tioned in the book, that it will both please and encourage our readers. The following are some of the entries: Let this help you £ s. d. 0 6 0 0 2 6 0 5 6 0 4 0 0 6 0 020 A Mine worker Go forward 0 3 0 Withhold not thine hand......... 060 The last not the least... 0 15 0 5 As for me and my house we will serve the Lord A Gentile ...... 1 0 0 5 07 6 This is a goodly list. Our young friend under took to collect fifteen shillings, and he has collected fifteen pounds! Who will go and do likewise? THE SERVANT'S TALE. SEVERAL years ago, a clergyman was sent for to see a servant who was on her dying bed. During the time of her illness, the servant told the clergyman a fact, of much. interest, which had taken place a few years before. This servant lived in a Jewish family in a town in South Wales. A rich Jew, his wife, and only The young lady was engaged to be married to another rich Jew, whom she supposed was a relation. By doing this, all their money would be thrown into this one channel. One day this young lady saw the leaf of a tract lying on the ground. She took it up and read it. The portion of the tract spoke of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour of the world. It said, that none would be saved, but through the name of the only begotten Son of God. These words made a deep impression upon the mind of the young Jewess. Her family were all strict Jews. She knew nothing, and heard nothing about Christianity. Christ was spoken of as an impostor; so she had been brought up to think of Him. But here was something that spoke of Him in a very different way. Were the sayings of the Jews true? or were the words of the tract true? Her poor heart was tossed to and fro by these thoughts. Whither to turn she knew not. The spirit of her relatives against Christianity was so strong, that she dared not breathe what she felt. In this state of fear and doubt she thought of the Christian girl who lived in the house. The poor thing knew little or nothing about Christianity herself. She was not able to say anything to satisfy the mind of this earnest inquirer after truth. At last it came to her mind, that she would tell her about the New Testament. This was the book, she said, that had everything in it about Christianity. Most eagerly did the young Jewess grasp at this hope. She told her, if she could, to get a New Testament for her. No money should be wanting in order that this might be done. The New Testament was bought. It was carefully hidden. Day by day it was eagerly read. The servant used to go to Church; and when she returned, at her young mistress's desire, she used to go to her room, to tell her of all that she had heard there. How truly there appeared to be a hungering and thirsting after righteousness. A short time after this, the servant left her situation. What happened after this she could not tell. She never heard whether her young mistress had become a Christian. Nor have we been able to find out this. But let us hope that the Lord, who had given her this earnest desire after truth, would not allow her soul to remain unsatisfied. But this teaches us two things. One is, that there are many Jews and Jewesses—not only poor but rich-who are living in our midst, and who know nothing about Christian truth. Are we not guilty if we willingly allow them to remain in darkness? The other point that we learn is, that there is a great work going on among the Jews of which we know nothing. We can little tell how many there may be who are daily being led to see their need, and crying out, "What must I do to be saved?" May the Lord lead them to that well-spring of living water, of which whosoever drinketh, shall thirst no more! SCRIPTURE CHARACTERS. ENOCH. The history of Enoch is very short. But how much there is in it, to teach and to lead us to walk in the way of the Lord! We read his history in these words: "And Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for God took him." (Gen. v. 24.) It is pleasant to turn from the dark page of Cain's history, to think of that of Enoch. He had lived a long life. His age was three hundred and sixty-five years. Many of the persons of those days lived much longer, yet Enoch's was a very long life. And how did he spend this life? We read that he "walked with God." What does this mean? What is it to walk with God? A person who constantly walks with another, must be a person who loves the other. There are the same feelings, the same hopes, the same joys, the same sorrows. Enoch walked with God. We are told, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Phil. ii. 5.) The Lord Jesus Christ is God. We may therefore say that the mind of God was in Enoch. He loved his Maker. He loved that great One, who had done all things for him. What a gracious God loved, that he was led to love. And what a holy God hated, that he hated. He would weep over the wickedness of the wicked. He would rejoice over the holiness of God's dear children. He was a poor, feeble, sinful man himself, but God had taught him by His Holy Spirit, and he "walked with God." Dear readers,-this is the way in which you will know whether you are walking with God. Do you love the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you love His people? Do you love all that is good? and do you hate all that is evil ? This is the mind which was in Christ Jesus. In this way we believe that "Enoch walked with God." We learn again that Enoch must have walked with God, by seeking to do His will. How can two walk together unless they be agreed? How can there be love and peace unless we are willing |