bers, or of the pastor even, would be so sensibly felt in this region, as the loss of one of these girls." "I conclude they are in possession of considerable property?" "They have none," was his reply, "only what they obtain by their industry. They are always employed, and extremely economical; and they devote all they have to the Lord." Again thought I to myself, if all the females in our churches were like these two sisters, the world would soon be converted. O that all young ladies, professing godliness, would thus labor in the vineyard of the Lord. What glorious results would soon be witnessed! How many of them, though they have solemnly and publicly promised to forsake the vanities of the world, spend most of their time in preparing ornaments for a poor perishing body, while souls around them are perishing, and while millions of our race are yet in all the darkness and degradation of heathenism. O where shall we find that self-denying spirit, which Jesus inculcated, which Jesus exhibited ? Where shall we find the spirit of primitive Christianity? Where is that charity which seeketh not her own? THE LITTLE SCEPTIC. N. The mind of childhood is a soil highly genial for the growth of scepticism. Let the seeds of infidelity be scattered there, in early spring, and, in circumstances ordinarily favorable, they will reward the sower's toils, with an abundant harvest. Yea, more, they will spring up with spontaneous luxuriance, unless the soil is pre-occupied with the good seed. These remarks are substantiated by the following incident from the Sabbath School Treasury. Said one little girl of sportive and buoyant spirit; a little girl who had never attended a Sabbath school, and who had been trained to believe that there was no wretchedness beyond the grave- I do not believe there is any hell, only what we have here." In the estimation of her young associates, who, from Sabbath to Sabbath, had been under the instruction of pious teachers, this seemed an unscriptural tenet, and the air of boldness with which it was professed, moved them to search the Bible, for something to confute it. One immediately found this text: "Then shall the King say to them on his left hand, Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." Another this: "And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment." While a third gravely read the following: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be damned." In further prosecuting their discussion, the Sabbath school children boldly asserted their belief in the truth of the whole Bible, while their young antagonist, evidently from the influence of some unhallowed cause, confessed that there were parts of the book, which she did not believe. REMARK. Heretical notions are very likely to spring up in those hearts, in which there is no deep-rooted veneration for the oracles of God. J. P. She re WAY TO BE LOVED BY EVERY BODY. Dr. Doddridge once asked his little daughter, about six years old, what made every body love her? plied, "I don't know indeed, papa, unless it is because I love every body."-Pastor's Daughter. "PA, I WANT TO BE TEMPERANCED." A little boy of six, in G―, whose older brothers had joined the Temperance Society, came to his father one evening, when there was to be a Temperance Address delivered, and made this original but significant request, "Pa, I want to be Temperanced!" His father understood his wishes, but told him he felt unable to go out with him to the meeting that evening. But the little fellow's entreaties to be temperanced, were so importunate, that they prevailed, and his father accompanied him to the meeting. After the Address the lad's name was set to the pledge of total abstinence, and he was thus temperanced to his entire satisfaction. - A WAY TO CURE FRETFULNESS. In an Infant school in there was a little girl who always seemed very fretful and unhappy. One day, a little boy belonging to the same school, went to her in the spirit of true philanthropy and said, "If you'll go to my pa, he will whip you, and it will make you feel so hapPY!" SUMMARY OF BRITISH SABBATH SCHOOLS. This summary we have collected and abridged from the Missionary Herald for October. SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. The number of Sunday schools in Great Britain and Ireland, reported to the Sunday School Union, is 11.821, containing 1,226,394 scholars, and 136,437 teachers. The agent, during the year, has visited the larger towns in nine counties to promote the establishment of new schools and improvement in the mode of teaching. HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. Connected with this society are 994 day schools, embracing 77,141 scholars, of whom 47,512 are Protestants, and 29,629 Roman Catholics; 526 Sunday schools, containing 28,156 scholars, 16,029 of whom have also been in attendance on the day schools; 418 adult schools, embracing 8,655 scholars; and seven exclusively Irish adult schools. The increase during the year, has been 65 schools and 6,300 scholars. A considerable portion of the Irish peasantry resist their teachers' opposition to the study of the Bible, and manifest great attachment to the Word of God. The Catholics who attend the schools frequently evince a greater anxiety for Bible information than their Protestant fellows. Nearly 40,000 Roman Catholics have been instructed in the schools of the society, during the year, 1,627 more than the last year. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. This society embraces 2,813 schools, of which 1,979 are in Ulster, 427 in Leinster, 252 in Munster, and 155 in Connaught. The number of scholars is 214,462, gratuitous teachers 20,596; being an increase of 67 schools, 4327 scholars, and 440 teachers. Of the scholars, 121,752 are reported as reading in the Bible or Testament, 37,486 as above the age of 15. About one half of the whole are not receiving instruction in any daily schools. . "THAT SABBATH SCHOOL." One rainy Sabbath, a mother in C—, said to her little daughter who belonged to an Infant Sabbath School, "It is too rainy for you to go out today; I can't go myself." "Well mother, but you don't belong to tht Sabbath school!" This was an important reason in the mind of the child, why she should go though her mother should be detained at home. And that Sabbath school" has led many a little one to overcome obstacles which would have deterred the parent from the place of holy instruction on the Sabbath. NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS BY THE SOCIETY. The Golden Rule; A dialogue between Little Grace and her Mother. Heaven; or Conversations between a mother and her child, in relation to the World of Glory. By the author of "The Golden Rule." These two books are small, and are designed more particularly for the younger members of Sabbath schools. Story of Ruth the Moabitess. By the author of "The First Foreign Mission," "The Second Foreign Mission," and "The Happy Family." This is a book of 158 pages, and is divided into 17 chapters. All the incidents in the Life of Ruth, are here given, interspersed with a great variety of rich practical remark, illustration and facts. The book contains many a lesson of perseverance, industry, filial confidence and love, virtue, piety, artlessness and simplicity, deserving the study and imitation of children and all young persons. Perhaps no class will find it more practical and instructive, than young ladies: The Moabitess certainly possessed many qualities and traits of character worthy to be cultivated by her more privileged sisters of modern times. We think this volume will lead the reader to peruse with new interest," the scripture account itself." |