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Presentation of the Bhite & they married.-At Chatillon on the 19347 Loire, in France, a Bible Association has recently been formed among the children, for the purpose of presenting a Bible to every newlymarried pair. The effect of this institution thus far has been very happy, both upon the children and upon the young persons who receive their present. The plan, we think, is worthy of universal imitation. It seems to be the most simple and effectual method of keeping every family in the country supplied with the sacred volume; and if it were universally introduced, we might soon hope to see family worship extensively revived.

The Archives du Christianisme, a periodical work published in Paris, contains the extraordinary intelligence, that on the 6th of April last, M. Henhoffer, the Roman Catholic Rector of the parishes of Mullisausen and Steyneyg, in the Duchy of Baden in Germany, with the Baron de Gimdingen, his household and forty other families making in all 220 persons, publicly embraced the Reformed Religion, in the Seignorial Chapel in Steyneyg; after which the adults received the Holy Communion, according to the Rites of the Protestant Church. The affectting ceremony took place in a Roman Catholic country in the midst of a vast assemblage of personages of different religious denominations, without the smallest interruption or disorder.

Ship Thames.-This Ship, which sailed from New-Haven in Nov. 1822, with the interesting Mission family, destined for the Sandwich Islands, was left at Woahoo, on the 21st of April last. The period of her arrival out, is not stated; but the Iris, which reports her, has doubtless brought letters from the Missionaries to their friends in this country.

A HYMN ON THE LORD'S DAY.

Welcome the hour of prayer,
Thrice welcome to my breast,
I hail its sweet return,
And be the moments blest :
From the low train of mortal toys,
I soar to reach immortal joys.

Descend, celestial Dove,

And o'er me spread thy wing,
Disclose a Saviour's love,

While I his praises sing:

Then shall my soul its life attain,

Nor Sabbaths be indulg,d in vain.

The waking morn shall see

The pleasing task begun,

Nor my devotion be

Clos'd with the setting sun :

My God shall hear my ev'ning suit,

And grateful songs his ear salute.

Spread thy light wings, and soar away,
Thou little herald of the sky :
Glad tidings of great joy convey,
Where'er thy pilgrimage may lie.
Bear to the solitary place

The blessings of our favor'd age,
The triumphs of redeeming grace
Paint vivid on thy voiceless page.
Tell how the cross its arms extends,

To snatch the heathen from the grave,
Exulting tell how mercy bends,

The sick to heal, the lost to save.
Proclaim how Asia's thronging bands
Essay to break the Pagan rod,
How Ethiopia spreads her hands,

And blinded Israel turns to God.
Go! the weak Christian's zeal relume,
The weeping mourner's sadness cheer,

And o'er the darkness of the tomb

Bid the bright dawn of Faith appear.
To those who rove 'mid shadows dim,
Or rashly waste their fleeting span,
Speak, as the messenger of HIM

Who shed atoning bloed for man.
Haste to the worldling, bent with care,
Aarrest the step of thoughtless youth,
And teach even infant lips the prayer,
Oh, "sanctify us by thy truth."

H.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"L. M." and "P." are received, and will be inserted. Several other Communications, without Signatures, have been received, and are under consideration.

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