ple of suffering affliction, and of patience; " seldom making any remarks ; but only re. plying shortly to questions put to her. She latterly expressed a strong desire to see you again, and was much disappointed at your not coming over the day we hoped to see you last: but sbe comforted herself by tbe thought, “if I were to see him here, I might not be able to speak or to hear : but I shall meet him in heaven, and that will de a happier meeting.” On the evening of the day on which she died, I received a message to say, that she had often expressed so great a desire that she might be buried on Sunday and her body be brought into the church whilst the congregation were assembled, that the parents had resolved on having the funeral on the Sunday afternoon, if I had no objection. And her mother informed me that she much wished I would address the people from Job i. 21. I accordingly did 90 ; and on no occasion have I felt more strongly assured that to die was gain.”

DEAR MR. H.-You will hear of poor Mary Afford's death in papa's letter. I think your prayer, “that our Lord Jesus Christ might be glorified in her, and she in him," was indeed the case; for her patience, during the extreme pain she suffered, was most exemplary, and a delightful lesson to al

round her. I believe almost her last words were, “I must go I cannot sing here. I want to be with my Jesus.”

Thus died Mary Afford. Christ was glo. rified in her. Oh, may he be more so! I hope many of your readers will glorify God for her, and be led to pray that their life and death may be like her's. Religion is a reality. It can support and comfort in the valley of death itself. Religion is a princi. ple-an heavenly principle-implanted by God himself. I pray that all your readers may be led to pray for the experience of real religion.

I am,
My dear Sir,
Yours most sincerely,

R. A. H.

EPITAPH. At North Ferryby, in Yorkshire, the following instructive lines are inscribed on a handsome tablet to the memory of Sir T, Etherington, an Alderman of Hull, and late resident in the above place:

“ Taught of God, we should view losses, sickness, pain, and death, but as the several trying stages by which a good man, like Josepb, is conducted from a tent to a court; sin his disease, Christ his physician, pain his medicine, the Bible his support, the grave his rest, and death itself an angel expressly sent to relieve the worn-out la. bourer, or crown the faithful soldier."

EAGLES. Dear Children, I am now going to te you the story about Eagles, which I promis. ed you some time ago : but before I begin I had better say something of the nature and habits of these birds; which are very often spoken of in the Bible. They are called birds of prey because they kill and devour other animals, and are very strong and fierce, having a sharp beak and claws; their colo our is generally deep brown with yellow feathers on their legs, their eyes are of a bright yellow and shine with uncommon lustre. These noble birds always build in rocky and mountainous places, from whence they fly down to the plains below and carry off the lambs from the flocks; their cry is loud and terrible, and can be heard even when they have soared out of human sight. They have seldom more than two young ones at a time, to which they are very much attached, as the following story will shew.

The Canton of Berne in Switzerland, was a few years ago so much infested by the large Eagles common in that country, that a reward of a Louis d'or (equal to our Guinea) was offered for every young one that should be taken. A pair of these birds had built their eyry, or nest, on a moun. tain, at no great distance from one of the wooden huts in which the shepherds shelter themselves while their cattle are feeding among the bills, during the summer months. A young boy who lived there, one day per. ceived that the old Eagles while they went out in search of prey, had placed their little ones to bask in the sun on the brink of a precipice near his hut. In hopes of getting the prize, he ran softly to the spot and seized the Eaglets, which struggled violent ly, but the boy held them fast: when he perceived that the old birds, attracted by their wies, were returning towards him flying very swiftly, uttering screams of rage. Though much frightened at this sight, he did not lose his presence of mind, but grasping an Eaglet in each hand, ran towards the hut, had just time to reach it and flap to the door, when the old birds arrived and with dreadful shrieks, began to beat against

it with their wings, and attack it with their beaks and talons, becoming more furious, as they heard from within the cries of their little ones which the boy had great difficulty in killing. The hut being very slightly built, the poor child was in great danger legt his enemies should force their way in, which they would certainly have done, if they had had the sense to go to the lattice window which was the weakest part of the hut: but as they had only blind instinct to guide them, they remained battering the dovr for many hours, till towards evening, wearied out they flew away. As soon as their trembling prisoner had watched them out of sight, he unbarred the door and ran down the mountain to his home, eager to tell of his wonderful deliverance and to shew the Eaglets which had so nearly cost him his life; the next day he received his well. earned reward.

And now, my dear children, what lesson ought we to learn from this little boy's eager. ness to get that reward and courageous attempt to deserve it? Is it not this, that if 80 much can be done and suffered even by a child, for the riches that perish, how much more should we labour for that “treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal.” Matthew vi. 20.