Chap. iv. ver. 10.-Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The following lines, composed by a lunatic, were found written on the wall of his cell after his death :

"Could we with ink the ocean fill,

And were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;

To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry;

Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
If stretch'd from sky to sky."

Chap. iv. ver. 21.-And this commandment we have from him, That he who loveth God, love his brother also.

"I was conversing with a Brahmin one day," says the Rev. H. Townly, "respecting the relative morals of Hindoos and Christians; and he said, 'Our religion is superior to your's. See what excellent fruits our religion produces; see what saints we have amongst us Hindoos. Such a man was actuated by the principles of Hindooism; he left wife, and children, and family, and extensive property; he left every thing, and spent his life in a wood. Can you produce such a saint as that?' I replied, "That we should call him a very great sinner.' • Upon what principle?' said he. I answered, God has given us two commandments, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbour as thyself; and your Hindoo saint, who went to live in a wood, as long as he lived there, was violating the second great commandment; for, forsaking his neighbours, and kindred, and friends, he could not render them any assistance; he had no longer the opportunity of administering food to the hungry, and relieving the miserable; and can a man, who is living a life of continued disobedience to one of God's commandments, be deemed a Saint ?' "

Chap. v. ver. 14.-And this is the confi

dence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.

Lord Bolingbroke once asked lady Huntingdon, how she reconciled prayer to God for particular blessings, with absolute resignation to the divine will. "Very easy, answered her ladyship; " just as if I were to offer a petition to a monarch, of whose kindness and wisdom I have the highest opinion. In such a case, my language would be, I wish you to bestow on me such or such a favour; but your majesty knows better than I, how far it would be agreeable to you, or right in itself, to grant my desire. I therefore content myself with humbly presenting my petition, and leave theevent of it entirely to you.”

III. JOHN.

Ver. 4.-I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

Lady Stormont, mother of the late Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, on being complimented by another lady, that "she had the three finest sons in Scotland to be proud of," made answer, "No, madam; I have much to be thank`ful for, but nothing to be proud of."

Ver. 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed.

It is said of the Rev. Mr Hart, that he made it an inviolable rule, not to let an Arian, an Arminian, or any unsound preacher, occupy his pulpit so much as once. His usual saying on such occasions was, "I will keep my pulpit as chaste as my bed."

Ver. 5, 6.-Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; which have borne witness of thy charity before the church; whom if thou

bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well.

The late Dr Waugh of London was once on board a small vessel sailing from Whitby to Hull, when they encountered a very severe storm, and very narrowly escaped being lost at sea; but at last with difficulty they entered Yarmouth roads. On reaching the shore, he immediately walked to the Church Yard, and kneeling behind a gravestone, poured out his heart in gratitude to his God and Deliverer: After which, finding himself quite worn out with anxiety and fatigue, and wanting much the comfort of a christian friend, he wandered through the buryingground, to find an introduction to one who served his Master. On a neatly-made tomb, it was said that the departed had died in Jesus. This was what he wished; he went to the house where the family resided, introduced himself, and told his interesting tale; and with the aid of their kindness and hospitality, was soon able to pursue his journey.

Chap. i. ver. 12.-Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

Bishop Jewel, amidst all his attainments in learning, was so distinguished for the fervour of his devotion, the sanctity of his life, and the affability of his behaviour, that he was admired, and almost loved, by the bitterest enemies of the protestant faith. In the reign of Henry.the VIII. the dean of his college, who was a fierce and bigotted papist, sometimes said to him, "I should love thee, Jewel, if thou wert not a Zuinglian. In thy faith, thou art an heretic; but surely in thy life thou art an angel. Thou art very good and honest, but a Lutheran.'

JUDE.

Ver. 18.-How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

"A short time since," says one, "I had an opportunity of seeing a young man, who mingled in the sad scene that was at Waterloo. It was the first time he had seen exhibited such a sight; and at the approach of so vast a number of men and horses, armed with the instruments of death, he was naturally filled with consternation and fear. Calling to recollection what his pious father had often told him, to seek the protection of God, who is a present help in the hour of danger, he retired to a private place, away from his companions, and implored the protection of the Almighty. A very wicked Lieutenant who was in the regiment, the 7th overheard him, and laughing, said, "There is no danger of you being killed to-day,' and treated the duty of prayer in a very light manner. But mark what followed.-Away they went to the field, where, in a short time, they were called to engage; and the second volley from the enemy separated the Lieutenant's head from his body! Thus he was suddenly called into the presence of that God whose service only a few moments before he had despised and ridiculed! It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!"

REVELATION.

Chap. i. ver. 6.And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.

An old African negro who had long served the Lord, when on his death-bed was visited by his friends, who came around him, lamenting that he was going to die, saying, "Poor Pompey, poor Pompey is dying." The old saint, animated with the prospect before him, said to "them with much earnestness, "Don't call me poor Pompey, I KING Pompey ;" referring to the preceding passage, in which the glorified saints are spoken of as being made kings and priests unto God.

Chap. i. ver. 17, 18.--Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold I am alive for ever more, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

"Having been much exercised in mind," says a sabbath-school teacher, "I felt much dejected and cast down. I had spoken of the sovereignty, wisdom, power, and goodness of God, and recommended the great duty of resignation to the will of heaven. I knew that my doctrine was good but alas! how little of practical influence had these principles on my heart at this season. About the time my perplexity was at the highest, two little girls in our Sunday School, part of a family of five, lost their mother; and being called to attend her funeral, one of them wept,-to whom the other said, Why do you cry? other children have lost their mothers, as well as we. Our mother is dead, but God is not dead-come, don't cry.' Here I felt myself instructed by a child- God is not

dead. No: My comforts may die-my health may decline and my life must close; but God cannot die: he still lives; and how full of comfort is the expression, • Because I live, ye shall live also.' I trust I have got thus far in this lesson, and do find, that the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, and all my springs are found in him."

Chap. ii. ver. 5.--Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

says,

A late missionary traveller, in speaking of Ephesus, "The candlestick is out of its place. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! The site of this once famous city is now covered with grass or grain. The church of St John stands deserted and in ruins, having been occupied as a mosque, after the country fell into the hands of the Mahomedans. In this church are some immensely large pillars of granite, said to have been taken