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"All this availeth me nothing," because the behaviour of Mordecai was not suited to his inclination. Shall I, she thought to herself, be ruffled by a trifling expression, at the very moment that I am loaded with benefits, and crowned with mercies? And she retired to her own room to offer her grateful praises, to humble herself for the impatience she had felt, and to seek wisdom and grace, that she might not indulge any unchristian temper in her heart, or speak unadvisedly with her lips. Nor did she forget to pray, also, that her cousin's mind might be brought into a more desirable state.

As for Henrietta, little as she was herself aware of it, could she have narrowly looked into her heart, she might have seen that had the letter brought tidings of her aunt's death, and said she was to return to her mamma the following week, she would have felt really less disquieted than she did at the thought of having to continue longer in her present situation, though the information was coupled with that of her aunt's restoration. So fearful, so degrading is the bondage of selfishS. S. S.

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THE STUDY OF THE GREEK TESTAMENT.

I am happy to perceive a growing desire in many of your readers for a knowledge of the learned languages. While the cultivation of the Hebrew is recommended, I hope that the Greek Testament will not be neglected. It is a rich mine that will well reward him who explores it and makes its treasures his own. Bell's Greek Grammar, and Ewing's or Parkhurst's Greek Lexicon, will facilitate the acquirement of the language, or if the student be previously conversant with Latin, Dawson's Lexicon of the New Testament, will remove every difficulty.

Suffer me to recommend to my youthful friends, who are now pursuing their studies at school, to improve their time. These are precious moments, and if they do all that they can, they will acquire an extensive knowledge of languages and sciences that will afford them pleasure and profit in their future years. The stock of knowledge that may be gained by an industrious youth is wonderful, PRECEPTOR.

DAILY MAXIMS FOR OCTOBER.

1 Grace is always strengthened by exercise.

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We never consult our true interest, till we make our souls

our first concern.

3 The disciple of Jesus both loves and obeys.

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Our holy keeping of sabbaths is our entering into the rest of Christ.

5 Payment is the performance of promises. Grace makes the promise, and Providence the payment.

6 Holy fears prepare the soul for holy joys.

7 None have any need to be ashamed of the gospel of Christ, but those who are a shame unto it.

8 If God be our guide, He will be our guard.

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Christ never commended any of His petitioners so much as him who said, "Lord, I am not worthy," (Matt. viii. 8.) and her who said, "Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat the crumbs, &c." (Matt. xv. 27.)

10 Never take offence at small things.

* 11 In the preaching of the gospel, as well as by His word and providences, Christ stands and knocks at the door of our hearts.

12 Passionate persons are like those who stand on their heads; they see all things the wrong way.

13 Be ready to forgive real injuries.

14 To disbelieve the promises which are yea and amen in Christ Jesus, is to charge the God of Truth with deceit.

15 Use soft words and be kind to all.

16 They are best prepared for the greatest mercies, who see themselves unworthy of the least.

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Be a mediator wherever you can.

*18 Many fill a place in the house of prayer below, who will not have a place in the house of praise above.

19 Death considered as an enemy to nature, all men must hate; as the wages of sin, the wicked must dread it; but as a passage to heaven, believers desire it. Those believers that live in the power of faith and holiness, need not travel far in search of heaven; 'tis but looking inward and there they will find it.

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21 Do nothing in anger, for that is like putting to sea in a

storm.

22. Where grace does not grow, corruption will.

23 It is in God's holy mount above that we shall see both

the wilderness and Canaan; the glorious kingdom into

which we are come, and the way through which we were led into it.

24 Providence neither doth nor can do any thing that is really against the true interest and good of the saints.

*25 If the way be piety, the end is peace.

26 Knowledge, love, and gratitude, go hand in hand, and will be companions through eternity.

27 Past experience is a stimulus to future confidence. 28 Zeal without prudence is like hope without a foundation. 29 Hardness of heart must end in everlasting ruin.

30 Satan will always find employment for those who neglect to do their own work.

31 When religion takes possession of the heart, the happy effects of the new principle discover themselves in the life and conversation.

He that would fill a place in heaven above,

Must have that faith which works by holy love,

And purifies the heart. Thus faith and love unite,

To lead the soul, through Christ, to realms of glory bright.

Wakefield.

THOU GOD SEEST ME.”

R. C.

"THOU God seest me." O that every youth had this sentiment impressed on his mind," written upon the fleshy tables of his heart, engraven upon the palms of his hands," continually before his eyes. It would save him from a thousand evils. Who could sin if he remembered that the all-piercing eye of Jehovah was continually upon him; that he was watching his every movement, scrutinizing his actions, his thoughts, and pronouncing "Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." Ye youth, reflect, consider, be wise. Remember, whoever you are, young or old, rich or poor, learned or illiterate; wherever you are, at home or abroad, asleep or awake, musing or acting, " Thou God seest me." CHARITY.

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SEALING WAX AND WAFERS.

"FRANCIS ROUSSEAU, a native of Auxerres, who travelled a long time in Persia, Pegu, and other parts of the East Indies, and who, in 1692, resided at St. Domingo, was the inventor of sealing wax. A lady of the name of Longueville made this wax known at Court, and caused Louis XIII. to use it, after which it was purchased and used throughout Paris. By this article Rousseau, before the expiration of a year, gained 50,000 livres.

The oldest seal with a red wafer ever yet found, is on a letter written by Dr. Krapf, at Spires, in the year 1624, to the government at Barenth."

B. R.

ETERNITY.

He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater and the latter less.-Lacon.

SIR T. GRESHAM.

"Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal Exchange, was the son of a very poor woman, who left him in a field when an infant; but the chirping of a grasshopper leading a boy to the place where he lay, his life was preserved: from this circumstance, the future merchant took the grasshopper for his crest, and hence the cause of placing the figure of that insect over the Royal Exchange.”

OBITUARY OF HANNAH DEANE.

HANNAH DEANE, who for a considerable time attended the class in Surrey Chapel Sunday school, of which her sister was the teacher, departed this life on the 5th August, 1828, aged fourteen years and five months.

At a very early age Hannah was concerned about her soul, It may be truly said of her, as it was of Josiah, that her "heart was tender," and that she feared God. When the family removed to live in the neighborhood of Kent-street, she became a scholar in the Kent-street Sunday school, and continued such so long as her health would permit.

She was very punctual and regular in praying to God; and the consequence was, that as she grew in years she grew in wisdom and goodness. One day her mother being much distressed in mind on account of

some troubles which she was called to endure, Hannah went up to her, and with a smile on her countenance, said, "Mother, what shall we say to these things, if God be for us who can be against us ?"

She was a diligent reader of the bible, and every thing she heard or read was like seed sown in good ground, for it sank deep into her heart, and produced visible effects in her life. A short time before her last illness, she told her brother she had begun to read the bible through, and had completed the first seventeen chapters; but sickness and death soon put an end to the execution of this plan. She had a number of tracts bound together, which she highly prized; this book and the bible were her constant companions.

She was not only convinced that she was a transgressor against the law of God, but she felt her sins to be a burden, and rested her hopes for pardon on the atoning blood of Jesus.

For about a month before her decease she suffered very much, yet bore her pains with great patience. Hopes were entertained by her beloved relatives that she would recover, until the morning of the 27th of July, when she stretched herself out to all appearance for death; but by the use of suitable means she revived: as soon as she was able to speak, she exclaimed, in an affecting tone, 'Oh, why did you not let me die?' She was seized in a similar manner in the evening of the same day, and the same measures were resorted to with the like success. When she recovered she blamed her mother and sisters, and added, 'I want to go and be with Jesus.' They endeavoured to make her swallow something which they thought would do her good, but she said, 'Do not disturb me.' Indeed she seemed to have no fear of dying, rather it was the desire of her soul to depart and be with Christ.

After this she so far recovered strength as to be able, on Sunday the 3rd of August, to walk in the garden. On the Monday she experienced a return of fainting. On the Tuesday she was extremely ill all day, and at night she was carried up stairs for the last time, for before the morrow's sun arose she had breathed her last.

Amid the sorrow which her premature death occasioned, it was the consolation of her friends to believe that she had entered into rest. And, had you, my dear young reader, been called away by death, could your dear friends have indulged the same delightful hope that you were gone to heaven? You see that young persons, very young persons, die, and you may be called away the next. But are you prepared? Do you, like this dear child, love God, love Christ, love the bible, and love prayer? Search your hearts and see. Try your conduct by the word of God. If hitherto you have neglected your soul and your bible, and have omitted to seek an interest in the great salvation, do not, I beseech you, neglect these things any longer, for, "In such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh;" and such as you are when you die, whether righteous or wicked, such you will be to all eternity. H. H.

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