VI. THE next morning was bright and beautiful. In the forenoon there was preaching on deck, which the officers and crew and nearly all the passengers attended. Most had their Bibles with them, and they turned to the various passages referred to by the speaker. It was a refreshing and profitable exercise to all present. Immediately after dinner Mrs Fraser and Donald went to Mrs Richardson's room. Here they found some beautiful books that they had not seen before. Donald was soon deep in a little story called "Anna Ross," while his mother was no less interested in Dr Thomson's Sermons. After reading for some time, they entered into conversation, when Mrs Richardson said to Mrs Fraser that she would be glad to have her pursue the same plan with Donald that she was wont to pursue in her own house. A pause ensued, which was broken by Donald exclaiming, "O mother, I wish you would tell me some more about the Kenite." "I am very willing, if Mrs Richardson will allow us." "Allow you! why, I will only be too glad to be a listener and a learner, too, with your dear son." "But will you not help us?" said Mrs Fraser. "I am sure you are much better able to explain God's Word than I am." "Well, I will be glad to help if I can, but I am afraid I will not be of much use to you." Donald took his little Bible from his coatpocket, and was all attention. “The next mention of the Kenite," said Mrs Fraser, "you will find in the 4th chapter of Judges, verses 11, 17-22. Donald soon found the place and read,— "Now Heber, the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.' "Was this far?" interposed Donald. "Yes," replied Mrs Fraser; "it was a long way for those days, when travelling was done on foot. It was about one hundred and fifty miles; for the wilderness of Judah, where the Kenites dwelt, was in the extreme south of the promised land, whereas Kedesh is in the extreme north, in the territory of the tribe of Naphtali. We see thus one family of the Kenites, assured of God's protection, venturing away from the rest, to this northerly region, enjoying all the blessings promised by God to Hobab, living in peace in the midst of war, pasturing their flocks on land which they did not own, with none to molest them or make them afraid." "Were these Kenites Jews?" said Donald. "No," said Mrs Fraser; "they were related to the Jews through Moses; no doubt, too, they loved and served Jehovah. Moses' promise had been gloriously fulfilled; they had all the privileges of the Jews, all the blessings of the promised land, and yet they were not actually incorporated in any of the tribes; were not circumcised, and did not have to follow any of their rites and ceremonies. "But let us now see why they are mentioned here. Deborah and Barak led on the little army of ten thousand Israelites to the discomfiture of the host of Canaanites commanded by their great |