ing in the air, with his head downwards. A wood-cutter, named Baptiste Paulet, being at work near the place, was alarit:ed by the frightful cries of poor Boissicr and his comrade: he came to his help, but, being alone, despaired of saving the child, because he should have need himself of some support in order to rescue him from the death which appeared al. most certain. The danger was, however, pressing; the boy exclaimed that his strength being spent, he was just ready to tumble; besides, the box by which he clung, was giving way by the root. Paulet therefore, consulting only his courage and humanity, threw off his shoes, couched down on his belly, ani), by letting one half of his body into the gulf, succeeded in reaching the ancle of the poor child. The danger now was, lest Paulet should himself by the weight of his own body and that of the child, be forced down the precipice ; but he clung by fastening his right foot into the crevice of the rock, and rescued the poor lad. Sieur Paulet was very poor, 'and supported a sickly mother, of eighty years of age, by the sweat of his brow: the peril he run was, therefore, the more pleasing, and we are happy to learn, that the Prefect of the place has rewarded him for his courage.-From the French Papers.

GREGORY, BISHOP OF ROME. It was in the sixth century, about 150 years after the Saxon invasion, that Gregory, Bishop of Rome, sent his famous mission into Britain. The circumstance which led him to take that measure, is said have been as follows: -Walking one day in the market-place at Rome, he saw several fine youths bound with cords, standing to be sold as slaves. He asked whence they came; and was told from the island of Britain. He then inquired, “are the people of that island Christians or Pagans ?" He was told, Pagans. “Alas, (said he, deeply sighing) does the prince of darkness possess such countenances ? Are forms so fair devoid of divine grace ? What is the name of the nation ?" It was answered, Angli. “In truth (said Le) they have angelic countenances : it

is a pity they should not be coheirs with angels. What part do these Angli come from?" From Deira (the old name for Northumberland.) “Let them be delivered (said he) de irâ; (that is, from the wrath of God ;) and called to the mercy of Christ. What is the name of their king ?” Ella. “Let us (said he, still playing on the name) let us teach them to sing Hallelujah.

The Gospel had been brought in to Britain long before this time, but it had been in a declining state for nearly 150 years; and was in a great measure confined to Wales and Cornwall, and the mountains of Scotland. We are often told, that we owe the blessings of the Gospel in this land, to the Pope and his missionaries. But Gregory was no Pope. The seeds of Antichrist were indeed fast shooting in his time; but idolatry, spi. ritual tyranny, and the doctrine of the merit of works, which are the three grand characters of popery, had, as yet, no settled establishment at Rome. Gre, gory seems to have been a truly pious man, though he lived in a dark period, and partook of some of the errors of the age. I will give you a few extracts from the writings of this good Bishop. He says, “let him whom I love above all, nay alone, let him come to me, that he niay touch me with the sweetness of his inspiration. For when I feel his in

fluence, I leave myself by a sudden change; and being melted, am transformed into his likeness. The holy mind is disgusted with all things which it feels from the body, and desires to become altogether spiritual: and while sensual objects murmur around, it flies into spiritual things, and desires to hide itself in them. Therefore it desires the loving-kindness of the Lord, because without that, it feels no power to ap-, proach him.”

“Those who most excel in divine contemplation, are most oppressed with temptation. By the first, the soul is lifted up to God: by the second, it is pressed down into itself. Were it not for this, the saint would fall into pride. There is, by the divine disposition, a wonderful temperature in this subject, that the saint may neither rise too high, or sink too low.”

Speaking of the Holy Spirit, he says; “unless the Spirit be with the heart of the hearer, the word of the teacher is barren. Unless there be an internal teacher, the tongue of the external one labours in vain."

THE SABBATH. Perhaps some of my readers may have gone from Sunday Schools and other means of grace, into places where no man

cares for their souls, and where every thing seems to make against their religion. How much are they to be felt for! and how much have their masters to answer for, who require them to attend to their business on the Sabbath!

But let such young persons bear in mind, that that same gracious God, who was with Joseph in Egypt, will be with them, if they secretly and constantly seek his grace and blessing. This, i trust, is the case with the writer of the following letter. It is addressed by a lad in an attorney's office to a village school mistress :

Dear Madam, You invite me into the country, to come and see you; I wish I could have done so. It would have given me great pleasure; but as one of our clerks has left us, a great part of his work falls to my lot, and prevents my going from home. You say I might spend a sabbath with you; and nothing, I do assure you, would have satisfieri me more, han the pleasure I should bave in seeing how you go on ; but I must (with grief) införın yoli, that I have to attend my masters on a Sunday morning with letters, &c. from the post; and therefore I must not absent myself. I hope, however, that every thing is working together for good, to thos: who put their trust in the Lord. This attendance on a sabbath morning does not keep me froin ine: ditating on the loving-kindness of our beavenly father, in sending his beloved Son to this region of sin and misery, to take our nature upon him, and fulfil all righteousness in our stead, and at last die triumphantly on the cross, for our transgressions I can view him with the eye of faith opening the gates of heaven for our reception, and preparing pansions in heaven for our everlasting habitation and happiness. O! I often think on these things: