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the better education of a few lads of promise who were in the settlement school. The evening after these lads had been selected, Akatangi came to my house, looking very sorrowful, and on my inquiring the cause, he said, Alas! my heart has been crying all day. You were at the settlement school this morning, and you chose Tekao, and Nootu, and others, to come to your new school. All the time you were there I kept looking at you, and thought I would like to have come with them; but you said the number was complete for the present, and when I heard that, my heart began to cry, and has been crying all day.' Are you then, very desirous' I asked, 'to come to this boarding school?' 'My desire,' he replied, 'is very great,' After a little further conversation, I told him that I would learn from his teachers his general conduct and attainments, and that if their reports were favourable, and if he could be spared from home, his desires should be gratified. Inquiries, were made; his teachers recommended him, his father gladly gave him up; and before the end of the month, the lad was a resident in the boarding-school. Here he gave diligent attention to reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history, &c.; and two or three hours a day were devoted to gaining a knowledge of the use of carpenter's tools. Akatangi did not give up his office of bell-ringer.' Every morning he was seen beating the wooden gong for school, and then hastening in to his studies. Two or three years passed on, and he became known as a youth who loved to read the word of God, and who daily observed private prayer. (To be continued)

Forsake thy own will, and deliver up thyself freely and cheerfully to the will of God, without reserve or exception, in prosperity and adversity, sweet or sour, to have or to want, to live or to die.-Leighton.

Descant not on other men's deeds, but consider thine own; forget other men's faults, and remember thine own.-Leighton.

Where is quiet to be found, and where is the place of contentment? I answer, every where: for it is there where God and you meet together in hearty love and affection.-Bishop Patrick.

THE ancient history of the land of Egypt is interesting to us, from the very early period at which its inhabitants attained to a high degree of civilisation,- from the numerous monuments which remain, in a state of wonderful preservation, bearing witness to that civilisation; and from its frequent mention in many parts of the Scripture history. The very name of Egypt calls up at once in our minds a thought of Joseph and his brethren, or of Moses in the bulrushes, or of that wonderful exodus, when the liberated nation issued forth from their bondage to worship Jehovah in the wilderAnd there is this peculiarity about ancient Egypt, that what we know of its history, and of the manners and customs of its people, depends not on the

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writings of historians, or the conjectures of the learned, but on the works of its ancient inhabitants. They have left us, in their buildings, unquestionable proofs of the skill, taste, and knowledge they possessed. They have left us, in the paintings and inscriptions on those buildings, accounts of themselves, their dress, employments, and customs, illustrated by pictures which tell even more than words could do. They have even themselves remained, as mummies, to the present day; and changed as these mummies are from the appearance of living men, they nevertheless form an important means of judging of what the ancient Egyptians

were.

Of the monuments of Egypt, none are so often spoken of as the pyramids. These are immense buildings, the use of which was long a disputed question; but it is now

believed that they were only intended as burying places for kings, and were raised so high by the efforts of large

numbers of subjects, to flatter the pride of tyrant monarchs. They were all built after the time of Moses. It is difficult by any mention of numbers to give an idea of their size. We are told that one of them covers

as much space as Lincoln's Inn Square, in London, and that as they stand in the midst of a plain, the effect on approaching them is as if you drew near mountains. It is possible to go up the pyramids,

climbing from step to step, each step being about breast high, and the view from the top, if you look immediately beneath you, is very apt to produce dizziness. Many travellers have entered them, but have found nothing to reward them for their trouble, the passages being small and suffocating.

Another class of Egyptian monuments consists of the ruins of temples. These temples were of a size far exceeding that of any churches amongst ourselves, and were adorned with multitudes of columns, stupendous statues, and every ornament they knew of in the way of carving and painting. They were dedicated to different heathen deities, for the people were very idolatrous, though the priests had some more lofty religious ideas, which, however, they taught only to those intended for their own profession. The figures which adorned these temples were often unnatural, made up partly of human shapes and partly of those of the brutes, as lions with women's heads; but they have nevertheless a great deal of beauty, and from their size present even yet a majestic appearance. All Egyptian architecture is on a large scale, and evinces great labour and industry, and the power of the builders to bestow as much time and employ as many men as they liked, on their works. They did so much to evince their respect for a false and debased religion,-what, then, ought we to do to prove our love for the beautiful and true gospel of Christ!

A SCHOOL TRIP TO THE SEA-BEACH.

CHAPTER II.

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"OH is not this delightful?" cried Susan, running up to her friend Marianne, "we've been playing at Threadthe-Needle, and have had such fun.'

While the other children were amusing themselves with various active games, Marianne had been patiently engaged in digging a large hole in the sand for the diversion of her little brother, and she now looked up with a smile at Susan's greeting. Well, you do look

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