Secondly,-Let us find out why rules are necessary. They are requisite to keep a body of men together, and to point out to what head they belong, which is plainly shown by whose rules they follow. No school could be properly conducted without a fixed time for attendance, without a fixed plan as to what lessons were to be learnt, what books to be read, and when; and if rules are necessary, a disregard of them must be followed by punishment.

Thirdly,-Let us look at the purpose for which rules are made. They are laid down with the intent to do good, and with the wish to improve the heart and mind, the manners and conduct, to root out and check evil, to produce unity, or oneness; every rule belonging to a school is made with an eye to the advancement of the scholars, and for the maintenance and support of schools themselves.

Fourthly, and lastly,-We come to the benefits resulting from rules. Self-will is curbed, by being placed under restraint of obedience to rules; love is fostered among those who are bound by the same rules; peace and order, are preserved by rules, which are means of banishing disputes, and doing away with confusion; an unfair advantage is checked by rules; virtue is encouraged by striving to live up to rules; and a departure from them, marks out the beginnings of evil. We have found out the usefulness of rules, by their generality, necessity, purpose, and benefit.

I fancy you will agree with me, Annie, in thinking you have no just cause for complaint when you remember rules are so general; your case cannot be harder than that of many others, older and wiser than yourself, as they are necessary, it would be a folly to murmur; as they are

established with the desire to do good, it would be ungrateful to complain, for if rules are difficult, or trifling, or even foolish, they originated kindly. If the habit of obedience is learnt by observance of rules, a lasting benefit is conferred.

Before a child comes to school, the rules may be looked into, and questioned, but when she has agreed to come, and is allowed to come, then the propriety of the rules must not be argued, but be strictly attended to, and obedience to them regarded as a duty, and a violation of them as a neglect of duty, and they must be obeyed cheerfully, for they are means of good, aud must not be looked upon as arbitrary and troublesome, then half the vexation of fulfilling rules would be done away with."

"I don't think, Miss Latimer," said Annie, "I shall ever find fault with rules again." "I hope not," replied Miss Latimer, "I must now go, and remember, where there are rules, privileges are to be obtained, so be wise, and be a partaker both of the privileges and the rules."

YETTA.

PERSEVERANCE.

Persevere let nothing daunt thee

If the cause be good and true,

Heed not doubts and fears which haunt thee,
Those who oft with failure taunt thee,

But begin thy work anew!

Cease not e'en tho' many a bubble

Breaking shews its emptiness;

Grudge not labour, time or trouble,
But thy diligence redouble,

If thou hope to win success.

Faileth never the true-hearted;

Only craven souls despair,

When the right with which we started

From our pathway hath departed.
Leaving only darkness there.

Journey on! the gloom is deepest
Just before the dawn of day;

And the path is ever deepest,

As the last few steps thou creepest
Up the hill that blocks thy way.

Onward then, thy work pursuing

E'en though failing, hopeful still;

Never weary of renewing,

Never slothful, ever doing,

So thy mission here fulfil.

H. D. L.

Notices of Books.

Pastoral Advice to Young People Preparing for Confirmation. By the Rev. W. F. Hook, D.D., Vicar of Leeds. THIRD EDITION. London: Rivingtons.

WE are glad to see that "Pastoral Advice to Young People Preparing for Confirmation," has reached a Third Edition. That it will be still more extensively used by Church people as they become acquainted with its intrinsic worth and great utility, its past success leaves us no room to doubt. All spiritual pastors and teachers will find it a most useful Manual for the preparation of the members of their flocks for the Holy Rite of Confirmation.

GATHERINGS.

HUMILITY. -"The more bounty God shows, the more humility He requires. Those mines that are richest are deepest; those stars that are highest, seem smallest; the goodliest buildings have the lowest foundations; the more God honoureth men, the more they should humble themselves; the more the fruit, the lower the branch on which it grows; pride is ever the companion of emptiness. how full was the Apostle, yet how low was his language of himself; Least of saints-last of apostles-chief of sinners-not sufficient to think-no abilities to do; all that he is, he is by grace. Thus humility teacheth us, in our operation, to draw strength from God, not from ourselves; in our graces to ascribe their goodness to God, and their weakness to ourselves."-Bp. Reynolds.

"A MAN who was accustomed to steal corn from the field of a neighbour, took with him one day his child a boy about eight years old. The father desired him to hold the bag, whilst he looked abroad, to see if any one was near, and finding all safe, he returned, took the bag from the child and began his guilty work. 'Father,' said the boy, 'you forgot to look somewhere else.' 'Where,' said the affrighted father supposing his son had seen some one. 'You forgot to

look up to the sky, to see if God was noticing you.'
Theft will not be always hidden,

Though we fancy none can spy
When we take a thing forbidden,

God beholds it with His eye."

"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous; nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."-Heb. xii. 10.

THE GREAT

DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

OUR history of England's greatest soldier left off with his departure from India for England, at the beginning of 1805.

He arrived in England the latter end of the same year, great in fame and well earned reputation as a successful soldier, and a most valuable servant of the Crown. He was already a Knight of the Bath, and now received the thanks of his Sovereign, and of both Houses of Parliament, for his many and meritorious services. There can be no doubt that to his victories in India we owe our great Empire there, humanly speaking, at the present

moment.

For the next two years, he was in parliament, and serving his sovereign as Secretary of State for Ireland. During this time, too, he married a daughter of the Earl of Longford, who died some years ago, leaving only two sons, who now survive their great father. At the very present, Ireland, full of suffering and disturbance, which is owing principally to the wicked behaviour of the Roman Catholic Clergy, has to thank him for that most valuable and celebrated body of men, the Irish Police, 10,000 in number, which he planned and carried out during his year of office.