Theology. are passed away, and all things shall gladness which shall dance through become new; while those from off our expanding souls as the Physician whose faces every tear is dried, look comes with His healing in His wings; from their smiling and unscalding and with the solace on His lip, and eyes for a new heaven and a new and in His hand, and in His eye? earth wherein dwelleth righteous- O happy weeper, to have thy dimness. As for bereavements, and the ming eye thus brightened! Weep tears they bring, there shall be no on! parting in that region of reunions; scalding rills adown thy cheeks; Pour forth the briny tide in and the only moisture on the cheek sob with a deeper bitterness, and shall be the kiss with which our wet thy couch with a yet more overloved ones welcome us to the mansions where all families shall be com- mercy is pluming His pinion for His flowing anguish, for the Evangel of plete;-where mother shall meet the flight of love and solace, and He child she laid beneath the turf, and bears within His hand the leaf, the husband shall re-greet his part-plucked from life's vernal tree, with ner whose taking off seemed to rive which He shall heal thy sorest wound. the very fibres of his inmost heart; How profitable is the penance of the and where each riven link shall be believer's sorrow! What a legacy re-welded, and the chain made golden of interest is laying up in the exwith the joy and brightness of the chequer of his heritage! perfect day. tears, to have it dried by such a worth while to wet the face with O, it is hand as this! is as "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." He shall do it. It is certain. As surely as that tear has risen, so surely shall the hand of it is not only that you may cease to If tears are wiped away in heaven, God remove it. The mouth of the grieve, but that you may begin to Lord hath spoken it, and it is true. rejoice; not only that you may reThe faith that believes it rests upon strain the lamentation, but begin the a rock-the Rock of Ages,-the im-song. mutability of Him who was, and is, tears was seen, the brightness of a Where the dimness of those and is to come. The hope that hails holy joy shall flash, and your glance it springs from that stable faith, and shall kindle like a conqueror's eye, "an anchor of the soul, both and glitter like the sheen of the sure and steadfast, and which en-morning stars. Rejoined with all tereth into that within the veil, you ever loved; restored to all you whither the Forerunner is for us ever lost, you shall stand, plumed entered, even Jesus, made a High- with a crest of triumph, full in the priest for ever." It is written, undimmed blaze of Immanuel's smile, graven as with a pen of fire, and singing a song for ever new, and blazoned in the lightning characters swayed by a gladness ever fresh. of inspiration-"God shall wipe Through meads of flowers that never away all tears from their eyes:" and fade; by streams whose ripples never believe it, Christian, for "Heaven dim; midst fountains whose and earth shall pass away, but not ever golden with a sunless light; in one jot nor one tittle of His word bowers whose leaves are never sere; spray shall fail." Oh! is it not worth while to bear never surfeits: here you shall spend through gardens whose fragrance the griefs which come upon us here, eternity. The ages shall not cloy or in prospect of such an assuagement grow monotonous; for perfect mind, in the world to come? Should we expanded thought, shall ever lead not almost welcome sorrow rather you further and further into heaven. than elude it, could we but realize Angelic converse shall be the dialect the ecstasy of that electric thrill of of your fellowship, and you shall sun is yourself for ever in the radiance of choral hallelujah. Thoughts of old the Lamb. There shall be no even- Calvary shall flash across your mind; ing vesper, and no matin carol, but and as you look upon the Victor's one unending noontide shall prevail, blazing crown, and think upon the and the spontaneous pulse of wor- Victim's bloody cross, the shout will ship shall beat in every heart, and peal louder from your lips-Hosanna stir the plumage on each angel wing; to the Lamb-hosanna to the Cruciand, whilst the streams are laughing fied-hosanna in the highest! Oh! in their onward flow, the fountains does not the prospect animate your dancing in the mellow day, and the soul's ambition? Does it not geneperfumes weaving with the breezy rate in the embryo of your desire the air, the organ of the universal wor- cry, "O that I had wings like the ship shall peal forth, and angel harp dove, then would I flee away and be and seraph voice begin again the at rest!" Family Miscellany. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE breath when its muzzle was close to BEAR. Two men were going through a forest. "I am afraid," observed one, "that we may meet with wild beasts; I see the tracks of their paws on the ground." his ear! But Quickwit did not wince nor move; and the bear thinking him dead, plunged again into the thicket, leaving him quite unharmed! When Braggart saw that the danger was over he came down from the Somewhat ashamed of his tree. "Fear nothing, friend Quickwit," cried the other, whose name was cowardly desertion of his friend, he Braggart. "In case of an attack tried to pass off the matter with a we will stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a stout heart, and—” "Hark!” cried the first in alarm, as a low growl was heard from a thicket near. In an instant Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel, leaving his friend, who was not so agile, to face the danger alone! joke. "Well, my friend Quickwit," he said, "what did the bear say to you when he whispered into your ear?" "He told me," replied Quickwit, never again to trust a boaster like you!" 66 The hour of danger often shows that the greatest boasters are the greatest cowards. Let courage be proved by deeds, not words. FAITH AND WORKS. But Quickwit's presence of mind did not fail him. He could not fight, he could not fly; but he laid himself flat on the ground and held his breath, so as to appear quite dead. Out of the thicket rushed a huge ONE day, after a long and weary bear, and at once made up to poor march, the army of Mahomet came Quickwit, while Braggart looked to the camping ground where it was down trembling from his perch in the tree. One may guess what were the feelings of Quickwit when the bear snuffed all round him, coming so near that he could feel his warm to pass the night. An Arab soldier, too tired to secure his beast, exclaimed, in the hearing of his commander: "I will loose my camel and trust to God." Theology. chequer of his heritage! tears, to have it dried by such a worth while to wet the face with O, it is hand as this! are passed away, and all things shall gladness which shall dance through become new; while those from off our expanding souls as the Physician whose faces every tear is dried, look comes with His healing in His wings; from their smiling and unscalding and with the solace on His lip, and eyes for a new heaven and a new and in His hand, and in His eye? earth wherein dwelleth righteous-O happy weeper, to have thy dimness. As for bereavements, and the ming eye thus brightened! Weep tears they bring, there shall be no on! Pour forth the briny tide in parting in that region of reunions; scalding rills adown thy cheeks; and the only moisture on the cheek sob with a deeper bitterness, and shall be the kiss with which our wet thy couch with a yet more overloved ones welcome us to the mansions where all families shall be com- mercy is pluming His pinion for His flowing anguish, for the Evangel of plete;-where mother shall meet the flight of love and solace, and He child she laid beneath the turf, and bears within His hand the leaf, the husband shall re-greet his part-plucked from life's vernal tree, with ner whose taking off seemed to rive which He shall heal thy sorest wound. the very fibres of his inmost heart; How profitable is the and where each riven link shall be believer's sorrow! What a legacy penance of the re-welded, and the chain made golden of interest is laying up in the exwith the joy and brightness of the perfect day. "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.' He shall do it. It is certain. As surely as that tear has risen, so surely shall the hand of it is not only that you may cease to If tears are wiped away in heaven, God remove it. The mouth of the grieve, but that you may begin to Lord hath spoken it, and it is true. rejoice; not only that you may reThe faith that believes it rests upon strain the lamentation, but begin the a rock-the Rock of Ages,-the im- song. Where the dimness of those mutability of Him who was, and is, tears was seen, the brightness of a and is to come. The hope that hails holy joy shall flash, and your glance it springs from that stable faith, and shall kindle like a conqueror's eye, is as 66 an anchor of the soul, both and glitter like the sheen of the sure and steadfast, and which en- morning stars. Rejoined with all tereth into that within the veil, you ever loved; restored to all you whither the Forerunner is for us ever lost, you shall stand, plumed entered, even Jesus, made a High- with a crest of triumph, full in the priest for ever." It is written, undimmed blaze of Immanuel's smile, graven as with a pen of fire, and singing a song for ever new, and blazoned in the lightning characters swayed by a gladness ever fresh. of inspiration-"God shall wipe Through meads of flowers that never away all tears from their eyes:" and fade; by streams whose ripples never believe it, Christian, for "Heaven dim; midst fountains whose spray is and earth shall pass away, but not ever golden with a sunless light; in one jot nor one tittle of His word bowers whose leaves are never sere; shall fail." Oh! is it not worth while to bear never surfeits: here through gardens whose fragrance the griefs which come upon us here, eternity. The ages shall not cloy or you shall spend in prospect of such an assuagement grow monotonous; for perfect mind, in the world to come? not almost welcome sorrow rather you further and further into heaven. expanded thought, shall ever lead than elude it, could we but realize Angelic converse shall be the dialect the ecstasy of that electric thrill of of your fellowship, and you shall sun Should we yourself for ever in the radiance of choral hallelujah. Thoughts of old the Lamb. There shall be no even- Calvary shall flash across your mind; ing vesper, and no matin carol, but and as you look upon the Victor's one unending noontide shall prevail, blazing crown, and think upon the and the spontaneous pulse of wor- Victim's bloody cross, the shout will ship shall beat in every heart, and peal louder from your lips-Hosanna stir the plumage on each angel wing; to the Lamb-hosanna to the Cruciand, whilst the streams are laughing fied-hosanna in the highest! Oh! in their onward flow, the fountains does not the prospect animate your dancing in the mellow day, and the soul's ambition? Does it not geneperfumes weaving with the breezy rate in the embryo of your desire the air, the organ of the universal wor- cry, "O that I had wings like the ship shall peal forth, and angel harp dove, then would I flee away and be and seraph voice begin again the at rest!" Family Miscellany. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE breath when its muzzle was close to Two men BEAR. were going through a forest. "I am afraid," observed one, "that we may meet with wild beasts; I see the tracks of their paws on the ground." "Fear nothing, friend Quickwit," cried the other, whose name was Braggart. "In case of an attack we will stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a stout heart, and-" his ear! But Quickwit did not wince nor move; and the bear thinking him dead, plunged again into the thicket, leaving him quite unharmed! When Braggart saw that the danger was over he came down from the Somewhat ashamed of his tree. cowardly desertion of his friend, he tried to pass off the matter with a joke. "Well, my friend Quickwit," he said, "what did the bear say to you when he whispered into your ear?" "He told me," replied Quickwit, never again to trust a boaster like you!" "Hark!” cried the first in alarm, as a low growl was heard from a thicket near. In an instant Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel, that the greatest boasters are the leaving his friend, who was not so agile, to face the danger alone! The hour of danger often shows greatest cowards. Let courage be FAITH AND WORKS. But Quickwit's presence of mind proved by deeds, not words. did not fail him. He could not fight, he could not fly; but he laid himself flat on the ground and held his breath, so as to appear quite dead. Out of the thicket rushed a huge ONE day, after a long and weary bear, and at once made up to poor march, the army of Mahomet came Quickwit, while Braggart looked to the camping ground where it was down trembling from his perch in to pass the night. An Arab soldier, the tree. One may guess what were too tired to secure his beast, exthe feelings of Quickwit when the claimed, in the hearing of his combear snuffed all round him, coming mander: "I will loose my camel so near that he could feel his warm and trust to God." "Not so," replied Mahomet, "tie of the Tract Society, full of good thy camel and trust to God." things on the weather, and piety Mahomet was right: laziness is and godly work. But we need yet not faith, nor is neglect of duty trust another. We need a Sabbath Alin God. God helps those who try manack, calculated for the latitude of to help themselves. If we would all our churches, that will show by have His help, we must do our part, its weather scale when it will be safe or honestly try to do it: trusting in for a vigorous Christian, a weak and Him to make our weakness strength, sickly Christian, and a common and our ignorance wisdom. Christian, to expose himself on the Sabbath by going to the house of God. Such an almanack would enable pastors and superintendents of Sabbath schools to know whom they could depend on in church, Sabbath school, and prayer meeting. I have recently been examining microscopic views of the different snow flakes, a hundred or so of them. I would suggest to our curious savans an examination of Sabbath snow, to see if it has a peculiarly sharp and injurious crystal. An old negro preacher once said: "If God tells me to jump 'fro dat stone wall, I'se goin' to jump at it. Jumpin' 'fro it belongs to God, but jumpin' at it belongs to me." The Bible tells us what we are to do, and then it becomes our duty to do it, manfully as well as we can; asking for help, knowing that Our Father giveth grace to those who seek it. "Ye shall seek me, and ye shall find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart, saith the Lord." We are told to come to Jesus, and yet Christ himself said: "No man can come to me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him." Do you know what that means? It means that we must go towards Christ, and God will help us to reach him. Like the Israelites at the Red Sea, we must take up our march towards the deep waters, but the hand of God will divide the waves, and bring us safely through on dry ground. We must go to Jesus by prayer and faith. He will hear and save us. "I WISH I WERE RICH.” "The sun, moon, and stars ?" in- "No: everything that can be had for money." "Get your hat, Charlie, and come with me to Mr. Morrison's," said his father. "O! please not, papa; he is such a disagreeable, miserable old man, with his cross looks and gouty foot, hobbling about and groaning.' "I think you would like to live with him!" said his father. "I, papa? I would rather live "With him you would have all SUNDAY WEATHER. THERE is a mystery about this effect of the weather on piety. Sabbath heat seems hotter, Sabbath cold seems colder, and Sabbath rain wetter than that of any other day. For the same measure of heat, or cold, or rain, on a week day, will not keep one from his usual business. We used to have Thomas' Almanack, calculated and adapted to different latitudes; and now we have the Christian Almanack with money." be bought with money." "Nor good temper, nor friendship, nor life," said William. "Above all," added their papa, "the favour of God cannot be bought |