thers and sisters, and all my friends; keep them, and me, from every danger this night. Bless nie, I pray Thee, and make me a good child, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Our Father, which art in heaven, &c. &c.

HYMN.

Of Praise to GOD for our Redemption.

I.

Blest be the wisdom and the pow'r,
The justice and the grace
That join'd in counsel to restore
And save our ruin'd race.

11.

Our father ate forbidden fruit,
And from his glory fell;

And we, his children, thus were brought
To death, and near to hell.

III.

Blest be the Lord that sent his Son

To take our flesh and blood:

He for our lives gave up his own,
To make our peace with God.

IV.

He honour'd all his Father's laws,
Which we have disobey'd;
He bore our sins upon the cross,
And our full ransom paid.

V.

Behold him rising from the grave:
Behold him rais'd on high:
He pleads his merit there, to save
Transgressors doom'd to die.

VI.

There on a glorious throne he reigns,
And by his pow'r divine
Redeems us from the slavish chains
Of Satan and of sin.

VII.

Thence shall the Lord to judgment come,
And with a sov❜reign voice
Shall call, and break up every tomb,
While waking saints rejoice.

VIII.

O may I then with joy appear
Before the Judge's face,

And with the bless'd assembly there,
Sing his redeeming grace.
(To be continued.)

TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE, WITH NOTES. Isaiah liv. 13. "Great shall be the

peace of thy children."

We know that the Governor of the world will make all things work together for the good of them that love him; will direct us in all our doubts; comfort us in all our tribulations; supply all our wants; and in a little time will finish all our labours, and receive us to everlasting rest. -Dr. Woodward.

Isaiah lv. 1. "Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye buy and eat, without money and without price."

Here we read of the free offers of grace by the Gospel. Our Saviour himself says (John vii. 37.) "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." It is one of the sure mercies of Christ, that the fountain of his salvation, the means of his grace, are open to all ranks of people. Poor as well as rich can attend the public ordinances of the Church; servants, as well as masters, can go once at least in seven days to attend upon them; and he who is so poor, that he cannot purchase books, or so illiterate that he cannot read them, if he has but ears to hear, and a heart to learn, may be

fully acquainted here with the whole will of God, and obtain grace to deny all ungodliness and worldly lust, and to live soberly, righteously, and godlily, in this present world *."- In these days, however, from the great pains that are taken to promote Christian knowledge by the circulation of the Scriptures, the poorest person need scarcely now be without a Bible; and as almost all children have the opportunity of going to a National School, or of receiving a Christian education in some way, there will probably very soon be but few persons in this country who are not able to read and profit by their Bible, when they have obtained

one.

Be strictly honest. Be modest in your behaviour. Pay respect to your superiors. You read the Scriptures, and you therefore know that these are Christian duties.

To CORRESPONDENTS.-Short school anecdotes from our Correspondents will be acceptable.

* Reading.

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