and that they shall be able to stand where others have fallen. Run not into this error. When duty calls you, resist evil boldly, and at all hazards, looking up for strength; but at other seasons be not ashamed to turn your backs on sin, in eyery shape. You are never safe, when you are near it. The fool in the path of temptation may stay, Two of these are now living in respectable places of service; three are engaged in Sunday school teaching, replanting the seed which, under the blessing of God, was so success fully sown in their own hearts; and of these, one is married, and, with her husband, is walking in the fear of the Lord; and another, with her sister and widowed mother, is obtaining a respectable livelihood; while But you must act wisely-Get out of the the third, following the leadings of way. A WORD OF "Be not weary in well doing, for in due time ye shall reap, if ye faint not." SUNDAY School teachers, and especially young teachers, who sometimes feel discouraged and faint in your work, despair not! "Lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees," for "in due time ye shall reap, if ye faint not." Eight years since, there were fourteen scholars in the senior class of girls in a Sunday school in the town of It was superintended by a teacher of superior education and abilities, and ardent piety; long will the recollection of her persevering kindness, her varied instructions, her prayerful solicitude for their best interests, live in the breasts of her scholars; they have all of them now reached, or are just upon the verge of womanhood; let us trace the results of her labours. One, during the time of her attendance as a scholar in the school, and eight since, have joined the church of Christ, and made a public profession of their faith in him. Divine Providence, has recently taken charge of a village school, and is there feebly, yet sincerely, striving to "bring little children to Jesus." Another of the "nine," has been for some time engaged as teacher, in a family connected with the same place of worship as herself, and another is on the way to Australia, where, with such principles as she has learned, and professedly adopted as her rule of life, we cannot but hope she will be made an abundant blessing. The history of the rest may, perchance, be a warning to those who lightly take upon them the profession of the cross. Two of the most promising, when first setting out on the christian race, have since "erred and strayed like lost sheep," and their teacher mourns that they have so soon left their "first love." But even of them there is hope that they will yet return, humbly and sincerely, to the "Shepherd and Bishop of their souls." Of the remaining five, two have passed into eternity; but ere they left this world there was reason to believe that they had sought and found salvation through the merits of a crucified Saviour; their first de sires after it, as one of them grate- | watchfulness over those who reside fully acknowledged, having been near her; and those who are removed excited through the blessed influence to a distance, with the halting and of their Sunday school teacher's in- the wanderers, are remembered in her prayers. structions. The other three have not yet given any evidence that they have "passed from death unto life," but concerning them there is hope, for the promise still remains, "Ye shall not labour in vain, or spend your strength for nought, and in vain.” The teacher of that class still lives, not as a teacher, for she has been compelled by ill health to relinquish her much-loved work, still, however, she exercises a friendly Long has she laboured, and here is her reward. Her desires respecting all of them have not been accomplished, but she has not laboured in vain. And how great will be her joy, and bright her crown of rejoicing, in "that day," when the children of her charge shall point to her as the instrumental means of leading them to Christ! "Verily, in due time ye shall reap, if ye faint not!" ONE OF THEIR NUMBER. Poetry and Music. THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. BY REV. J. J. LYONS. ALONG the smooth and slender wires Rise the pure thoughts of him who BETWEEN THE WORKS OF GOD IN NATURE AND IN GRACE. SECOND ANALOGY-GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT. In the last paper on this interesting subject we remarked, that simplicity of causation was one of the features of God's works, both in nature and in grace. We now proceed to another feature, and remark, that gradual and increasing manifestation is a characteristic of the operations of the Deity, equally in nature and in grace. Beginning with the meanest, or what we call the meanest, of the works of God, and proceeding upward to the mightiest, there is, as it were, a chain, every link of which displays more power, or wisdom, or beneficence than the one which preceded it. This is well illustrated in the animal creation; the lowest species of animalcule existence is that of zoophytes, or the class to which belong sponges. Now, between this, the lowest link, and man, the highest, there is a vast variety of links, such as the various kinds of fishes, reptiles, insects, birds, quadrupeds, every species of which displays something in common with the species below it, at the same time displaying something more perfect than its inferior relative; and this gradation goes on up to man, who is pre-eminently the lord of creation. The usual idea attached to this expression is, that he stands quite alone, from the possession of mind; but as regards his body only, man is decidedly far removed above all created beings on the earth. Now you will all remember that, at the creation of the world, the order of creation ran thus: the arrangement of the inanimate world first; then the vegetable world; then the fishes and fowls; then the terrestrial animals; and last, but greatest of all the works, our own species. The whole chain of revelation presents a similarity; though here, where there is an increase of manifestation, it is as regards light or knowledge, holiness, justice, and love: thus, from the first promise made respecting the seed of the woman bruising the serpent's head, down to the time that Isaiah was inspired to proclaim so plainly as he has done the coming of Christ, there is a vast variety of links, increasing and unfolding the knowledge of the character of God, only be communicated fully by the coming of Christ, God then being manifested in the flesh-his last, brightest, and most intelligible manifestation. "Out of Christ," says Bishop Jewel," God does not appear intelligible, much less amiable." THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG THINKERS ANSWERS TO QUERIES IN THE MARCH NUMBER. Several answers have been received, but the majority are either wrong in principle or inappropriate in style. Even in the selection we have made, we feel that the answer of " PERSEVERANCE,' in reference to the hoop, is beyond the reach of many of our readers. Could we have a more popular explanation, we would still put it in. FIRST QUERY. "How is it that in foggy weather the smoke descends, but in clear weather it ascends?" ANSWER BY E. L. E. In order fully to understand why the smoke descends in foggy weather, while it ascends in clear weather, it seems necessary to explain what causes it to rise at all. The air in the fire-place being heated, becomes lighter, and rises, carrying up with it the smoke, which is also light. When the smoke reaches the top of the chimney, it is still impelled upwards by the heated air, which continues to rise till it finds air of its own weight. The air above the chimney being heavier in fine weather, assists in forcing it upwards, just in the same manner as water would force oil to the top of a vessel, if both were poured in together. In foggy weather, the air is lighter than in fine, so that in coming out of the chimney, the smoke meets with nothing to impel it onwards, consequently it descends slowly by its own weight, and if mist be falling that would help to bring it downwards. ANSWER BY W. W. In foggy weather, the smoke descends, because the density of the surrounding atmosphere is less than that of the smoke. In clear weather we see the smoke rise from a chimney very perpendiculary in a long column; the air then is very heavy, or in other words, the density of the surrounding atmosphere is greater than that of the smoke; therefore the smoke, being the lighter of the two, ascends. A stone thrown into a river descends, because the density of the water is less than that of the stone; but a cork placed at the bottom of the water would rapidly |