shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof."

I must observe, by the way, that the teil tree here mentioned is supposed to be a kind of linden or lime tree. And if it is so clear that it is the intention of God to restore the Jews to his favour, how plainly is it the duty of all Christians to be workers with God in this benevolent and glorious work!

The following account of an unlearned man in the Back-woods of Canada offers a striking testimony to the clearness with which the Holy Scriptures inforce the duty of Christians in furthering the work of bringing the Jews to Christ.

Extract of a letter from the Rev. F. L. Osler, dated Tecumsith Parsonage, Canada West, December 11, 1847.

"On the 15th of July, 1844, a man named William H., residing in the township of Essa, brought me his will, of which I copy, word for word, the latter part:

"And further more I leve and bequeth nto the Jewish Missionary Society forty pounds £40 for helping to convay Coppes of the Scripturs and sending Missionaries to the Jews; for if we have bee made particulars of there spiritual things I think it my duty to minister unto them in carnal things, and if I can convay part of this said £40 before my death I will mark it paid on the back of this will.'

"On the 6th inst. he brought me five pounds currency, for which I have obtained and forwarded with this four pounds sterling, which you will please to acknowledge the receipt of, that I may forward it to William H. When he came to my house on Monday last, his appearance was that of one who required, rather than being able to give, help. I asked him, both when he left his will with me, and again when he brought the money, what induced him to devote such a portion of his property to so good a cause. He told me it was simply from reading the Scriptures. It rejoiced him greatly when I told him that the first Bishop of Jerusalem was a converted Jew. I believe the old man to be a decided Christian. After I had given him a receipt for the money, and such

information as I thought would interest him, he observed, I am giving you a great deal of trouble, but, mind, it is only your duty to do it, and don't suppose I take any merit for giving this money, 'tis only my duty.'

"That an illiterate man, living in the Backwoods of Canada, should, from simply reading the Scriptures in his log cabin, see it to be clearly his duty to send the Gospel to the Jews, is certainly a most interesting circumstance. May God make it the means of exciting British Christians to pray for and help those who are still beloved for their fathers' sakes."

Jewish Intelligence, Feb. 1848.

THE STRAYED LAMB.

A GIDDY lamb, one afternoon,
Had from the fold departed,
The tender shepherd missed it soon,
And sought it, broken-hearted.
Not all the flock that shared his love,
Could from the search delay him,
Nor clouds of midnight darkness move,
Nor fear of suffering stay him.

But night and day he went his way,
In sorrow, till he found it,
And, coming where it fainting lay,

He clasped his arms around it;
And, closely sheltered in his breast,
From every ill to save it,
He bore it to his home of rest,

And pitied and forgave it.

And so the Saviour will receive
The little ones that fear him,
Their pains remove, their sins forgive,
And draw them gently near him.
Bless while they live and when they die,
When soul and body sever,
Conduct them to his home on high

To dwell with him for ever.

FIRST THOUGHTS OF GOD.

God made the bright, the sunny sky;
He taught the little birds to fly;
He made the daisies on the grass,
And every pretty flower I pass;
And little children ought to love
The God who lives in heaven above.

God made the trees to grow so tall,
And every leaf upon them all;
He taught the birds to sing by day,
The happy lambs to skip and play,
And little children ought to love
The God who lives in heaven above.

God made me too, he gave me birth,
And placed me on this pretty earth;
He made mamma, that she might be
By day and night so kind to me;
And little children ought to love
The God who lives in heaven above.

J. Foster, Printer, Kirkby Lonsdale.

M. E.

THE CLOUD; OR, LOOK BEYOND IT.

SOME little girls one day took shelter in an old man's cottage, being overtaken by a shower of rain, and asked him with much anxiety as to the weather.

"William," said Charlotte, "we were all going to the Bilberry hills, but there is such a dark cloud in the sky, that I fear it will be wet, and that will spoil all our pleasure."

"I hope not," said old William; 66 we are often afraid of evils which never come upon us; however, sit you down in my cottage, and you will see how it turns out."