to our feet and a light to our path." Ps. cxix. 105. But the Bible has all its light from Jesus Christ; it was his Holy Spirit who put it into the hearts of good men to write it; and it is his Holy Spirit who helps our hearts to understand it; therefore it is written in the Psalms, "In thy light shall we see light." Ps. xxxvi. 9. Now the soul passing through this world without any knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, is like the poor man travelling through a strange country in a dark, dark night; he cannot find the way to heaven by himself; he knows nothing of God nor of heavenly things, he may fall into that deep pit from whence he never can rise; he does not know where he is going; the soul has no light, and our Lord himself has said, "He that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth." John xii. 35. It is our Saviour who teaches us all we know about God, and it is our Saviour who teaches us all we know about heaven; it is he and he only who can teach us how to be holy and happy, he and he only can give light to our souls.

Ch. How does he teach us, mother-how does he give us light?

M. By his WORD and by his SPIRIT. If we wish for light we must read the Bible, and pray to God for his Holy Spirit; the 'Bible is compared to "a light which shines

in a dark place," 2 Peter i. 19. And we are bid to take heed unto it until the day dawn and the day star arise in our hearts. Jesus Christ calls himself "the bright and the morning star," Rev. xxii. 16. And in another part of the Bible he is called the "Sun of righteousness." Mal. iv. 2. Now if we search in God's Holy word, and pray to him for his Holy Spirit, he will teach us to know Jesus Christ and lead us in the way to heaven, and then our Saviour will shine into our hearts and make us happy in God, and we shall know him to be the light of our souls. But I do not wish to talk to you about these things any longer now, for fear your little head should not carry all away; go and take your run in the garden, and to morrow if you are a good child we will return to the subject again.

Ch. Thank you, mother. I will think of all you have been saying. I will think of the poor man travelling in the dark, at night, and I will remember that the soul who knows nothing of Jesus Christ, and cannot find the way to heaven is also in the dark just like that poor man.

M. Remember one thing more. If that poor man had been blessed with a kind friend, who would have held a bright light before him, to lead and direct him in the right road until the morning had dawned

and the sun had arisen; he would have been safe; and in no danger of pits and bogs; in no danger of being lost. Now the Bible is that bright light, and the Holy Spirit is that kind friend; who undertakes to lead us and guide us until we are brought to the knowledge of our Saviour; and then it will be day light with us, we shall walk in the day and rejoice in his light; and that light will "shine brighter and brighter to the perfect day." Prov. iv. 18. Nor will that kind friend leave us till he has brought us safe to heaven-now you have a great deal to think of; and I must give you one little verse to learn-they are our Saviour's own words"HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE." John viii. 8.

IOTA.

THE ALOE.

We are so much accustomed to consider the Aloe as a bitter, because of the drug of that name, that we can hardly conceive, how in Solomon's song, he speaks of the delightful smell of that plant; but a writer of travels in Spain, speaks as follows: "This morning like many others was delicious, the sun rose gloriously out of the sea, and the air all around was perfumed with the smell of the Aloe as his rays sucked up the dew from its leaves.

DR. GOOD'S LIFE.

It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. Matt. xxi. 13.

"The mosque at the time of our passing through it, was full of people, though these were not worshippers, nor was it at either of the usual hours of public prayers. Some of the parties were assembled to smoke, others to play at chess, and apparently to drive bargains of trade; but certainly none to pray. It was indeed a living picture of what we might believe the temple at Jerusalem to have been, when those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting there, were driven out by Jesus, with a scourge of cords, and their tables overturned. It was, in short, a place of public resort, and thoroughfare, a house of merchandize, as the temple of the Jews had become in the days of the Messiah."-Buckingham's Travels among the Arab Tribes, p. 308.

JEWS.

The following extract is from a letter of Count Von der Recke, dated Dusselthal, October 10, 1827.

Notwithstanding the great difficulties which are found in the education and conversion of Israel, the Lord our merciful Saviour, who wishes that the lost sheep of the house of Israel should be collected out of the deserts and brought to him, has shewn himself merciful in our works, and manifested himself to many of our young Jew disciples; so that we could, with a good conscience, on the second day of Whitsuntide, see five of our sons of Israel received into the community of Christians, by the Rev. Mr. Schmidt, by the holy baptism, before a large assembly of Christians. I believe of these young men, that they did not only comprehend the truths of the Gospel with their understandings, but that their hearts were also affected by them. Therefore, I have the joyful hope that they will always remain real followers of their Lord and Master, and members of their Lord Jesus Christ. These young men, as well as those eight who were baptized with us the year before, had learnt here a trade, and went away in order to improve in the same, and to become useful members of Society.

The number of proselytes has increased to thirty-one; the Rev. Mr. Schmidt gives them daily lessons in religion; and I see, to my very great joy, how the power of the Gospel works more and more on the hard hearts, and how the old Jewish prejudices give way to the better persuasion. We have good hopes of most of these persons.