the cerements of the grave, to come forth the "firstborn from the dead," to bring life and immortality to light, to establish those principles which will ultimately mould all souls into holiness, and prepare them for the spiritual presence of God. In a word, He died for a lost and sinful world, that its people might live in truth and virtue. Dear Saviour, how great were Thy pains; how severe Thy sufferings; yet how cheerfully endured for men! Oh, may Thy love so subdue our passions and warm our feelings, that we may discover that the cross shows the perfection, the magnanimity, the grand finish of the character of the Saviour. Come to the foot of the cross, fellow-sinner, and tell me if any of thy imperfections are there! Tyrant! is thy reflection there? Profaner! is thy ingratitude there? Cold professor is thy lukewarmness there? Hypocrite! is thy deceit there? Dishonest man! is thy conduct there? Persecutor! is thy hard heart there! Miser! is thy want of benevolence there? Oh no! Love so pure, so holy, was there, as to convince us that Jesus was indeed the Son of God.

Such was the Saviour! and if the traits of His character are shadowed in the soul, they make the creature not only pre-eminently kind, but a MAN in all the noble thoughts which that word conveys.

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SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER

ON

ALMSGIVING,

BY JOHN WASHBOURN.

"But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how stands the love of God in him ?"-1 JOHN iii. 17.

"Wouldst thou be rich? give to the poor; thou shalt have thine own again with usury:

For the secret hand of Providence prospereth the charitable always:

Good luck shall he have in his pursuits, and his heart shall be glad within him.

Yet perchance he never shall perceive that even as to earthly gains,

The cause of his weal, as of his joy, hath been small givings to the poor."

PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.

Are we not creatures of one hand Divine,

Formed in one mould, to one redemption born,—
Kindred alike, where'er our skies may shine,
Where'er our sight first drank the vital morn?
Brothers, one bond around our souls should twine;
And woe to him by whom that bond is torn,
Who mounts by trampling broken hearts to earth,
Who bows down spirits of immortal birth!

MANZONI.

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.

ON ALMSGIVING.

"Give while thou canst, it is a god-like thing,
Give what thou canst, thou shalt not find it loss;
Yea, sell and give, much gain such barteries bring,
Yea, all thou hast, and get fine gold for dross:
Still, see thou scatter wisely; for to fling

Good seed on rocks, or sands, or thorny ground,
Were not to copy Him, whose generous cross

Hath this poor world with rich salvation crown'd.
And when thou look'st on woes and want around,
Knowing that God hath lent thee all thy wealth,
That better is to give than to receive,

That riches cannot buy thee joy nor health,—
Why hinder thine own welfare? thousands grieve
Whom, if thy pitying hand will but relieve,

It shall for thine own wear the robe of gladness weave."
M. F. TUPPER.

THE exposition of our social evils,—the painful but ingenuous acknowledgment of their aggravated character and vast extent, and the earnest, the almost universal desire evinced for their correction or removal, are among the most prominent, and certainly the most gratifying features of the popular mind at the present epoch. But the corrective and eradicating remedies suggested or supplied, while they

derive their "form and pressure" from the philanthropic spirit of the age, partake, too, of the commercial, in their application and diffusion. We associate and combine for purposes of philanthropy and benevolence, just as we associate and combine for the formation of a railway or the sinking of a mine: nor is it to be gainsayed, that many and important results flow from this combination of individuals, this aggregation of separate and scattered "appliances and means." But here, unfortunately, the charity of many takes its final stand; the annual subscription to a hospital, or the quarterly donation to a local charitable fund, is the ultima thule of their benevolence. Thus limited, the remedy is of necessity partial, and totally incommensurate with the magnitude of the evil, I speak with reference more especially to the alleviation of the misery and the relief of the destitution prevalent in the metropolis, and other densely-populated towns and cities in the United Kingdom. How deeply-seated, and how widely-ramified that destitution is, has literally become a tale which every day brings with it." Into the causes of that destitution I do not purpose to enquire the evil is broadly and palpably before us, and by what remedy we can hope to mitigate it, is the grand problem of the day. Where are we to look for its solution? Must it be ranked with the quadrature of the circle, and other admitted impossibilities? I think not. Let us, instead of relying so exclusively on the cumbrous machinery of societies, try-every man in his station and degree-the judicious application of individual efforts to individual necessities. Let us concentrate rather than diffuse, act personally

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