quite dark." "What say prayers in bed, that is lazy work;" Mr. K. says, out he sprang on the floor and prayed. It is good to draw near; all things else are but little in religion. Religion without communion is but a bubble to deceive; a chain of false gold; the more it resembles reality, the more dangerous. Our great enemy, my dear Mary, and our desperately wicked hearts, care not how much like real religion we have, if it be not real, not spiritual. To be spiritually minded is life and peace. Stop not short of this, hold communion with God, and you are safe. It will teach you all things; it will give you a sudden thought, and call to remembrance a sentence or a promise. You shall hear it in the street, in the gardens, in the fields, in the room, in the heart. Whilst you ought to be friendly, because you have many dear friends, yet be much alone. I cannot conceive how some professors live-they appear always desirous of being in company. But it is impossible to serve God or our own souls without time. Give yourself wholly to the Lord-only get his grace and spend it. Be sure you are right, and never think of going to heaven without taking some persons with you.

SELECT PASSAGES.

ALIX.

With God before our eyes, with God in our hearts, we can triumph by his aid over all the torments which man can inflict upon our bodies; at those times of trial, we are able to think of nothing else but the blessings of the life immortal. Though torn in pieces, or consuming in the fire, we are assisted to sustain without difficulty, whatever the madness of tyranny can contrive to lay upon us. Nor do we meet death itself with regret or fear, but court it freely with joy; knowing that glory is just ready to be put upon us, and that we are only hastening to enjoy the promises. Lactantius.

I have been to-day mourning over the loss of friends, and lingering on the recollections of other days. Yet I feel that it is wrong to do so. This is a world of change; and if our affections are set on any, even the worthiest of the objects that flit before us, our happiness will be but short lived. If we be risen with Christ, "we must set our affections on things above." If we would faithfully serve our Master, we must not look for

a life of ease here, or even enjoyment; "but must endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." Generally on looking back, we can see that every step we took was necessary for our welfare, although, when we took these steps, all was darkness and perplexity. "The Lord leadeth the blind by a way that they know not.” It is a privilege even to be blind, if we have such a Leader. I have ever been anxious about the future, and this text shews me, that all such anxiety is useless. It is not always by light, and faith, and joy, that the Lord answers prayer for spirituality of mind. There is great truth in that hymn of Newton's "I asked the Lord that I might grow." Why does God leave us so long in a world of sin? Why are we exposed to so many temptations? It is because, he will not only deliver us, but will shew us the horrors of that state from which we have been delivered; and the more we know of our own vileness, shall not our praise be the louder when we join in that glorious anthem, "Unto him that loved us, &c." To think much of the Saviour is the only way to be made like him.

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Memoir of J. Urquhart by Mr. Orme.

I was once attending for several weeks the bed of a sick He was ignorant, and did not know how to read. I observed that when I visited him, I was always watched and followed to the top of the house, where he lay, by a little boy, of about the age of five or six years. This little fellow, who was neat and clean to a nicety, remained in the room and listened with the greatest interest and attention, while I read, prayed, and talked with the dying man. I was struck with his manners, and asked the sick man who the boy was. He replied, "He is my child, sir; and I wish I had half as much in my head as he has in his." What has he in his head, which you so much desire? “All manner of good things," answered the father. He is a monitor in the Infant School. He is always at it. He sleeps in that litttle bed. Then he sings himself to sleep with a hymn. In the morning he wakes with a hymn, and last night he was at it while asleep; for in his sleep he was repeating the ten commandments. The Village, by the Rev. J. East.

PROMISES TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.- Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give the a crown of life.-He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.-He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers; even as I received of my Father. And will give him the morning-star.-Rev. ii. 7, 10, 11, 17, 26, 27, 28.

To eat of the tree of life; to receive the crown of life; not to be hurt of the second death; to eat of the hidden manna; to receive a white stone; to know the new name given to us and written therein; to have power over the nations; to rule them with a rod of iron; and to have the morning-star-are blessings so comprehensive and so precious, that the heart of a believer may well beat with holy ardour for the attainment: and when he reads that all these are gifts bestowed by the gracious Saviour upon such as overcome," to overcome, becomes his ardent desire; and he is animated resolutely, and in the strength of his God, to encounter whatever is opposed to this inheritance in his soul. Many of these precious privileges are spoken of in other parts of the word of God; for they form the substance of those enjoyments so often held out to the believer, as the promises laid up for him in the Lord. Thus, to eat of the tree of life, is to gather the fruit of Christ's finished salvation; as represented in Canticles ii. 3. To gather these fruits from the tree, as in the paradise of God, is to receive the fruits of salvation, as procured in and by Jesus, as the second Adam, through whom the forfeited blessings of Eden are restored, and the Paradise of never-ending joys is freely given to man.-To receive the crown of life, is to be acknowledged in glory amongst the victorious kings, anointed and consecrated, and triumphant in everlasting blessedness, through him who has called his people to glory, and honour, and immortality.—Not to be hurt of the second death, is to pass through this scene of conflict, and the final revelation of divine judgment, without injury from the powers of darkness, kept and delivered from all the consequences of the first death in trespasses and sins,

through Him who overcame "him that had the power of death, that is, the devil."-To eat of the hidden manna, is to be fed by the true bread, even Jesus, who came down from heaven, that he might be the bread of life to his redeemed: hidden, because unknown and unvalued by natural men; unknown, because imparting a life and a joy which a stranger intermeddleth not with. To have the gift of a white stone, is to have the privilege of justification: this image being borrowed from the custom of trying persons accused of high treason, who, if acquitted, received their token of acquittal by the gift of a white stone with their names graven on it: this represents the high grant of acquittal from the charge of the law, with full title to the reward of the inheritance, as being judged a loyal and true subject; a blessing given to the believer, in virtue of his interest in the imputed righteousness of Christ, a privilege witnessed to him by the indwelling Spirit, and known only to him who has it, in the testimony of the Holy Ghost.-To have rule and power over the nations, is to reign with Christ, as elevated above all confederated power of darkness, as united with him in the act of judging the condemned, and joined with him in that glorious second advent, wherein he will confound the adversary, and come to be admired in his saints.-To have the Morning Star, is to possess the distinction of having a peculiar inheritance with Christ; it seems to refer to the great event so prominently spoken of, as belonging to the breaking of the morning of the day of God, when the sons and daughters of God shall indeed appear as the glorified attendants upon the display of the new creation, the restitution of all things: and as the morning stars sing together and shout for joy. Job xxxviii, 7. Then shall it be seen that these have been held in the right hand of the Great High-Priest and Advocate; have by him been more than conquerors, and shall in him shine forth for ever in unclouded, splendid lustre.-These are all promises made by Him who cannot lie, and who has sovereign right to promise, having purchased the gifts by his own most precious blood, and being free to distribute them as he will. Let us meditate on such glories, for they fade not away: they are abiding substantial blessings; and in the fervent hope of being partakers of this inheritance, strive to live as becometh the royal priesthood, and the successfully conflicting soldiers of the cross,

EXTRACTS FROM MEMOIR OF REV. J. MERRY.

Under the same roof, in the parish of Rawdon, but in distinct houses, lived two families of very different characters; the head of one was well known for his eminent piety, that of the other for his great profligacy. One evening the latter was surprised by a muttering sound, coming from his neighbour's apartment, which was regularly repeated at the same hour every day. Anxious to find out the cause, he at length discovered that this was the season set apart for family worship, when the priest,-like father led the devotions of the little household. He was led to enquire what was the general character of his neighbour, and found that all declared him to be kind and gentle, hospitable and friendly, cheerful and obliging. The effect produced on the mind of the late profligate, was no less salutary than unexpected. He left off his former evil courses, and became an attentive hearer of his hitherto despised minis

ter.

Let me follow the example of an eminent Christian, who I have heard was accustomed every time he lifted his child on his knee, to pray that God would convert it. It is said, the child became a very pious character, and a faithful minister of the Gospel of Christ.

May Christ Jesus be your comfort and stay. How cheering to reflect, that to him we may carry our griefs, and unbosom all our distressed feelings, since he is ready not only to hear, but to relieve and console. Are you deprived of one whom you could consult? Jesus can supply better advice. Of a friend? Jesus is a much better one: of a companion? Jesus is a much better one. Is the trial great to be left with two children? Jesus can administer such consolation as to make it no trial at all. When all medicines fail to heal the body, what an unspeakable mercy, that Christ Jesus the Lord, can infallibly cure every disorder which may happen to the soul. Respecting the efficacy of a drug, we can have no certainty; respecting the efficacy of the Bible, we ought not to entertain a doubt How consoling, to be under the care of such a gracious physician as Jesus! The only thing he requires of us is, what indeed we are most unwilling to do-to submit ourselves wholly to his disposal. If we only resign ourselves into his hands to