;
neglect her after that. Many times did I spi ml an 1.
with that gloomy-tempered (dd laily, and 1 alway i ;
tiio same tale ti"> tell. I began to dosiiair of doiinr :,
any goo<l, and at last mamniii said tliat, "unless I wi.s,
it, I should only pay her one more visit."

I was nither delighted at this, for I wastin dof reuil
(Jods holy word to one who seenu d neither to under.sl .
nor care about it; indeed, she took 110 eoinfort from
hut was always complaining, becauso sho waa not .-o r
as she once was. llefore 1 started, miimnia said, '• \
must tell Widow Darksido that ymi do not mean to 1
her any more, Annio." I did not much liko this,
when I saw her leaning back and dozing in her g.
arm-chair, while I was reading out of my jirecious li
I did not feel very sorry. So, with a trembling voic .
saiil, when she roused herself up, " Widow Daiksid .
must say good-bye this afternoon, t'or 1 am not ciu,'
here again, I think."

"What! you don't say so ? Aro you going away ..
Foinierby ? Oh, dear, dear, what shall I do without v..
little minsy? Hero I have always been used to tell ;
my troubles, beiMUse you were so steady, and now I ^1:.;,,
liavo nobody to talk to or care for me."

I never was so surprised as I was at sight of her .
row, for tho tears begi>i> *:o run down her tiice. She '.
really grown fond of • , though unfortunately she 1;
fomiil her comfort in having a littlo girl to talk ;
instead of telling Jesus all her sorrow, and asking him
uiiiko lier contented and happy. I burst into tears I ,
for I felt as though I waa behaving unkindly to tho jn ,
cross, old kdy, and I told her all that was in my mi.
How sorry I had been to see her dull and lonely, 1
how I had hopi d to bo a little comfort to her ; but 11
at last I thought I was none, for she did not seem to
any luppier, or to like to hear any beautiful words out
my diar Bible. And then I did what I never did bel'.
— I threw my arms round her neck and ki,ssed her clu
all wet with tears, and .snid, "Oh, do try and love !.
iSaviour, and ho will bo .sure to make you happy."

I knew that Widow Darksido hail never seemed
liko her neighbour much ; but after that afternoon :
let mo talk iilxjut her and her ways, though I thin!,
was only because she was my friend. And sho 111 v
went to sleep after that when I was reading tho Bil.'l .
which, mamma said, " was a great step gained."

I cannot tell you every little thing, Imt I must say tl,;'
by degrees my other old friend learned not only to Ik-i'
to tho word of God, but to lovo it and tiiid comfort iu :..
whenever sho was inclined to bo sad at thought of t' 1
riches sho had lost. After a time, sho and Wil. v,
Brightjide beeame dear friends, and much more alii.',
and they always said it was through mc, under Ood, they
wore brought to know each other, and worship the I-i'iil
together. As for me, I waa ver\- thankful tliat I should
have been u.sed in any way for good.

There is just one thing more I want to say, and that i=,
that in timo Widow Darkside 's houso became jutt iis
bright as her neighbour's ; and mamma said, " Tho reaPvii
of that, Annie, ia that no house can be gloomy if the Sim
of Rightcousucis is known, aiid eluues therein, and ito
inmates possess that 'peace of God which passeth ;ill
undcriitanding.' "

ii!

Viili)\v Diirl;«i(lc( to
;iiiii, Aiiiiio. Sli.. ^

(', mill yipii ijiii, t ,

W '!» I'lii.i li(r iM, ,

f two ncoplt) so iiiil,
111 Willow Hrij,'lil,<i,

wo peon

Willow

will yrijw moro

siilo'a for somo d;,
iiut I NJioiild visit !
frit lul, so I (lid .
i «lid I hDc ml nil ),J
y> mid I iilwiiy.s 1.
dospiiir of doiii;; 1,
liiit, " unless I \W»|',
■iait."

I wiiM tin d ol' n-iML
leitlioi- (o uiidirKi,.
■ 110 coinlurt IVoiii
o sho wiia not ..o r

inaninia siiiil, •• \
do not ratan to \
iniu'li liko tliiy,
diizinj,' in Ja-r ;;.
f niy precious li
'I (ruaiblin;^ voi(
Widow Dmkbid. ,'
>r I iiiu not coi.;'

)n f,'oi)ig away ;., ;
ill I do without voi;,
it-n ust'd to t.ll"v.

t<ly, iiud now I ,-1:,; ,
1."

t sif^ht of her .•;.
her tiice, Sh<; ! a!
'ortuuiitely bhe I; '

Kill to talk- : .
and u,^kiiig him

jurst into tenrs 1
kindly to tho jw.
■t WU8 in my m:.;

II and lonely, i ;
rt to her; but 11
li<l not scum to
ntiful words oil!

1 ni'v.T (lid 1,1 r,
i kiased her elu

try and lovo i.
on hapj)y."
never Kcomcil
lilt afternoon !
thougli I thinl.

And sho IK \-
itdiiij^' tho BiM ,
.gained."
It I must say 1! ,
not only to liti.
ind comfort in i,,

tlionj,'iit of V'l
sho and Wid.v,
inch more QJil. \
undt r Ood, tin v
Mrship tho I,(.ii'l
ul that I should

say, and that i?,
became just !W
id, "Thoreapoii
oomy if the Sun
therein, and iL
lich pnsaetii uil

^Icligiairs Intcdigciitc.

Mnrrh, 18(11.
Ir v,-:\-( not Tintil the 27lli of .raiinary that tln>
,|M'iM il Sunday cvetiiiiL,' .-vi'vii'iH in llio ini trojiolis
<• luid I'O Raid to have been coniplot'ly rcsuincd.
Til Wi'stMiin.-idr Abht y and I'ltctcr Hall tliiy re-
r imiiu iici d on the flrrit Sundny of the luw viar,
and rtoini.' wi( kn previou.sly, vaiioiis iiiinor thcatrci
had bivn cpoiiod on I-nrii'i-day i vcaiii^jii for l!io
))id('l!inia1ion of tlicOoMpil. fiul lla- nutropMliian
cathedral was closed until the la.sl Sunday in
Jiuiuary, in order to comphU' tlie extaiNivp all' i-
aliiais wli'iili wiTo n^ndin d in c(!*<iii y to lit it f>r
Ilia n^v of HO lar;;o n eon^rfi^Htion an now ri'i;ularly
a-i^ mli!>s beiu.'ath if»i capacious doinc. Thrsc
alt latioim inclndo thi> rcnioviil of tho screen
s.'paratin^; the choir from tho n »f of the cathe-
dral, the rrcction of a now and h(<aiitifiil pulpit, atwl
the laiildin.,' of a vi ry lar^o and powi ifil or;;an in
tlie .-laitli tiroiHi^pt. Now that thi-i i.oble cditice
id ia< lonprr a vant .solitude on Sunday evening',
and that tla^ ;,'liid tidita^.s of wlvation arc puli-
Iblicd to a.-scni)'led tli<ai.sanild on the ppot where, tl.rco
centuricH a^'o, (he idiainpiimu of th. Heforniation hurled
deflaiuo at tho Pupal AntioJtri t, and [■rn(daina(l tho
principles of I'rotcst.iiitii'm, we scein lo have, in Bonn'
sort, in nvodcrn St. I'aul'.s, a revival of tlio best features
of Paul's Ci'o.^.s. 'I'lie tirst w rnnai of (he series wa.s
Brei'clied by the iiisliop of London, who took for hi.j
text 1 P.t. ii. 18. 19; "Yo were nsleeined with th .
precious blood of Clnst," I te. Ili^ loidsl.lp enunciated
roe doctiino of tho at'aiement with the iitinost i inphasis
and distinctness. Tlie prominence iJiiven by iiiin on this
occasion to tho central truth of thi' Ctristiun i^vstcin,
"Iho stress which he laid upiai its beinp ro^ariled as
ecseulinl to a correct apprehension of tlie s^ospid, and
Ihe bold anil unhparing manner in which he (iihposed of
illl !i1h iTiil intellectual ditficultie-j lo it.? reception, were
peculiarly appropvi.ito nndi r existing circuinstances-'.
His |iirilrthi|)'s rcinarlis were, in fact, at oiico interpreteil
as intentionally condemnatory of tho " Ivsiiyi and
Review,-." laltdy publi.vla-d, tia' antliorsliii) of which is
shared by ^vvvn im ml), rn of the Entflinti UniviMsities.
This vwlu- le will assuridly achitvi^ a riotiiri''tv not lt>s
than tli;it of (he famous "Tracts fir the Times," if,
in.lii.j, til it i.otorirty bo nut already nbtaincd. The
es.savs ,u-e 'f various degrees of demerit, but they all
• tend to one result — the rijection of the word of Ood as
an nui-rring ; iid Divine revelation, and of tin' dist'netivo
doetrines -l tlie Chrii.tian faith. TI.e gravity of tlio
crisis is fully appneiated by those wh.nin it iiiost con-
' cerus. The ch r';y of tlie archdeacoiny of Ivondon have
met, and agree(l to iireseiit nn address upon the subject
to th(ar bishoj). Similar nioveineiits have taken place in
various olher parts of the country. Th»j Uishop of
Durham Dr. Villier.si, reiilying to an address from tho
arciuKiaconry of I.indijifarne, writes: "I am not sur-
.'*! pris(Ml that tho hearts of honest and faith.fnl churclimen
■■'■^ should burn with indignation at finding such a publica-
?w tion should have emanated from mon professing to be
.'>* ministers of i.jr Church. ... A more hotorodo.x volnrao
;- could scarcely havo been produwd." But the moat Im-
•f? portnnt declamtion is that elicitcil by a memorial to tho
Archbishop of Cunterburj-, from the diocese of Oxford.

The archbishop slufes that his (jiiscopal brethnn
unanimou.sly agrei; with him in expressing tli(« pain it
ha.s givrii till 111 that any clergyiiian of tlie Cliurch of
Kugland should have piiblishi d such opiniouH as those
in ipicstiou. "We cannot understand," continnes lii.j
Orace, " how these opinions can be h<dd con-istenlly
with an hoiu st snliscription to the rurmulaiii .s of oim'
Church, with many of tho fundanieiital doctvines of
which thi y apjuar to ns essentially at variance. Whether
tho hmguago in which these views are expr. sscd is such
as to make t!u ir pnhlieiition an net wtiich eiaild bu
visited in the cccdeHiastical court.-, or to justify tho
•ynodical eondemnKtion of th(< book which contains
tiuuii, is still under our gravest eonsiihralion." To llii:j
letter, tho whol(> of tho Knglish bishops apni nd their
names. It is scarcely possible to ovt rrate the impori-
ancc of a testimony so unanimous on Ixhalf of sound
doctrine, by our highest eeclcitiastical liignitaries.

;\s to the subatanco of the < ssnys, (here is little in
till m Ix-yond a repetition of souio of tlii> oft<Mi refiib d
argnuiiiit.s of the deistii and intidels of fi.rnier timer,
lu ignoninee of the solid lit«rature of Knglish theology,
the writers have reproducid the elude sp(>enlations of
tho worst si.'luxd of tho modern (Jirman Rationalist-.
In some of the essays there is much obscurity and vi r-
bi:u^e, but (ho main assertions will appiar colitemptiblo
not only to tliu student of Pah y ami ijiithr, and other
writiTs on tho evidences of religion, but to iverv
intelligent reader of tho I!ible. For i Xiimple, it l,
a.ssirtiMl that the Old Testament piophrci(B aro not
divinely inspired pn ilictions, but mere historieal itati -
inent.s of local and nationid i vents. Even tho tift\ -
third chapter of Isaiah is inuintAine<l to havo no n -
fi rcnce to the Mtssiah! The woolo eviilenco of fiiN
tilled prophecy in the tiistory of the world is set asiile
Of course also the authority of tho New Testamen:.
with its constant n I'erenco to the fultilni'-nt of what
the Scripturis had said', and tho tchdinony of Chr!: I.
himself to the same elTect, must bo si t aside. And
this nil !•( ly because it is tirst a.-sumed that the know-
ledge of future events is impossible. Thus (•((//mi«I/»!i//,
till eallisl, argues; tint rengun, judging from tho fullil-
nii lit of |iroph<:cy, arguet) that the knowlwlge of futnr"
( viiits, ImpoHsihlo to man naturally, must therefore hav ■■
been divinely intfpired.

In other of the csflay^ the distinguishing doctrines c.f
the Christian faith nr'o attacked. Tho whole is a sad
exliibition in our own day of what Cowjier dc.'-crilx.d : —

" The infliUl Ims shot liis lxilt.s .Tway,
Till, Ills ixli.uistej (lUivoi- jlcMliiK iiDiie,
He «l('iins Ihi' bliait^-il utinfts, tii.if I:iivi' rccxili-il,
Anil iiiiiis llietti fit tho shield oi truth n(;nln.
The vrll i.s riiit, rent tiii) tiy iniisily liaaJs,
Tluit liideii Ulviiiity fn m inorlnl • yrf ;
And all thr liiyntffrlcs to Tulth pruii.-i'il,
Insulted n:id '.r.iducid, arc cua .isi k- :"

Although, upon the whole, evangelical views nro
making progroes among our French Protestant brethren,
yet wo hear occasionally of the bold avowal of noological
sentiments tuiiong them also. As witli oursulves, how-
ever, there are not wanting men who steiulfustly opposo
them. Tho Rev. Dr. Grandpierre, one of tho leadin.rj
pastors of the Reformed Church of Franco, has pub-

208

IlKLKJIOUS INTKLLIGKNCE.

lialicil in L' I'tpi'iauce ftlio otkimi <•!' tin* ortliodfix im-
tioiuil Prott'stant.-*', a rtnrt of ttnli'inu ilrclnrutioii uf tliu
prin('i|iI('B of liiinNtlf niid liiit lintlirrii. It ix (Icciilcilly
rvniit-'clicul, mill ill till" iih-ii'iu'i) uf iiny iniimi wlmtuvir
fill' (iri'uriiij<( iiiirity of dootrinul trucliiii;,', limy W rc-
yiii'iliil us nil (•ii(.'oiirii;;;iiin Ni>;ii.

HrVfiiil Hiiciitir^<, wliirli liiivi' tin if liMiil-inmitirs iit
ftciU'Vii, iJiiil tliiir .s]ilii In of iictivity in Kniiico. At ii
inrt'tiiii; of one of tlirsi' — llif Sorioty for fScutliriil I'ro-
tintiiiits — nil i tirialiii^,' iii'iduiil wuH (iivrii liy 51. Mir-
I'luiiiil, II tla'iilo'.^ii'iil Ntuili'iit, of IV tour of cvuii^'i'li/itlion
ill till) Ili^li Alii.-i. Tho (li.-4ti'i('t vi^iti il liy liiiii was tliiit
iMii.si I'liitdl liy tlic liiliour.sof I'Vlix N't If. lie foiiiul tliitt
lliu fi rviiit ixiiortatioii.s of Hint tUvotcil Hrrviiiit of Ood
I'.ad not bi'i'ii furi,'ottiii liy these i-inipie nmuntiiiiiii is.

In tho more |iopiiloU3 di»ti'i(.'t:4 of Fnuicc, tlui ivini-
gi.'liual .soc'iitica ant jiroai'i'utiii^ Huir lalmms witii tluir
woiiti d \ ijj'oiii'. Tlio Cuiitiul rrolutitiint Sociity Ims
Hivunly, till' (I'ari!*, KvungcliLid Soeiily clKlity, nil.-t.iion-
arito iic'tivrly (.iiijiloyL'd. 'J'lio Evuiij^ulical JSocicty of
(ifUivii jia.s also lid liihonrcis tmversing thoso jmita of
I'laiifo adjaci'iit to Switzerland.

Tlio niseii.iwioiis on tiie I'lipal (jue.stion eontiiine, iiad
oiu immpldet after nnother reveula tin; extent to \\liieh
|iulilie opinion is alienated from the IConiish Chnreli,
Tiiiii nuial tell ill favour of I'rote.-ituidiMni ; Imt it is not
deemed likely lliat tile iirojeut of ii French imtriaruhate,
aij a muins of withdrawing tlui Enipiiu from tho sway of
the I'aiiaey, will iirovc a reality. ^Meanwhile, the I'opu
does wliat he eaii to iirovuke the Emperor.

We leiini that I'iiis ix. 1ms expressed jiis convielioii
that all tho misfortunes that have happened to him and
his friends are the work of Eni,'laiid. llo i.s also reported
as lieiiig far froni pleaded that tho Enjjlish Ilomaii
Catliolie.s do not open their purses as ho thinks they
oii"j;ht to do. ill euiitinuing to ally himself to the eausi!
of nhsoluli.-'iii, In,' daily renders tho I'lijiaey more dis-
ti;i:liliil to the thiiikiiii; portion of tho people of Italy.
Tliu liihle and I'lotestunt literaturo thus obtain, to
.omo extent, a prepared soil for their ree-eption. In
little more than u month, upwards of three thousand
eopii s ol thu Sierijitiires have been sold in Naples alone.
!Straiif;;e (o say, in Uomo the Jews have been eireulating
tlio N'lV 'IVstanieut as a means of .strikinj:!; a deadly
Mow at the Pope's temporal power. The IteV. 1{. 11.
lleiseliell, who has lately returned from n visit to Italy,
had tliu jileusure, when at Floronco, of bringing all tho
leaders of the dilleront seetions of Italian Proto.stiinta
together in a soeial gathering, at which they met in
tile most Irieiidly way, and ported with mutual good-
will.

From Spain wc have intelligcnco that Manual Jlata-
nioros, tho Protestant prisoner for conseionce' sake,
having been furnished with pecuniary aid from this
country, hud been able to securo a passage in a steamer
from Barcelona to IMulaga, and thus to avoid the long
and toilsome jonniey, in chains, by land, which might
have cost him his life. His constancy remains unshaken ;
and wo learn fidiu his letters that the converts continue
to increaso. Addressing Alonzo, the yonng priest whose
eonver.siou occasioned tho persecution, ho writes : " lio-
joice, brother, for since the day of my imprisonment the
eiitliusia.Tm in JIalaga has increased. . . . Thirty-seven
new converts havo been added to the church, and tho
Siiirit of grace is every day more comforting and more
ileeply rooted in tho hearts of that Christian band.
Many prayers ascend daily for tho deliverance of our
eliuieli, iiow so liercely jiersecuted by these enomics of
(Jhii-tt. They are bringing an action against them and
nie in Jliilaga, at the present time, and notwithstanding,
this only serves to increaso our inimbers, and to inspire
US with now courage. Yes, dear brother, my phyaicul
forces are sinking rapiiUy; my weak flesh fails me, and
the thread of life ajipenrs nearly spun ont. The damp-

nesi of tlicHo prisonH is killing me ; but, dear lirother, i Vi i
stip I take towards the tomb enablew me better to an:,
cipate my Inst honr with rejoieini^, and with a pciici' i
wa.^ a neVfi et slrniigi r to until I found Christ." In tl .
strain lie proceeds, and informs his frli'iid that his I'u i
i.s "a little foeiis of go.spcl light," that three of I
fellow-prisoilers have become converts to the I'liilh, n^
that he holds their protests. Of Matanioms' tVll.iH
sulbrern, we h arn that Alhama continues, like liiiii.-< i'
ill custody, but that Umnero, Vasijuez, and Lineiro, Imv
been liberatiMl on bail.

A letter from Constantinople states that tho Diil^'v
riaiis have been demanding from tliu Porto a full sip..
ration from tho (ireik patriarch, and a seiiaratu <■,
ginizatioii of their own, and that a very high degree i ,
excitement now jirevails among them because |l:ir
request has been negatived. A few hiiTO gone over t'
the t'.iiiiisli Church, but the majority stand tirm, and aii
determined to gain their rights. JIany largo bodies
them, including ecclesiastics, declare that if their p' i;.
tioii Imj not granteil, they will become Protestants.

Amid tho painful scenes which abound in Syria, t!.
mind experiences a feeling of no littlo relief in coiiti )i.-
jilating the work being carriid on by tho Qeniini!
deacoiies.ses. Tlirso devoted women have been ili>-
patched thitlu r by Ur. Fliedner, tho director of tl.'
Deacones.ses Institution at Kaiserwerth. Tluy laliDi.i
in concert with thu missionaries and medical men, an I

firovo most invaluable auxiliaries to both. Thr<'o nsy-
urns havo been already established by them at IJeyroiit
one for orphans, another for destitnte girls above four-
teen, whoso position, perilous at any time, is reiiderui
still more so at this moment by tho presence of an im-
moral soldiery, and a third for widows. Ilesides tKi
manngemcnt of these institutions, they steadily pur.-::,
their hospital work at IVyrout and other parts of Syiii
At Sidon a suitable house has been taken for a hospitnl.
where some of tho ten deaconesst s there stationed wi!
Ik) thus wholly engaged. The Roman Catholic sisters i ;
mercy are also displaying great activity. Three orplm;;
asylums are about to be erected in Bt^yrout by the Ii"-
manists. Tho Protestant Deaeoncasos' Orphanage, :i;
present occupying temporary premises, is to bo hicati '1
in an edilico built for the purpose.

The accounts from all parts of India exhibit cliceriii.
pro.specta of usefulness. In the northern provinces, i .--
peeially iiHlicted by the recent war, thu change in relutior;
to Christianity is most marked. Gopee Natli Nundy, tin
native teacher, a narrative of whoso trying ordeal in tli'
mutiny appeared at the time of its occnrrenco in tl,-
" Sunday at Home," nports succes.sfnl labours, li.
Tinucvelly there are indications jf zoal for tho convti-
sion of tho surrounding heathen, combined with tin
adoption of jilans of practical usefulness, which reiul-
like what is occurring in England rather than what wi
should expect in India.

Several important outposts have liocn secured fi
missionary work in China, of tho operations from whicl.
we hope to give favourablo report beforo long.

From Wi.'stern Africa we hear that tho vessels intendt"
to form the missionary expedition up tho Niger had been
waiting for three months for the promised gunboat whicl;
was to accompany them, conveying a British consul iv
negotiate with tho native tnbes. Tho gunboat, howeviv
had not arrayed ; tho fall of tho rivur had set in, and tl.i
ascent was now dangi'rous. Tho consequent delay of a
year had sadly disappointed tho soveral emigrant nativc-
from Sierra Leone, who had sold their houses and property
there, in order to settle on tho Nigor. The Rev. Snniiul
Crowther, who communicates this information to tlu'
Church Missionary Society, proposes the establishment
of a prefatory mission at the Nun (one of the mouths ni
thu Niger), for which he had sought and found a healthy
pliico.

a:.

lilt; lMtt(.r to lUitl.
Ill with II jMiii'i. I
ICIiri.st." lull,.
I<;li<l lliut liirt I'll 1
that Ihrnj of I
In to the I'llith. lu..
lutallllildr)' I'lllnw.

iiwu'H, hki' hiiii.ii'l!
ami liiiR'iiii, hiiv

8 that tho Biil^'i.

I'ortl) U full Nip,;.

ul (V Moparulu n;
ry higli iIc'^tcu i,,
•III bc('nii.><t' Ihiir
lUTo giMii' i)\\ r t'
ntniul llrni, uiul nii.
,ny hirj^o htnlii s
that it' their pi l:-
I'roteHtrtiit!!).
ouml in Syria, tli
relief in eoiiti ;i •
\)j tho Genu;!!
II liave been cli-
ic diroetor (it' tl,i
•til. They iaholii
niedioul men, mil
botii. Three nsy-
tliein ut lieyrout :
f;irl3 above t'lnir-
time, ia reiulertil
m'seiieo of an im-
)ws. Ik'wides tlir
ey steadily pur.->iii
ler parts of Syriii
ikeii for a bospitiil.
lero stationed wi!
Catlioliu si.sters (•;
y. Tliree ui-phu:;
lyrout by the Itn-
js' OrphaniiKe, a;
, ia to bu locati'l

exhibit cliceriiii:

■ni provinees, e.v

chan^o in relation

Natl I Nundy, tin

ing ordeal in th'

eiirri-UL'O in (!•

4'iil labours. I:

1 for tho eonvti-

lubincd with tin

leas, which rem!-

icr than what wi

)oci» acenrcd t'l "

itions from wiiicl.

long.

vessels intendti!

Niger had been
d gnnbont whiel;

British consul to
uiiboat, however

[id set in, and tLi
qucnt delay of :i
emigrant native?

uses and property
riie Rev. Saiiiiui
brmation to tiif
le establishment
uf the mouths et
found healthy

\l:: t-.

K V'

Kfic

[)^^

THIJ

SUNDAY AT HOME:

'^M"j-^.' - .JLi. .', — -J

LNEXrRCTHD DF.UVBKANL'K.

NOTES FROM AN AKCTIO DIAliY.

Again Iho " Investigator" was roofed in and
snow-walled, llie school was it;commencod, and
ovcrvtliing arranged as in tho previous winter.
At first, appoarancos were I'uvonrable, only
two men wore on tho sick-list, suffering from
rheumatism, but an examination of tho ship's
ftonss in October resulted in the reduction of
^e rations to two-thirds of tho usual quantity.
On December tlio 6th, tho captain announced
to the crew that ho should now give up evcry-
ijjing but the endeavour to reach England

No. 362.— I'DDllSllKD Al-RIL 4, 1861.

by the most direct way; Iho search for tho
lost Franklin expedition must bo abandoned on
accoiuit of tho Avant of provisions ; besides it
was impossible that Franklin and his com-
panions, provisioned for on!}- three years, could
liavo subsisted in the ice for six. To this was
added that, in consequence of so much more of
the preserA'cd meat being .spoiled, it was neces-
saiy to reduce tlio rations to half. The latter
piec^o of intelligence was as depressing as tho
former was cheering.

Tho winter was very severe, and far moro
dreary than tho previous one. " As our stock
of candles," says Mr. Miertsohing, " is very

I'RICt OKK PBMNTi

210

NOTES FROM AN AKCTIC 1)1 AUY.

I II

Bmall, ihat also must bo cconomiztMl, and vro
thcicroro pass a {'"rL-at ]iart of our time in
<laikness. Our priiioipd occupatiuiis aro
■walking and .slot -.'iiig; reading and Avriting
are ontof tlio qno.^linn, at? wo liuvo liardly light
cnongh t'lr tlio most necessary dntios. '\Volvos
liuwl round the sliip, ;ind their howlings lualco
the dark, cild, dead night yet more doleful.
^V1.■•*') foxes, driv^a by hnnger, venture oven
on deek, ^vhero several have been eanght."

Thus ended tlio year IS.M. The first iwo
months of the next year woro no brighter.
With sndi an insniricient snpplj' of food, Iho
eonstant liungi.'r bccauio absolutely jjainful.
Thioo poor felbnvs wore punished for having
stolen the dogs' food. In ilareh tho weather
beeamc fair, and favourable for tho chaso, Imt
the nn^killed sportsmen often onl}' frightened
away instead of killing the reindeer, and but
few of those animals were mot with. Fogs I
now booauio fre(jiicnt, and several instances ]
aro mentioned of individuids losii\g their M-ay 1
for ruaay hours. In one ease, two sailors were
sov:ght for all night in v;da by ihioo com-
panies; by others a great part of iho next
day. Just as tho e.iptiiin had determined on
sending out tho whole ship's company in dif-
ferent directions, tho wanderers woro seen stag-
gering aking. A sledge A\as sent to fetch
thtni, thoy wero brought on board l.'eln!os8
and Tmconseious, and it was sotuo days before
they could give any account of themselves.

On ]\Iay the 9lh, (.'ai)tain M.'Cluro returned
fidui ]\lil\iUo Island after nearly a month's
absence, having gone Avith -Mr. I'nurt ami m'x
sailors to "Winter Harbour, whoro he Uoped to
find a depot of provisions, if not a ship from
England. >.\:ilhor was to be found. Still
they wore not (piito Avithout news in iheir iso-
lation from tho rest of the wmld; tho captain
found a box containing the infcjj'nialion tlut in
ls.-)0, soven English and two Ameiioan ships
had sailed through Lancasier Sound ; th^iL
( 'aplain Austin, with his four ships, " Kcsolute,"
•' Inlrepid," •' Assistance." and " i'ionoer," had
been lYozt-n in by (iriflitirh Islands. In tho
spring of ]85l, a sledge party from tho •' lio-
siduto" he.d visited Winter Ifarlxmr and ^eft
this intelligoneo. "W lethor (he.e ships re-
turned to Kngland, or m\:to still fixed in the
ice, was unknown. All hope of ;,-d from Iho
east now viinished.

Tlithorto tho general health Lad boon g-uxl,
though all wero grosving weaker, and insuf-
ficient food, damp, cold weather, and tho
gloomy prospect of Iho future, began to iell
upon nil. Fvi>n tho briglit suns:hiiio at iho
boginuing of Jinie ciuiKed no iinpruviMrjont.
Tho fcgs so.m rt (uuud, and all were fojbidden
to go hunting, partly on accoimt of tho da.-goi !

Ono allovjaling eii-

of being lost, and partly because Vr() game l;;!.i
almost all disaj poared.

i-jlili Jh.e " jnvcstiga'orci" did not dv.-o i-,
Thoy had discovered a second north-u'est j
.sago, and hoped to sail vhiongli it tlitt }
Summer was coming, ^\hen tho run sli, i .
black, hairy eatorpillars were m "U eiawlir
on tho nijss, and as si>on as tlio grtJinul \', .
free from snow, little white and yellow How.
ajipcared in. full bloom, eoniing lieforo tlii.
leaves; a rivuh't enlivened tho dreary sih ir
landscap(! wiih the pla.'-bing of its litilo wa'. •
falls; and ono day several coloured buttcrlli'-
were caught. But the sea showed no ehanv;.
Day after day, anxious eyes gazcd over i:
frozen surtt\co fri/m tho sunumt of the nearc-
hill, ami every day tho waichers returiiod '
the ship with tho same intelligeneo — " ?
UMvemont in tho ice!"
cumstanco must not bo omitted

Mr. 3IierfM'liIng, in his lonely wandering ■
found a sin (1! plant which ho rycognlsed as ,
s['Ceiet) of soriel, and which tlo doctov.s p'
nonfood an excellent remedy for the soitivy,
an4 a yalriahlo })regorvati> c' ?ov tho;iO not \\
aftW'tod by that disease. Several in<n we;.
A^orpforo bcnt out every day to collect it, ai i
in ^ few weeks its bonelicial eJfocls w.v.j
evident,

'• Septojuber 9th. To-day tlio captain siu.'-
.noKod the crew on deck, and ti'ld them Jio was
now convinced that tho ice ^vuuld not break • r
thia year; wo must therc^foro pa.ss anoih v
winter here. Ho ciiirged them not to let tin !•
spirits sink, but with ^\m couiidenco to tni.:
in God, under whqso jtiutoction we (Aire; ai l
to behave ihcmselk'os as Ib-itish senmeti, w!)n
wevo never Ibtr.ul wanting i; courage and eu
dur(^nc'\ Ho added iliai: wo bad now for a
year sub asted on Jess than our u,^ual rations,
and yet, by God's goodness, had been ]n\ s* rvi !
in t ilerablo health. In order to n\al,o tin'
slendei stuic lai.t till next sunuuer, it would 1 ^
necessary now to reduce tho nHowance a litt^
moio, but thtit v.-ould suffice f"r ihe poiiod < ''
total inactiviiy. lu the sp'iug he would .'otal
away foriy men in two cor'jpanies, ono to ih-
.Mackenzie Kivor, and the o;in'r to Fon
LcoiM.ld, >.heio a hou.^-e would be t'-uiu) an;!
abumlanec of food aiid clotliing. Ono could sen
many dismal i'aoes, but tljoro was nothing >o 1 r
done but to yiold to necessity."

The docto/H feare<l mi.cli for tho cousequenct >
of ihis 'cfbiction, all being already so mncli
enfeebled, 'J'wo luid lost their revvon, nmi
these unhappy one.<^ added to tho 'li^tress ol
tlieir compmin-ns hy raving uigb' and ih\y.
There woro evident signs ol discontent «niong
tho sailors, and after alvout six wcidc* fb.'V
assembled on dec!; one day, and desired through

ofl
en

inWf«WBW*«<«'"0'"*<wAa»itlH'

iimWBhnwt'wwuiwMlwiiw*,*

NOTES ymm ax AKCIIC DIAliY.

HO tl'O game 1;;;(1

nnvth-wc-st j
;li it lli;it y
tlic f uu kIi !

llio k''"'iih1 ^'.
1 veil, n- fi,,u,

11^ lic'fiiro {{■.:,

(Iroiiry m"!; i,-
its litilo Viit.
invd liiKoifli.
wed ju) cli.);]', .
giizud over i:
t of the iii-Mii
STB r(;l 111 lied
liiguuco — " ;
iHoviating c ;.

U' waijdciiu;
voogiiifeud u.s .

or iho tjuun •

tUo^ii IHit \ ,
3iai nun v.i;.
collect it, at ;

1 oJfoClS A\..'.'

> i.'aptaiu 6 •;.'
Id liuiUl Jio -w ••:
d Jiot bii;;tk ■ ;

]>\ss aiioil. :
not to let till ;•
idfiico to tiii, -,
W'c ..-oro ; ;ii 1
1 soitmon, w',n
^Hiago and tu
lad mow fi,r ,i
iiMiid rations
aeon pn seivi !

to ll\;.lso till'
n-, it would 1m
waiici' a lifli.
the poiiod < •'
10 would .'e;;>i

^'S, OtiO to !l!'

hl'l" to l\»:

he t'nuiu! an!
One conld s' n
iiuthirig >o It

consoqiioii'.'i s

iidy f<j iniK'li
ivvvon, niiii
10 <iistn)SN dt
rb' and d;iy.
i»l)f^'nt Ri)in:i--
: vcfLM fhi'v
Hired tluatic:;ii

211

^(►officer of the walrh to f;poak to tJic raptaiii.
When he e,imi\ limr of them ndvaucod and
l^,i.';i'd he wonhi forgive lliem for a.s-'!»bling
witii'.iil; his leave, hut they hiid ieisuhi d to
iwile m entreating liim to make some addition
to their rations; tln-y oould not live on the
pvCKeir a!lviwaii<;»;. juid thoy eonld not hileej) fur
Imngfi. Th • capi '.ai reasonel wiih them, md
rapretien ted thoubsoluto neiMisi.^ity for ceonoiay,
hut ended hv }>n.iuit.ir,g thenj ii little more.
'i'lu- ( .')i- lellow-, I'ni'ived a good dinner, (.>t;ro-
ber 2oth, tlu' fjecond annirtTsary v^ their di.s-
etwrerv of a north Me.»t pfctf»>f..!go. A spirit id'
ohturfnlni ^^. showed itself ;hrough"iit (ho idiip.
" ^very one had for onee hiid enough to eat.
I Jii\vi> often in lah:A.«(ir had the opportunity
of »<Ting hungry people, hiit nover till now
rajTfeelf oxperioneed what it tnaa to bo alwavs
iiwr,gi\-."'

This A\ inter there was no aehool, but wlien
the light wiis snrth ient th- trailers oeeujiied
thd'nii.eivo in re;id;n'.';. iUid all. ollicors ineUui' d.
had le.inied knitling ■ r <i'oehol (o Icguile the
wwir\ hours. ( iiristinasday rvan antieipated
■with great joy, for " tlien we 'hall again have
ouonL'h to eat I" \S hen the d\v arriAcd, it was
celel rateil with &^ nnu:h if not mon* gaiety
than beCuie. Tli" steward had ei»nlrived to
reset vi' -i quarter of nuit>k o.'c .shot in duly;
Ihif- he now ]troduced as i-oat-tdjeef. wlueh v.'fts
greeted with unhonnded delight 'j'he sailors
adoniedr'^.' low.'r doek wiih (!ng;j, and pii'Tun h
drawn ami painted b^ thenmelve;. repre.-eTting
their varic u*; adventun'S by land and ^ea ; even
the ]>lnui-jHiddings were decm-.ited wilh liitlo
silk tiags. The eaptain and otueerB were invited
as u;ual to Ree all this giandenr, and a sailor in
a faiieifn! '' -tuine , d>lie.<c('
the eaptain, diatdcmg him i.h'
a pleaNant day. ,

'* iJcc. ;it. To-day another ■'n;.!; and tfviacr |
year in emh'd. O ei^dd v.'e only f*>el srrat^fj^ j
m we ouglo for the gni."iouH and wu'idronw '
hei]> of the Lord! It h i.s been a hxigand beavy >
year for u^s, but (jiod hat* prt'«erv( d our henllh. {
mine eh'peeially, and *-vi e ni the mo-t tronV»i<>n.-t
tinh;s gi^ en tue many blewsed lio-irH of bin
graee ami pienenoo. He ha.s turned the lioarts i
Qf my ^oiptnati?:-, ko that they lend a willinjjf i
QUI to my feeble wordn, .spoken i'.>r tlio good
ni' their soutu, and i!iey testify liv their (-ondnnt
th'H they kno\v- and aeknowledtfe Hoiiietlnag ■
higher rt; d Intter thuo the ciuiiij;ui;_-. tiN>ubl«*d
, Jife i)f earth. I ku w tlmt it is of tli« !i<>rdb
a'W^'iii, not mine, that 1 atn here ; tJti.s ettwiMnoui*- '
■pBe.'sii has nuslained ni> ofi«n ^itikiil<f courage.
^^tilay it g'vc me Btvfcngth to iue«»t Uto ftituro I
4:outidingi\ , whatever UnU und (h^af^OM it mmy I
jbririg." ■■ ' I

'" Tno Tnojitli et Junuury wm intou»ely euld. |

1,.1)<.;- .-.i I'eel!, ti*
\\'n\>L them uiieh

During many dayti no one coidd leave tlie ship,
and even under the canvas-roofed deck, wrapped
in tho Nvainie.st ch'thing and running to and
fro, it wa.i impoMsibie t>i remain nioro than
half an hour at a time. Mr. Miertsehing suf-
fered more than a fortniglU with violent tooth-
jtehe, and !i. s^ailor coming iu s;titT with cold ftdl
down the staircase and broke hi.s arm. The
poor luiialies htili raved almo.st inee.ssantly,
ami the reports of the general health beeamu
more and more nnfavonrable.

In Febr)iary wu read ; " The .sun has returned,
but tho Ktato of the crew in Ktill uioro Had.
Ibiw heavily must all this adverisity pre.-.s upon
om- worthy eaptain ! May ll:o I.unl give him
enduring courage!" Tho iMdu.-.trion,s Moravian
woems to have been prejtarod to take up any
handicraft that camo in his way. " Tlie ar-
mourer is ill, .Tnd though I have never before
taken hi.-i piaeo, I have dune .so now, and am
niaking tin drinking vessels for those of uh who
are to depart in the s))n"ng. The monthly e.v-
a)uin:itii.ii of the crew ])rove:-i ihat not one of
them in any longer tit for hard woik. It is a
gloouiv prospect for n.s who in six weeks, wilh
the feeblest of them, must yidso our.selveH to
the heavily laden ."-^ledges and dsag tliem hun-
dredn fd' milef over ice and snow. Jiut it is
best to take courage and tru.si i:< the Lord. I
will rather rejoice in my Jong j.>unu)y than
look forward wi'ii an.siety ami tear."

On tho Mrd of March the eaptain made known
IrTN intentio-iH. Th.> ntocdc of provisions for all
cttrld only last till November; ho would there-
hnv semi away so many that tho.se who re-
mained might have enough till the spring, in
eitso tJne s)np could not get out of the ice this
year. Lieut. Cres-swell, Mr. Mior.\-ehirig, and
si.x saihiis, were to y'<i to I'rinces.s I'oyal island,
where a depAt and u boat were h ft in If^ol ; to
::;ve there three month.s in a tetit. and wlmn tho
^ m brolce up, put to f.ea in the bunt, endeavour to
r.-.xdi thi- shores of ilie (.•,<•, timnt ai.d ascend the
Mi#'ken/.ie Kiver to Fort (iocd Ibipe, and from
the«r^. with tho help of the Indians, to reach
Miiitfal and <,,hiebec. Slamld tho St. Law-
rence ».<• alieady fro/en, they \m4v to proeeid
to Saw York, ar.d take tho firnt steam packet
fui' Kafland ; in order that fddps might bo
V>ro> p « W ) i and isont f.nt to meet tho '• InveK-
lig!\t(>r" r^'xt spring. 'i'he other company,
jouKiMf.iug < f four rflioers, including theaissistaiii;
Ktii-geon, and twpnty-Kix miloiH, war to go to
I'ort r>oi>p')id, fivn hundred milefi distant, whei-»
a LousM ha<l liei'ii liuili iu U<4S, stored with
evnrvtl;in»»; th»'v oould require, and whore they
would find i small (steam-bo.it. From th<'ne^
th«y Were to endeavour to reach Fngland by
the aid of the whale tishem. Captain M'Cluro,
Dr. Armi*troni|if. Mr. l'ai»o, and Mr. Court,

I' 1!

■ «*'•

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIARY.

I) «i

212

with tho Ktrongcst sailors, would remain ; and

if obliged to abandon tho n\i\]), thoy too would

seek I'ort Leopold. Tho 15th of April was

named as tho day of departure, and for a

month picviuiisly they wore to receive full

rations. " This 'intell'igeneo caused great do-

proKsiun. Those who are to remain envy their

other shijimatcs, while tho latter have little

hope of accomplishing such a long jounicy.

Yet there are many who, mindful of tho already

experienced wonders of tho Lord, havo firm

ountidi-nce in his helji. I am .'iurc that we shall

ho able to sing on tho way tho verso wo have

often sung together hero —

■ Thou, our I.i|,'Ut, cm- Lca.ling-stnr," ctf."

Tho preparations for the journeys were ac-
tively carried on, and In" the commencement
of April all was completed. Tho new sledges
had been packed and tried, when an unexpected
event chanircd tlie face of afl'airs.

" April Till. Stormy weather and snow pre-
vented us from hunting this niorning. Tho
captain occupied himself in writing letters and
despatches for the Admiralty, which wc were
to take with \is. About tweive, the wind fell,
l)ut it was too late for tho cha,se, therefore the
unemidoyed crew walked up and down on the
ieo and the strand. 1 was also walking with
tho captain near the ship, and wo were con-
vereing together upon the journey that lay
liefuro me, and upon tho meJancboly situation
of our good ship tho ' Jnvesti|:;ator.' We were
jnterni])ted by a sailor, who announced that
yonder in the heavy ice a black moving object
could bo seen, most likely a musk ox crossing
over from Point l?ack. Wo looked in tho
direction indicated, and saw distinctly some-
thing moving, but could not decide what it
was. Another sailor now camo lunning from
the shore, exclaiming. ' They are me?i.' First
one man, and then a sledge with men ! Tho
captain and I looked iit each other withoiit
speaking, and hastened to meet the distant
ligvues. New hopes of life aro.>!e in my breast,
for, taking tho people for Esquimaux, 1 thought.
Wherever these came, wo can go. It was
twenty-one long months since wo had seen any
men but ourselves, and as wo approaclicd tho
strangers our hearts throbbed violently. I
c(iuld not utter a word. 'Ihen an I^nglish
voice called to us : ' 1 am Lieut. I'ym, of tho
ship " Rt. solute," Captain Kellet, in Winter
Ihuk)ur!' What tidings! I thought I was
droiiming; tho joy, tho rapttire almost stupified
mo. Hut it was no dream. Tho aid, tho rescue
is reality,"

On board the ship this unhopod-for delivor-
anco caused no less joy. Tho sick, forgotting
their sufl'erings, sprang from thoir beds, and

in a few minutos all were assembled on ded;
'' Wo learned from Lieut. Tym that in is:,.
five ships were sent out under tho connuand < i
Sir Edward Belcher. Th^ ' Assistance ' aii
' rioneev' were commanded by Sir Edward ii
person, tho ' Resolute ' and ' Intrepid ' Ic
Captain Kellet, tho same whom wo had met ii
Uehring's Strait. The fifth ship, the * Nortl
Star,' was anchored at Cape Riley, to remair
as a depot ship for the others. At Capo Rili
tho ships parted 'jompany, Sir Edward Relclii
sjiiling up Wellington Channel, in search c
Sir John Franklin, and Captain Kellet towiiir,-
Melvillo Island, where ho took u]) his fii>
winter quarters by Dealy Island. The t-aiiv
autumn uo sent out several companions to ex-
plore tho coast and deposit stores of provisii ;,
in readiness for others wluj v/ere to bo sent iii
north and Avest in the spring. One of tliL>.
parties found the intelligence left liy ei;
captain on Melville Island, and returned witi
it immediately. Tho winter was too near i
send to the Ray of Mercy ther , but on tho l".'t
of Marcii, 1H,5;5, Captain Kellet despatcli'
liicut. Pym with a chosen party of men to seiK
tho ' Investigator;' and after a cold and toi!
Komo journey of twenty-eight days, ho hai
found us and made us glad. Many and heart-
fult were tho thanlcsgivingH that ascended t
tho throne of grace."

twrific
from c(
erous i
has no
tho eai
this lit
noble
of the
gatherc
not gre
tudo, 01
in a b
♦ Rock
their
wo an
their
onr vo
fore fa tl
to thoii
liberty
them,
mout t
the at
may n
receive

THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

" Aye, call it hoi}' griiuiid
'rfu! Hoil wlirro first tlioy troil :
'JMiey have loft uiibtniiieil whiit there they fouml—
l''r(.'cdom to worship CJod !"

Mi:s. IIkmans.

Tn' America tho memory of the Pilgrim Father-
is kept over fresh. Year by year there ai
festivals, in celebration t)f tho landing of tli
emigrants frtuu tho " ^layfiower," in search "
tho freedom of worship which they were denit I
in tho Old World. Tlio monumental memoria
at New I'lymouth is said to require 40,000/. fii
its completion. Somo years ago it was pro-
jiosed that an English memorial of tho saim.-
event, on a much liumbler scale, should In
erected in Southwark, many of tho ministoi>
and people of which wore early confessors and
martyrs in tho causo of leligious toleration.
Tho American minister, tho lato lion. Abbott
Lawrence, warmly entered into tho proposal.
and bore a noblo testimony to tho memory of
tho Pilgrim Fathers of New England.

" In common with most of my countrymen.
I entertain tho most profound and sincere
reverence for tho mejuory of tho baud of heroic
Christians, who, in tho face, in the Old World,
of Dogleot and opproesion, and in tho New, of

.^1

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

!13

ulikd til) (led;
I that in is.",.
ho commuiul 1 1
LHsistancc ' an i

Sir Ed ward ii
' intrepid ' l,v

wo had met ii
ip, the < ^orii
iley, to rciiwii
At Capo m\v:
idward Belchf'
I, in seaicli r
Kellet tow;m:-
k U]) his fiiy
id. The earn.
ipanions to ex.
•s of provisin!.
B to bo sent llr

One of tliLM
I left liy nil

retmiied witi.
'•as too near t
mt on tho hn.
let despatcli' ;
(jf nion to .sei K

cold and toii

days, ho liai
iny and hcan-
it ascended t-

HERS.

TO thiy founti—

IIi:mans.

ilgrim Fallui-
•car ihoro ;ii
landing of tli
," in .search n
ey were den iitl
nital nienioriit.
iro 40,000/. Ih
JO it was pro
d of the saiiu
lie, should In

tho mini.stoi>
confessors and
JUS toleration,
I Hon. Abbott

tho proposal,
tho niouiory ol
land.

y countryiiK'ii,
I and Rinccre
baud of heroic
ho Old World
n tho New, of

HsiTifio trials, of countless dangers, of dcatli
from cold, from starvation, and from a treatih-
©rous foo, funnded a Christian colony, which
has now grown into one of tho great nations of
tho earUi. It seems .snpcrtiuon.s to speak of
this littlo conmnuiity of men and women (and
uoblo ^vomen, too), which has now become one
of the admirations of the world, and which
gathered within its ranks as groat, 1 believe, if
not greater, an amoimt of Christian faith, forti-
tude, endurance, and iiopo, thiui was over found
in a body of im|iki1 numbers on earth. 'J'lio
•Rock of riymoulli,' where they iinally made
their home, has become our Mecca, to which
wo .•mnually, on tlio wintry anniversary of
their landing, make a jiilgrimage, to renew
onr vows of fidelity to tlie principles of our
forefathers, and olVcr up our tliankrul devotions
to their and our Ciod for the civil and religious
liberty lie lia.s poruiitlcd us to inherit from
thcra. Jiong mi',}- that J'ook remain— a momi-
mout to teach my conntrymen so to conduct
the atlairs of the present, that tho fnture
may not be unworthy of the past wo have
received."* «^

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

XII.

MOUNT ZION AND TUK VIA TrOI.ORO.SA.

TnR crn:uci[ of tiif. aiosti.ks — Tin; miiMX of tiii;

BCOKlKil.Vll — FRANCISCAN CdNVICNT — THi; liol'.Si: OF

., CAiAi'iiA.s — iioviM.s OF TUi: i.i:i'i:us— uiK diu'.AT An.Mi:-

■ -IIIAN CONVF.NT — nil-: I'OOI. OF UAIILSIII'IIV — ZIIIV nil-

Paui:nt OF .ii:ki;sai.i:m — a .natiuai. roi'.Tai:?.^ — ziu.s-
TYPICAL OF Tin: ciirucii — rm: via noi.oii. 'sa — ii uk-
I8i{ invention.'! — I'm: aki.u of tiii: i;cci. homo, and
OTin:ii Lr.(ii;Ni)AUY sn l.<.

The " large npjier room" mentioned inonr last
paper — tho " Caniaculum," as it is called —
gtands U])on the site and ]irobably is tho same
buiUUng iiieiitioncd ly Cyril, IJislio]) of Jeru-
salem in tho fourth century, as tlio churi'Ii of
the apostles, whore they were said to be as-
seniblod on the da}' of I'cntecost. Kpiphaiiiiis
speaks of it about tho sanui time under the
same name, and ho relates that this building,
with a few others in its vicinit}', e.-<caped de-
(rtriiction by 'i'itus, and tliat this cliamber Avas
the church v\' tlni faitlifiil after tlieir leturii
from Telhi. We have already noticed that tlie
western wall (ff Zion was said by Josephus
to have been spared by Titus, and it is not
inqiossiblo tliat tlio buildings nieiitioncd by
Epiphaiiins were left standing as barracks for
his soldiers. In tilt? tho building is men-
tioned by Adamnanus, in Arculfs 'J'ravels, and

• niis t'xtm<'t is from a littlo volmnp, " Imjh of tlio
Mlgriiii FiithofH," oditc'l by n«>njamiii 8cntt, f.r.a.s,
Dhaiiibcrltiin of Lumloii, I'liblislioil by I.()iij,'iiiiui & Co.,

I (lid of Uie 8outhwaik Monioriul Fund..

was held to bo tho Cn:'naciiluin, and to contain
tho column to which Christ was bound when
scourged. Jerome, writing in tho fonrili cen-
tury, describes this column as su.staining the
portico of a church on IMonnt Zion. Tlie Jeru-
salem itinerary (a.o. 'M'.i) also montions the
column. Wo cannot look upon a spot distin-
guislied by early tradition as the scene of
events so momentous, without deep feelings
of awe. There are strong probabilities that
these early writers handed down a tale that
had boon transmitted to them from ajiostolic
days. Their testimony takes a belief in the
authenticity of this site quite out of the
doiiiaiu of credulity.

Other legends, less ancient and trtistworthy,

soon grouped themselves around this hallowed

] spot. Aiculf (a.i>. 7(10) found that within

! tlie area covered by this building, the Virgin

i Mary died and St. Stephen was martyred ; and

yet later the monks added other occurrences of

i interest to tho long li.st of events connected

• with our Saviours earthly career, supposed to

' have taken iilacc here. Tho building .ndjoining

the Camacnlum was erected ly Sancia, queen

i of Robert of Sicily, as a convent for tho I'ran-

i ciscans, and it was their chief scat from A.u.

l;il.'5 till l"if.!l. They wcro then expelled by

tho Moslems under these circum.stances : a

rich and influential Jew from Constanlinople

visiting the holy city, begged pomiissioi from

the monks to pray at iho tomb of Davit , but

jiis reipiest was indignantly refused. ITo

threatened vengeance ; and on his return to

Constantiiioplo ho rebuked tlio grand vizier

for neglecting the tomb of one of Islam's great

jirophets, and sutlering it to remain in the

liands of tho infidel Nazarcncs. Ifo was not

.sparing in bribes to give additional force to

his re[uescntationa. lie was successful, and

the I'ranciscan brotherhood wa.s driven from

tlio convent. They are still permitted on

Maundy Thursday to enter tho Camacnlum,

and hero on that day they Avash tho feet of

]iilgriuis in commemoration of tho oxampio

of humility sot by Christ npon this spot.

From the "large upjier room," the church
of the ajiostles standing over David's tomb, we
went to a singular, tall, ugly block of laiild-
iiigs. also without the Avails. This belongs to
tho Armenians, Avho obtained possession of it
soon after tlie Crusades, and it has no external
opening Avhatovor excciit a small postern Avith
an iron door. This is tho nputcd palace of
Caiaphas, and tho autliority for its being so
dignified is of great antiquity, but of very
doubtful character.

Entering tho Zion gate, "tho gale of tho
prophet David," as the Moslems call it, wo
passed tho Avrotched hovels of a wrotclied raco

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

t :•

Is I' J

of people, the lepers, outcasts froTn thoir kind,
condeiiiuod to live apart and intermarry only
nmoiigst thomsolvea. In chiUUmod and early
youth their p:ogeuy slmw no symi)tonis ui
tho diseaHc ; but at last -sooner or later, for

the walls also lays claim to having been t'
(scene of thia molaneholy adventiue.

These are tho sites upon Mount Zion in
di>tingniKhed by their past a'^oeiationt;. tSdi:.
of them aio donbtlesH aiithentio; fiomo Imv

tlio age at which it appears is nncortain — it is probability and others have possibility in tin

sure l;o break out. At first it attacks a finger,
or tho noso, or a foot, and then slowly and
steadily the iilaguo-spot spreads and pursues
its course inichoekcd as lung as its victim
lives. Some of theso miscTabh^ cieatures live
to the a.i.';e of forty or fifty, but tlio majority
die younger. iNo one knows whether this
horribhi complaint is the lepro.sy mentioned
in Script luc (jr nut.

Tlie most coml'or table residence in Jcru.salem
is un.'piesti(;nably tho great Armenian convent,
wliich with its buildings and gardens covers .'i
largo prnpurtion of that ])art of the summit of
Moiuit, Zion wliich is inclosed within tho city
wall. It is a noble and vast institution, and
can alVord accominodation to three thousand
pilgrims. It was foiuuhd in tlio clevenlh
century by tho (}eorij;ians, who, finding their
revenues unequal to tho expense recpnied for
tho establishment, and fir tlio heavy tribute
exacted by tho Turks for penni.-^siun to
oc(!upy tho edifice, Kold the whole property
to tlio Armenians early in the fifieenlli cen-
tury, reserving a right of redemj.tiun, ■which
has never been exorcised. 'J'hc chinch, built
on tlio traditional site of tho martyrdom of
St. Jaiiies, is dedicated to that apostle, and
in size is second only to that of tho holy
Bopulchre. In decoration, vestments, etc., it
is by far th.^ richest chui'ch in Jerusalem,
but its style of ornament is tawdry and bar-
barous. Ono (jf tho rea'^ons of tlio wealth
of the Armenian convent hero is said to be
that tho Armenians in other lands make
three collections during their Sunday ser-
vices, ono of whieh is for .J<.'rusalem ; and
the whole sect having a warm interest in
everything connected with the holy city, they
contriiiMto lilierally to tho sn]>;iort of their
institutions there. Among their treasures,
tliey cLiim to possess tlie chair of St. James;
but tho authenticity, n it only of thia reli(!. but
of the site upon which tho church is built, is
doubtful. It is not jirobable that tho apostle
wnuld have been executed within the walls,
for this would liavo been contrary to the cu.s-
toms I'f tho ancients, and this sjiot must have
been wiihin tlie walls at that epoch.

Close to tho Jalfa gate is a .small ancient
tank, called the jiodI uf IxithsJioba. Tradition
assorts that iXivid lived in tho towor of Ilippi-
cus, and from its summit law tho ill-fated
Urirdi"s fair wifeb;i.thing in th;:. p^iol. Another
ancieut pool in tho bottom of the valloy outside

favour; and tho remainder, with a long li
which wo have omitted to mention, have 1m •
tlie suggestions of Irnaves or enthusiasts. .
few woi'ds more upon timc-lionoured Zion, ai.
then wo will enter tho later-built city.

This "stronghold of Zion," the hill f..rt •
tho Jebusitos, was tho parent of JeniKaleiu
thw original nucleus of tho city (vliioh Tit;i
destroyed. I'robably Salem, the njyal city y.
Melcliizedek, stood here, and no doubt it \vi
the first spot occu]iicd by buildings in the nr
of what WMS afterv.-ard.! Jerusalem. It saw u.
last struggle between tho Jew and the liom.ii.
wlien tho rest of Jerusalem was in riiius, ,ii.
the soldiers of Titus filled, the bloodstain.
court.y of (iod's desecrated temple. From tli
Walls of Zion, Israel's children refused tii
cpiarter oiiercd by the Gentile, and perish
sword in hand in the splendid palace and lui
uiidus gardens of their kings.

Tho mount of Zion was remarkably adapiu,
by nature for n fenced city. The almost levi
l)latfonii on its sumniit gave amjilo space f.
habitations, and was bounded on throe side.i ly
craggy declivities falling into deep ravim
From tho earlie^;t times, the resources of n.'
had added to nature's defences, and wo h:i\
Reun how its ancient possessors defied Dav.
and David's God. Ho took tho hill forfiv.v.
ei.'larged, adoined, and strengthened it, till 1:
male it worthy to be Isiael's capital ; and tin
in man}' a passage wo read how dear t
tho n'anior-king were those mighty rampai:
who.'^o protection ho could, from his owi.
per.sonal e.\perience, bo keenly appreciate
and how onthusiiwtic was his admiration oi
its majesty and beauty.

"Out of Zion, tho perfection of beauty, Od
hath shined." " Great is tho Lord, and greatlv
to be piaised in tho city of our God, in tli>
mountain of his holiness, beautiful for siiiii
tion, the joy of tho whole earth, is Mimnt Zii n,
on tho sides of tho north, the city of tlie grei'.t
king; God is known in her palaces for a re
fugo." " Walk about Zion, and go roimd about
her, 14.11 tho tower. s thereof Afaik well In v
bulwarks, consider hor palaces, that ye nuiv
tell it to tho generition following." " Tliey
that trust in the Lord shall be a; Mount Zien.
v.'hieh catinot be removed, but abideth f'!
ever." As David looked from the surruundii;
hilh or ravines to his strong city, begirt wiii.
lofty walls and towers on Zion's bruw, hi-
heart Bwelled with pride, but at tlie same tinio

it gl-
for 6U(
who 11
and hil
mt ^l

etrftinj

a widq

great

capititl

oorthll

im|rbj

and tl

catthll

nc* eti

battle

olthi

fSiitidl

Foil

zigzn'r
the ci
of tb
Dolor
togetl
or let
The
Ponti

two o

theil

atftirc

from

poTtc

Later

tlTftl,

step
side I
tiouv
tion,
lia«l

Tho
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buil

Hon
of tl
the

liaving been (1

Mount Zi(m ,,„.
''ociiitiony. IS,;],
'»fic'; ,';()iiio !i;iv
ossibility in ll,.
with a long ].
■nturn, hiu-u li, •

'■nfliiisiiusifj.
iiouied Ziun, a;
iiilt city.
" 'lio hill fori,
t of .k'njNalom-
■i^y 'Vliich Tit;,
liii i(jyal city ,,

Ho duiibt it. w;.
'lings iu Iho i„
(-■111. It saw li.

iiiitl tlio li(»in„i.
ii« ill ruins. ;,i.
10 bloodstain
iiple. rr<,in tL
icn refu.sed ti,
lo, and peii.sli
palapo and lu.

MOUNT ZION, AND THE VIA DOLOROSA.

215

iukably adaiitt
^'ho almost lev

iini]'Io space f
n three sides 1
> tleep ravin.
resonrcos of ;i:
f?, and wo li.r,
"s defied Davi
10 hill forfrr.v
loned it, till I,
V^M ; and tli, .
_ liow dear ;
i.^i'ity ranipai :
t'loiu his oui.
'b' approcialr
admiration of

of beauty, Co 1
'1, and greatly
ir God, iu tlh
'iful f(jr siiiM-
H Mount Zi(,ii,
V of tlio gieiit
lace.s for a re-
|» round nbuii!
faik well li> i
<liat je iiijiv
lf>v" "Tli.,.v
Mount Zieii.
abideth f.i
•■^ni'roundiii
, begiit will,
H blow, hi-,
ie fiamo tinio

it glowed with thankfulness to tlio Aliuiglil}
foT sucli a good gift, and lie gave glory to (_iod
who bud guidid and guarded his biave spirit
[d his strong hand iu tin 'r sueee;>fnl eour^.c.
whilst he poured forth hi;s tiiuniphnnt
BtfahlS, tho bream of T'ivinc inspiration gave
a wider ineaning to his song, and all that was
groat and glorioa-i in his niouutain-eiithroiied
cajlitAl was typical of a spiritual eity. Tho
oaa^Iily Zion was strong : tho heavenly Zion is
irutlrbgnable. Man's A-iolencc wa:i to pro.stratc
ana time was to cnuable the bulwarks of tho
eatthly Zion ; but neitlior Satan nflh dislodge
noi^ eternity decay one stipue of tho walls and
lenients of the spiritual /.i,>ii -" the eity
the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,"
hded np(m tho roek ( hiist •Jorh.s.
"'or Komo conlniie,'? a narrow street, which
zigzags through tho modem .Jerti.salcm from
the cliurch of tho holy sejiulchre to tho palace
of the governor, has been called the " Via
Dolorosa." Into this street tradition has brought
together tho scone:-! of all tho events, historical
or legendary, connected -"vith the cruciiixion.
The legendarj'' sites begin at the palac.' vi'
Pontius I'ilato, now the governor'.s p.ilaeo, with
two old built-up .arches in the wall which niaik
the threshold of the " Scnla L'.mta"— the holy
8tAirca.sc — down which our Saviour descended
from tlie judgment hall, and which was trans-
potted by Constanthio to the basilica of Rt. John
Lateran at Homo, v.lierc, on day 3 of high fes-
tiTttl, crowds may bo Rcon weariljr toiling up
step by filep on their knees. On the opposite
side of tho street is tho churcli of the Flagella-
tion, being 'he spot where, according to tradi-
tion, our Bivionrwas scourged. This church
ha« been recently relmilt ; but two pillars, one
on each side, remain in their oiigiual 2)osition.
The ancient capitals of others have been idaeed
upon ill-assorted fragments of columns, and in
sorted in tho Kouare pillar.** of the modern
building. Next, " tho Arch of flio Kcce
Homo" spans tifo street. ThI.s is the Rubjt '.t
of flic engraving in the prosfcnt rtum^fc?-. Fiom
the v.-inJnw in the ccntrO of ttth arch, f ilati> is
said to hiive exhibited Jesnf< to the mulliindn
with the exclamation. "Behold fho Alan I"
Tho woman and child ropre<<ontcd in tho
foreground -Vm^ opportttnolj^ enTne down the
street towrtttls us as wo skotehed, and ■\\ori>
transferrerl io our paper as they leisurely
niiproached. Tho veils •<vorn ht i^'omen at
Jerusalem arc comtnonlf of eottou, and of a
dull greenish nr orilngo htiP. They cover thy |
whcic fneo, Mfi «t« Pf) ^iilck fhf»t the form of
. a fertttlre Oftnnot titvn bp gtle«?sed af. and in |
I waiiu wcatiicr thb weifer mus* be h df stilli d. I
\ Coniinuing our course, we are sh,.\vn the spot i
Nvhoro tho baviour, fuiiitiiig uutlor tho oio8.s,

leaned against tho wall of a house, and is said
to have left a deep impre.>,si<in upL.n the stone.
Then, there is tho s])ot where, meeting his
mother, he said, "Salve Mater!"' \\u .saw
the reputed house of Dives, and tho stone iu
front of it on which Lazarus sat I Tlnn there
is the place where our Saviour fell with tho
cross, and, clo.se by, the house of St. Veronica,
who.se identical hundkerehief, tripled by somo
Bomish miracle not recorded, is exhibited at
liome and at two other Italian cities at ouo
and the same tinu I The street now ascends
toward.-; tho church of tho Holy Sepulchre,
and is very picturesque, ami here we took the
sketch engrr-ved in a former number. 'J'he
jiavement is rugged, and the hcmses rather
prison-like. Their entrance c-^or, are low,
and the v.indov/s grated or coveud with cup-
board-like projectiuus, pierced with small holes
or latticed, to en;ible their inhabitantii lo look
up and down tho street. These projecting
windows, when they occur, break iho mo-
notouj- of tho otherwise blank walls. The
street offen dives uuder low archways and
is almost dark ; and here arc more "stations,"
amcmg which is the spot where tho soldiers
compelled Simon to carry the cross, and the
place wle.re Christ said to the weeping women,
*' Daughters of Jerusalem, weop not for mo."

]N'(iw it is childish to sup; oso that this
narrow street, with its shar[> turns and twists,
precisely lollowed tho course of one of the
great thoroughfares of the ancient city, after
its aliufi.Nt total destructicm, and tho lapse of
many cunturies ; and even if sin h an absurdity
could be credited, it wotikl but little assist
in tho identilieatioii of the sites enumeruted.
Still, these hnuses and walls and arches and
stones are imjJicitly believed bj pilgiims to
mark the actual spots where tho scenes wo
have referred to really took place, and a small
knot of ,'.>trangers, devout and believing, may
often be seen ga/,ing re\erentlyon the spots
hallowed by sucli ass(jeiatiotls. Tholigli we
lejcct the legendary sites, yet it is impossible
to iii'.ad the " Via Dolorosa" without a solemn
feeding, for it WitS in Jenisalein that those
awfid and touching incidents took placoj and
Ave aie in Jerusalem.

(hu' two viow.s of this " "\'ia Dolorosa"
give a good id(!a of the sti-eet architecture of
modern Jerusalem, and no bettor fljiocimens
could be found tlutii those which occur at in-
tervals throughout its windiiu's. Its name is
inentioni'd by iinue of the early writers we have
occnpirttltkUy cpioted: the first allusion to it
being in Maiinns Sanntns, Avho wioto in tho
fnurtoenth ceutniy. Wo may tln'refoie prc-
Rume that its n.imo and its "slutionri" aro
inventions of ecclesiastics.

216 'TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

THE ABCH OP THE ECOE HOMO,

and froii

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and till

ripened

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BREAD ON THE WATERS.

217

THE PULPIT IN THE FAMILY.

DKGAD ON THE WATIHIS.

" Cost thy bro«d \ipmi the waten ; for
tlK'\i >liolt find 11 after many days."—
Kcda. xi. 1.

EllE yon going ut tho right
Beafion to Mysore or China,
j'cm would seo Ihousands of
peoplo planting tho corn of
those countries. They sow it
in tho rftnd or on tho dry soil,
and then immediately they turn
on a flood of wator, ro that tho
whole field becomes a shallow
pond. You would think tho
seed was drowned. But wait
a few weeks, and ihen go and
view ono of these artificial lakes,
and from all its surface you will see green
points rising, and day by day that grasa shoots
taller, till at last tho water is no more seen,
and till eventually tho standing pool haa
ripened into a field of rich and rustling grain.
So that in its literal sense tho farmers of these
landB aro every year fulfilling tho maxim of
tbe text. For should tho spring como on them,
and find their supply of rico corn scanty,
instead of devouring it all, they will rather
stint themselves. They will rather go hungry
for weeks together, and livo on a pinched
supply ; for the broad which they cast on tho
•waters this spring, creates tho crop on which
they aro to subsist next autumn and winter ;
and they aro content to cast it on tho waters
now, for they are sure to find it after many
days.

Or suppose that you aro in tho South Sea
Islas, where tho bread-fruit grows, and that
by chanco or on purpose, you scatter sonio of
itiB precious hunches on tho sea. At tho mo-
ment you may feel that they arc lost; but
should the winds and waters waft thorn to ono
of those reef islands with which such seas aro
iliiokly studded, tho wandering seeds may get
washed ashore, and beneath those brilliant suns
may quickly grow to a bread-fruit forest. And
should some disaster long j'cars after wreck
you on that reef, when these trees are grown
and their clusters ri])e, j'ou may owe your
BQstenauco to tho bread which you cast on the
waters long ago.

Such is (rod's husbandry. Do tho right
deed. Do it in faith, and in prayer commend
it to the care of God. And though tho waves
of circumstance may soon waft it beyond your
Iten, they only carry it to the place prepared
1^ him. And whether on an earthly or a
ivenly shore, the result will bo found, and
|e reaper will rojoico that ho once was a
iror.

Dr. Dwight of America tells how, when tho
country near Albany was newly settled, an
Indian cnmo to tho inn at Litchfield, and
asked for a night's shelter— at tho same timo
confessing that from failure in hunting he had
nothing to pay. Tho hostess drove him away
V ,'h reproachful epithets; and as tho Indian
, .iS retiring sorrowfully — there being no f)ther
inu for many a weary milo — a man who was
sitting by directed tho hostess to supply his
wants and promised to pay hor. As soon as
liis supper was ended, the Indian thanked his
benefactor, and said ho would some day repay
him. Hovcral years thereafter the settler was
taken a prisoner by a hostile tribe, and carried
oir to Canada. However, his life was spared,
thdugh ho himself was detained in slaverj'.
But uuo day an Indian came to him, and giv-
ing him a musket, bade tho white man follow
him. The Indian never told where they wero
going, nor what was his object ; but day after
day the cixptive followed his mysterious guide,
till ono afternoon they camo suddenly on a
beautiful expanse of cultivated fields, with
many houses rising amongst them. " Do
jou know that place ?'' asked tho Indian.
" Ah, yes— it is Litchfield ; " and whilst tho
astonislied exile had not recovered from his
first start of amazement, tho Indian exclaimed,
" And I am tho starving Indian on Avhom at
this very place you took pity. And now that
I have paid for my supper, I pray you go
homo."

And it is to such humanities that tho text
has primary reference ; for the context runs,
"Give a pnrtion to seven and also to eight;
for thou knowest not what evil shall bo upon
tho earth." That is, miss no opportunity of
])erforming kind actions. Though you should
have bestowed your bounty on seven — -on a
nundicr wliioh you might deem suflBcient — ■
should an eighth present himself, do something
for him also ; for you know not what evil shall
be upon earth. You know not in this world of
mutation how soon you may be tho pensioner
instead of the almoner. You know not how
soon you may be glad of a cnist from those
who are at present thankful for your crumbs.
Beneficence is tho best insurance.

Althougli so often exemplified in cases of
common humanity and kiud-heartedness, the
maxim of our text is especially applicable to
the eiforts of Christian philanthropy. These
aro pre-eminentlj' aramanthine. There are
seeds which, after being homo on tho cuiTcnt
for a few days or weeks, lose their vitality;
thoy rot and sink and disappear. So is it with
much of human eifort. So is it with many a
worldly scheme, many a plausible suggestion,
many a patriotic enterprise. It finds little

BREAD ON TTTE WATERS.

v,.!i

!ii

f :

Tlio piiiu'ii)lo adiniif; nf bonnillesH a|i
tioii; ami it kIioiiM bo vuiy (■liocrinj^' ii,
will) arc ctigngcd in Inlvnirs of Christitin I:.
Fur instance, if yoii arc i'iip,ii<^o(l in tcachi,
your own cliiltlivn, or thi' oliihhon of oiL
pooiile, and your f^roat anxiety ia to HOu loi

favour in its day : it cannot got dopoHited in a

Bni'ticiont number of ivppropriato minds; and

tlius, oro lonp, it booonics old and obsolete ;

llie tlioiiglvt poviHliOH, the Rood dissolvos and

vanisht's. But not iso willi pious olVort. It is

moro than tho lucky thought of lallihlo and

Bhort-sij^litcd man; it is moro than the v/cll- ] good thing towards llio Lord— some dawn

meaning purpose of a fuehht and sinful worm. ' pious fei'ling, Kome development of per.svi,

Jt is a thought Buggef-tcd by (Jod's own Spirit; j earnestness; l)ut, notwithstanding all thu .

it is a purpose sust»vined and animated by Ono | dearmeut whieli yon throw into your woi .

whose wisdom is inlinifo and who is alivo for j and ail the ]uayer with which you follow

evermore. And thnugh tho mind in which

tliat wish or olfort, tirst originated may long

since have passed from these scenes of nior-

tnlily; though, forgetful of its cunning, the

hand which lirst iaunehed on the tide of

hinnan tJuuight that project or that principle,

may long since be crumbling in the clay ; a

heavenly life is at its core, and. as it journeys

your instructions, you dare hardly say that _v
perceive any hopeful sign; be not discoiinij:'
It is God's ov.'ii truth, and if all your heini
in it, it is living tnifh, and will bloss<ini i
some day. It may be in that soul's salv.iti
out and out. It may bo in restrayiing it IV,.
much sin, or in ui'ging it to duties which
would otherwise have never thought of doinj

<in its biioy.'int 'path, a covenant kcei<ing Ciod ' And it may be after many days, it may

will ])reserve its little ark till it reach tho
jtrodestincd creek, and after many d;iys bo
drawn forth from tho waters — a Moses of the
mind.

So was it with the fust Kofovmovs. Search-
ing in tlu.'ir Kihles, they f(mnd truths of CJod
which h-id vanished from the nicmoi'ies of men
— great truths and glorious, no longer current

after your own day altogether. It may h" c
the hhorcs of another continent. It may be
the shores of another world. Pnit still, Oiii
word shall not go forth a living power, ic
come back a vacant nullity- That word slim
never go forth without returning, and when i
returns it shall nover bo void. "In tho nion
inix, then, sow thy seod, aiul in tho evenii.

in tho vernacular of Christendom. But after i Avithhold not thy hand; for thou knowcst i

their own understandings and hearts had been
filled and cxivuuled by them, they gave them
utterance. That it is thrmigh thu justified
Surety that a ^inner is just with God; that
bcitwixt that sinner and that Surety nothing
mediates nor iuterveius, neither Mary in
heaven nor mother Church on eaith, neither
the sainted mediatiu' of tho Cidendar nor tho
sacerdotal mediator of the confessional: but
that to his great High Tries*, the God-Man,
Imraanuol, tho sinner may Cdino boldly and
may como direct ; that in order to receive
tho at<mement nv.d rejoice in Christ Jesus, no
preliminaries of penance, or ])ilgrimages, are
reipiisilo, but that for this great .salvation con-
scious sin is sufficient iitnes.i!, and tho word
and will of Cod sufficient warrant : these and
oiiicr gidden truths, fresh ghaned from tho
l)iljlo, they published— .«!omo pleaching them
finm pulpits, soino proclaiming with their
pons. And the hosts of darkness took alarm.
Wicklilf went to the dungeon; liuss and
Jerome to the flaming pile. But, though the
witnes-c.' perished, the word of (!od coidd not
bo hound: tho truth of God was neither
burned nor buried: but over tho troubled deep
of a dark and stonny century this bread of life,
these seeds of saving knowledge, floated on,
till God the Spirit landed them and planted
thera in minds prepared, and from the.^o rescued
waifa thero spuing tho glorious l{eformation.

which sh;dl prosper, this or that, or whetl

both shall bo alike good." Sow thy eeei'.

Sow ti-acts and Bibles, and good books. Suit
I friendly hints and words in season. Sow our-
I dial looks and substantial services. And m^-
' beside all waters. Cast thy bread not (miy >

Jordan's flood, but on the streams of Bab^-ln!

Cast it on the Thames and the Ganges. Air'.

whilst remembering that " tho field
woild," forgot not thiuo own family.

ia til

"OLD IIOrEFUL." ^

FiKiKKM months ago I was visiting a grocer"-
wife in ono of tho most pieturesquo parts ( '
*' Atild I'eekie," when sho said to me : " I wis';
ma'am, you'd just go up tho stair; there'H .1
puir auld body wi' nacbody to care for her, an 1
she's just a fine old cretur ; wo call her '(Hi
IIr)peful ;' pitiful as tho is, slio never coiir
plains."

1 Went up tho fifroct, and found ono of the--'
narrow outside stone staircases, which those wli
aro familiar with Old Edinburgh must often hni!,'
to explore. This look mo to a small, dark,
decayed landing, with a grated unglat^ed win-
dow, and after groping about very dubiously,
and disturbing a large " collie," who trrowh d
at the intru.sion, and followed mo closely to
watch my proceeding;, T carno to a dark and
nearly perpend ieular wooden stair, which felt

wWfcU 1

fltr« fei't
The dug
be pulk
loudly
habitant:
interrup
I jttdgei
to blows
this roo
search,
i-agged,
of «fceeri

fi#b toi

1. 1 ra]!
M)iue<l

Ay men
A Buni'l
tents of
at tlie
Btoroye(
which I
and acr
Nof'loel
the Nev
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brass Hi
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" OLD ITOrEFUL."

2!t)

cliccriiio' I,,
Ciiiisstiuii I,/,
!^«J(1 in tc'iclii,
il(1iou of oil,,

is to HOu i.(,i

-some dawn
cut of piTMi,
iiig all till! I
to your v.(n\
you follow
lUy.siiy tliut V •
'lof (liscouiaj^.
II yoiir hoiui i
ill blossom I

Kolll'.'i .Sdlv.iti

itiiiiiiiiij;- it 1';,
diitifs wl)i( li ,
ought of (Iniii;
ys. it niiiy i
Jt may !)'• r,
It iniiv 1)0

r-iit Htiii, {;,:,i

fiR" power, ill
That word si;;.;
ig, ftTid when :
In the nil in
in tho ovoiiii:
lU knowcst 111'
lat, or whcfli,
How thy gci'i'
d books. i.Njiv
son. Sow eur-
COS. And .-(iv,
:!id not only >\
n.s of JJubylo!
Cinngcs. An:
> liold in \h
lily. .

'ing a gronci"-
-^squo parts ( '
I nio : " I wls^
!iir ; thorii'H .:
i"0 for her, an!
call her ' Oli
3 novor com

I ono of tho'^''
lifh (ho.so wli
ust often Idiit;
small, dark.
fnglnzod win-
ly dubiously.
who growled
10 closely to
• a dark and
1-, which felt

irktibly in.'iecuro, leading to a landing,
wkith I fnimd by fueling roiuid it was ulioiit
fltrtf feet liy thieo with ii door on each bide.
The dog eviiU^ntly Mispccled my inlentioui;, for
h» pulled my cloak and ^na^led and giowkd so
loudly ns to make himself audible to tho in-
habitants of ouo of these rooms, who were thus
interrupted in tho middlo of a strife, in wljieh
I jvidgcd from tho sounds I hat woids had como
to blows. ^Vhilo i was inwardly hoping that
this room did not contain tlie objcet of my
search, the door was violenfly opi.-iied by a
lagged, lipsy-looking man, who, Asilh u volley
of «ixeerations, kicked th" faithful dog into the
TOOSi, producing a loud yell by tho act, and a
frMlli tonnuhj of wrath fiom Iii.s "helpmeet."

.1 rapped at ihu other door; and on its being
cqpNJiicd, introduced myself, and w is received
tnth a cuurte.NV at once reserved and kiudly on
ihy mentioning tho name of the friendly grocer.
A Binijile glance took tho inventory of tho con-
tontti of the roojn. it was a very !,m;ill ganet,
at tlie top of one of liu'so wouderlid maoy-
Storo\'cd hones, feebly lighled by a tiny witidow
which looked out upon tho inaHsivo castlo rock
and acro;-iS tho deep ravine of tho reclaimed
Nor'loch to tho TUiappro'ichable spkndnuis of
the New Town. A pooi-lookiiig bed occu]iied
a recess, and a small worm-eaten deal tal)le', a
"kififor woodi'U trunk, an old arni chaii' with
brass ujiils on the arms, an old high-back chair,
a wooden stool, a curiously fashioned scieen,
a»- iron pot, a kettle, a tea-pot, two tea-oups!,
thteo plates and a cracked hand mirror, consti-
tnted the Kole furniture — fit ac'ompaninu'nts to
the central object, "Old llopefid " herf;elf, who
hwing received mo, Pat down by tho liie in the
hliMB nailed nrm-chai!-. She was nged, and
tifae and care had graven deej) lines on her face,
but had failed to destroy a f-ettlcd express i'lii of
oontenlmont. yho weU'o a clean •white oambvic
oasp, bound roiHid with a black hiindkcrehief,
the token of v.idowhuMd. a smnll biuwn thawl
and a blu(^ frieze petticoat, the jiarish gilt. Jt
was a day on which the rich were hhivoring in
tkeir curt;iincd rooms, and comfortles.s otiough
4k looked eronching by her little tire, vainly
4fyij!g to warm iho stiffening limbs of foui'-
iHlbre and tii.\. I did not like to piy into her
•Ircumstancef': nlie said she was comfoiiublo and
doiitented, and that her datigliler, who was in
gei*vice, paid her rent; and this was all 1 learned.
fiBio was a^' reserved about her sj)irifind state ;
tklit from her peaceful look and iho open liible
Ki tho fable, over which f^lii' had thrown a
(lii'tl:orchief at myentiaiico, 1 judged that sho
jd learned from the inspired l>ago "the godli-
\i\9, which hath tho pr<pmise of tho life that
!>w is."
)' I viMifcd her very often after this, and " as tho

snow wreaths ia tluiw," licr ic. eivo meied
away, and many talks and prayers we had in
tho old garret, where a waiin welcome and a
leivenl blessing ever awaited ;ne. llut it was
not from hei.sulf that 1 lun.'.-d that ^ho tudy
had Ai'.r shlUhigs <i month to live upon ; th.it regu-
larly iis thin pittance was paid to her by the
j)arisli oHu-er, she paid it intact to tho grucer
below, and that with all her contentment ui.d
cheerfulness, slio could barely obtain enough ol
necerary food. Thruugh tho groi'er's wile, a
friend matiagrd to convey to her what made
her more comfoitable, and :-he was not too in-
dependent to bo giateful. i left he'/ with re-
gret after a two months' acquainiance', sdicely
exi)eeting to see her again (.n earth.

On returning to li^dinbuigh three mouth.s
ago, almost my first e.\pedilion was in search
of •' C)ld Hopeful," wjlh the div.id of ^ceingan
inifamili.ir face at tho g.irret door. Tho old
" collie," looking riioro grizzled and less fierce
than tlio .year before, was lying at tho thre.-'i-
h(dd I and on my getting no re))ly to my raj),
heipiielly let mo step over hii^i and upon tho
door. I v.as prepared for a .strango face, btit
not for the alteration which had come over my
(dd friend. Would tliat the rich woidd enter
the haunts where blameless poverty hides itself
away to die. bearing in mind the verse, "God
hath nnido of ono idood all the nations that aro
on tlio face of the earth." A gaunt, spectral
figure, worn by diM'aso and want, and clad in
uncleaidy rags, feebly roso a.s 1 entered, and
iixed its faded hollow lyes on mo alme)st
vacantly, but .sank down again from weakness,
lint in the look of intelligence whieh llashtd
into those poor eye;.;, in both hand,-, held lait
to gras]) mine, and in tho exclamati<in, " Oh,
is't ye that are back again ? I've lieeii weary-
ing to .SCO yo for lang lang syne," 1 iiadiy
recognised tho wreck of " Old Hopeful." fcjlio
was Ciiwciing over a wretched iiro, wi',h a
thi'eadbaro blanlcet over her brad and kIiouI-
deifj ; tho lines on hr>r face had decjiened, and
it wore a Kutl'ering expression, very painful
to ace. Thi) room was extiemely wretched,
and positively su filthy that a neighbour \\\:^<
had been very kind had lieen made ill by spend-
ing f.n hour in it. A half-starved cat, whicli
had suite red considerably Ireim the attacks of
tho collie, was growling on the tloi.r over the
tail of a herring ; a tub of clothes which the old
woman had l)cen attempting to wash, wa.s by
the window ; and a line', from whieh some hali-
washcd ragged garmont.swerc hanging. !itrcl< hi-d
across tho room. 'J'ho window w.is brok(-n i.nd
.stuffed with rag.-*, tlio bed was a heH]i of rags,
and a KUiall heap of tho poores' kind of ceial
was placed by Old iropoful's chair so as to bo
within reach. •

990

OT.D nOPEFUL."

* i

Thoro w.'iB no tlifficulty now in poftinKlior
confidoncc ; hIio told mo that sho lind been ill
nil tlio Mitiniiu'i-, ami had a bad wound in ]wr
back; bnt with an indcHtnieliblo hnpcfulnosM,
hIii' Nil id sho Nhotild get Ijcttor when the warm
woatlur nimo, and that the noighboiiiH, osju;-
cially tho IfomaniHt who owned the colliy, were
very kind. I thought nho would soon bo better
in tho land where tho winter conies not, when
tho burden of lier mortality was ihmwn aside.
As I went down-stairs, a neighbour told mo of
l»er terrible state of want and suffering, and
that she would not let her daughter know of
it lest she should give up her place in order
to nurse her. Tlio rouiu becanio worso and
worse, and its occupant more and moro i'ceblo.
I ol'len found her iii bed, or huddled up in a
blanket by the lire, but sho always said sho
was "better" and "very eonifortablo," and
indignantly refused to bo moved to tho Union
hospital. Tho last time that I saw her in pos-
session of her iaeultioH, I asked her if her solo
dcpcndoneo was on Jesus (^hrist? It was tho
first time that I had ventured to put tho ques-
tion directly. Claspiug her shrivelled hands
together, while her laded eyo beamed through
a gathering mist, sho said with deep feeling,
•' Oh yes, 1 believe ho just took away all my
sins when ho died. 1 ken hinr well, and oh
I'm weaiying to go to him."

During that night she had a paralytic sciz-
nro, and never recovered consciousness. On
my next visit, I found her daughtor, a single
woman, about sixty years old, Avho out of small
wages had long paid tho rent of her mother's
room, and had now left her place to nnrso a
parent whom she loved with an uncommon ten-
derness. During tho week in which her
mother lingered, this faithful creatnro rarely
left her side, and at night slept on tho bare
boards of tho floor. iShe spent her small
savings in procuring comforts for her, declining
assistance in this ; and after her mother's death,
sold her best clothes to prevent her from being
buried in a pauper's coffin. A benevolent
Rocioty which had aided her for two weeks,
sent three shillings tho night a''tcr her death,
and the daughter returned it, thinking it un-
just to keep it. It was not till she had done
all for tho living and the dead, that sho con-
sented to accept tho aid which her penniless
state rendered necessary. These few touches
describe one of tho noblest characters I over
mot.

It was but little that could be done, and after
a hard struggle, Old Hopeful's Bi)irit passed
away. I went up the familiar stair the day
after her death, and thinking that the corpse was
alone in tho room, I opened tho door gently
without.: rapping, and saw what wt)uld liavo

mado a ncrfect picture of sorrow. Tlio coi|„
lay on the bod, and tlu^ daughter was knocln
on the floor beside if, with one arm ronml
and her head resting upon it, sobbing bittn
at the loss of her hist earthly friend ; while i)
light of the sun, then setting in a flood of ( lii
son and gold, streamed through the Mn,
window and lliiined like a glory over the luai
of the living and tho dead. As I looked \\\h
the calm still face, from which death's kindi
touch had already effaced the deep lines wh'hi
soirow and time had graven there, and on tli.
pale shiivilled hands crossed in their endli-
re.st, I found it easy to realize that the l;i
battle had been won ; that the pilgrim Iw
reached the city of habitation ; that the liln
rated spirit was already resting where the tv:
comes not ; and that another voice was joinin:
in that sfiange new song which sweeps m
eternal liainKuiies round tho throno of (iod in,
of tho Lamb,

THE rOET AND THE APOSTLE.

At tho time when Cicero was proconsul of C'l-
licia, it was the boast of tho province to hiiv
numbered the poet Aratus among its nativi<
As an evidence of his popularity, silver c<iiiis
were struck, bearing his head on one side, with
a lyre on tho reverse, of which a specimen i<
still in existence. I?ut shortly after tho gien:
lioman orator retired from the district, it gaw
birth to tho apostli lul, who, while " kw
than tho least of all samts" in his own osteein,
was one of the noblest of mankind, if tine
nobility consists in tho power of benefiting tlio
human race, and in the exorciso of it to tlio
greatest possible extent by a life of self-donyinp:
labour. 1'he poet was a Greek, born at Soli,
afterwards Pompeiopolis, at no great distaiuu'
fiiim 'I'arsus, the capital. Tho apostle was ;i
Jew, born in the capital itself, "a citizen of iin
mean city," for it had risen to be a distin-
guished school of philosophy- and learning. The
relatives of Aratus were persons of some con-
sideration. His father had acquired fiune as a
soldier, and one of his brothers was known ns
a classical scholar. Ho lived about tho time el'
the first Punic war, n. c. 260, was the contem-
porary of Euclid, and adopted medicine for a
profession. Ho completed his education at
Athens, and spent tho latter part of his days
attached to tho court of Antigonus ii, king of
ISIacedonia, under whoso jiatronago he produced
a still extant astronomical poem with tho title
of Phenomena. AVhy conplo his name with
that of the great apostle of the Gentiles ? They
were not only natives of tho same province,
but both became known at Athens ; iind while
there, I'aul undoubtedly had special refereuco

ta Aral 11
when li
move, ill
your oNN
ofbpi'in^

Th.'
ooours
oours<' w

" Jovo

We tv

Awl

Duilv

Oriliii

Btail

"NVimt

Tlmt

Wliut

An»l

To I

Our

The ap
OODversi
well as
Tho ide
Blight \
Hesiod,
latter,
»ago:—

••Mn)<
TliV
Tot
Froii

Tin; roin' and thk Aro,sTi,i;.

221

rv. 'i'lio cmiK

»• waH kiioclii

arm roiiml

il)l)iiijr l,j||,,|i

l'ImI ; while i|
a flood of nil

I fllO Mil;,

over tlio Jicin:
I liiokoil n|i :
ik-ath's kimli

L'p lillOH Mlliti

iro, ami on t|,,

tlicir oiidli-

that <]i(, I;,.

pilgrim Iw

Jiat llio lili,

vhero the? cm

CO was joiiiiii:

ch swct'iis II;

no of (loil ill.

POSTLE.

^consul of ( i.
vinco to liav,
ig its natives
.', silver cum
one side, with
a spocimon i<
iter the grea:
strict, it gjnv

while " less
s own osfooiii.
kind, if tmc
benefiting (ho
I of it to (ho
f self-donj'iii;:

born at Soli,
jrent distnnco
ipostlo was II

citizen of im

be a distill,
earning. 'J'ho
of Koino con-
ed fame as a
('as known (is
it the time <>(

the conleiu-
idioino for a
idncation at

of liis days
8 n, king of
he prodnced
'ith the title

namo with
tiles? They
le province,
; and while
al reference

lAjLratiiH, ill bib noble addresH to tbo AtbeniaiiH, HluUations then in uho nio given, as tlio Ik-am,
when he' olmei-ved:— " In him we live, and J >nico, I'epheiis, and < >rion, witli tluir relative
m^/ti, and have our being; Jis eei tain also of times of rising and n-tting. Fort.y-five are
yttur own [ioets have said. For wu are also liis \ mentioned, nanndy, the twelve zuiliaeal, with

oftpring."

The sentiment (iut.f<'d with veihal exitetnosH
000Ur8 at the eomiiK ueement of tho poem, of
OOUrm; with a heathen application.

\\\ •Illy ill llie nortlioru li' inispheie, and thirteen
in the stiiitherii.

•• Jovo lills till' lieiiviiiH, till! lurlh, tliu sen, llio iiir ;
We I'll' 1 liiH s-pirit moving here iiiul ivir) where;
Au'l ici. /l/^ <'fx]>ri»<j <"■< . ••' , i VI r ^11' 4.
Dttitv piovid'cs ti>r iiiiiii liiw 'luily lueil ,
Oriliiiiit the hcumoiis by hi.s >*y^nA on liiK'h,
Btuiiiii/iK with p '».•< "'' lit;l't •!"' »'■'•'■'• '''niepv.
What time with i.liiii{,'h uinl spiide to linak Uw soil,
Thiit pl(iiteou.s .sUiriH limy hUfA the iciipi I'.s toil ;
What tiliu.' to jilaiit mill piuiir thu vine he sliows,
Ami li!in;j;H the piirph' chi-ti r on its hoiijrIiM.
To him — the tiist, the !.' I, all hoiniii^e > ielil.
Our FiitiiiT woiiihit'ul, oiir help, i.nr shield."

The apostle, as apinurs ficui his cpisllos, was
conversant with llio literature of the (Jreeks, as
well as with the peculiar learning of tho Jews.
The idea e.xjiresied above may Ix) found with
slight variations in other aneieni writers, as
Hesiod, I'indar, Lucretius, and Cleanthes. The
latter, in a hynm to Jupiter, has tho pas-
Bago:—

••Majr.-tie Jove, all hail ! to thee Mou-r
The suppliant [iriiyir, tin- trilmlary son;,' :
To thie, from all thy inoital oll-piin^;- due,
From tliee we eaim , t'loia thii> our htin^ drew ;
Whativer lives and moves, ^;nat siie ! in thine,
Emlxidied portions of the -<iiil divine."

" These heavenly hiijn.s some wise ami ancient man,
Skill'ill and apt the lualliiH ot ni^lit to .-eaii,
l)i>\is<:d and linnri(l : laeli Hrraii;^'d with eare —
Deokiiij,' with varicjus foriiiB the eoueave splieie."

The path of the yun in the zodiae is described.
The Milky NVay is referred to as one ol the
great circles in tho heavens. r>ut iiotliing is
said of tho moon's orbit ; and while the planets
are notieed as hodies having a nmlion of their
own, no attempt is made to deiine tlieir periods.

" Five other Btarn reliuuii of various si/e,
That lawlos si'eiii to wai li r thi'oii;.;li the skies ;
lleiiee iilani ts called . \. >till they ever run
I'lmiu^h the twelve sii/n-. the eireiiit of the sun.
Tiioiii^ands of am's eom lliousands ilepui t —
I'je all return and meet ^liere once liny start."

That view of the uiiivense afterwards known as
the I'toleiiiaie is maintained, which regarded
tho earth as an immoxenble centre, around
which the wlmle iirni.'iment daily revolved.

The hp"aker to the .- liolarly assembly, citing
tho ]ioem, hud become i very ditl'ereni man from
what ho was when, ah ,*^aul of Tarsus, ho first
road it, in his native eity, and looked up to the
stars from the banks of the ("ydnus. His native
blindness, prejudice, and bigotry, had been
dispelled by the glorious li^ht and sanctifying

But it may bo safely assumed that allusion is influence of the doetrine of Christ. Ho had
specially made to the riicnomena, both as writ- ! been brought to know him aii " (.Jod manifest in
ton by a native Cilician, and as then an ex-
tremely ]iopular production throughout both
the (ireek and lioman world. Iluw iiiucli it

was admired appears from the fact tlmt tliiee
Latin translations were made of it, parts of
which have been preserved. One was !;y
Cicero himself when very young; a sceoiid by
Caesar (J ermanicus, the giamlson of Augustus;
a third by Festus Avienus, in the fourth cen-
tury of the Christian era. It is therefore a
warrantable conclusion that the ajxjslle had the
work of Aratus jiartieularly in view; and his
■ Msquaintaneo with it, quotation from it, with
WO enndinent of the sentence in the sacred
▼olume, are circumstances which invest the
poem with great interest. A bi ief notice of it
may bo given.

The poem of Aratus is not an original compo-
sition, but a metrical version of an astronomieal
ti'eutise, now lost, written by a Greek of the
Alexandrian school. It contains upwards of
(jleven hundred verses ; and was designed to be
jk popular guide-book tt> u knowledge of tho
jkeavons, while prognostics of tho weather are
Introduced drawn from tho position of the stars.
the names and configurations of all the con-

ll:!

tlie flesh, seen of angels, received up into
glory" — seen also by himself, in his glorified
luimauity — heard likewi.se rel)ukinga persecut-
ing missiuii, and calling hii to the champion-
sliii) of his cause ; and it had beeomo the grand
aim of his life to make known tho adorable
mystery of His incarnatiin, passion, and death,
by whom the worlds were made. All his na-
turally great endowments we le now consecrated
to one object, and all his acquired secular
knowledge was carefully husbanded to promote
it — that of jiutting down the idolatry of tho
nations, illustrating the truth as it is in Jesus,
and turning men from the error of their ways.
iStill ho looked up with admiration to tho
spacious firmament which canopit^s man with
material magnifieence. Still ho marked its
diversified luminaries — one glory of the sun,
another glory of the moon, and another glory
of tho stars, one star ditVering from another star
in glory ; and this varied splendour is referred
to in one of his epistles as an image of tho dis-
tinctive diflerenees which will mark tho allot-
ments of the righteous in the gieut future,
according as gifts and opporttmitics are used
with negligence or improved with fidelity.

222

TUK rOET AND

Tho (nith locoj^iiiHcd In tlio jxiom was ii'>w
TC.HCiU'(\ fniin a ])r()riino n: .•mciiition, and !op;iti-
jnat«'ly iiiiproi)viat(Hl. " Fornsiuiuh tlun," lie
wont, on til Kuy, ''as wo aro tlu> (.rtViniut;; d'
(}«m1, wo o\iy:;ht not to lliiiik (liat lh'> (ioillicad
in like init'i jO'l'l. (ir silver, nv i-lnii(>. ^ra on by
art ami luaii'.s lUivicr." Thiw waM trisvliii^ <n.
ilaii>;iM<>U!t (iTiniml, Imt with ruliii iiiti(^i>iilit\
hi) oinliiiitti'd ft perilous position. Ho m<ooiI
i.u MtiLs' Ilill, in (111) viM'y lioait of Atlu-ns,
nov." an insiilatcil picciiiitonH voclc, broL; n
tiwanls tlio Hontli, and ^'opinj; j^untly down
(III tho nortlicrn nido. From tlio tltvaltd
p)-iiti(in lui oconpifd, LcnoutU tho ( annpy
(if licavc!!, tho ryo uvoi looked n lut^^niiicrnt
]ian(iranm. in tho forojrronnd nero niaihlo
tuini>l('M, ulalur.s, and ollior nioniuiK'ntH of j)a^i,ii
romp, with tiio hlno he;i and tho nioiui^ain
biiidsfapo lio •diul. From its podi'stul un the
rock of thy Ai'rop.dis, tlio hioii/.o ciil();.Hal ;>taliic
of Miuirvn, arnnd wiih Piicar, t,hiold, nnd
iK'lmet, lowt'ivd ovor t!io city as its tiitt-lar
ji;oddo.s.s and champion; and almoMt within its
shadow tlio utatcui it was iiridi*, that noilhov
to that, tho work of i'liidias, nor to any ohjuot
uf human art, the Duity was liko. Thero was
tliu u niplu of idars. with that of tho Ivimonidcs
and tho stately rarthonon, bo nif;,h at hand as
to bo nluinst within loafh of tho voice which
dochircd that "'tlio f.oid of heaven and earth
dvvoUe'.h not in tomjilus mado with hands," but
Ih " not far from every ono of ns."

irowever novel iho.so views to tho polished
nssomlily to whom they woro addressed, wo are
very familiar wiili tliem, as voritiea of wjiich
wo have lieard from tho days of childhood. Nor
can it be doubted that familiarity tends to dull
tho mind to tho duo senso of their importance,
but solitary roflectiim may .'-npply the proper
corrective. Thoy ciin never bo tlion<;ht of with
too much seriousness am. frequency, (lod near
to every ono uf \u is tho y;iai.dcst and most
solemn of all truth.;, revealed with the clear-
iioK.i of a sunbeam, sublimely illustrated, and
earnestly enforced on the page of ins^jiratlon.

" oil tell ino, inii^lily luia;!, wlicio mt tlion?
SIimU 1 ilivd inti) tlu- (loen? oaj] to tlic f,m\,
Or a-k the rcuiinj< ..ni ot tbcir Creiitoi?
ShiiU T (juc.itioa I'.uil tlio tiiumlcr,
Tt' in t!ir,t the Alnii;^'lity lUvcll^ ;
< Ir iidlils t! ' I'lirioiis utorniH iti ftnitrn-d r, in?,
And \ikU tierce wliiilwiiuls wheel hiii inpiil ear?
Wluit incaa tlmso questiimH? tremblinfr, 1 retract ;
Lly proutiate doul miores the present Uixl."

lie i,; near at all times and in all places; in
diroet coutaet with all oxistenoo, tho v.-wt and
liio miuuie. the distant und tho present; and
near in all the glorious personality of his
nature, so vitally that "in him wo'live and
iiiovu and havo onr beins;-."' Wo cannot stdvo
tho problem uf omnipresence, or compass in the

THE Al'OSTF-R

least the transcendent trntli, but it bchovog ni
to keep it constantly in miml; and if ^^oveiui
Itv its J'ractieal inihioiice, it then liccoiias ,
douiiine as delightful us it in solemn ami iiiv
Ici'iouM. in every wandering, pel il, and soiinu,
wo know that a IVituid is \, iiii us aH an ellit ie
liclper and faithful guardian ; and we may tinl
uii.'peakalile refreslunent in the thought, as . n,
I. old did when anlii'ipalin^ human doseiii ,
" Vo shall bo scattered, every man to his i.v,
and .'-hall leave mo aloii(3 ; and yet F am u
alone, beeuuao Iho Futhor is with me."

KXTRA0T8 FROSI OT.D DIVINKS.

Am I IN Tin; Uiciir Way?— Wero lie not a fimli '
li'.iM'lle)' that Would IidIiI (Ml IiIm wny when lio dolli n
Ijujv,- Vfhetlier it he ri^'ht or wrnn;,', iiml biiv, I Imiii I
rni ri;;ht ; I will liut douht of it ; 1 will ^'o on, iiiid tiii->
tiod i Art not thou ;.;iiilty of tliis fully iu thy truvtla 1j
< teruity ? — Ilirhiinl JluxUr.

Our. PaAvr.iLi.—fiud leapocteth not tho iiritlimelic .i
oar priiyird, liow many tiiey me ; nor tin; riietorie of mi.
1 nyei's, how neut tliey nrc ; iiijr the j^;eonietry of ei;i
priivrrs, how lony; tlioy nre; nor Iho imiHic of mi:
pmyeis, liow inelodions they arc; nor tho lo^ic of our
pii'yerH, liow methodienl tiiey (ire; hut t'.io divinity ii
oMi- pvaye-.v, how heart -.spnui;; tlicy uie. Not gifts, lut
;;i uiM, pievuil ill player. — JV«j)p.

I'ainti.'.i flto lueiU no fuel ; a dcnJ, formal profcis. i".
is easily k( pt up. — M'tnton.

C:ii;i:n8 and Confk.ssion.s.— Order in a, help to r.n-
liioiy. IFeadM of (loctrip.e are as cells wliereia to besln^v
all the thin^d that aro houid from tlio word, llu th.t
i.-. V.rll in.stllU.ted ill tho piilleiplrS of religion will iiie.a
eauily und firmly it member divino tnitha.— .Vaiitow.

TiiK Itmirr Soi'.r ok Uki'Iuiof.— Wo Imvo niiiny ri-
proveiH, but th(( niiianer kIiowh too plainly that they i;i'
few biiieere. i'rido bitis men r<'provo otlierf, to nuuiil'i -t
a lii,u;h estimation of thcm«elvxd; nnd they obey, an^i
proudly, ceudoriou.dj", and conlemptaously, they do il.
I'a.s; ion bids tlieni reprove, and piwsioimtely they do it.
Itut it is tlio.o th;il do it in compii-'iiiua and tciidrr lovi'
to men's Koiilg, who do it in ohedieneo to Cliri.-^t, tin;
iiiobt tender compiu^-iioaatu lover of souIh, uiid wlii
iaiitato him iu their mciuiuio and place, who ciinio to
seel; and to utvo that whieh wuj lust. — liirhanl Jiiuki:

Cake roa tuk Dodv. — Loam how to curry thysdi'
with priiileiiec to thy body. It ij a u.-teful servuiit ii'
thou f,'ivo it itj due, and hut its duo ; it is a nioHt di^voui-
in;^ tyrant if thou givo it tho mastery, or siitTer it t"
havo what it uureusoaably desireth ; und it in ii.s a
blunted kuife, an a horse that is hime, us tho ox that i>
hvi.iished, if tliuu iujuriuusly deny it what id necussaiy
to it.i support. When wo consider how frequently iiuii
ott'i'iid in both cxIreineH, and how lew uso their bodit^
alight, wo cannot wonder if they bo much hindered iu
their heavenly couveiiing. — liiahard Baxter.

S.'JAi.L BicciNNiN'.^. — Tho considerable actions in tho
woild havo usimlly very aiuall hojjinuingij. Of a few
h'tterd l;ow many thoii.sand words uro nuide, of ten
fi ;uro8 how numy lhou:;und iinnibi'rs! A point is th.'
beiciiming of nil geometry. A littlo Btoiio Hung into
a pond makes a Utile circle, thuii a gruater, till it cu-
hugeth iUtlf to both tJio aides. Ho from siunll begin-
iiiii;,'s, (Jo.l doth caii.so ail c(flux through tiro vfUolo
world. — C/iariwrh.

rotl

noi

1Uil|

rei»|

I l>Ut it l)0hoV08 IK

"l; 1111(1 ifKovoiii,

>t JliCIl Ik'CC.IIK.S 1

*< Kt'Ir'iiin mid IIP,

'•i'<'iii,iiiuu„ii,;v,

1» IIHUH Jill fnici,..

: and wo uviy li,,,]
<lio llioiiglit, i,„ ,,,„.
;■ liiiiuiiii do.scit;.:,
ly Jiiim to hin „v,i '
'""1 yet J ,„n „ '
with 1110."

Vcro lie ii()(,i fo,,|, '
■">■ wli.u Iio,l„(|, ,,
|^^ ami buy, I li.iii, I
will (,'() (III, iuid till,.
lully ill tliy triivilb 1.

iiol tlio iiritlimflic ,1

T tin; lliotoni.' of ,11,
In; [;ioiii(.(iy of ci;,-
flio nniBic (if ,ii;:
lor tho loy;ie of our
I'ut f!io divinity ,,i
Hif. a\ot gifts, l';it

li fonnnl profuB ;. ;.

• i-'i II llc'lp to i;,,.

I* wliirtiii to i)(.'!j|„\v
"-■ wi>n|, lio ti,,,

religion will Jii,„;

Us. — Mautou.

liiivo inuny n-
liiily tlmt they ui"
'tilers, to inunifc:-!
1 they ob(;j-, uini
uusly, tlay d,, i(.
"ntcly tliiy do it.

und tcndd- love

u to O'lrist. tliL.

bouIh, iiiid who
i^'o, wlio eiiino tu
■Uirhard liiutcr.

to carry thyadl'
u.Hetul Heiy-imt il'
is II most (k'Voiir-
); or sutFer it td

und it in us a
as tho ox tlmt i:j
liut id necussaiy

''nqiientlv nun
iiau tlicir lodiiH

I'll liiudcrtd in
ttur.

v;Uo

IViblc llotcs anb (Oucric^.

u actions in t! o
"gs. Of a ftw
made, of tin
^ lioint Ls II;, ■
oiu) Hung into
'uter, till it eii-
11 Biiiall begin-

Cin:ii>f>i.o<ir rir tiik Prtiipiii.rTi s in- .Tr.i!i;\init. -Ji'ro-
ttlinli wiifl tin; will of llilkiali,iiiiric.-t of Aniitliolli, in lli n-
faniiii. lie vvnri ci II' d to the iirojilii tii' Milli-i'itliiiiil *■( vinty
VlBHrN iil't. r !!:c diiitli of iHuiiih. in tlic tliirtcentli vciir of
pilngJortiiili, wiil-it he wiifl VI ry voting; (i. !'. und -till living
ftt Anath'itli. It would Hccin tlmt ho remained in hiit
niftive jiliiee for r ■vcriil yi';irrt ; lint at I. ii;;lli, jnolmMy in
oonm iineiic; of t:i< peiNi eiition of lli" fi llow-townnnii ii,
ftnd even of lii:i (.wii finiily xi. 21 ; xii. (5 , iw well as,
under tin; Divine diiection, to liav u wider He Id for liia
InboiilH, lie left Anallidtli, and eume to Jernsalein. He
nlao vi«itcd the eitie:* of iFiidiili, and iiropliebii;d iiltogi tlier
upwards of fiirly ye;irH xi. (! .

Tlie |iio|iheeieH ot tIliM hook do not (ii^jK nr to Btand in
UJijieet to time as they wen; di liv(-re(i. Why they ;iio
" ^t HO arranged, und how tli(;y are to he redlleed to ehro-
jloKieal ordef, it i,s not i nsy to Kiiy. llhijiii-ij iiriipoifeH
|io following airungenirnt : tin; iiroiiheeie-* delivered 1;,
> the reign of .FoHiuh, eoiiiiiriHing i. — xii. : "Z , in tlio
fcigii of .Jehoiukiiii, xiii.— XX, ; xxii. ; xxiii. ; xxv. ;
Lvi. ; x.x.w. ; xxxvi. ; xlv.- xlviii. ; xlix. 1-3:1 : :! ,
llie time iif Zed(;lii:ili, xxi. ; xxiv. ; xxvii. — xxxiv.;
ixvii.— xx.\lx. ; xlix. :!1 — ;!»; I. -lii. : t', during tho
Iniiiii.str.ilion of (Jnliiliuh, and in KKypt, xl.— xliv.
CliHji. lii. «(•( nisnmde u|i iVoni the later ('liaiiters of Kings
(see xxiv. 18 'J.'i ; xxv. , und re|ieata part ol (;hapfl. xxxix.
and xl. From el:ui>. li. ."I, und the luter dale of Home of
tho fuetw, the wliele eliai'ti r may he ri garded as tho work
of u later writer, and proh.ihly of Kzru,

Matt, v, Iti. — "I,it your light so Hhino heforo men
that they may Ke<> yo'ir (.jood works, and elypify y.'iir
Fatlier whiidi in in heaven." iSIutt. vi. H. " Itiit when
thou doe I iilnii, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doelli."

In the (Irst ol' these p.TfiSage.j, our Lord gives direeliins
that good work-< may he f^een, und in fho .serond, thut
certain ollnr.-i niny he quite neeret. Ihit the two pre"( pt.i
l^e very easily reeoneiled. The Hrjt is iiildre,''tied to tho
true diBcinle.b of Cliri.-:t, and eoiihiins tlie fiiet wl.i^di tl:e
pride of tliis world ia imwilling to allow, thut they iiloiio
art) po.s.>!esHed of tho trno light or l;nowledge whieli is
pcee,s::ary for man. Tiinglit hy t'lt' Spirit and the word
of Ood, they are ean.'fid to iiiaintiiin good works, to follow
jal't(;r tiie thinr^s wliieh are lovely und of good n port, ii:id
10 exliiliit, without vanity or m ll'm eking, an exumide of
good eondnet, whieh all who know tin in may see, ad-
mire, iiiid imitate, while honour is given not to them,
but to their father in heaven, the power of whose gmeo
lias iiiaih^ theiii what they are. Sueh good works ri.iy
bo shown not ouly hy those who are entispieii.nH in t!i, :r
worldly station, on 1 m.irk.Thle for their gifts and ahilitie.s ;
lint c v. 11 hy those whose ontwanl eireiinislaiiees are very
unf.ivounihle to h e.uhh^ heliaviour. Yi t it is to slaves or
Berviiiil.s in iiartieiilar that the fipo.'tlo 'Pitiis ii. 10;
pointed his txhi^rtation to " i.dorn the doetriuu of (hid
our S.iviour in all things," The beeoiiil pn.isege is ud-
(IroB.sed to, or eonoerns those who performed eertain
tleeds good in themselves, in ii wru'.ig or ostentatious
m .niier, giviii;;- alms after they had sounded ii trumpet
on iireteriee of ealling tlio nei dy to receive them ; or
praying, while they were standing in tho BynagogU(;<i or
lit tho eorners of tho street^i to he se(>ii of nien. lie who
knew man, and what evil is in tho h(;nit, uloiio had a
title to ehargo such acts with hyiHicrisy or had motives ;
and in tlii:* whole diteour.se, he does it m oho having
nuthority. The fir.'-t passage supposes even the uneon-
verted world to he eapuhlo of appreeiatiii;' cornet and
, holy eondnet : " Hiiving your eoiiversation lionest among
tho Gentiles ; that whereas they speak against yon aa

evil d'lir^, they may, I y your good works whieh tiny
HJiall hehold, K'"rity tiod In Ihu il.iy of visitiitioii
I I'et. ii. I'J . The second tells profi.-,<o|s ihut tie y
ni.iy he neeii of men, ami have Ihi ii le\>ard such iij i( i'l
lioiii men, hut that tliey have no ruWiird from thiir
I'litlii r who i.-i in heiiveii.

I'sA. xxxvii. 14.— "Such ns lio of npriuht coiiv< isji-
tioii." I'sn, I, •e{_ ..'p,, iiiij, Il 1,1 ,,|.,i,.,.|,t|, I i„ ,.,,iiv,.rKii.

tion iiri'^'hl will 1 show the nalv.itioii of (oid." Kph. i, 'JV,
" Only let voiir eonversation liens il lieeoim Ih the ;;'i; pi 1
of Christ.' lOph. iii. 20, "For oiir eoiivei>ulioii is in
heiiVviii." 2L''ir. i. 12. "In hiiiiplieily iind gmlly uin-
cerlty, not with tleahly wisdom, hnthy the ^l;u■e of
(hid, wo have had our eonversation in the woiM."
2 I'et. iii. 2. '• Weeing tin n tlmt all Hum. things nh, II
ho di.ssolved, what manner of piTsons ought yo to he in
ail holy eonver.-alinii und godliuibS."

In all tlieso passu>,'es the vvonl rnureriidluin eeeurs ; hut
in not one of them does it signify what wo now i xpn^.i
hy it, via., unintereliiinge of aeiitinunts with one or ni iro
persons hy nieiins of ;ip( eeli. This iiK^iniii;^' hus U en put
iljion the Wind since the Kiiglish translation was emu-
pieted. In tli(^ two verses from the IValnis, the word in
the original sii?nif!es i'- (7 ; such as are iijiri^ht in tlieir
<f"y ; to him tlmt ordereth his rc'iii. In the pa.-.siif.;erf
IVoiii Kplic-jiaiis, conversalioii Ki;,;nitle8 to live in 11 so-
ciety aeeonling to its laws and customs, to he a citizen ;
Let your luanner of living he as it beeonieth the K''-pel
of Clirii,t ; Our eitizeni-hip is in heaven ; we helnivc as if
wo considered ourselves fellow citizens of liio.so in
heaven. In t!io othi'r verses, and many other plucc*
where the saiiio word !s in tho erii^iiial, nunMrojihc, it
means the geiienil heariii;^ or iiiodo of eondiiet prae-
tised hy any individual or i^ •! of men. " Who.^^ faith
follow, coiiNiderin'j; or contoniplating the end or t veut of
thi;ir conversutioii, of their g(;uerul luumiei' of behuving
thtinselvi 3."

I^IvsTi-.iiv. — Eph. iii. 3. " How that, hy r'vehilion, ho
made known unto me the niystery (ver. .'i, whieh, in other
ages, was not nnde known unto the sons of mui, us it is
now reveiikd unto his holy ujMiblles and prophi;ts hy tho
Spirit Ver. ti;, that the (ientiles should he fellow heirs,
all! of the Kiinie body, iiud p:irtakeis of his promise in
C;hri.T.t hy the gospel." L'olos. iv. il. " I'layiiig that
Ood Would ojien unto us a door of utter.iiife to speak
th(> mystery of Christ." l!ev. i. 20. "Tho mystery of
tho seven (itara . , . Tho Feven stars aro the angels of
the seven churches.''

Tho meaning commonly nthiche<l to the wonl mystery
denotes sonietiiin;,' either uiiiiitellii^ihle or iiie\plie.ihle.
Ihit tho iiioro exact meaning which it will always ho
found to hear in the nnmennis passages of Seriptiiro
where it is used, U, something in the purpo.-ies of (iud's
will, or some doctrine or future event iiol to bo revealed
civ'iirly at the time of its first annouiicenient, or it signities
an allegorical d(\-icriptiou of some jierson or ihing, us
when the church is compared to a ^jiouso, or the seven
candlesticks to the seven churches. 11 would tio no Uli-
protitahle exercise to take a eoneordaiicc, and coinparo
tho various places where tho word mystery is found ; and
See how plain and easy to bo imderstood many things
now are to uh, which to prophets and apostles stemcd
iraprobablo or even impossilJo. With what woniU'r did
th(; first Christians exeluini, " Then Imth Ood also to
the Gentiles granted n.pentance unto life !" And in wliat
a mystery are wo all to be concerned : " Behold, I show
yon a mystery ; we bhidl not all sleep, but we shall all bo
changed. This corniptihle nnist put on iucorruptioii, and
this mortal put on immortality."

•H'si^f *a^i!a£4tf^Jv«T4iHi»^-

BBWiHninnKnMBIKIIHniraiiin

M I

2'JI

A MKItr'lFl'L KSrAIT.

^'niiiiij.

A -VEKCIFUr. ESCAl'K.

Is tlif hopi' tliitt ihii t\ill(iv,iii;< iiii.'i !> mI in ly jjjov.'
a wiiniing ti» otlnrw, 1 tliiiik it. n^l ti,niniuii(:iiii (o
rclatt- vluit Impinllctl !<> Ji:' inaliy ynvg i.jru, v-\\\lv
1 was y>;t ii yonth, Oiif iIik snuimri' at'tcriuion,
iilluiotl liy llio finei.f'Mj cit thu wi'atlkT, ;.ii'i iilJfViil
iViiiu tilt! rc-vtniiiii ot' tin' vill;n;'' scln)"!, J, iii imiiiii.iiin

willl M'Vfllll (it! "•■<, rvrilliVflf (■' llUVC iJTlc lll.lf iIjivV f.1,1-

ildiii IViiiii \\w ii.iu^'inury (slavery uaiiil' \shi?li wi' lay ;
111, ill iilaiii worili^, ^vo liuciinio tniuMtn.

A('i'<)r'liii},'ly, utter iiit itinL-; t";T tin r at a Hiiu> uii'l
jilii'i; aiipoiutiil, a cimiu'il wiiH l.iM ii.s to tho inui.'iR n/
fl" luliiii,' iiur tiiiii' to the \)('»t mhantaiiii. Soiii" wmiM
liavo u.> iio iiiiHin;;; llu' I'uidH to !u ik for ru-sU", wliilc
iillur.s iir(rm;il tUat we ciiiilil not ilo hill r than j'nn cfil
(n a etTtaiii ])!ai'i' wliicli llii-y aituticuMl, nlicro vc
liniiUl l>r mr-' t I lliiil soiiir chiiii'ij t!iiii;.M to ciulil'y v\ir
|ialiiti.' ; Imt the umjurity, of whuni [ wa> niu', tli.)ijj;ht
that siiH'o wc had had ii iii(."i' ul't'ii ooa all tu ouisi'lvrn,
we (iimlit to make tin- iiioif of il, .mul in 'iitUr to ac-
I'Mniplirih tlii» olijcct, Mithiti;,' i<i'ti.M''i more (li'f^irililc
Ihaii hathiii^'. It v-a.-i not ditlii'Mlt to iiapn .-.s tlii-i notion
on llio iiiiiids of llif olIiclK, ;Mid all oonlially ai'i)uiLf tvd.

Full of hiph aiitiripationi, wl hint our lootati'ji.-i to-
wardw the nsual hatliiiitr-phici', friiilv Biiiisin;.: ihv wild
wmi,'n of I'hildhood ; and surely no jioor ucj^ro sdave jaM
landed on the iVeo eoulincs of Canada, ever fi It hupjiiir
than Wl- did, r(dea^^ed from the faiieifl tyrinny of our
.- 'Iioolinaster. I eaiinot withiiold a di siTi|.!ioii of th"
locahly wliiell to nie isid' rilleh deep int. r'>t. Whenever
I liappen to j-frdl to the spot, tholl.:;lit!' of h\}',oiu rict iieH
ale eoiijiired uji in my mind, and iii\ariiil'ly ind'U'i' uie
hi oiler up to lleave'll a iVrveiit ejacidalioli for ii:y i.tira-
eiiloiLs eHcape from tile very gales of de,i(!i.

Many of my reailers havo visiled at >-in\w part id" tln'ir
lives tile lieuutifui nhoreH of the Menai, .-kiit'd on lotii
>i(ltn hy stately Woods, with here and Ih' le a, (all uiaii-
nioii, lookiiiir frnindly down on the loveiy waier.) iielnv.
Ahont the middh of Ihi.-^ Strait, on tin; (.'arner^oiiNiure
i^de, theri> isa.-ipol i xtreniely |iietiiii'»ijiu\ and (.eenliiiriy
adajiled from its ciheltered position to all". id eonvi nii'Uee
for hathiii;^. liamediately liehind, in holh dir; etionn,
tliOHhore it< eovt red with wuod>. ritinpr |iiei'ijiitously to
a'^real heitrhl, whde liefoie ll.s lii s the hrnad < xpaiise of
wuterc, witli not a ripple to disturh its plaeid htirfuce ;
and in the distaiiee, the oppoHite tiluire of Anf,desey, in
all it« varied heaiity, Innstn ii))oii our view. Tliw is the
^pot \Nhioii forms tlio soeiie of thu incident I am about
to iiari'iit<<.

lia»iiig arrived cm this fiiot, it wa.s not lonj.; before wo
were in the water, (lii>ihing it into founi in the In i',.;hl of
DUr glee. Like most boys, I was most anxiout< to eiilti-
vah' the art of tiwiiiiming, and on this o(•oa^ion I waw
eoiis.iiaw that 1 had made souut progress. Eneouraged
by Ihi^ sueeess, and, moreover, wishing to ontotrip my
compaiiioiis, 1 hecanio more during. I ventured inU)
deeper water, an<l with my faeo towardn the aen, gave
t\M) or tbret! strong sweepn, whiidi hronght me " out of
deptli," as they say. No sooner did I find myself uuablo
to touch the ground, thmi idl my Bclf-po8Hts..jion forsook

i 111-. For a Ion;.' tiiiii.' 1 istrngL;led hard to kiip (ny,«olf
; ab'ivi; water, but my elfort.i* '.\ero Mdii, for I eontiiin:illy
j KUiik, nnil l.\,id already Hwalloweil a gn.at cpiantily of
I water. The tlioiights whieh llitled aerc.-!» iiiy bniiii fit
thisi evriitful Mioinent were (liose of a guilty mortal, eon-
I seiourt iif the approueh of diatb, and totally mipveparod
for iiieh an anfnl event. For was I not id Diat very
lii'VTnent eommit.'ing a fin? ..Ml the jiast seene.'' of iuy
pn vions life wero cUspread before my view in a kie.'l of
liinoiaiiia, and it wa.^ wovalerfiil to na- how vivi(ii\ eaid
minute f a d Ihedied at;ros,s luy Juiiid. Thn nillnejou^
iiu-tanoes of disohedieiice to my pareutit were all di*-
linctly reneiu'iered. I piidured io mym!;' the grief of
my poor father and mother, wh. . they should learn tho
ad fale of their non. I thought of my dear brotliers
f'lid (.inters at home, and tia> happy ( venings we used to
.■■li nd aioiind tin cniig Preside, whieh never wero nioro
to be. Oh, ne\er shall I forget tiio angui!.di whieh
piero'tl my verj -'oul in thosi; terrible iiionieiit,'*. It was
ihi ij that I could h-n!y estimate the pr- -eptp whieh my
I'Oor molln r had early i'ltUill'd into my youthful mind ;
liiif. alas, too late! Low.;, le'.'lg, I .-Jtruggled for !if<',
but ."ftili no help wa.s at hand. Atla.st 1 reiiiemhered
that (ia'( riii;.; h'Kson, " Lo>)k up io (iod in thy danger ;'*
and aeipiiring i'resh courage from this thought, I inado
I'M" ia.it ( H'ort, and '-tieeeeded. 'I'liO joy whieli 1 tell at
my deiiveninee i.s hevond tiie power of my liundde pen
to di'piet. My reaitera will naturally eonchide what
loHowed. 1 imniedial* ly iifU d up my eyr-s to heaven
.IS file )'I;ieo tVom whence lielp hud (Vime, and vowed
(l.iat I v,-,,uld, tii'd helping ine, I'Ver afterwards abstain
from eomniitlin,^ a like od'eiiee.

T.i t those who arc iiccthstomed to despise tho ndvieo
::iveP by their (iireids, take a le!>KO!i frooi this nurfativo ;
by i*o doing, they will not havi' (o di plore tiie bitter
eon.si'iiueiiees of their liegh e!, wiien death shall bo at
their door; and let them alvays be.ir in mind thai "in
tlifl midst of life thev ur;.' in death."

BIBLE QUES'IIONS.

2D. What ipii I n, sK'ttiafi d by the lovi of wisdom, Jeft
In r liouie (i visit a distant lain), and iu what pitiisHgo of
ti'.i! New Tesfii:nent is thit. refiTied to V

30, III wliat pu.ssage of the Old TeHtttineut is the
church of (,'!iri.»l. pjiokeu of under the tlguriitivo title of
"■(lUer;!)?"

;t|. \V!uit ')neen \\n» defirivod by In r son of her regal
di,.'nlty for fi Ih.wing idolatrous pracl.icca ?

;t'J. What <(i!een nnntioaed in Scriptovo wnslliome.'itis
of Jolivciing her j.nople from greiit jii.rilV

AKSWEU TO bCRlPTURE ENKOIA.

■Ki->. V.

L\:.\nx TO DO \vi;i.l. — laii. i. 17.

T,-abuit . .

Edieiie/.er .

A-bner . .

K-elio).>oata ,

N-eLeii\i.di .

T-crluHu.s .

O leb . . ,

D-iiiah . .

Ophel . .

XV-idow's mid.

Kdeazur . .

L-iou . . .

L-o«hem . ,

(Jm. xxi.x. 21, etc,

1 Sam. iv, 1, \t.

2 Sam. iii, 'J7.
2 Chron, xii. 'J,.
Neb. ii. 'l—C.

Act.-* xxiv. 1, 2,
dudgen vii, 25.

(«"ii. xxxiv.
Neb, iii. 'M.

T\Inrk xii. 42.
Num. XX. tf8,
dudgea xiv. 5, 0.
JohIu xix. 47.

■■•■ t

TfIR

SUNDAY AT HOME:

% imik Mmm for ^abbjiffi Irabiiia.

NOTKS FliOM AN AUCTIC DIASiV.

VI,

In (in- ('Vi'DJii^ of iho day '^n wliiiii Kii'iifi-nunl
I'vni iiiiivL'd, llif iirst. (.k;itli ocuurrnl .niiuv tin-
" luvostig:it<)r" left Eiii^laiul. It was tluit of a
jj,u I nuc iiuinotl Ko)r. lie hail svUlcu-il sn much
tVuiii \V( ukiii'SH ai)il (scurvy, that for tli.> Im^I twci
ui'.nllis lu; liuil been lumbk' to inov*; a iiiab.
" I visit<.'(l hiiu oftfu," K.'iyH tlio wi.rthy Mura-
viivn iiit(ii)ri'»(>v, "diuini? tlio luttcr i)ait uf tin*
liiiii', iuul always foiiiid liim full of mduai.s.^ioii
to the will uf tiud, and tiu.stiiitj ulouo to the
No. 363,— I'l iii.min) Aruii, n, i«iii.

DH'iits (if -Icsns ChrtBt, whom )»«> aoki»()M']cilu;fd
an liis Savii.iir and i'l'dconcr."
J ("aj>lain .M'l'luio di-torininod to ii'tiini with
Lic'HUnant l*ym, and cotisuU witli Capiain
Ktdhft oil i!u> Nitiiation of tho " Invt^siigator."
Writ ill;:; on tin' i'th of April, tho iJiUipn^tcf
siiVH : " Thi« nioniint; the captain disparted,
loaviiio; (ruiiitnands for fjientejiantrt CrcHhwell
and Wyiiiatt, .Mr. Pions, and luo, with twonty
four .saihir.s, to follow him ( n the loth. Wo aro
to leave all our pn.><He8.sion.s behind, and only
seek to biinjr our fonblo, Ncurvy-wtiiokeu men
alive to Dealy Iwland. The diHtance in about
four hundred mile."<."

Piitci OHt Pimrr.

220

NCrnOS FROM AN ARCn'IC DIAKY.

Two more tlciitlis i(M)l< placo inu'Xjxu-UMlly on |

tlio litli 1111(1 lltli, wliiili was VL'iv (liNpiiitin<;; ,

to ilnis(! who wcro til n.'iiiaiii. 'lliu ollirrs were '

vorv fhtjtMfiil iit tlic tli«nij;lit of (luiitiii^' what !

tlie.v li riu»'(\ ihu " Imiiiicr ^.lli]>." 'i'ln- luoniiii}^ ,

iif the l.')lli was stiimy, ni'vcithflosN th<! slo<l}j;t'H .

weit' iiackcd and all inadi.- n-ady. "At iwoi

o'clnok I hilil a nioiiiii^^, aiid olVi red a jMirtiii<jj ■

prayer, wliiili sccnu'd to mako a thep iiiipres-

sioi\ upon many, and I tnivt was not wl'lmiit a

bless inj;'. l■'.\■^'\^ in thu last liaH'-iKiiir, many of

tliem camo l(t na; in my caliin, and took Icavr

of inr with thanks for my fiifnd.-hi]». A younj;

sailor, who at lirwt wiw very rou^h and wild,

but aflerwar<l« heeamo minli atta(;li«'d to uie,

had h'ftrried to read and wiiic in tin- winter

montliM, aiid then V)epiij Id write poetry. Ho

gav>r mo sixteen of hiH eoni|ioNitinn.s as a l;ecp-

,s(ike ; ami wlu^n I cMme on lUck. my iVii nd and

poet Nelwiu Nioiid ihere wilh his ; liipmates,

uid sung the following parting Bong of his own

composing : —

" At ln«t, my IjmK \vi''rr uImhiI to part,

Hi'i'ii' lor <iar unlive hliorr,
Aii<l al'tt-'r chuni^iiiK yt-itir<, {utrliapa

W<- |>!irt !i! iiiiTl no iihiii!.
iSnt t wtutt« ver cliiiu h y*- mani,

Ai' 1 wlienvir y«! amy Itc,
OI> tliiiik of lliai tliiil ititH aloft,

Pniti'ctia^ yoa uixl uic

*' RemfnitiiT yoii tlmt ffiirfal night—

Ah ! tiM 11 tiniv tu murk,
Wliuii ifv mouiiUiiai* tlirf«t<.'ne«l near

'I'll cni.ili oar littli' liiok '.'
We iiail iloae ul) tlmt iiifH could ilu.

No otliiT hop*' liiul v»«.
Anil wlio lint Kr tlmt »\U uloft

ri.itrctcd yuu uii'l iiii' ,'

" iH't huv(! the ttiick uixl ilarki'iii!i» oluudd

OliM'tiri't} ttie iiiiiii:iiki.tl \\:[\,
Ali'l ainrky hitxts rollt<il li'-ttvily i>a

And liiil t)i<> ftu-i' ofiliiy.
Y« t wp havw bntTrHl tlicw duiigi-n grcut,

.Vad niuiiy i^fupc* Imd we;
fill' III' tliat dlMiiyH aiU iduft

I'lolofli'd you aiul nil'.

•' "\V I'M Villi ill |iiiit, diiiij{t'r» Duty oft

Iti-mt viinr ('111 i|iii r«d way,
Au'l tiiiuMi'n ul'tiiitiiiii'.-" iirico ;

Iti nil mlxtf tin.-, Mild Kiy,
'ill |iiit my trust in Mini above,

Willi cidiiirt till' trmilili- 1 HI !i ;
And t!i,tt lirijiht ryi- tlml'K U|» iiloCt

Will Htill wiiti'li ovri nil".

Tho jmiiney wn.s very tnilsmno. Six trnii
were unahle In aid in dmwinj^ ihe sleil^e JVnm
tho lirst, »iid othem were soon disabled. Tho
way ovur iho frozen .sea wii« ru^ijiod : nflcn ili -v
had 111 ciawl on their hand.-, iiml kiiee.s fur i\
loii^; (Ustrtiii i>. dniji^^inn' ilm sled^oH afier them
over irre-iilar lilneks nf iee. 'I'here Were ,M>ve-
ral diiVH of aiitiw and f'^; mid. a.s the c'oin])ii><H
e.onid iiiii b« deii4>ndrd iipmi, uwin^^ to thi
noarnesH nf ihe mMgnetie pi(ie.s, ihey wero often
in doubt as to tho direulion thev should t.ik<».

But all these difficulties were hapjiily Mir-
mniuited. Mild on tho 2nd of May they woro
kindly welcomed o»i board tho '• li'csolnte."
The "Intrepid" wits fitted up as an hospital
ship, and Iwinly two of tho jiarty weie Iruiis-
fcrrcd to that vchkoI. With resjiect to tho
'• lnvcMii};at<ir." it was decided that Captain
M'Clnre shmild relnrn. accnmpanied bv Dr
Domville if tho " IfoHcduio." ••Tho hittor,"
nays our diaii.-t, "in i:nujunoti<in with D.-.
Aiiestrnno;, wil! examine the citjw; and.shnuld
they he lhnn;j;lit strniig eiioU;_li tn eliduio
annther nretio winter, C'aiilnin M'Clnro will
remain, if twenty men arc willing tj sta}' v i;!i
him. Captain Kellet has diitermined to fiend
Lieutenants (.'lesswell and Wyniatt. with four-
teen si«;k sailnrs, to tho ' North Star.' Oh! how
gladly would I also go. Rut tho captain in
tends this summer to visit tho coaMfs of Haflin's
Hay, and will vciiniro my serviccB as inter-
preter."

"June 10th. Dr. Domville returned to-day,
bringing the inteiligHitce that Captain ]\rCliiro
mii-it alxkudoti hib i^ip, only thiee men having
the eoiiiagi' to &c« another winter in the liay
of Merey. ThoH our good ship 'Investigator'
remains in the ioe." A week later, tho rest of
her orow arrived at Dealy Island. " Wo saw
them ap]iii)aehing at eight in the morning ; bul
the earavan iiinved w) slowly, that at twelvo
thoy were still three niileK o(V. It wius impos-
silile tn .send them any assifltanec ; we had nonu
but sick m<>n, all lliDse in heiiltfa lioing absent.
I went wills Canlain Kellet to meet them. II,
WHS II niouinfiil sight, stich as I shall never
forget. On each of the four Bledge« lay two
sick men, others were led by their iiomewliat
stidiigei cnmpaiiinus, otirers held by the sledges.
Those drawing I he latfisr were sumo of thorn so
w(»k tliat they fell ilnwn powerless almost
ever}' five minutis'i, and ha<l to l)e set on their
feet again by the eapiain and their ccm^ianions.
It was a jiieturo id' unsi>e«kMble misery. If tho
T.ord had not interpoKpd, niid sent us help .it
the ri;.'lit linn.', Imw cmild we ever hive uccniiu

Iilishiil niir pinjected jnuriifys to Fort (lood
Inpo and I'l.ri beopold ! We must all have
perisheil. It was four o'clock befnid tin weary
w:indeii'!K reached llic «hips, where they v.cro
c.ii'il fnr in the iM'sf manner jmssible. Tho
ciptain eniild not bring my journal, as ho had
liinmivtid, for altlmugh that alone wmild nol
have been m ry heavy, ho mii-^t also Ji.ivc
brniight ihe papers and journul.s of all ihu other
i.fficerH, which would have been too much.
Sorry as 1 was for this, ono glance at the de-
hilitated <iew satisfied me. 'Ihev had enough
tn do to save thdr lives. My woiihy captain
offpved nie his own jniininl, that wiih that and
the help of my m»iiiury and luy notes, which I

N(JTE8 FliOM AN AliCTlU DIAJiV,

237

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liiid tiikcu caro to brin^', I mi^lit icjiriulucu my
jonriiiil a-' acciiiafoly as iMi.ssililc. This kind
iill'or 1 gTiitel'iiU}- iu:c'o|)toil." Tlois l!ii' j nunal,
iifi to tho time of <iiiitiiiig llio '• lnv(;stigatiM-,"
is a reproduction— a oirc^nmKtaiK'i; ^\•hi(.•h till its
roudfi.s iiiust. Iiavf rugrottitl. UuniLi wms uioio
liloiitil'id uii Mi'lvili(! Island; and tlio invalid^,
hoing iiU|i|)iiod witli IVosh liii-at, noon p;ri\v
hi'tti'i', and in a month's tiiix; Komo of them
w^'Vt'. very busily at work, (^.ottiug tho thip.s in
n, tiling ordor.

I'lidcr diilo of .luly l^tli, a now well known
nanio is nuMitioiu^d. " ( 'niMinaudi r .M"('lintoi'k
of tiio 'Intrepid' ictnniod to ilay from his ex
podiliou with all his ]>arly in good licallh. Ilo
•.vas iibsont ono hinidrcd and livo d.i\s, and hud
jouruoyi'd ovt-r mnr(' than twclvo hundifd
mill's of hitherto untrodden ooust-land. ( >n tlio
rotuin. thieo days' joumtiy from flio ship, they
were oblig<d on aooount of the wet weather and
tlio want of provisions *•) lt,'a\i' the tent and
slcdgo, and, with tho little foi d llicy hi.tl, tu
travel as (juickly as possible, in these threo
days they iiad only eaten twice, and ouco Mlopt
Itnricd in the snow."

Now canie the days of aiixiout watching
;ind longing for ihi^ ii'c to break i\p. 'I'his 1h;-
:';an in .Angn.-t, and the ships wert) carried many
miles from Dealy Island, bnidniy drilling wiih
lh(! ])aek hith-r and thitlici, sonielimcs \i-ry
neiir the ahoie. A herd of musk oxen luing
seen near I'oint (Jriflith, Mr. iMiertsching and
two other oflioers were sent in ehusc of them.
After rambling about for t]iri:t> hours, thoy
Clime in sight of tho held, consist iny; of seven-
teen, of whioh they succeeded in killing thir-
teen.

On the morning of Soptembor I'Mh no ice was
visibio eaKtwurds. 'l"he "Intrepid" steamed
twenty liv(i niiles ; and (hen. as no heavy ice
wa.s met with, returned and took llio " li'esolute
in tow, and with full fail and steam power kept
on till it was ipiilo dark, 'llu'n they lay to,
noi daring to risk running on a san>ll>a;ik,
mentioned by Sir Kdward I'ariy. but intending
to continue their oursi- at dayiircak. 'i'o ihcir
u;ier ilisnuiV. as soon as it was lij;ht. the .-ea
appeared eovere>l with ice in ev('ry diieelion,
as fur a« the eye could reach from the nri-lheail.
Altemptrt were made at lotist to n-acli i ape
Coekliurn, but in vain ; it wits impossible t(» ;;et
the voHsels ton feet further, There was only
oi;<* hope, that ii slorm uiiglit bn-ak np the lu-w
Ic, but it wuK becoming thicker every hour,
and un tho Tith tiio eiilry in the Diary is,
'No win 1 and continued (rold. Our h)nging
de, iro to rc.ich lOnrope this \c.ii' is fi usliuteii.
'i'lio fellings tlnit ov(!rpowor every oim cun
lotle; bo imagined liian descrilMMl.'

Tho disappoiniment was indued great, und

especially bitter foi' the jioor " Jnvestigalort."
I'ivo of them aro mentionid as beiii'j: \crv ill
».'un alicu', and a yoiing oflic-er who had lieoa
huiioiing for a long lime, died in Novendter.
" lie had been one of my comp:nion.s ever .since
Avc h.'ft i'lngiand, and in that time v. c had
Icarneil to know and love each other. -Mr. I'ioi".;
and 1 vi.-itcd him daily, i.ml latterly watelud
many ni^ht'-; with him. We lead friin th"
liiMi- and from ''Inisiian books, which ap-
ju.'ared tu make a deep impre.-sion upon him.
In his litst days, ho was especially deairoua of
comfort fi'oiu the woul of ( oid, and sought to
grasp tin: promi.'»i-s with the hand of fuiiii as a
r'.d and staff to guide him through the daric
valley of death. The day ' <-fore Ins cud, Iiy
ibsiied the captain and oflii • to be ealh <1, aiul
louk leave of ihern singly, begging them to
foigivo him if he had evei given them cause of
oHence. To-morrow his corpse will be hjw* icd
through the ice into tho .sea, with the ut.uul
Holemidties."

In som<^ rofipoelj^ the " Investigators " fared
better this winter 'iLin tho two ))ti'ccding;
ihey were satisfied with their rations, fliough
reduced to two-thiids ; t)ie,> had li;:ht enough,
and the iiitciihange of vi.-its between the l.wo
ships furnished (uiteitainment ; but their outer
cloihing ^^■aN woin thin, and no b>nger warm
en<)U<j,h, and their cabins, being only int( nd< d
for the sunnner months, were partitioned with
sailcloth and eoii.ve(pientlj'' very cold, .\mong
till' men, to<j. there were many vexations ; liio
kindness and sympathy with which ibo "iti-
vestiuatois " (!iew w'fuo at tiist v«>eeived grew
ciMjl in time, and the unavoidable inconve-
niences WMre fometimes not submitted to very
patiently. ( 'aptain Kt-llct cndeavoincd to i.miiso
tho men by engaging them in a theatrical per-
foiinaiice, but the cxpeiimont was not very
sni.'eessltd, and the otlieers ti ied that of reading
ah)ud. Tin? pioposal was received with great
applause, and the readings were nunieiously
attended. " 'i'hose leadings or 'Time shoit'i:-
ings.'a.s they are called, included theoietio-al and
piaoli<-al insiiuctioii in astronomy, chemistry,
gi'ography, meehanios, etc., and the conversa-
tion of the sailors dining their walks on tlie ico
ha.-i become <|nile learned."

The ships were only five huudt<'d paccH
iipart, but btiuiny weather and snow oiieu
hindered the exchange of visits. 'J'o meet this
dilbeiilty, a communica'iou was eslidilisbcd by
electric telcgiaph. ^vhicji fuini.--hed miicli amu.sc-
mont. Ibit many weie too ill to share in the.so
divt'ision--. ami hefoie the sun relumed. two<jf
till' '■ Intrepid'.-" men <lied. ( hie <d' them. ; .sailor
named U ilkie, had leji a wife and three i iiildien
in Kngland. "I'citeetlv resigned to the ^vill
of the Lord, und depending only on his gacc,

'J28

NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC DIATIY.

hti hoYO his sufToiings with great jiiitionco. I
often heard him praying f)r a speedy lelease.
His sliipinatcs visited him frcciuciitiy, and he
many times nrged them with tears to quit their
indilVerent way of life, directing them to tho
lUblo as tho only guide, by tho aid uf which
ihey might lead lives well-pleasing to (Jod.
Tho last two days he eould neither speak nor
hear, hut appeared to pray miieh, as his hcavon-
direi'ted look testified."

In March, sledge parties wore sent out ; two
to seek for ti-aces of the " I'hitevpriso ;" (mo, a
dog-sledgo, to Wellington ("haniicl, with letters
for Sir Edward Helcher ; and ono to tho " North
Star," to ninumncc tlie coming of much larger
jiarties in the next two months, Captain Kcllet
liaviiig determine^, (o send away fifty of his own
men as well as tho " Investigator's." INlr. lla-
inilloii returned fnmi ('ape Uiley, April 10th,
iiriiiging eommunds from Sir E. I'ehhi.'r that
;he ••licsolnte" and "Intrepid" should he
abandoned, that the crews should proceed to
the " Nortli Star," and return in that vessel to
England in the summer. Two parlies were
sent off in the next two days, and on tho 14th
the last of the "Investigators" took their
leave.

" Wo have three sledges, conducted by
< 'aptaiu M'Clmc, Mr. Tiers, and me. It was not
a grief to quit these ships, for every steji brings
n ; nearer home ; and when we have once
reaclurd the ' North Star,' ieo will no longer bar
our way to England, ^^'e therefore set (mt on
oxxY journey cheerfully, and hoi)e to leave the
two hundred miles behind us in less than
twenty days. It is happy for ns all that we can
\n\vt in friendship from the men of these ships.
Some collisions were unavoidable in the time
wo have lived so cioMded together, and the
• Methodistical Investigators' havo had some
mockery to endure. But our .saiiors ivc
proved that tho experience of the lust few years
has not been lost u])on them ; they have avoided
every oecrasion of stiifc, and have laid suflicient
command over themselves to bear ridicule
silently ; they even a>ked the pardon of their
companions on taking leave, if they had in any
way otiended them. And I also cannot bo
grateful enough to tho Lord who sways the
hearts of men, for the respect and att'ection
shown to mo b}' captains, ol'ilceis, and crow.
I'ofoio Avo quitted the sliij), ( 'aptain Kellct
assembled all the nn.'n on deck and i)nblicly
thanked the crow of the ' Investigator' for their
services, and for their extraordinarily good
conduct down to the last hour ; and delivered
to our captain a letter to the Admiralty, in
M-hich ho gave them snch a testimony as is not
often met with."

In explanation of this apparently unnecessary

leave-taking between men wlio were to meet
again so soon, it ought to ho added that (^aptain
Kellet was most relm^tant to abandon his ships.
After tbey were cauglit in the ice in .September,
it carried them sixty-four miles further south-
ea.st ; there appeared little doubt but they
might reach home in the ensuing summer, and
Captain M'Clintoek h.id started innnediately
for Wellington Channel, in the hope of induc-
ing the commander to revoke his decision.

THE BLACK SITir-STEWARD.

' TiiK Rev. T. IT. Davies, lately archdeacon of
I Melbourne, at a r.iblo meeting, some ycare
j since, told the IVilh'wing narrative of a negro
I steward and bis cai)taiii, who threatened "to
build a steeple over tho .ship's pantry." The
' incident wa-i mentioned in order to show how
inllnenlial the iiumblest believer may some-
times bo for good, when acting faithfully to his
Christian principles.

lie (Mr. Davies) was a passenger, at the time
to which he referred, on board a vessel, on his
leturn to his native country. lie soon found
that neither the captain nor his fellow-passen-
gers woulil atl'ord liim assistance in his Chris-
tian walk, which the feebleness of his infant
steps at that time so much required. The first
I few days of the voyage were more tlian irksome,
' and he was often, with sadness, re'.iiii'ded ol
j his late neglected privileges of Ciiristian wov-
1 ship and Christian eommmiion. One day, l^ow-
cver, ho oveiheard the captaiii speaking in
I terms of the highest commendation of his
! black stewanl ; but adding, that ho was so
addicted to praying and singing psalms, that
he had often tlireatened to build a steeple over
his st(!ward's pantry or cabin. After what he
had heard, he ,si>eedily made himself known to
the steward as one who was inider tho same
guidance, and he hojtcd travelling tho same
loiid as himself; and many were tho happy
hours he spent, many the pnio le jsons of go.spcl
wisdom ho received in that little spot, which
the captaiii ;iad lightly described as worthy of
a steeple. V.ai the benefit he derived from his
negro brother did not stop hero, lie c(»nld
well remember tho steward, as he waited at
t^ihle, castiiig npon him tho pitying and sor-
^•owful eye, when he found him ashamed of hi.'i
blaster's cause, and too timid to reprove a pro-
fane expression. Ho woidd afterwards seize
the first opportmiity afforded him of speaking,
and would say, " Ah, massa no get peace dat
way. Massa no got peace by being ashamed of
.lesus." Ono could not bo displeased with tho
riproof, however troublesome so faithful a
monil'M might at Rome times appear, his

Ic over
hat lio
own to
le same
snmo
happy
j,^o>pcl
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TRAVELS IN THE IIULY LAND. 1229

manner bcin^ no very rospeetfiil, ami at the ^rouiul, and prayed that, if it were poHsiblc, tho
sanio time his affoetinnato iiiterfst st) appaniit. iioiir iiiiyht pa.^s IVoiu liiin.''
I'ut ho f lund he was not iho only ohjectof tiiis It was night, and the wearied apostles slum-

poor fi'llow's Christian laliours on hoard tJiu bered, while the dire Htni^gle that was towoih
vessel: his master (the eaptainK the other j cmt their salvuMiin was inaiigiiiated ; and npuii
pass(!n}^urs, and every member of (he ship's, the fiail humaiuly of even those favoured three,
eompany, hoard from the lips (f I'eter, at one who were specially ehoson to give their blaster
time or another, the words of eternal life. His \ companionship in his dread hour of sorrow,
eonsistenoy, and open eonfession of the truth, Jesus eouhl not rely for one hour of wakeful
eaused his exhortations to ho received without symjiathy. Tiiere, beneaiii the grey olive
olfence, and to ho li.-ileiied to with attention, houglis, silvered by the pure rays of the clear
All respected pious i'eter. Mr. Davies one moon, he whcj had put on mortality, strove
day expressed his surpriso that ho shouhl against mortal tenor at tho appioaching hour
chooso su ,h an occupation as his jiresent one, ' of death. There, alone among the olive tree.«,
being coniiuiially in (.lose contact with persons ] he prayed, " Father, if thou bo willing, remove
around him addicted to blasphtnious and evil ' this cup fiom mo; neveitheless, not my will,
conversation, .-ind utterly deprived of the but thine be done." And then "there ap-
Ixjuefit of the ordinances nf (Ind's house, ox- ' peared unto him an angel from heaven,
eopt while the vessel wius in poll. .\sl;ing him ' strengthening him ; and being in an agony, ho
how ho came to be so situated, his answer juayec' moie earnestl}-, an?! his sweat wau a.s
v.'as, " 1 don't know, massa, (Jod call mo to it were great drops of blood falling down to
dis place." "I wonder \ou remain in it," was ' the uiound."

the lesponse ; " sure.y you might scrAo dod
with more cond'ort in any other sphere ; what
causes yon to continue as a ships steward ?"
" Whv, mas.sa, don't ycjii know," said the

Hither, through the shadowy tdive groves,
eame .ludas with a band of men and otlieers
from the chief priist.s and I'liarisees, and with
<'ne kiss b<;tra\ed at once his Masti-r's life and

steward, "every voyage wo have fresh pa.s- i his own soul. Here, among the grey old trees,
sengers, fresh crew; S(j you sec, nia.ssa, every I'eter, the )■ ving, the hasty, the zealous, the
voyage we have a new congregation ; 1 preach ' unstalile, smote the high priest's servant with

to now people."

TRAVELS IN THE HOEY LAND.

xiu.

uKrnsi;MAM;.

•* riii; .vcjO.nv" in qktiiskmani: — ancii.m' inAhinoN in
i'avoi;r cr run AL'rin;.sricnv or smc ok iim: i.aiin i
KNCLosL'uii — rai-: uauhux a I'uoi iiaiii.k ro.s,si:.s.«inN ;
10 rm; monks— monkish TUAnnioNs — niui;vi;i!i-..sci:
uv I'MAiuias — Tui; Aiii;ij oi.iviis is the i-,Arii>i.x — j

TUB 01iAl'i;i, AN1> roMIt OK THK VUitJI.N — Aiiscunriv
OF IHK MUNKIKH LK(ii:NI) OK lUK AS.SI MIMION — THi; |
Vn:iil.N lillllKI) AT l.l'HE.srs — JOACHIM AM' ST. A.NM1-;
ALSO HAD OTIIKU lOMlIS — STuNt; ON WHICH niK. \ nuuN

i.ivr I'AM. Hi;ii oiKiii.i; to convi.sci; sr. tiiomas.
Tui; even was eome, md ( 'hi ist sat down with
his twelve ...losen followers, in tht; large upper
room near the grave of his foiefiither in llie
llesh, to that repast, in perjielual remembrance
of which Christian churches of all erccds have
instituted a sacramental rile. The eventful
meal was ended; "and when they luul sung an
hymn, they went out ■.. i the Mount (if Olives,"
" And they eamo to a pl.ice which was named
(u'thsemani. ; and he saith to his disi iples. Sit
ye hero, whi' I shall -ray. And he takclh
with him ' . , niid .lames, and John, and
began to 1 o .ore amazed, and to ho very heavy ;
and saith unto them, My s(juI is exceeding
.sorrowful unto death tarry ye here and watch.
And ho went forwuid a little, and fell on tho

tho swdid, and gave the mighty spiritual
I'hysiciaii an opportunity of working for the
last time on earth a miracle of healing upon a
mortal's ailing frame. Ho, who eoiild com-
mand the help of legions of angels — He, at
whose simple word the great multitude, with
their huiteriis and torches and weapons, went
back Will (Is and fell to the ground — wanted not
the aid of a man's feeble swoid, but of his own
will took the cup his Eatlu i gavo him, and
drank it to the dregs, that so tho Seriptnro
might b(> fulfilled. Here, amidst the shadows
of the [lale groves, with calm resolute puriiose.
and unallerable determination of heart, he stood
forth boldly as the Captain of our salvation,
to be made " perfect through snifering."

We descended the Via Dolorosa, up which it
is reported Christ bore his cross; and probtbly
- though there is not a vestigo of evidenc.e in
favour of the authenticity of any ono of tho
monk-iiiM-nted stations along its coiiihc— the
general direction of that weary jonrnej may
have been the same us that now f(Jlowi(l by
the modern street. We then went foitb by
St. Steplu'ii's gate, and dcwn a steep hill into
tho deptiis of the \'alley of .(ehoshaphat,
croMicd a bridge tiver the almost dry water-
course of tho brook Kedion, and canK; to a
group of aged olivi^ trees, surrouiuhd by a
high white wall. This ondosnro iw at the
verv foot of the Mount of ('lives, and here er

2;'.n

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

Iiorciilxnits was lh.it gaiflcn over tlio brook
Keilron, whithov .)c-.u.s was wont to go foitli
witli liis iliHciples. " Ami Judas also wliicli
bol rayed him knew tho place, for .'osiis oft-
tiincs r(!sort«d thitlu.r with his difsciples."
That ;:;ui(l()n AvaH Golhsoniuuo.

Aloro than fifteen centuries ago, tradition
pointinl out the ,spaco cuoonipassed by tho wall
as tiif real spot whein tlu; dioad scouu of " tiio
ai^ouy "' took ])lace ; and, doubtless, tho ancient
trees which that wall heil;j;es in, stand witliin
<jr upciu tlie verge of the gaidon of (lelhsiuuaiie.
Here, i .h^r just sueh aged olive trees as thi'se,
perhaps beneath tices that s]irang from the
selfsame ro(its whieh now supply these with
sap. tlie diseiy)les may have slumbured, A
littl(.' further on. Peter. James, and .John, ont-
weaiied with tlieir sorrow, may have slept;
wliilst tlieir Lord, seeking a more seeluded
spot, went onward along tlui base of the hill,
and "was withdrawn iVoni them alxiut a stone's
east, and kni'eled d'lwu and ]>iayi'd."

I'erhaps on this very spot all tho events
recounted oceurrod, or ])ossibly the absulute
Bite may have beiMi oni; or two hundred yaids
furth(!r along the fool of Olivet. At any rate,
wo niay feel confident, if we wander for two
or thieo hundred yards through these scattered
olives, that i>ni feet ha v. pressed llie sacred
soil of ( iethsemane's garden. The tre<!s that
stood of yoro witliin llie high wiiile wall
heard our Saviom's wnriis on that nieuiorabio
niiilii. 'I'lieir pale boughs lla.slied red in the
blaze (if tlie torches, as the noisy rabble pro- i
fani'il the quiet dark f-eelusion of their shailes.
They saw the disciples. ju«t roused from
.'iiuiiilier, f ir.sake their i^ord and liy. Through
tliein, to the bridge td' Kodion, the capinrs led
their ]irIzo to tiie high priest's liou: o ; and
past (hem, alone nnd afai'. Teler, somewhat
bold. 1- tliau his l»r 'Mren. f)llovved the armed |
thn^nu'. As in the nineteenth century of i
Chrisi s om \Te slowly walk among the seal- '
tered trees aroMiid, and leiuemlier all that
und''ibtedly happened iu (his vvvy place, a
feeling of revereneu. awful in its solemnity,
creeps over ei, mingled with gratitude to him
will I etaliired nuch suH'erings that he might
briiiix us to (Jod.

'J'ho Latin occlesiastirw, not long ago, got
exclusiv(! jmsnession of the plot of ground
mentioned above, and built the wall round it.
Nol, however, for the sake of jirolecting the
trees, but to enable them (o levy t(dl u\K>n all
those strangers and pilgi ims who would natu-
rally visit tlie saeied garden. Though the
epaeo within tho wall is only about eighty
yaids square, it yields a better rev(!nue than
many and many au acre of com land and olive-
yard Would render, and all toil of cultivation ;

is saved. To stimulate tho liberality of thii
ignorant and blindly eitiduloiis |iilgiiiiis, a
number of hidy places are exhibited by the
monks within this narrow space. They show
a rocky bank where the disciples slept whilst
their Lord prayed, and jtoiut out (he im-
l)iessions left by their bodies n])on the hard
stone. Then they lake tho pilgrim to the
"(irotto of the Agony," a cave in which they
si(y our Saviour's prayers were olfered up; and
then they point out tlie exact spot where Judas
stood, when ho betrayed his Master with a
kiss. This Latiji speculation has paid so well,
that the Greeks have eiudosed a similar space
close by, and stand up for their plot of garden
ground as the genuine (ietlusemane. 'i he
Armenians are about to fdlow their example.
Tho Greelcs have not been so ibrtuiiate in tin*
trees suirounded by the wall they have lately
built, as tlieii- [jatin brethren, for tho trees
encompassed by it are wanting iu antiipiity ;
and as they do not now exhibit their garden
to the strangers of western and sotithern Europe,
rnmour says that th(;y want 1(j wait a few years
till the tre(.'s grow a little. Thus do those who
profess Ghrisl's leligion dishonour his name
by their .leeeit and greed of gain, and jirof'anc
this most sacred of all the jdaces cnniiecteJ
with his mortal career, who.-e situation wo are
aide with ceiiainty to identity, tielhsemanc';.
garden is not the place for ]iilgrim8 and sight-
seers iu (•rowds. niiishalleil by garrulous show-
men, but for (piii't musings, s(demn thoughl.-;,
and fervent prayers. 'I'he pilgiim.s usually seem
especially careless and irreveient, and their jiil-
griinage st^ems to be viewed I'hieliy as a jileasant
social holidav tiini'. in (lethsemaiK?, ( hi istiau
women Ivugh and chatter, and swing on tlio
blanches of the olives, us if they were engnged
in some mere party <if pleasure, and no seriijiis
thouglu c(uild be expected for a moment to
calm their mirth into soluiety.

Tile Latins, of course, assert that the old
trees within their garden aie the very trees
whieli t-aw tlie .lews lay violent hands up(Ui
their King and their God, who walked among
them in human .setmiiig ;ind humble guise.
This is the only assertion they make respecting
this jihuo which has even plaus'bility to
support it. The trees, uiuiuestionably, uro of
great age; iind, jiossibly, they maybe as oM
as the Christ iau dispiuisation. Tlio.se who \*iU
not allow that these trees are possibly of such
high antiquity, Ibiiud (heir opinion on tho idea
that Titus cut down all (he tiees round Jeru-
salem. Josejihus, however, does not say this.
On the north of the city the tiees were all cut
ch)wn by tho besiegers, and used in the con-
struction of iiKunids iigainst the walls, and of
warlike engines, and the suburbis were btri]jpcd

TRAVELS IN TIU: ]1()LY LAND.

ooniplctely naked, mid all I ho tifcs tliut wens
jiboiU, the city, within Iho diatanct; ufu hnndml
luilongM, had thoir Ijmnchns ciil nfV. Now,
this bein<; .loscphii.s'H account, it scoins liv no
lucans curtain that uU the tivi-s im tho n]»|>ii8ilo
bido of Kcdron's brook, which were quite dear
of any of Iho city siibuibs. were cut down.
Travellers luivo romarkcd ai.M) upon tlin din-
pvoportion between llu) huge tnmks of the old
olives, and iht-ir 8ni;dl iiewlHaiid scaiil,> lulia};o,
which give tlicm the appearanr,. uf lijiviiij.; l.ii ii
pollarded. This (.'luuaeleriHtir niav lie olwerved
tt) a conKiueiabio e.vteiit in llit; gronp in onr
illustration ; but many of the oldest trees, both
witbin and M-atteredaionnd ihu eneloMire, have
this feature even more ,stron^;ly n;arked. Now
the olive \^ a hmg-lived tree, and though we
may not think it probable that the now exitst-
Ing trees in tlio garden of (ittli.'-einano wtio
living when our Saviunr was wuiit uftliuies to
resort thitlier with his discijiiiis, vet we will
not deny tlic possibility of this having been
the case. .\t n\\ events, if Titus did cut down
all the trees tiiomselves. the i>resent may h ive
boon their suecosBors, and shot up fimu the old
stock. The trees, wlien we Haw them, were
covered witli flowor-bnds, and gave promise of
an abuiidan! crop of olives.

In approacliing (.Jethsemano fiom the bridge
over the Kodron, we pascd the ( hapcd nf the
Virgin, eont«inin<j;, according to Iradilic ii, her
tomb. This stands at the north(.rn end of a
sunken court, into whieli a flight of hteps
descends at the opposite oxtremity. 'i'iio
facade of iho chapel consists <if two jiointed
Gothi(! arches, onti inside the olhcr, tlie outer
one resting (jn Muall pillars, and reaching to
the top of the building. Inside the inner areli
is the doorway, whence a Itmg liiglit of steps
leads downwaid to the chapel. 'I'his is exeu-
vtitod in the rtx^k, and was an an<ien! toiub.
On the riglit hand are shown tlio iumbs of
Joachim and Anna, tlio parents of the \'iigin,
and on the b ft that of Josejili, the carpenter
of Nazareth, the Virgin'^ liMsliand. At the
extremity of the grove is a small dark dntpel,
containing tlie venerated tomb v/lnic ince the
Vilgin'.s corpse was laid before it was takt'U up
into heaven. It is profii-ely decorated with
pictures and flo- -e.s, and fmm the vault h ina;
numbers of silver lamps and ornaiinnted (.strlcli
eggs. Tim frnni of the cha]iel, and its situaiion
in the excavated coart, are curious and pie-
turcscpte. It is ancient and venerable in ap-
pearanee. but its hi.story iscomjMirutively recent,
{'•>r the tirst mention of it is by Arculfus, a
I'feueh bishop, in the beginning of the eif^htii
century. Ills testimony with rwpeut to it
has an additional interest, for it ])idves that
tl;o pretty hgoid of the Assumption of the

Virgin had not been invented when he wn^e :
for he, au well as John liie presbyter, > f
I'amaseuH, wlui was afti;i wards canoni/ed, iU!'!
wlio wrote a few years afli^r Arculfus, speak . f
the Nirgin'H b(Mly. T)ie tradition whieli calls
this cave the Virgin's tomb, and the do( trino
of the A.-snmptiiin, aie both direetly opposed
to a decree of the general council held at
Ephesus, A.n. ;)41, in which it was af.serted
that thti blessed ^'i^gin and tli(! favoinili*
disciple St. J(dni. to wlio.-u care she was cum-
uiitteil by her divine Son, were buried in
Piphesus, in the very clnnch in wiiieh the
council was then assembled. N(jtwitli>tunding
this decree of a geneial coinicil, and in spit ■
of the evidence given by a liishop and by a
KJiint, the chuiches both of b'ome and the
East have for centuries believed tliat the
Viigin was laid in this tomb, and tin n that
the miracle ol' the .\shmnjition took phuc, and
they vcneralo this site accordingly, 'i'hey
are singularly unt'nrtun.itc in the ludy plaeos
ot this nndergroimd shrine, for bulh .'oaehini
and ,SI. Anne have other lonibs lieneath the
ancient church of St. Anno. To lliis church,
in crusading times, was added a I'enedictiny
nunnery, which was liehly enilnwed liy l!,ild-
win the First, who forced his Armenian wife
to take the veil in ii. The empiess Helena is^
said to have taken tlio bones of St. Anne to
Constantinople, but th'.se of Joachim were lei'!
undisturbed.

Plonks will uphold their propo.sterous in-
ventions in the face of all ovi(h,'nce and autho-
rity, however concdnsivo ; and in this ea-e oni;
of the fraternity defended these false sipnlchres
on the ground that there was no reasnn '• ,iy a
peiK(jii .should not have two or three tombs m
well as two or three houses. The tradiiioiLs
respecting the Assumption tell us, that as the
Viigiu 3iary mounleil upwaids to the sicy in
the preHeiice of the disciples, St. Thomas, iho
incredulnus, again evinced unbelief in the
palpable miracle which to(dc ])laco before his
eyes; and that, to convince him of its reality,
tlie ^'irgin, as she a«cend>d, diupped iier giidle
at hi.s^feet. The rnck nn which it fell is still
supposed to retain a winding indentation, said
to bo the impression of the giidle miiaculously
made, ami preserved " for the conviction of nil
such ius shall suspect tin; trutlx of the story ul'
the Asjsumpti<m."

Jn tlio chapel of the Virgin are altars be-
loi>ging to various Mtcts ; and the unseemly
s(iuabbles of modern Christians of ditVerent
denominations desecrate the .^acu'ed neighbour-
hood of (Jeihsemane — the influence of whose
.solemn associations is powerless to check their
rivalries and animosities, or to infuse some
littlo Christian charity into their hearta.

232

TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

VVIIlTPni THAN SNOW.

23;j

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a:;

THE rULl'lT IN THE FAMILY.

\VIH".i;i; THA.V RNVW.
' W.isli vif, aii'l 1 nlmll be whiter lliaii fwiw '—futtm II. 7.

^^^ }^^HAT is wliilcr (Imn 8no\v ?
-I NMiite, and very fair, ami
beaut ilul as it. is, yet it (.'oiiil-n
^'^ out of a tlciiso lilack rloiul, not
iVoni till' (kar blno .-ky. It duos
not coiiio from tho wliito, snow-
looking clouds that wivutho and
float and bask in a winter's sun.
It is when the heavens are blaek,
and from out of tho murky
busoni of the very blackest cloud
on which your pyo rests, that tho
white snow comes.

What could bo blacker than
David was a.s he lay in his sins ? His soul was
Btnincd with !he most repulsive sins. Yet ho
seeks to bo washed, and kncnvs that when
washed, lie will bo clean, whiter than the
driven snow. Ah, that virgin flake is very
white, as it spreads its delicate network on the
withered leaf; but there is one thiiif; whiter
still. Who are these in white robes, and
whence came they? These are they that came
out of great tribulation ; out of dark pits (jf sin
and death. Some wore thieves, and some were
murderers; and some wore adulterers and
nnnderers combined, as David was. Manassih
is there, wlio filled tho streets of Jeriisalem
with innocent blood ; and Mary Map;dalen(\
out of whom Christ cast seven devils; and
tliousamls more, once vilo as they: but now
there is not a stain on their garments; they
have all boon washed in the blood of tho Lamb,
and they are all whiter than snow, without sjiot
or wrinkle, or any such thing.

The man who sees sin best, who sees that it
is black and soul-polluting, sees also best how
pure and perfect ho may become. David speaks
of himself as tho vilest of sinners, yet he says,
" I shall bo whiter than snow." Ho knows what
God can do : lie knows the power of that jicaci-
spcaking blood: it cleanseth us from all sin.
1 aul speaks of himself its tho very chief of
sinners; and yet, almost in the same breath,
ho speaks of tho glorious gospel of the blessed
God as committed to his trust ; of his obtaining
mercy, and of tho crown of righteousness that
awaited him. Hut God must do it. The wash-
ing can be done by no priest. Tho pardon can
come through no human eourco. " Against
Theo, Theo only, have 1 sinned :" from Thee,
'J'hfco only, can I obtain mercy.

This cleansing is within reach of the guiltiest.
This door of hope stands wide open to every
man, anywhere, on the face of the earth.
Murder, adultery, and lies, do not shut it. Tho

greater the sin, tho greater tho need of mercy.
It is ever the policy (;f tho devil to jnake tho
man who is troubled for sin feel that his case is,
somehow, an exception. 15ut there are no ex-
ceptions; and the men who are disposed to
make exceptions of themselves, should be fold
that the very fact that they wuuld nuiko otit
their sins to bo so great as to const i lute theirs
an excejitional case, is tho strongot evidence
[loshibje that iheirs is the very ca.se that God
accepts. It is sinners, emphatically, that .lesus
is come to seek and to save. " 1 came not to
call tho righteou.s, but sinners, to reper.tancc."
'• The whole need not a jihysician, but they that
are sick." These are tho thoughts of tho groat
rhysieian of souls.

This blood alone can cleanse us. Had there
been anything else wilhiii tho reach of miui
that coxdd cleanse, David could have got it.
There never was a priesthood like that among
the people over which he was king. All thai
wealth could do, all that power could bring, al!
that favoured eiiiumstances with both God and
man could cither give him or get for him, he
had; but he has to come here to this I'lood
which is shed for him, and for you and for me.
If anything else could have brought about thi.s
end, it would have been substituted by (Jod.
It was only "last of tiH " that he sent his
Son. It was becau.se no oilier hand could help
iind no other eye l)it3', that God inlerpo.sed, and
finally sent forth his Sd), taying, " They will
reverenco my Son." All other remedies have
been tried by (Jod and man, and they have all
failed. Come here ; wash, and be clean.

This remedy of God's providing i.s amply
sufficient. This blood cleanseth us from all sin.
Tho very blackest may be made whiter than
snow. Each man fancies that his sin is greater
than his brother's, when ho is thoroughly
awakened to its being sin against (Jod. It may
bo .so ; but it is not greater than the power of
Christ's blood. Few sins could be greater than
tho combined sins of David. Take them all in
all; sum Hp tho aggravations: remember his
position, and the great things that God had
done for him : think of the peculiarly horribli
way in which tho luwband of tho ruined wife
was foully done to death, ar. .. y>n will probably
bo of opinion that greater sins never were com-
mitted. Grosser barbarities have been pcipi -
trated ; but they have been done by barbarians.
Cruelties, refined and cxfpu.^it'^, have distiu-
guished thousands in the dread annals of crime ;
but thoy have been committed by men whoso
hearts were hardened by a cruel trade, or by i\
hard and merciless superstition, misnamed loli-
gion. But this man had knoAvn tho grace, and
beheld tho glory, of the Lord. Ho had both
tasted and scon that God is gi-aciou&. The

•J.M

HYMNS AM) llY.MN-WlMTKIIfi.

Tjord liml instructed him in liis Wiiv. and Imd
iiiiuli' liiiii know wiMldiii in tlic liiiMt u iiiiiii cf
tlio lu'iiit ; luid yet hi! Kiniicd, iiiid oiniied ilins :
jind yet (Idd Yii'dy nardoned him. w^vslicd
liliii iVnin iill this i'nnl j^iiilt, (ind irmdc liiiii
'whiter tliiiii Kiiow. Will nut yon, ihi-ii, ci'iiir
to thin dud, and tftko Tip tliis nian'M prayer;
Kcidc. and find, niciry and <;ra«.! ; and hi) find
(deansinLT and rest fur your honl?*

1IV31XS AND lIYMX-WUrrEHS.

NO. Vll.

Aki'iok Dr. "\Vntt.>«, Iho most f^encrally known,
admired, and bidovod anionj!; tlio dissent in;;-
ministers, was I'mimi' DohiikM'HI':. lie was
horn in liondon in the yi;ir 1702. His t'atlnr
died wiien ho was vonMm ; and IMiilip was
gi'eatly ind(di1e<l to tlie j^ciiorons care of Mr.
riajk. a dissentini:; minister of St. Alhan's, to
■whiidi place lie removed to atteml a private
Kehool. After having heen some time nndor
the care of Mr. Jennings, wlio kept an aeailemy
at Kihworlh, Doddridge enti-red on his ministry
in 17'J2. He removed to Noithamjiton in 172!»,
>vuoro he was ])astor of n coni;re)j;ation, and
langht an academy for dissenting sttnlents.
Jn Decemlier, I'i.'^K lie went to Si. Alhan's, to

1)rea(!h tli<' funeral sermon of his old friend and
)L':ieiactor, Mr. Clark. In that jonrney, he
( iin'j;ht a cold, whieh did not leave him Ihrongh-
ont thtj winter. In the spring of 17.M, it
con.*''derahly abated ; }tnt returning agiiin with
great violence in the sniiimer, he had to give
np preaching, and removed to Ihistid, to try
the waters there; hut In^ was evidejilly de-
clining rapidly. When his friends reminded
him of his fidelity, diligence, and zeal in his
]Master"s service, ho nsid to r(>ply, " I am
nothing; all is to he ascrihed to ilie free; grace
of (}od." Ho Was advised to try the warm
climate of the south of Kurope. and sailed for
Lishon in September; but it wiis too late ; for
ho arriv(>d iIumo on thv) iJilli of October, and
died on the L'lith.

Dr. Doddridge was the author of many useful
atid pious wnk^i. Among oMiers iriay be men
tinned " J hc]{ise and i'rogress of iJeligion in the
Son!," a " Fa-nily Kxpositor of the New Testa-
ment," and ill' l^ife of his friend Cohmel
(iardiner, vvlio, at th.o battle of I'roston Pans,
In 17 15. being basely deserted by his regiment
of e.ividry, died the death of a Christian soldier
ami patriot.

But it is with Doddridge as a hyran-writcr

* " Tho Penitent's Prnyer : a Practical Exoosition of
1h(i Fifty-first Psfilm." «y tho Kev. T. \lexiUidcr.
Nishet iS; Co..

I hat we have to do hero. I lis hymns ai"
iinnieioii*,, amounting to ;t7.'). '1 hey were not
ndilislied in his lire-time, but aficr his dealli,
'V his fi ieml and biograj)her Job Orton, who
IranseiilM-d them from Ins inannseripis, and
who gives the I'ollowing account of the desi;;n
of their compo.-iiion : — " 'I'licy woie meant lo
1)0 sung after the author had been juoaching
on the te.xts pr«!fixed to them; it was iherefoiu
his design that they slionld bring ovtsr again
the leading thoughts in ihe sermon, and natu-
rally express and warudy eid'orce tho-^o devout
sentimr-ntN whii h he hoped were iheti rising in
the minds of his heaier.s and help t'.i lix them
on the momory and heart." 'I'his plan, if will
carried out, is an oxc»dh?nt one, for it gives the
sid)stanc(! of hnndicds of sermons to be recalled
to the menmry by the help of V(^rse, or io bo
expressed in resoIutiouH, prayers, or pniiscs,
wlien considered and inwardly digested,

'J'hero is a hymn nnivorsally known and
admired, beginning: —

"Oil, Ooil of IJetliel, by wloao linnil
'I'liy i)e(i|ile still are fed,
■NVlio tlii-ipii;;li tliis wenry j)ili;riiniigo
IIuhI nil our fullic'i-8 leil.

Our vowH, rmr i)niycr8, we now present

U,»fiirtf tliy tlirone of f,'niee ;
Goil <it' our falliers, liu tlie God

01' lliiir bUeeeeding ruci',"

Ah found in most hymn-books, tliis piece is
giaierally ascribed to I-ngan, but it is in reality
merely altered from Doddridge; und if wo
read it asOrlon ])rinted it from his manuscript,
it is very doubtful whether Logan has improved
it. 'J'ho ode and title as in Doddiidgo are
lioro given : —

"Oil, 'inil of ,Tiieol) ! l)y wlioso liuilil
'I'liiiie rniiii'l still 1.1 fell,
Wlio throiijrii this weury |iilgriiimg<'
Iluat ail our lathers Icil ;

To thee our hiiiiilile vowH wo raise,

'I'o thee aiMiesM our pniyer ;
Airl in thy Uiinl uiul t'uitlii'ul breiiiit

UejKi.sil all uur eaie.

It' tiioii, liiroii;;li each |Kr|iKxiiig pstli,

AVilt lie our eoii.stant guiilo ;
If thou wilt ilaily hieiul .supply,

And ruinieiit Ht pro\ido ;

It' thou wilt spread thy .sliiold uroiuid

Till lliese our wanderings cease,
And at our Kulher'n lovitd abudo

Our Mouls arrive in |>eucu ;

To thee, as to our eovenuiit Ood,

We'll our whole 8clven reaigii ;
And count that, not our tenth ulone,

Hut all wu have is thine. '

The turn of the last two lines reminds us of
the noblo epigram made by Doddridgo, when
translating liis family motto, " Dum vivimua
vivamus" — " While vro live, let us live": —

HYMNS AND IIYMN-WIMTKHS.

lf;i!!i,

" I.ivo wliilo you livi', tin. (jiifiir.i wmilil nny,
Ami "iA/.f ifn' |i|i iisiiii 4 of 111,. |>ii„. Ill iiiiv :

Live u-liil. yi.u liv, till- Hiiciiil |)|i ii.'l.i !■ I'liiM,

Ami ;^ivi' (m ( iiiil ciicli iiK lit u,-, it tlii ., ;

Loiro, ill my vitiWN. li 1 JNitli iiiiiliil lio :
1 live ill |)|(u.,uro wlieii 1 livo t<i Uit-t)."

A \yoII.kii«)-.vti hviim of Ddiltliklgo in thu

Jn]!o\viiij;; - -

"Salvation hv OiiAn. "— Kjiiaaiuiia ii. 5.
" (iiiicc ! 'tin It (•ImriiiiiiLC wmiid,
llariii<iiiiciii.-< to fiiy rai' ;
lliiivc II Willi till' 1 c'l,,, HJuill rowMiiul,

Ami nil the turtli r^iall liciir,
Griii'i' first coiitrivi'il u way

To NJivi' I'riulljoil-i iiutii,
Ami nil ll... «tt |i« t'.at cnici' dispLiy,

Wliirli drew l!ic woiiilroii-, |iliiii. '
Oi'Mcc liiM;,'lit my wiimli riii^' I'lct

To ll-i ill! Ilic IliiiVrlily iMinl,

Anil m w Mi|i|ili(s I'll. Ii'lii, 111' I iiiitt,

\S liilo |iii ^,1ill^; nil to (ioil.
(•Iiu'ciill lint wolk aliiill iToMU

'i'lin.Uj^ll OV, lliisliiiy; c|iiy.s;

II l.ivs in iiciiVfii till- topmost stoiiu,
Am! \V( II tlouurviM tlic iiniihi'."

Till- liyimi (^iititleil, "•( lni^t's ,McMisu<:;r, Ltiku

Jv- '^^ '.'•';" "''"' " f^""''' ''ivuiiiitu Willi iJoil-
dii(ljj,o'.s fiicml, Coluiu;! (Jujiliuor: —

"Jlaik the t;lii<l .soiiiiil ! tlic Kiviour conit .i,

'I'lii' S.ivioiir iHiiiiiiMil lull;;,
Li t (Viiy lualt |ili imiv ii tlilollL',

Ami (Very vokc a sniiy,

» * » » «

IIo coiniN, lli(> ]ii-isoiii rs to ivlcnso,

III Satan's lioml.i);!) Iiciil ;

Till' gatiH ol' liiiiK-i In loi;" hiiu biii'sf,
The iron lottfiM yicl.l.
* ♦ i* * >t<

Onr ijlml liosaiiiialiH, riinci' of IVai-'i',

'I'liy wi'lcouii' sliiill |iroi-lnim,
All! Iiiavi'ir.s I'ti riial arcln i ring
Willi tliy Inlovt'tl naiiif.'
l^Iost 1)1' till! liyiiins ill tlio nrijiiiiiU vuluuie
ns jMildi^licd, liiivr the (exts pivlixcd in cou-
iietii'.m wilii which tJu-v wiio lii«t. tVH.-il in tlio
BCivico of tho Nuactuiiry ; an in the fuliuwing
OXauqdi.'M : — •

" 7 irill s'/rtj jirdiWi fit till/ Ciiil ir}iih' I have any It liiii." —
I';iallii rxlvi. 2.
"(iod of my life, llii-.iiii.di all its days,
My ^iiiti'lul |»i\V('i.-i .-iliail ,-ound lliy praiso ;
Tlu- moo;; sliall wiiiii' with opening 'i^ilt,
And waildi) to the Nili.nt niijht.
AVhcli anxious rales Would hn ali lliy rest,
And <;rirfs would tear my Ihrohliiny brcliijt,
My tuneful piaisen raised on hij^h
Sliall check tin.' muniiur and the sigh."

" Those that ueek me enrhj gliull Jiud ?;«;."— Prov. viii. 17.
" Yii hearts with youthful vi'^our warm,
III siiiilin;; crowds draw mar.
And turn troin evt ly mortal charm,
\ Saviour's voice to hear.

He, Tiord of all the worlds on liig ,,
' Stoops to converse with you ;

Ami luys His rndiaiit fjUirics by,
Yoar I'riuiidship to piirauo." "

2:)5

"Auil (/('. lliy liiH-k, llir lliirl; of my /hiii/inr, urn liwii, itii'l I
atu ijuur liiiil, miitli Ihi: Lunl di"/. — l^intkicl X.wir. ill.

And will the SI.ijiHty ol'lii'uvcii

.Veiept UH for Ills sheep >
And Willi II shi pherd s ti mh r care

Such worthh sa Cltaluns kftp ?

Ami will lie (iiiniul his giinrdian iiiui.i

ICound niir dei'i ncehss head ?
And ciiii-e lis >;eritly to lie tlvwii

III hi.1 retri'HIiili;; nl.ude ?

A ft!\v of tlio hyniiiH ail! CDiiiiuidi'd with
sj)i'(iiil cvi'jit.s, Mich n.s ]iMl)lic fa.«itN ami par-
tieiiluf hcysi.iis. 'I'hf I'lijliiwing wan wiittiii uii
occahioii id ii ilriailfiil lire ; —

" Kti rnal (tod, oar hiinildc souls
lieforc thy presence bow :
With all thy iiiit;.'a/llieH of wruth,
Il'iw li'inlilc art thou !

Fiinneil by thy hrcalli, whole shceU of llaluu

Do liUe a d.' ill;;e pour ;

And all our ecinlldeiiee of wealth

Lies nioulduivd in an hour.

• • ♦ * • •

Lord, in the dii-^t we lay us down

And mourn thy ri;;hleous ir>' ;
Yet bleMrt the hand of ^luirdlaii love,

That .snatched us from the the,"

The pcacuful, piuus tciuuir nf llio worthy
iloctdi's lite is cxpiehscd in his liynni on tho
iXunial ri:il>liulh . —

"I.ord of the sablmth, hear oi;r vows,
Oil this thy day. in this tliy house ;
And own, as ;;ialelui .sucritice,
Tliu SOUL'S which Ironi tliu duHert rise.

Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord; we love ;
Itnl there ts a liobh I rest abov. ;
To that oin laboinin;.; souls a-pir.'
AVitli ard( III paii^s of stroni; desire."

Tlicso sjicciinciis uio Milliciciit tu ,slii;\v tho
merits of iJdiUliiil^o a.s ji hyiini writer. ."^laiiy
of his ]iicces have been ailnptcil into olliei-
colluctiiiiiM, witljiiiif the iiotieu they ileseive.
.I(il> Oitim, who uioli) the lifu of J)(Hlilriilg ■,
ami piibli.^heil hi.>< hymns, .scjiiis to have liuil a
vt.'iy low I'piiiiiin of the intedlcet ol' ihu.so wl; .
Well! to iisi; hi.s iiia.>itci'.-> proiliiet ions in piivali:
or publio woisiiip ; for ho gives explanations
of Words which in oiir day would occasion no
dillienlly even to very yon. it;" di-sciple.-:', tt.s
wlion ho has a nolo to tell that rcjililci- mean
crciepino; thing-s; e./w'/f.s, banislied persons; elate,
lifted lip ; braces, ilefios ; souixe, fountain ; fabric,
bnildinj^; mlii'H, faiewell ; und other equally
oonsiderato elneidations !

The closing noenea of Doddridge's life woi'o
quite in keeping with liis chuiaeter. At Lisbcii.
ho and Mrs. Doddiidge, who attended him on
the melancholy voyage, were kindly received
and eutert^iined in tho house of iMr. iJuviil
King, an Knglish merchant. Here he met
with J)r. Watth'H Treatise on tho IlappinetiK of
Separate Spirits, and told hia wile with tho

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greatest joy that ho had unexpectedly found
that blessed book; and in reading it, and
Watta's Hymns, and especially the Sacred
Volume, he used to employ himself as much as
his strength would admit. lie was interred in
the burying-grouud belonging to the Britisli
factory at Lisbon. A handsome monument
was erected to his memory in his meeting-house
at Northampton, at the expense of the con-
giegation; with an inscription drawn up by
his esteemed friend, Gilbert West, esq., the
translator of Pindar, and author of the admir-
able Obsoi'vations on our Saviour's Resurrec-
tion, in which he makes mention, among other
merits of Doddridge, of " his many excellent
writings, by which his pious, benevolent, and
indefatigable zeal to make men wise, good, and
happy, will far bettor be made known, and
perpetuated much longer, than by this obscure
and perishable marble."

HOW CROOKED THINGS WERE MADE
STRAIGHT.

TnK late Mr. C. I. Latrobe, secretaiy of the
Moravian missions, has narrated the following
isingular instance of Divine help in circum-
stances of annoyance and diflSculty. In what
appear the most secular and external matters
connected with the cause of Christ, the over-
niling hand of Providence may bo here seen at
work in responc:o to the prayer of faith.

In the 3'ear 1800, two companies of mission-
aries were in London, waiting to proceed to
Portsmouth, there to join their ships ; for at
that time, the convoys assembled at that port,
and no captain ^.ould take his passengoi's on
board in the river. They were Brother Holf-
man and his wife, and Brother Mack going to
Antigua ; also Brother Lange and his wife,
with the unmarried brethren Schwartz and
Schultz, destined for Surinam. They had
passed through all the necessary forms, and
nothing more was required than that, as soon
as thej' were suumoned to Portsmouth by a
letter from the cautain, they should apply to
the Alien-office for passports, permitting them
to quit the country, and proceed to the West
Indies. These had hitherto been always ob-
tained without difficulty.

On going with them to the office, I was to
my astonishment informed that an order had
been sent from the Privy Coimcil to prevent
all foreigners proceeding to the colonies, or
conquered countries, by the fleet then sailing.
I represented to the principal clerk, from
whom I received this intelligence, that all the
baggage being on board, and their passage
paid, tlie loss to the parties would be as great

as their disappointment in not being able to
proceed. Of course, he could give me no relief,
and observed with half a sneer, that if I pos-
sessed sufficient power to make the Council
levoke its order in my behalf, I might jb'ain
my wish. As nothing more was to be c jne at
the office, I called the missionaries out of tho
waiting-room, and went before them into tho
Park, they following me with enquiries as to
my success, which I really felt too much OA'cr-
whelmed immediately to answer. But in the
Park, I informed them of what I had just
heard. Poor Brother Hoffman, who was eager
to return to his post, but had declined geing
with a ship from Liverpool a month or two
before, that he might bring his wife with him
to London, burst into tears, and accused him-
self of being the cause of this misfortune, at
least, as far as related to himself. Having
brought my party home, I went and made our
treasmer acquainted with the dismal tidings,
by which he was not a little alarmed, and cal-
culated the loss to the Mission to be not much
below 500/, if these two companies were de-
tained in England.

I now returned to Westminster to try what
I could effect in endeavouring to procure
an exemption in favour of our missionaries,
though it api^eared a lost case. But I cried
to the Lord, with whom nothing is impossible,
that he would grant me success, and had
a faint hope that I should not plead witli
goveiument in vain. That excellent man,
Mr. Serle, (author of tho "Christian Remem-
brancer," " Horae Solitaries," and other well-
known books,) one of the commissioners of tho
Transport Office, had, on a former occasion,
recommended mo to Mr. King, Under-Secretary
of State for the Homo Department. To vvhite-
hall therefore I posted, and was soon admitted
to Mr. King. He received me with his usual
politeness, and after hearing what I had to
allege in favour of my petition, desired me to

go to the Alien-office, and to tell Mr. F ,

then Superintendant of Aliens, that the mis-
sionaries destined for Antigua had leave to
proceed, and might be furnished with pass-
ports. I was just adding my request that he
would favour me with an order in writing,
when the Duke of Portland entered, and I was
obliged to be satisfied with a veibal message.
Yet I put in a word for the company going to
Surinam, and was invited to state their case
the next day before eleven in the morning.

Mr. F received me with tho greatest

coolness, and, as I had e-.pected, demanded
a written order. He observed, in a manner
rather insulting, that he saw no nscessity for
missionaries to teach the negroes, who wero
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beatest
landed
iianner
[ty for
wero
lithout

our forcing upon them our religion, and ho
thought therefore that they wore propojly
proventod. I must confess 1ha( my spirit
rose within mo on lioaring suoii lungiiago from
it man who, at least, had tJio name of (.'hristian,
!>ut ho was a man in power, and I rould do
nothing. However, as I happened to have
a letter in my pocket from the Bishop of
liondon, Dr. I'orteus, in wliich, Ly connnission
of the Privy Council, he expresses the appro-
bation of our missions by (government, more
particularly of those in the Vv'est Indies, I
)eplied " that his opinion was not that of men
nioro qualified to judge of these matters," and
showed him the letter. This rather silenced
In'm. But when I returned to ^^ hitehall, to
report to Mr, King my bad success, I found
the Duko still there, and was obliged to leave

my busines.s unfinished. I also saw Mr. F

enter, which I considered as a bad omen, fear-
ing ho might influence the Secretary of State
iigainst me. After dining Avith a friend in the
neighbourhood, 1 wrote to Mr. King, begged a
written order for the passport for Antigua, and
stated the case of the Surinam missionaries,
adding that I should come on the following
morning to receive his commands. I spent a
sleepless night in j. reat uneasiness and uncer-
tainty, and in freqvont earnest prayer to the
Lord that he would help me in this trying
situation. The Surinam party was full of faith
and confidence, and believed that they should
certainly be allowed to proceed, though the}'
knew nothing of the detail of the business ;
but the Antigua missionaries were greatly dis-
heartened, and Brother Hoffinan could not
lecover his spirits.

In the morning, about ten o'clock, I set out
fur "Whitehall, and, passing by the Admiralty,
as I was too early for Mr. King, I went and
sat half-an-hour with Admiral (afterwards Lord)
Gambier, who was at that time a member of
the Board. I told him my case, on which he
immediately askeci whether he could be of any
service to me, as ho was well acquainted
with Mr. King. I willingly accepted his offer
to accompany mo. IIo decided that he would
go in first and speak with Mr. King on the
subject, and that I in a while should fol-
low. He did so, but soon returned and told
me that I need not trouble Mr. King, for he

iiad alieady sent a written order to Mr. F ,

to make out a passport for the Antigua mission-
aries, but that, as to those going to Surinam,
application must be made to the Secretary of
State for the Foreign Department, in Downing
Street. Thithor, therefore, we went, but did
not find tlio Under-Secretary, Mr. Huskisson,
at honio. We therefore gave our cards, and
rcttirncd to the Adrairalt)-, where Admiral

Gambier left me in his room, having to attoiul
tlio Board, promising to be at mj' 6ei"\'ico ag liu
in an hour's time. I wrote meanwhile to iMr.
Huskisson, and stated the case of the Surinam
misKionaries to him. But when I had waited
a long time for my friend the Admiral's return,
whose business at the Board detained him much
longer than he expected, as I walked up and
down the room, I wa.« tormented in my mind
by the consideration that 1 had, in a manner,
locked myself up at the Admiralty, and after
so earnestly connnitting the case to the Lord in
prayer, had now put my trust, in some degree,
in the help of man. My faith almost failed me.
But I was mistaken. My application to Admi-
ral Gambier w as of singidar use to me in ob-
taining a most favourable hearing from Mr.
Huskisson, to whom he gave me a note to
accompany my letter. I now returned to the
office in Downing Street without him, and sent
in my paper to Mr. Huskisson. Wlien I was
admitted, he was reading it, and inimediatelj-
addressed me with — " Yes, Mr. La Trobe, your
nn'ssionaries shall go. They do good, wher-
ever they are, and there is no reason for detain-
ing them on suspicion." I requested a written

order to Mr. F , and that they might have

passports this day, and be leady to proceed on
the morrow, as the signal for the fleet's sailing-
had already been made. He wrote the order
accordingly, which I carried to the Alien-office.
Here I also found the order for the Antigua
passport, and got both executed ; the clerks
kindly permitting the missionaries to come
and make their signatures, though beyond the

usual hour. Mr. F , meeting me in the

passage, expressed his surprise at my success,
and added that all should be read}- for mo.

You may imagine with what feelings 1
posted home to announce to our dear friends
the welcome intelligence, and give them their
passports. Tears of joy and thankfulness for
the help so richly experienced filled my eyes,
as I hastened along. I met them assembled at
our treasurer's, where they were to dine. On
my entering the room, they eagerly rose to
meet me. I put on a cerious face, and asked
what they expected to hoar. " We shall cer-
tainly go," replied the Surinam party : "1
don't believe it," exclaimed poor disconsolate
Hoffman. I then gave them their passports,
to their great joy, and after dinner accom-
panied them to the Alien-office, where they
signed the books.

As there was some business to transact at
Fortsmouth, our treasurer resolved to accom-
pany the Surinam party, and I went with
Brother Hoffman and his company, by his
particular desire. We travelled by Gosport,
and then straight to Portsmouth, whore we

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iwet the day after. Thnugli I was troubled
with a violent fit of the headache, 1 went
iiainc'diiitely on onr anival at (iosport acronn
the water, to inquire for the ship bound for
Snrinsiui, but to my bojtow learnt that it had
not yet arrived fmra the Downs. But as the
sailing of the convoy was put oft' for a few
dayu, it did not then give us much uneasiness.

In the moniing, \\ollin and I went out to
look for a siiitiiblo lodging, and found one in
(Iosport churchyard, in which his party found
decent and cheap accomraudation ; and the
tSuiinam captain, Mr. Jenkins, coming down,
took up his abode in tho same house. The
saptain of the Antigua ship, whose name was
Stranuock, being a friend of \\olliu's, invited
hira to accompany the missionaries on board and
.spend a few days with him at the ]\Iotheibai\k.
After he had finished his visit, he returned,
and I i)repaied to fulfil my promise to do the
Kame. Meanwhile, a gentleman going passenger
with Mr. Jenkins had anived, and also taken
lodgings in tho same house, and as he could
speak both German and English, I got him to
be interpreter betweer the captain and the
missionaries, and set out for the Motherbank.
Tho weather was remarkably fine, though so
late in the season as December 8th and 1 pro-
ceeded with a passenger-boat going to Kyde, in
tlie Isle of \\ ight, where I intended to hire a
boat to carrj- nie on board tho " I'atriot," captain
Strannock's ship. But the wind turning against
us,- it was not till after sunset that we landed
at iiydc.

Not a boat was to be had, nor a lodging at
any of the inns, which wore all filled with
persons belonging to the fleet. 1 walked like
a forlorn creature up and down the b. ach,
looking for some chance ccniveyance. The
moon shone bright, and I hoped, if I could
but meet with a boat, to reudi the ship in
sivfetj'. At length 1 jier'jcived a wooden-legged
sailor, standing at the landing-place, eagerly
talking to a woman, and overheard him pro-
mising to lake her to Porlsmculh for a certain
price. I asked liiui whetlier he would take mo
for tho same, for I now saw no better prospect
before me, but that of getting back to my own
bod. He agreed, and pnimised to fetch me
fi-oni a certain inn, into which I went to get
Kiiuio lefreshment. As he did not arrive at
tho time appointed, 1 returned to the spot
wheie I first saw him, and now found him,
tho wonian, and a gentleman in earnest con-
A'ersation. 'J'ho saiil gentleman having hired
tho boat, seemed much displeased with the
man for taking additional passengers. How-
ever, as he agreed to the wuman's going, I,
•with sonio trouble, prevailed ujioii hiin to take
1110 too. We set out, and 1 had no other idea

than +hat of returning to Gosport. I i elated
my adventure to my companion, who ajtpeared
to me very ill-tempered. When we got t'aiily
out to sea, the boatman, with his assis(;-,nt.
wanted to hoist a new topsail, or a jib lliey
had brought with them. While they wlvo
doing it, a stiong current from the east set the
boat a-driving towards tho ]\Iotherbank. 'i'his
circumstance suggested to me the idea that 1
might perhaps yet get on board tho "Patriot."
However, the jib lioing set, the men imlled
away in the proper course, and my hopes
vanished. But, in a short time, down came
the jib tumbling into the boat. Mj' companion
scolded and raved at their awkwardness ; but
they would have another tiial, during which
the boat was carried on still fui-ther by the
current, even to the easternmost ships on tho
banks. I now addressed my countryman, and
observed to him that, as we were by g(5od
fortune brought so near the ships, he would
exceedingly oblige me by sufibriug mo to hail
any vessels Ave might pass, without going out
of onr course, and if by chance she should
prove to be tho " Patriot," he would let his men
put me on board. lie protested that he u(n or
heard anything so wild ; that as I did not
know the marks of the ship, I might as well
expect tho 20,O00Z prize in tho lottery, and ho
wondered I should make sTich a demand. I
granted the impiijbability of the success of my
attempt, but persisted in directing the men to
hail the sliips we might pass. The first Avas a
brig. I asked whether they knew where tho
" Patriot " lay, and was answered in the negative.
The next Avas a ship. My wooden-legged tai',
with a stentorian voice, hailed " Patriot, ahoy,"
Avhen, to my great gratification, the answer re-
turned Avas " ijes." My companion declared that
I must 1)0 a wizaid, but I soon found my,*cl£'
comfortably seated in the cabin, at a refresh-
ing cup of tea. I spent tho next day most
pleasantly Avitli the party. Tho folloAN'ing
morning early, the Commodore fired a .signal-
gun ior tho fleet to got under weigh. Oiio ship
after the other set sail, and Captain Strannock
put me on shore at Pyde, in the Isle of \\ ight.
Ileie 1 Avas as much at a los.s as evei', not a
boat being to be had to go to Portsmouth ; and
my mind Avas greatly Jiarassed with the thought
that, unless Captain Jenkins' ship had ar-
rived, the Surinam party Avotdd be Lft behind.
About tAventy or more people of A-aiiourj do-
scriptious, were met at the inn, and all in tho
.same unplea.sant predicament, disappointed v.x
their hopes to get across to Portsiuoujli. At
la.st the inn-keeper spoke to a man avIio Imd a
le.aky hoy l^'ing u))oi! tho mud, Avhieh wa;;
buinid to (josjiort for repairs, but Avould not
swim. They agioed that if all hands would

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buckle to, sli€ might be kejit afloat hy inces-
sant pumping, and those present declared they
would vetiturc. I was among theivi, and we
got safe, nnniing riglit before the Aviud, and
npon tlie mud at Gosport.

I suppoKO tliere were not less tlmn 300 or
400 sliips, of various sizen, .sailing at once
towards Sf. Helen's, bcUnigiiig to I'onr dillVrcnt
convoys, bound to the East Indies, the Medi-
terranean, West Indies, Surimmi, and North
America. The sight was niiignificent, and the
weather incomparably beautiful, liut my mind
■was wi'apt uj) in gloomy apprehensions respect-
ing the fate of the Surinam party. J hastened
to their lodgings and found them quietly sitting-
round the lire, apparently unconscious of the
sailing of the fleet. Gaptain Jenkins was at
Portsmouth, hurrying on from one place to
another to guin intelligence of his vessel. But
the missionaries' faitli did not fail them. They
kept to their eld saying, " Wo shall n<jt be left
behind." I had taken up my abode with my
frieiid Mr. C. Dods, t'lrgeon of Haslar hos-
pital,* and the wind failing, I saw fj-om my
windows lato in the evening that the fleet had
not reached St. Helen's. This revived mj'
hopes, and I rose early in the morning to ob-
serve them. Most of them had by this time
returned to the IMotherbank. Being Sunday,
I had agreed to go to Gosport and spend it
with the missionaries. I arrived before break-
fast, and found Captain Jenkins sitting alone in
the parloiu". \Vhen he saw me, he exclaimed :
" my dear sir, 1 hope God Almighty has
heard my prayers! 1 said so this morning
at two o'clock, after a most tormenting night ;
when I rose and looked at the church-vane. I
saw that the wind was right in their teeth, and
that they could not proceed." 1 asked Jiim
where he had been yesterday. " O, sir," said
he, " I ran all about rortsmonth like a man
out of his senses, for my ship hns not yet
arrived, and I shall be ruined if I do not sail
with the convoy. But, only think, sir, what
has luipjiened. As I was passhig by the Blue
Posts (an inn .so called), the l.dndou coMch
came in, and a lady of my ac([uaintance stepped
out, all in toar.s. \\'g were sur])ris:.d to see
(;ach other, and agreed to breakfast together
in a separate room. She had come down (nice
more io see her husb.and, the mate of ;in East
ludiamnn, and was quite disconsolate to hcfiv
that the ship had saik 1.

* It is i>lon.sant to reflect tliat tliin iiniKuluiit aiul
iiiterut-tiiig iuslitntic.ii, wliicli foruirily tiijuvtil tin; sir-
viccs nt" a Inily pidiis suryjcoii liko Sir. Dmls, liiis liecii
r.iulir tlic : uiHiiufuiitlniro of Sir Ivlwiinl P.iiry, iiad
Sir Joliu Eiclmiil.sim, <ifii( its alikf diMiajiiiiiilml for their
eniiueut proiVssional servicis au.l their truly Christian
ch iruL'tcr.

" Now )-ou must know, sir, that she is fine
of tho.se people called Methodishes, and after
bii'ukfast she addi'es^ed me : 'Captain Jenkins,
1 have always perceived that when the mind
is grievously oppreBsed, nothing can comfort it
like going to pra\er. You and 1 are in that
state ; have you any objection to go to prayer
with me.' Now, sir, 1 never did such a tking
in my life, but you know I could not refuse a
lady, so we knelt down, and 1 hoped she woold
pray ; but she again called upon nie to do it.
.Sir, I hope 1 have done) nothing amiss; if 1
have, God forgive me, I was obliged to saj'
sonjething, so says I : • O Lord, tbon knowest
that this lady and I are in great, distress; O
grant a shift of wind, and stop the convo",
that iny brig may come round from the Downs,
and this lady maj'^ see her husband once more,
for thou knowest if my brig does not come, I
am a ruined man. Grant us therefore a shift
of wind.' \\ hat could I say more ? laickily,
I remembei-ed the Loid's prayer, wliich 1 re-
peated at the close. I hope, sir, I did not do
M'rong. However, this morning, when i looked
at tlie vane, I thought God Almighty had
Kurelj- heard my prayers, for the convoy is
stopped" It happened that the maid in tho
house belonged to tho sect formed by tho so-
called coal-heaver Huntington, and was one
of his most devoted followers. She was in tho
room cleaning I lie hearth and ]ireparing for
breakfast, and, hearing this artiest' account
given by the captain, jumped up, Jind in a
v(dce trembling with anger, exclaimed : " God
Almighty hears no such prayers ; and 1 wonder,
Captain Jenkins, that i-uch a wicked man as
yon can be so presumptuous as to think so."
" Heyday, what now," cried the captain ; "you
impudent wench, what reason have you to ob-
ject to my ]irayers? Tumble up; mind your
own business, and let us have our breakfast."
1 interfered, and sharply reproved the maid
for her inq)ertinence, declaiing that, for my
part, I beiicNcd a piayer proceeding fi(im tho
heart, and a real feeling of want, of whatever
kind, was more acceptalile in the ears of the
mercif'd Father and Disposer of all events,
than the most correct and eloquent displaj-
of gifts ill a prayer oifered up without a duo
sense of need and helplessness.

W hen the servant was gone, I began to ex-
plain to the ca])tain more fully wl'U 1 meant,
and observed that it. was only a p,.y that our
outward welfare lay so much nearer our hearts
than that of our souls. He confessed that such
had been his case liithoto. I did not see him
again, being obliged next day to return to
London. 1 left my dear friends fully assured
they wonld pi-ocecd by tho fleet, which actually
happened according to their faith.

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VOICES OF THE SPRING FLOWERS,

pa^t fnv tjic -^^nuiig.

APlilL.

voici.i or Tin: sruixc. flowkiis,

Tm; spring lins come, niul the fieWs arc starred with its
lovely blossoms. Lot us try, while wo lifjlitly troiid this
daisied grass, and breathe this perfumed air, to " con-
sider' the ilowers which adorn the opening year.

AViiat do tliey not teach, tJie.se frail yet sublime pro-
du'itions of our Creator, when, by the light of the Bible,
wc stuily them '! They teach that God is all-powerful,
ii!l-wise. and present everywhere ; above all, that he is
i'iill of love. 'J'his is what they always say to us when
we go forth amongst tliem witji prayerful hearts, and
liotcn : —

" .Nut, worlds on worlds In phalanx deep,
Need we to iirovc a God Is here ;
■J he daisy, fresh from whiter's sleep,
Tells of his hand in lines as clear.

I'ur who but lie \\lio arched the skies.
And pours tlie day-spring's living flooti,

Vi'ondrous alike in all ho trios,
Conld rear the daisy's crimson bud? —

Jtonld its green cup, its wiry stem,

Its fringiid border nicely spin,
And cut the goUl-embossiJd gem.

That, set In sliver, gleams within .' —

And filng It, unrestrained and free,

O'er hill and dale, and desert sod.
That man, where'er he walks, may see

In every step the stamp of God?'

Dr. Masos Goobe.

Do you hear these voices of the flowers ? Docs every
daisy say to you to-day, " Goi> clothed me ?" Does every
lily breathe into your ear the praises of its MaLvr ? Is
all the air fllled with music in his honour, as by the
light of his Sim you behold the fair adorning with wliich
our Father has beautified the world?

It is a pleasant thought tliat in listening to the lessons
of these flowers, wo arc simply obeying the Saviour, who
told his disciples to " consider the lilies," If the flowers
of the field are not too small for God to clothe, they
cannot be too small for us to study. It is pride, and not
common sense, that would teach us to despise " the
lilies."

Examine this daiiy, and mark the beauty of its struc-
ture. God has fashioned it of two kinds of tiny flowers ;
the yellow ones in the middle pre in shape somethinji;

like a funnel, with five points at the brim ; the white
ones on the outside possess a long wing-like petal,
marked with three teeth at the end, and tipped with a
lovely crimson. "Consider" it well; reniembor that
similar gems arc found in almo.sl every hahihible quarter
of our globe, and tell me whether its lesson is not tiiis.
" Our Maker is great and good, a God of iiitiiiito wisdom
and majesty," I;et us study this group of hedge-side
primroses. How cliariniiig tiie'ir colour! iiu', so perfect hi
its jiurity ; how delicate the green of calyx, stem, and
leaf; how fresh the perfumed air that hovers above their
dwelling ! What wonder if the village children love to
linger round the spot in which the first primrose blooms,
and cherish the pale flower which Ho who created the
stars has formed for thevi. Wiiat wonder tiiat

'• The schoolboy roams encliantedly alonu.
Plucking the fairest with a rude dillght;
While the meek sliephord stops Ids simple song,

I'o gaze a moment on the pleasing si. It;
Oerjoyed to see the flowers that truly hiiiig
The welcome news of sweet reluming spring. "

You are not tired, you tell mc— and I believe it, for all
the children I know are fomi of flowc"s, and love to think
about them. Wo will give a few words, then, to the
violets. The Creator's care has brought these tiny blos-
soms to perfection ; by his arrangement they are sheltered
thus beneath a wealtli of foliage ; the slender stalk h
slender because He wills it ; the fragile petals curve at
his behest ; the perfume is thus sweet bj' his contriving.
Tliis rich blue-purple hue is the garment which God
bestows upon the violets. They toil not, neither do they
spin, yet how sweetly and beautifully arrayed. From
this warm bank, modest and humble, they seem to
breathe their thanks, as you do, children, when you
gruteftilly remember in what ctilm, uhcltered homes He
has graciously planted you. It is a pleasant thing to
dwell upon tliis care of the Creator for all his works. It
makes us tVcl sure that if Ho cares for those flowcr.s,
Ikuv mucii more will he care for the children who tmsl
in him.

You a.-ik mc to tell you more. I cannot now; but in
some future walk I may be able to talk to you of otlier
flowers: the daffodils, of an exquisite straw colour, which
gem the .sloping bank behind the villixgo ; the wood-
anemones, white-blossomed and purple-stalked, tliat hide
themselves in t!ic valley beyond the copse ; the scented
cowslips in the pastures by the river ; for all these also
speak of God. Believing, as I do, that Jesus when He
bids us " consider the lilies," directs our attention to
every flower that grows, I cannot but del>lit to learn
with you the lessons of the spring-flowers, aiul to exhort
you to love and praise with me our Father who is in
heaven.

And if the wisdom and goodness of God are worthy of
regard in those works of creation, how much more
should we study the infinite display of all the Divine
attrihutes in the word of his grace.

" God, in the gospel of his Son,
Makes his eternal counsels known :
Tis here his richest mercy shines.
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

Here Jesus, In ten thousand ways.
His soul-redccmlng power displays:
He l>rliigs a better world in view, .
And guides us all our journey through."

BIBLE QUESTIONS.

33. At what prophet's prayer was rain first withheld
and afterwards granted ?

34. Who is compared in the Scripture to " a sweeping
rain that leaves no food ?"

85. When did God send rain as a sign of His dis-
pleasure against Israel ?

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NOTES FROM AN AKCTIC DIAKY.

VII.

Thk ehoerfulness with which tho travellers set
forth did not desert thorn by the way, which
proved smoother thiiu thoy expected, except
that in a few places tho ice was thrown up in
masses more than fSrty feet high. Nevertheless,
tho travelling was very fatiguing, even over
the level ice, tho foot at oA'ory step sinking six
or eight inches in soft dry snow. Some adven-
tures that might have been sorious occasioned
more amusement than alarm.

'* In Mr. Ommaney's tent one evening, after
No. 364.-Pi-'iifrsiiivj! Atrix. 18, isci.

ail were in their sleeping sacks, a white boai
put his head througli the opening, which they
Iiad neglocied to secure properly. Tho officer,
the only person who saw it, seized his gnn,
which stood in a corner of the tent, and was
ubout to tiro on the intruder, when tho gun
went off, and the ball striking the tent rope,
it immediately fell, covering the inmates, and
partly tho bear. Those in the other tents, on
hearing the shot and the outcry, came to theii'
pssistance, and tho bear was soon despatched.
A similar adventure happened to us a few days
before. We were lying close together, en-
veloped over our heads m otir sleeping sacks,

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NOTES FROM AN AKCTIC DIARY.

when wo heard footsteps outHido ; but thinking-
it was souio one fVora one of the other tents,
wo (lid not distnrb ourHclves. Trcvently we
heard a stran^o lond bioatlung, and 'odking
out, saw the head of a boar, who was stretciiing
his long neek over ns through the opening of
iho tent. \Vhat was to be done? Pressed
olosely togellior as we were, and in our siuks,
wo could not move. At last a sailor siKK'eeded
in getting his lai-go knife, and putting liis arni
"lit of his saek, cut an opening in the side (if
the tent, tluongh whicli we roiled iiastily out.
Our guns lay :cady loaded on the sledge, and
in a i'tiw Juonieiits the unweleoino visitor lay
dead at our H'ot."

Xear Capo llotham they met Captain M'Clin-
tock, on his return from 'rTellington Channel,
bringing only the renewed command of Sir
r]. Belcher that the ships should be abandoned.
On April the 28tli the party reached the " oS'orth
Star." Captain Pullen and his officers wel-
comed them kindly, but they could not be
received on board until the carpenters had
fitted up the lower deck for their accommoda-
tion. For some days longer they Avero obliged
to sleep in tents on tlie ice. Of this Mr. Jlierts-
ching was tired; as soon therefore as his cabin
was finished, he borrowed tools and made the
requisite furniture hinih>elf. Captain Kellot
antl his men arrived a month afterwards.
Cntil that time thoy hud been very comforts
able on board the " North Star; " but when the
cre'.vs of four ships were crowded into one,
they could only make the best of it, and hope
that it would be but for a few uion " s.

They were not yet all togethei, however,
for the two sledgo parties sent westward had
not retui-ned. Before quitting his shijip, Captain
Kcllct sent Mr. Hamilton with a dog-sledge to
Dealy Island, to leave instructions for them to
come direct to Capo Riley. They all arrived
; afoly in Juno ; Lieutenant Mecham had visited
(lio de]iot left on Princess Royal Island, and
found that it had been visited also by the
ofiicers (.)f the " Enterprise," who had left an
account of their pioccedings. The " Enter-
prise " reached Behring's Stiait fourteen days
after the " Investigator." Being informed by
Captain IMoorc that the latter vessel had en-
tered the ice, Captain Collinson made luanj-
fruitless attempts to follow. Finding this im-

Eopsible, he sailed for China, and winteicd at
[ongkong. Returning the following year, he
was more successful ; but before reaching the
3Iackenzio River, a lieutenant and one of the
sailors were murdered by the Esquimaux. Hav-
ing learned from the people of Cape Bathitrst
tlio direction in which the " Investigator " had
saihid the preceding year, he took the same
coursG, and found their cairns on Lord Nelson's

Head and Piincoss Royal Island, beyond which
(he ice Wduld nut allow him to go. Lieu-
tenant Crabl)e had visited the " Invtstigatoi-,"'
and fotind her just as she was left, the i(;e hav-
ing apparently not broken up the summer be-
fore. Ho brought several things from the ship
with him, but unfortunately not the journals,
being unable to find them.

The ice began to break at the connnenco-
nicnt of August, and in order to get into open
water as soon as possible, a canal 900 paces. long
and 20 wide was cut thror.gh ice from lu to
25 feet thick. This was accomplished partly by
blasting and partly l^y sawing. After tltreo
weeks of excessive toil, the canal was com-
pleted, and the ship towed through. They
hoped by this time to £ id a vessel from Eng-
land, sent to fetch the shipless men ; but uono
appeared, and they resigned themselves to tlieir
fate. "Our old frigate, 'North Star,'" they
remarked, " must carry us .%11 home." But tho
capabilities of the old frigate were not Act
ascertained. Sir Edwai'd Belcher aiTived, an-
nouncing that his ships must also bo aban-
doned, and room must be found for their crews.
There was thus no alternative, and the ''North
Star" set sail with 278 men on board; hut
before lounding Cape Riley, the cry was heard
from tho crow's nest, " Two sails right ahead !"
These proved to be the " Phoenix " and tho
" Talbot," under Captain Inglefield, the former
being a steam-vessel. They were greeted witli
unbounded delight. " ^Ve returned with them
to our anchoring ground," says our diarist ;
"the letter- bags were opened, and now also
for me, who hiid not heard from home for so
long, letters were produced. That day Avill
never be forgotten while I live. How humbled
did 1 feel at these proofs of the sympathy and
remembrance of the brethren in our German
and English congregations! Tho Lord has
heard their faitliful prayers. To his name bo
praise and thanksgiving for his infinite mercy."

Letters had twice before reached the " North
Star," but not one fnr Mr. Alicrtsching. He had
of course not heard since leaving the Sandwicli
Islands, and it cannot be wondered at that ho
thought hinjself almost forgotten. The car-
penters had built a house on Beechy Island,
which was stored with provisions and coals
for Sir .John Frnnklin or Captain Collinson.
Captain Jnglefield had brought some addition
to the stores, and as soon as this was dispo.'^od
of, the passengers were equally distributed,
the " Investigators " remaining in the " North
Star," and the captains going on board the
" Phoenix." Then they set sail, but anchored
for two days in Navyboard Inlet, to examine a
depot of provisions left there in 1850, which
was found totally destroyed, eveiy cask and

NOTES FKOM AN AIICTIC DIAKY.

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<;aKi.! broken open, and tho contents h< rewed on
tho <^rc>und. lleie they encountered a fearful
storm, in Avhieli llio ""^ North Stiir" lost her
hirgest iineliov and 00 fathoms of ehain-eable,
tind \va.s only Icept fioui beiuy Btrandcd by the
uid of tho " rhujnix."

(.'ro.shing BafHn'fci Bay 1o Diyeo Tt-laiid, tlie
vc;>el;s anchored in tho harbour of the J. 'anish
.suttleiueut of Godhaveil. Mr. Micrtsehinj.';
went on bhoro, and visited sonic of tho Grcen-
hiiidcrs, but found a difficulty in understanding
them, their language apjji'u.ing to be a mixture
of Greenlanditih and JJauish, At last he met
with a young woman wliu in her cliildliood
had boon several years in Copenhagen, and
afterwards in Scotland, and wlio .spoke English
fluently. With her help ho ive the peopU'
some account of tho men of liieir race iu La-
brador and the far ■west, which seemed to in-
terest them verj' much. Tliis was Iho last
delay ; tho last nKUscl of floatujg ice disap-
peared on quitting Disco Island, and the home
ward voyago sCemed to tlieso men, fco inurtid to
danger, only like a pleas^irc sail. Bui after
passing Capo Fare\\ell, tho}' found the heat
and tho rolling of tlie sliip, to which they had
been so long unaccustomed, very distressing,
causing violent head-aches.

On the morning of October Gfh, tho "Xoi'th
Star" anchored off (iravesend, and Captain
Pnllen hired a steamer to tow iiis ship to
Woolwich. "As 1 knev,- that the 'Harmony'
usually returned from Labrador in Septemlier
or October, 1 had been loolcing at every vessel
that passed since we left Cajie l''are\vell in the
hope of recognising our little Mission brig, but
hitherto in vain. Captain Tullen and the
officers, who had aided my observatit)na, now
gave it up, and maintained l];at 1 fluiild nci bo
able to distinguish that ship araong such a
number of others. To-da}- fLfrcr dinner X went
on deck, and was looking at the sliiyis as usual,
when 1 saw a neat brig with two whilTj stripes
and seven blind port-holes, and looking tlirougii
a telescope, found that it was the 'Harmony.'
The captain and offioers were convinced of the
fact when they read tho name on the jjrow 'ind
saw the white bears and reindeer painted on
the stern. ( In the deck stood three ])assen'j;ers,
two gentlenieu in sealskins and a lady in Euro-
pean clothing. I mounted tho taifiail and
waved my hat, which Avas seen and returned
by tlie two Brethren. 'J'he steamer towed us
eight miles an hour, and the 'Harmony,' sail-
ing with a light wind, was soon left, fur behind.
in the evening wo came to anchor at (Jravesond.
As soon rs it was daylight, and tho tide pcr-
iiiitted, the steamer iowcd us up the Thames.
That day, favoured by the most glorious wea-
■lier, will :ong dwell in my meraory. The

sliores adorned with trees and houses, the
meadows in which, not wild musk-oxen .and
reindeer, but gentlo domestic cattlo pastiucd,
were to us indesci'ibably lovely. There we
saw men .hastily walking, here railway irainta
lushing along a fertile cultivated land, full ol
life and activity; ai>pearing to us, after the
desolate regions from which ^vo had come,
almost a I'aradise. Since July 4th, ISv>o, we
had not seen a tree, or even a bush, it is im-
]iossib]e to describe the feelings of delight that
overpoweied every one ; these changing multi-
plied impressions seemed almost too much for
us, so haig accustomed to desert loneliness ; we
forgot to eat and di'ink, but stood on deck
astonished at the unwonted life, and ri'joicing
like children over evei-vtliinii new and beau-
liful. Thus we came, liefore wo thought of it,
to Woolwich, in order that 1 might reach
London ajs cpiickly as possible, Captain i'ullen
took me in his boat, and showed me the way
through tho dock-yard to the railway station.
As wo passed tlie Admiral's house, we were
called back. \\ e must return to the ship, be-
cause we ought not to have come in hero, but
at Sheerncss. This wan a most unwelcome
message, but we wei'o obliged to cdiey. The
little war-steamer ' Monkey ' towed un down
the river again. The beautiful shores were the
same, but I eoiild not agaui rejoice in their
beaut^', for my design of being in London that
aftei noon was frustrated.

" The reason (.if this a]iparentl\- rather unrea-
sonable proceeding was learned afterwirds ;
the arrival of the ' North Star ' had been tele-
gTaphed from liaiiiygate, and an adverlihC'inont
from tho Admiralty had announced iu the
newspapers that tho vessel would come to
Sheerncss. Vi'ives and children had Uji reforc
hastened thither to welcome the long-absent
beloved ones. I'nhuppily, amidst this glad
meeting there were some painful scones. Seve-
ral mothers with their children, who came in
joyful expectation of seeing once more the
long-lost husband and father, received from tho
captain tho mournful inteiligeiico that they
were not there — that high iu the north they lay
in their lonel}* ic}' graves, V'i'ith deep compas-
sion 1 saAv these ■weeping widows and oiphans
depart from tlie ship."

The " Investigators " were transferred to the
" Waterloo," there to aw-ait further orders.
Mr. Miertsehing wrote to tho Admiral, repre-
senting that he did not belong to the ship's
compain', and received leave of absence f.ir four
days. " In a few minutes I was in a boat an^i
landed at the wharf; 1 went into a largo shop in
my patched and worn-out Bcaman's garb, and
caino out in a short time completely new-clad ;
went with Captain PuUen in a steam-boat to

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NOTES FliO^I AN ARCTIC DIAIJY.

Stroml, ami tlioiico by niilwny to nondon. At
six in tli(> ovcniiij!; I ri'iiclicil the lioiiso oi"
br<><hi'i' Mulliiru'ii, wlioro I met with ii coidinl
wcloomo from .sister iMulIiiliuu imtl ilio two
brothrcn from Labrador, IJrothcr ^Mallalicu
.soon c'lnio in, and welcomed mo to his honsc
•witli i)atfrnal alVeetion. Afler tt'a F wont witli
them to the cveninj^ service. When 1 again,
after such a long absence, entered the honse of
God; wh'jn I fomid myself in the mid:)t of
the biethren and sisters who bad accompanied
mo on my travels witli their ])rayorH ; when I
heard the organ-tones and the singing, oh,
those things stirred feelings which I never can
express !

" After I had become in some measure accns-
tomed to my now life, I visited my dear Captain
M'C'lnre and Captain Kellet, who were in
London ; and having on application to the
Admiralty received my dismissal, I wont down
to Shecrness to take leave of my old shipmates
on board the ' Waterloo.' 1 passed there some
verj' pleasant honrs. and when the time came
for my deiiartnre, they all aecomjianied me to
the steamboat. Onr parting was very sorrow-
ful ; and many of theses storm ami danger-
hardened mariners were not ashamed to shed
tears. "\Vo had lived four years eight months
and nineteen days together; had shared the
gi-eatest perils in water, fire,'- and ice; had
inmgered, been frozen, and lamented togetlier;
bnt had also comforted and supported one
another. We learned in those times of need to
call npon the Li rd and have experienced his
wondrcjns help my ways ; we have seen

that hnman str' ^nd skill are often power-

less to vcmove even ayjparently trifling obstacles
ont of the way, and have on the other hand
richly experienced that there is a God of salva-
tion to whom belong the issnes from death.
When 1 look back npon tho time of my sea-life,
I can only cry with deep lunnility, ' Lord, I am
not worthy of all tho grace and mercy thovi
hast bestowed upon mo !' Althongh the first
year of mj- life at sea brought with it many
thingis that were not pleasant, yet from the
connuencoment I enjoyed much friendship and
esteem from the crew, as well as from Captain
^I'Clure and tho officers, who will ever remain
in my affectionate remembrance. That I had
so little opportunity of becoming acquainted
with the heathen Esquimaux grieved me very
much, and 1 could not for a long time feel re-
conciled to it; but in this also the Lord's
thoughts are high above our thoughts, as the
heavens arc high above the eartli.

" The Ameiican coast from Behring's Strait to
the CoppeiTnine River, if not even to Wollaston

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' Land, is numerously peopled. Hero Ls a wide
field of labour for missionaries, if the llud-

I son's IJay Company M-onld favour the diffusion
of the gosp(d in conjunction with tlieir traffic,

! they have the best opportunity, not only among
the Esfpiimanx, but also among the many
Indians dwelling nmro inland. Vihit to the

I Lord, under whoso command all things arc,

I ways and means will not bo wanting when tho
time is cimie for sending to these poor heathen
the blessed gospel. And the same Lord who
has had mercy upon mo and permitted me to
return to my fatheiland in safety, will yet fur-
ther prepare a way for my feet. Dless tho
Lord, mv soul, and forget not all his bene-
fits!"

Thus concludes tho journal which has fur-
nished the materials for these papers. Some of
our readers, it is hoped, have felt sufficient
interest in tho excellent author to hear with
pleasure that ho is now happily married, and
labouring acceptably at tho Moravian settlo-
mont of Elim, South Africa.

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