maining months of his life were passed in daily expectation of that summons which had long been looked for. You need not be afraid,' said he to his physician, who seemed to hesitate in declaring the danger of his condition; 'you need not be afraid to tell plainly what your opinion of me is, for I thank my God I am not afraid to die; it is what I have expected long ago, and I hope I am not unprepared for it now.' During his illness, he evinced that trustfulness in the merits of his Saviour, and that meek endurance of suffering and weakness, which shewed that, whatever might be the loss to the Church militant here on earth by his removal, to himself it would be an entrance to the Church triumphant in heaven. He passed much of his time in reviewing his past life, in meditation and prayer. The Litany, and Office for the Visitation of the Sick, together with the 71st Psalm, were said daily in his presence. He frequently partook of the holy Eucharist, and just before his death he desired the absolution of the Visitation Service. His last word was Amen' to the commendatory prayer enjoined to be used for a sick person at the point of departure. He died on the 17th of February, 1709-10, aged seventyfive years, leaving a wife, who survived him but two years, and two only, a son and a daughter, of the twelve children with which God had blessed him."

Fourth Sunday in Lent.

HUMILITY AND PRIDE.

PASSAGES FROM HOLY SCRIPTURE.

"HE riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself.

"After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded."

"So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

"Ye call Me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am.

"If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

"For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you."

RULES FOR HUMILITY.

"1. Think not thyself better for any thing that happens to thee from without.

"2. Humility consists not in railing against thyself, or wearing mean clothes, or going softly and submis

sively; but in hearty and real evil or mean opinion of thy self.

"3. Whatsoever evil thou sayest of thyself, be content that others should think to be true; and if thou callest thyself a fool, be not angry if another say so of thee.

"4. Love to be concealed and little esteemed; be content to want praise, never being troubled when thou art slighted or undervalued.

"5. Never be ashamed of thy birth, or thy parents, or thy trade, or thy present employment.

"6. Never speak any thing directly tending to thy praise or glory; that is, with a purpose to be commended, and for no other end.

"7. When thou hast said or done any thing for which thou receivest praise or estimation, take it indifferently, and return it to God.

"8. Secure a good name to thyself by living virtuously and humbly.

"9. Use no stratagems and devices to get praise. Some use to inquire into the faults of their own actions or discourses on purpose to hear that it was well done or spoken.

"10. Make no suppletories to thyself when thou art disgraced or slighted, by pleasing thyself with supposing thou didst deserve praise, though they understood thee not.

"11. Suffer others to be praised in thy presence, and entertain their good and glory with delight.

12. Never compare thyself with others, unless it be to advance them and to depress thyself."

PRAYER.

"O holy and most gracious Master and Saviour Jesus, who, by Thy example and by Thy precept, by the practice of a whole life and frequent discourses, didst command us to be meek and humble in imitation of Thy incomparable sweetness and great humility, be pleased to give me the grace, as Thou hast given me the commandment; enable me to do whatsoever Thou commandest, and command whatsoever Thou pleasest. O mortify in me all proud thoughts and vain opinions of myself; let me return to Thee the acknowledgment and the fruits of all those good things that Thou hast given me, that by confessing I am wholly in debt to Thee for them, I may not boast myself for what I have received, and for what I am highly accountable; and for what is my own, teach me to be ashamed and humble, it being nothing but sin and misery, weakness and uncleanness. Let me go before my brethren in nothing but in striving to do them honour and Thee glory; never to seek mine own praise, never to delight in it, when it is offered; that, despising myself, I may be accepted by Thee in the honours with which Thou shalt crown Thy humble and despised servants, for Jesus' sake, in the kingdom of eternal glory. Amen."

PASSAGE FROM THE PASSION OF OUR BLESSED LORD.

"Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

"If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him. “Little children, yet a little while I am with you.

Ye shall seek Me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

"By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.

"Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, whither goest Thou? Jesus answered Him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards.

"Peter said unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow Thee now? I will lay down my life for Thy sake.

"Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for My sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied Me thrice."

MEDITATION ON THE PASSION OF OUR BLESSED LORD.

"Perhaps, indeed, the whole of this last supper may be considered without irreverence as a mystical emblem of our Lord's sojourn with His Church unto the end, where He sits with His disciples, and feeds them with His body and blood, and teaches them, and is pleased with their love. I have washed My feet,' says the Church, in the Canticles, how shall I defile them?' And that which is true of the Church universal, is often true also of any individual Christian; and to each our Lord has said, ' Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with Me.' May we not therefore say that this blessed supper may be in our hearts, where Christ may wash our feet, which have been soiled by the road