to make all the subjects I have referred to a matter of prayer, till they are indeed impressed on your memory, and written on your heart.

It shall ever be my earnest prayer for you, that after a long life of usefulness and comfort, in which you shall eminently adorn the doctrine of God your Saviour, you may be admitted into his heavenly felicity, and be like him, and with him for ever and that I, your teacher, and you, my beloved scholar, may never more be separated, but may for ever be united together in the praise and service of God and the Lamb. May God grant it, for his mercy's sake. Amen.

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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE LATE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, AUTHOR OF THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER," TO HIS DAUGHTERS.

"To my Daughters.-With a heart full of affection, I sit down to express a few sentiments and intimations of my wishes, as connected with your conduct, in the course of any journey or absence from home. I wish each of you to preserve a copy of it, my dear children, and often look at it; take it with you when from home, and keep it safe when at home.

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Many temptations will occur, to induce you to yield and conform to habits and principles, the very reverse of those which you hear me supporting, both in the pulpit and the parlour. Be not ashamed of firmly, though modestly, in

such cases, resisting them. State what mine and your principles are, and heed not the momentary unpleasantness of appearing singular, when conscience and duty require it.

"All descriptions of public amusements, novels, popular amorous poems, plays, songs, vanities, and finery, and all the sad tribe of poisonous and dangerous pursuits, should be regulated by this principle; and O! that your own simplicity and love to Christ, may never give way to one sad influence of false sentiment, even among those whom, on other accounts, we may esteem and regard. The half religious are often more dangerous than those who are less so; because we are more on our guard in the latter case than the former. The great number of instances in which I have seen the young people of religious families deeply injured in their spirits and habits, by much visiting with persons of different views and customs from those of their own household, has made me, I confess, from pure motives of conscience and prudence, very averse to much of that sort of visiting in my own children's case, which I know to have been productive of bad consequences in others. And the difficulty of drawing the line has always appeared very great with my numerous friends and acquaintances. Still I wish to make you happy in every reasonable way, and am glad when I can give you the advantage of new scenes and company, when it is of the right kind. But as in my journeys extensive intercourse takes place, a great variety of characters will fall in

your way; and I wish for all your sakes that you may be provided with sober, discreet, and religious cautions, that the natural ardour of youth may not lead you into unbecoming or sinful compliances. I know many families, and you know a few, where, perhaps, the parents are religious, but their young people are very imperfectly, if at all so; in such cases you may, from equality of age, be thrown much more into the light, frivolous, and objectionable conversation of the younger, instead of the more useful communications of the elders of the family. Here, often, there is danger; ever prefer and choose those, of whatever age, in whom you think you discover a holy, serious, benevolent, consistent way of acting and speaking.

"A young professor of religion has not, in most instances, so difficult a task to sustain, when in conversation with those of a decidedly religious deportment, as with worldly persons, and those who can scarcely be ranked as consistently serious, although often to be met with in religious parties. If, however, your conscience be correct, you will see more and more the duty of acting and speaking aright, and you must ever pray for grace to direct and govern you. Difficulties and dangers of this kind greatly multiply when those who, from relationship and family regard, stand very near to natural love and affection, are nevertheless, in great measure, strangers to the power of true religion, and therefore mingle with the world wholly, pursue its pleasures, and support its customs. I entreat

you to be much on your guard in all such cases. Decays in religious feeling and conduct continually arise from this source, and endanger the temporal, spiritual, and eternal welfare of many a hopeful family."

THE END.