God to place me?-Have I constantly sought to improve all the advantages given me by a gracious God?

These are qestions which will call forth the feelings of all, and if rightly reflected upon will bring many to the throne of grace, to obtain mercy for the past, and help in every future time of need. May this be a joyful season to the young who read these lines, and may they be led by the Holy Spirit to seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. ELIZA.

ANECDOTES.

WHEN Socrates was one day walking through a market, and looking at the various articles exhibited for sale, he exclaimed, "How many things do I not want!"

BIAS having lost his city, and being put to flight, was asked by those that fled with him, with their treasures, why he took not something with him; he answered, "I carry all my riches with me." Thus the christian though he be impoverished, banished and cast out from all, is still able to say; "I carry all my treasure with me." Possessing Christ, he possesses things. He that has Christ is rich indeed.

Give what thou canst, without thee I am poor,

And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.

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ALEXANDER having divided his wealth among his friends, and being asked, what he had reserved for himself, replied, HOPE. Hope is the believer's anchor; it keeps him steady amidst the storms and billows of life; it prompts him to look out for a clear sky when clouds darken the atmosphere; and darts a ray of comfort into his mind when his spirit is sad and dejected. "Hope lightens anguish, sweetens care, heals the wounds of the heart; it is the only remaining consolation of the miserable, and it assists the prisoner to carry his fetters."

LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET.

"The twenty-four letters of the alphabet are capable of being joined, or combined, as many different ways as are expressed by the figures, 5,852,616,738,497,664,000."

LECTOR.

POETRY.

THE INFANT'S PRAYER.

"Suffer little children to come unto Me.”
O THOU! Who when on earth didst take
These infants to thy shelt'ring breast,
Keep me, dear Saviour, while I wake,
And guard me in my hours of rest.
Best, highest Friend, Redeemer dear!
So fold me in thine arms of love
As thou didst bless their weakness here,
So bless me ever from above.

Teach me my little hands to raise
To God in late and early song,
Thou, who dost turn to perfect praise,
The lispings of an infant's tongue.

And oh! if sin, or sinful men,

Shall bid me e'er depart from Thee,

Do thou in tenderness again

Say," Suffer them to come to Me."

"IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE."-Matthew 17th. ver. 2.

AH! well might the 'raptured disciple exclaim,
Who saw his loved Master appear,
Transfigured, and robed, in ethereal flame,
"It is good for us, Lord, to be here."

And when on the mount of communion divine
Our souls to the Saviour draw near,

We too in the spirit and sentiment join,
"It is good for us, Lord, to be here."

O yes, and the Christian, whatever his lot,
While reading his evidence clear,

The mount or the valley, the mansion or cot,
"It is good to be here."

Can say,

By sorrows, afflictions, and troubles beset,
Temptations and trials severe,

The language of patience and faith will be yet,

"O Lord, It is good to be here."

Gethsemane's garden, and Calvary's hill,

Believers hold sacred and dear;

And when the Lord's glory his temple doth fill,

We feel," It is good to be here."

But what saith the soul that hath entered her rest,
When God wipes away ev'ry tear;

Where fulness of joy is for ever possess'd.

"""Tis better than all to be here!"

J. S. HARVEY.

LINES,

To be sung by the Children, at a Sunday-school Anniversary.

HE comes, the Lord Jehovah,
The Saviour whom we seek :
And soon his temple over,

This sudden light shall break.
Then, let his priests be holy,
His saints rejoice and sing,
All wait in posture lowly,

The advent of their King.

Unfurl the sacred banner,
Beneath his cross repair;
Teach babes to sing hosannah,
And take their station there.

Thy blessed renovation,

O Holy Ghost! afford,
And seal an infant nation,

"Prepared for the Lord."

Command thy mighty blessing,
'On Gentile and on Jew,
And in thy church professing,
Create each heart anew.
And oh, midst Zion's glory,

Appoint us, Lord, a place:
Make us, and those before thee,

Partakers of thy grace.

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