the Saviour says, 'him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out,' I was comforted. Though I am vile and sinful, he will not cast me out. I have often gone to him in prayer, but I feared I had no faith. But I will trust in him.” His sister says, that for sometime before his death, he had retired four times a day to read his Bible and pray. She often saw him weep, when engaged in his devotions.

Just before he died, he called bis father to him; and in the most affecting and kind manner said, “Father, I have something to ask you, and you must give me your hand upon it.” Then clasping his father's hand, he said, “Oh! Father, abstain from all known sin. Never do any thing on the Sunday will you remember this ?”

He then called his mother, and spoke in the same earnest way. And looking at them both he said, with a countenance which told the most anxious concern for their everlasting welfare, “ Heaven is not

O soon won !" He then addressed his . brothers and sisters: begging, them to forsake the world and follow Christ. “Oh do not mind the world (he said), it can do nothing for youit can do nothing for me!”

He then said, “I feel very weak; I am afraid I have been impatient. But

it is done!--All is over!--t is pleasant!"

He then asked his sister to pray with him, which she did : and ending with the Lord's Prayer, he distinctly added, “ Ameu” three times, and quietly fell asleep.

“Oh! for grace (said his sorrowing sister) that his dying words may make a lasting impression on our hard, stony hearts !"

.. A LETTER
Found among the papers of a Lady, who

died lately. MY DEAR FRANCES,-At your own request, you have begun to say your prayers by yourself. You must well consider what a solemn duty prayer is, and what an important duty you have taken upon yourself: and though you are now no longer under the eye of an earthly friend, when you say your prayers; yet remember, you are under the eye of your Heavenly Father, and your Almighty Judge, who "searcheth the thoughts and trieth the reins ;' in whose sight our prayers are an abomination, if they are not from the heart, in truth and sincerity; who hath said in the Scriptures, he hateth “lip service." Let me, my dear

Frances, exhort you, when you kneel down to say your prayers, to let your posture be as reverent as possible ; as best befits a miserable sinner, before an holy and righteous God, before whom the angels veil their faces. When you have done that, reflect a moment before you begin ; and set yourself as in the presence of the Lord, and earnestly implore the help of his Holy Spirit, to teach you how to pray: and then say your prayers with all the devotion and attention in your power, striving against vain and wandering thoughts. You know, my dear Frances, it is my wish for you to do every thing in the same manner that your sisters have done: and therefort as I requested them, as soon as they said their prayers alone, daily to read the Scriptures, I now request you to do the same: and, like one earnest to know what the will of the Lord is, to make them the constant guide and rule of your whole life. Then cheerfully enter upon the business of the day, and perform all your duties as unto the Lord, and not unto men. I told you, I would write for you a paper of examination, as I had done for your brothers and sisters; therefore I will now perform my promise.

Rules for self-examination. Have I strove to discharge my duty to God my Creator? Have I prayed for

divine grace, to teach me to love the Lord my God with all my heart, and soul, and mind, and might? Have I tried to make the word of God, the rule of every thought, word, and action, of my life? Do I love my neighbour as myself ? Have I obeyed the command of the Lord my God, to honour my father and mother; and to love them whom I am most bound to love; and obey them with a willing and cheerful mind? Have I listened with attention and reverence to the good instructions that have been given me this day? Have I been respectful to all my superiors ? Have I been kind and loving to my brothers and sisters? Teachable, attentive, and thankful, to my teachers? Have I been unkind to any person? Have I been very careful to speak the truth, simply, at all times? Have I been guilty of evil-speaking ? Have I tried to do all the good that was in my power! Did I perform my morning devotions with seriousness and attention ? Did I read the Scripture as the word of God, and by, which I am to rule every thought, word, and action of my life? Did i eckamine myself the last evening withattention? Did I lie down and awake with God? Have I a firm faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and expect salvation alone through his merits? Do I pray daily for the help of the Holy Spirit, to enable me to learn from the Holy Scriptures what is my duty, and then to teach me to practice it? Have I 'spoken the truth from my heart? “the Lord is the God of truth, and hates and detests lies." Have I been guilty of deceiving ; or of that sad habit in relating facts, of going beyond the truth, by making false statements, and by that means often injuring a neighbour ? .

FILIAL PIETY. About twenty years ago, an officer of the guards being in Essex, on a recruiting party, he made a short stay at Chelmsford, where he picked up a number of recruits. The evening before they left the town, a tall youth, with an open, honest face, offered himself. At the very first sight, the captain wished to have this young fellow in his company. He saw him tremble when he made the offer to enlist. Thinking that it arose from bashfulness and fear, the captain began to encourage him. "Ah, Sir, (replied the young man) do not think that my confusion springs from such feelings. It is only from the dread of being refused. You perhaps wont accept of me; and should this be the case, I am undone.” The captain assured him he was ready