against Ellen's leaving home seemed of no weight, when applied to herself ; and she found a hundred reasons why it was the best thing she could do, both for herself and all the family. Ellen lost no time in putting her kind purpose into effect; and the lady after some little time, agreed to make the exchange; and the next week was fixed upon for Sarah to go. Ellen sat up many nights to assist her in getting ready; and that she might enter upon her new place as decently as possible, she stripped herself of all the clothes which she could spare.

( To be continued.)

THE FOLLY OF SIN. What a foolish thing sin is! It seldom happens that there is any profit in doing wrong. Wicked plans may seem to prosper for a while; but their success makes poor amends for a guilty, restless conscience; and in the end they rarely answer.

I was led into this train of thought, by the conduet of a little girl, who bem

longed to that school, of which you have here a picture. She stole a shilling one day from one of her school-fellows. But when she had got it, she did not know what to do with it. For in that school, in which thirty poor girls live and are trained for service, the rules do not allow them to go into the village, and spend their money: and even if this girl could have bought any thing with the shilling, she was afraid to do it; because it would be well known, that she had not so much money of her own: and when she was seen with things which she had not money of her own to buy, and all in the school knew that one of the girls had lost a shilling, they must at once suspect this little culprit. She had most likely thought of all this; and aware that her box and pockets would be searched, she durst not put the money there ; 90 what did she do, but go and hide it in the yard ? And after some days it was found there, and the poor girl confessed her crime. Now how little good came from stealing. The girl was unhappy from the moment of her taking the money. She durst not spend it, and she was every day fearing that she should be found out and punished. How foolish she must have thought herself thus to sin.

But indeed, my dear readers, the more you reflect upon it, the more you will see, that nothing worth having is got by stealing, lying, or such like sins. It ought to be enough to know, that by such conduct we offend God and merit his wrath ; but forget not, that you also thus make an enemy of your own conscience, and lose your character in the world.

Pray then that God would keep you

from presumptuous sins by the grace of his blessed Spirit; and help you, when tempted, to pause and ask yourselves this simple question, “what wages will sin give me?"

DEATH OF A SCHOOLMASTER. If things are in a right state in a school, there will be the kindest feelings of love and union between teachers and scholars. The teachers will watch for the souls of their young flock, as those that must give an account of the influence they have had over them; and impressed with this solemn thought, we cannot wonder, that they should shew their anxious concern for their young charge, even to the last moment of their life While on the other hand, the children will feel warmly attached to their teachers : will rejoice in their welfare, and mourn at their sorrows. How lovely such a scene as this ! And surely our happy land now abounds with such. And who can tell the blessed effects of schools, where love is the grand feeling, and spring of all their movements ? I had a copy of a letter lately sent to me, give ing an account of the death of a schoolmaster in the Isle of Man. Some extracts from it

may be useful to my readers, and I proceed to give them. The letter is dated Nov. 15. 1823.

“When you spoke to our dear children on the Tuesday; and reminded them how short and uncertain life was, and that we might never meet again in this world, I little thought that the truth of your remarks would so soon be proved, by the death of our highly-valued and pious master. You will not have forgot how he enjoyed the very clever manner in which his boys went through their lessons, and chiefly the account they gave of Samuel. He was not a little pleased to find, that two of his charge were singled out by you to receive rewards. He was busy at his post as usual until Friday at noon in the same week; the day before you sailed; when he com. plained of illness, which soon became very alarming. Being out of town until late that evening, I felt much tired, and meant to call on him in the morning. He sent me word he should be glad if I would look in next day upon his boys, to see how they were going on. On the Saturday I was pained to see him so very ill: at night, the doctor gave up all hopes. After praying with him, he said, 'Oh! how I love prayer!' His pain was very great. He soon after said, 'I think I should be willing to die.' He was much engaged in prayer; earnestly