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XXVIII. THE THRESHER.

H! his limbs are strong as boughs of oak,
And his thews like links of mail:

How his quick breath streams while round
him gleams

With a whirl his mighty flail !

For it's thump, thump, thump, with right good will,
From morn till set of sun;

And his arm and flail will never fail

Till his daily task be done.

With the first glad birds that hail the morn
He is up at work amain,

Till the old barn floor is covered o'er
With the sweet and pearly grain.

Oh! his heart is light as hearts will be

With a purpose good and strong,

And his strokes keep time to catch the chime

Of his blithely carolled song.

For it's thump, thump, thump, with right good will,
From morn till set of sun;

And his arm and flail will never fail

Till his daily task be done.

While the boys that 'mid the corn-stacks hide
Echo back his gleesome lay,

As they toss the chaff, and shout and laugh
In the golden noon of day.

But a lesson they may read and learn,

And the Thresher makes it plain :

For the chaff he finds he gives to the winds,
But he garners up the grain.

Then it's work, work, work, with a right good will,
And store the sheaves of truth;
From the precious seed strike husk and weed,
In the Harvest time of Youth.

G. BENNETT.

XXIX. THE HEART MELTED.

A SULKY, stubborn girl, who had resisted both reproofs and correction, and who refused to ask forgiveness of her mother, was melted by Mr. Raikes' saying to her :

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"Well, if you have no regard for yourself, I have much for you; you will be ruined and lost if you do not become a good girl; and if you will not humble yourself, I must humble myself, and make a beginning for you." He then, with much solemnity, entreated the mother to forgive her. This overcame the girl's pride; she burst into tears, and on her knees begged forgiveness, and never gave any trouble afterwards.

XXX. OUR NEIGHBOUR.

Do you know what the word "kind" means? Take the word "kin." The meaning of that is a relation. Put the "d" to it, it means "kind," then you are to be kind to everybody because everybody is related to you. Everybody is your brother and sister. In all the world, we are brothers and sisters, all of us. Therefore all men are

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your kin: you must be kind to all; be like a kinsman to all. "Kind" means "kin;" and everybody almost is 'your neighbour," because you can get near to almost everybody. If you like, you may say, everybody is your kin. Therefore you must be kind to your neighbour; kind to everybody.

In a street of a town there was standing on the top of a hill that went down the street, a wagon, and there were four fine strong horses harnessed to it. In the front of the wagon a board ran across from axle to axle, and on this board was sitting a little boy. The driver of the wagon went away for something, and there was nothing left on this large board but this poor little boy.

While he was sitting there, something frightened the horses, and they set off full gallop down the hill. There was a terrible cry: the poor little boy cried, and every. body was alarmed and frightened. But there was a woman there, and this woman cried out, "Stop the wagon! stop the wagon!"

Some men ran after it, and tried to stop it: but there was an old man there, a cold-hearted old man, like an icicle-a cold, old icicle-and this cold old man said to the woman, "What are you making such a fuss about it for? is he your child ?" "No," said the woman, "but he's somebody's child-that's the same thing." That woman had "love to her neighbour."

The Bible Mine Searched.

BY THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.
BIBLE QUESTIONS.

1. YOW is it alone that we can see the things of heaven?
Aand who was permitted to have a practical realiza-
tion of the truth ?

2. Did people imagine at the time that Nebuchadnezzar would ever be able to capture Jerusalem ?

3. What remarkable references have we in prophecy to the feet of Jesus?

4. What kind of treatment did Joseph experience in prison at the hand of God and at the hand of man?

5. Who showed his faith by looking upon disease as being simply God's servant?

6. What are the sacrifices which we are called to offer in the Christian Church, and in which the Lord delights? 7. Had St. John any special object in writing the Gospel which bears his name? and in what way is his first Epistle supplemental to it?

8. There were two men of the same name, who by the presence and work of Christ, were led, the one to question

his own character, the other the character of the Lordwho were they?

9. Who is the least perfect kind of character to deal with P

10. When shall the salvation of the believer be fully completed ?

11. What was done on the return from the Captivity to make the people thoroughly acquainted with the word of God?

12. When did a look from the Lord give strength? and when did it give repentance ?

ANSWERS (See AUGUST No., page 191).

I. It is not said that God saw that it was good. II. Mark v. 19. III. Ps. cvi. 46. IV. 1 Chron. iii. 5. V. Acts viii. 26; ix. 11; x. 32. VI. Acts v. 11; ix. 42. VII. Exod. xxxiii. 18: Luke ix. 30, 31. VIII. 1 Cor. i. 30, 31; iii. 21-33. IX. Luke ix. 35; sce 2 Pet. i. 17. X. 1 Kings viii. 41-43; Acts ii. 10. XI. Luke viii. 45. XII. 1 Kings xxii. 30, 38.

Heart and Hearth.

The Rev. George Everard, M.A.,

VICAR OF ST. MARK'S, WOLVERHAMPTON.

HE Rev. George Everard
is widely known as
mission preacher, and
still more widely as an
author. He is also highly
esteemed as a hard work-

ing and zealous pastor in the parish of St. Mark's, Wolverhampton, where he has laboured for about twelve years.

His early education was received at the Manchester Grammar School. After leaving the school he was for about two years engaged in commercial pursuits. At this time, in the year 1846, he received religious impressions which proved the turning point in his life. His plans and prospects were changed, and in 1847 he entered St. John's College, Cambridge. Here he obtained a scholarship which he held during the four years of residence; and in the Mathematical Tripos of January, 1851, his name appeared as the Sixth Senior Optime.

Thanet Union. In 1854 he took the curacy of Trinity Church, Marylebone, thus gaining the experience of a working clergyman in the Metropolis. His last curacy was at St. Mary's, Hastings, with the well-known devoted and highly gifted Vicar, the Rev. Thomas Vores.

In 1858 he was appointed to the vicarage of Framsden in Suffolk. This post he held for ten years, at the end of which period he was nominated to St. Mark's, Wolverhampton. The church in this parish is a good, modern building, and will seat about 1,400 persons. The various agencies of parochial machinery are in active operation, and those who wish to see what the Church of England can do when her system is fairly and faithfully worked should pay a visit to St. Mark's. A large Mission Room has been erected, in connection with which there is a band of devoted workers who every Sunday night gather in a large number of those who seldom are found within the walls of a church; and, as indicating the life and growth of the congregation, we believe the communicants number about three hundred and fifty.

We have said that Mr Everard is widely known as a mission preacher. As a rule,

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