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who the majesty of creation without rapture? The world is as a sunbeam out of Eden; a fleeting dream of the future paradise. of bliss! Where is the fearful skeptic, contending against his reason? Let him step forth and look on nature, clad in her festive livery, who, an eternal bride, joyous and beautiful, points · him to God. Let him step forth, and a fresh and balmy fragrance from millions of blossoms will greet him, and declare that "Here there is no death; all is life, and life is from God."

10. Doubter! if now the beauty of smiling nature hath warmed thy heart; if now the convincing power of reality hath purified thý dreams; if thy reason no longer doubts what it is too impotent to fathom; if thy soul longs to depend, in childlike innocence, upon thy Heavenly Father, then sink down and bury thy blushing face and gushing tears in the flowers of the meadow; and thy sigh-perhaps the first thou hast for many years offered up to thy God will be no discordant sound in the glad anthem of nature.

From the German

XXVIII. AN INCIDENT AT SEA.

1. A VESSEL that sailed between Whitehaven, in England, and the island of Jamaica, being on her homeward voyage, carried, among other passengers, a female who was the mother of an infant only a few weeks old. One beautiful afternoon, the captain perceived a distant sail, and after he had gratified his curiosity, he politely offered his spy-glass to his passenger, that she might obtain a clear view of the object.

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2. Having the baby in her arms, she wrapped the shawl about it, and placed it on a sofa" upon which she had been sitting. Scarcely had she applied her eye to the glass, when the helmsman exclaimed, “See! see what the monkey has done!" The reader may judge of the mother's feelings, when, on turning round, she beheld the mis'chievous animal in the act of transporting her beloved and helpless child apparently to the very top of the mast!

3. The monkey was a large one, and so strong and active that while it grasped the infant firmly with one arm, it climbed

the shrouds nimbly by the other, totally unembarrassed by the weight of its burden. One look was sufficient for the terrified mother, and that look had well-nigh been her last; and, had it not been for the assistance of those around her, she would have fallen prostrate on the deck, where she was soon afterwards stretched, apparently lifeless.

4. The sailors could climb almost as well as the monkey; but the latter watched their motions narrowly; and as it ascended higher up the mast the moment they attempted to put a foot on the shrouds, the captain became afraid that it would drop the child, and endeavor to escape by leaping from one mast to another.

5. In the mean time the infant was heard to cry; and though many thought it was suffering pain, their fears on this point were speedily dissipated, when they observed the monkey imitating exactly the motions of a nurse, by dandling, soothing and caressing, its charge, and even endeavoring to hush it to sleep.

6. From the deck the lady was conveyed to the cabin, and gradually restored to her senses. In the mean time, the captain, having ordered every man to conceal himself below, quietly took his own station on the cabin-stairs, where he could see all that passed without being seen.

7. This plan happily succeeded: the monkey, on perceiving that the coast was clear, cautiously descended from his lofty perch, and replaced the infant on the sofa, cold, fretful, and perhaps frightened, but in every other respect as free from harm as when he took it up. The humane captain had now a most grateful task to perform: the babe was restored to its mother's arms, amidst tears, and thanks, and blessings.

Anon.

XXIX. SELECT SENTENCES.

1. Ir is a terrible thought to remember that nothing can be forgotten. I have somewhere read that not an oath is uttered that does not vibrate through all time, in the wide-spreading current of sounds - not a prayer lisped that its record is not also to be found stamped on the laws of nature, by the indelible seal of the Almighty's will.

2. The fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek hap. piness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove.

3. A man's reputation has been very aptly compared to a sheet of white paper, which if it be once blotted can hardly ever be made to look as spotless as before. Apologists of youth

ful immoralities should think of this.

4. If a man would keep bōth his integrity and independence free from temptation, let him keep out of debt. Dr. Franklin says, "It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright."

5. An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole; which the cat observing, asked why he should hoard up those round shining things, that he could make no use of. Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chest full, and makes no more use of them than I."

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6. He that never changed any of his opinions never corrected any of his mistakes; and he who was never wise enough to find out any mistakes in himself will not be charitable nough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in others.

7. The expansion of mind which rises in us at the sight of the starry sky, the cloud-capt mountain, the boundless ocean, seems intended to direct our thoughts, by an impressive though indefinite feeling, to the Infinite Author of all.

8. Good sense and Christian principle must be in a very languid state, when a disrelish or weariness of life is the predomi nant feeling.

9. A profligate young fellow seeing an aged hermit go barefoot by him, "Father" says he, "you are in a very miserable condition, if there is not another world."

'True, son," said the

hermit, "but what is thy condition if there be?"

10. Idle and indecent applications of sentences taken from the Scriptures, is a mode of merriment which a good man dreads for its profaneness, and a witty man disdains for its easiness and vulgarity.

11. "Supineness and ffeminacy," says Dr. Rush, "have ruined more constitutions than were ever destroyed by excessive labors. Moderate exercise and toil, so far from prejudicing, strengthens and consolidates the body."

12. Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children; and like Priam, survives them all. It starves its keeper, to surfeit those who wish him dead; and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.

13. The conclusion at which I have arrived is, that without temperance there is no health; without virtue, no order; without religion, no happiness; and that the sum of our dūties is to live wisely, soberly and righteously.

XXX.

THE TWO RETURNED TOURISTS.

The following little poem, translated from the German of Grun, by Mr. C. T. Brooks, affords an opportunity for an exhibition of the contrast between & tame, inanimate mode of delivery and a spirited and expressive one. The last two of the lines between quotation-marks in the third stanza should be read in an apathetic, unimpassioned tone, as if the reader cared nothing for the objects he was mentioning. The same lines in the fourth stanza should be read with animation and enthusiasm, as if the reader were transported with admiration and love of the beauties of nature.

1. Two travellers through the gateway went
To the glorious Alpine world's ascent;
The one, he followed Fashion's behest,
The other felt the glow in his breast.

2. And when the two came home again,

Their kin all clustered round the men:
"T was a buzz of questions on every side.
"And what have you seen? do tell!" they cried.

3. The one with yawning made reply:

"What have we seen? Not much have I!

Trees, meadows, mountains, groves and streams,
Blue sky and clouds, and sunny gleams."

4. The other, smiling, said the same;

But, with face transfigured and eye of flame:

"Trees, meadows, mountains, groves and streams
Blue sky and clouds, and sunny gleams!"

XXXI.

BOUNTIFUL DESIGN OF CREATION.

1. Ir is a happy world, after all. The air, the earth, the water teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon or summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing." Swarms of new-born flies are trying their pinions in the air. Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity, their continual change of place without use or purpose, testify their joy, and the exultation which they feel in their lately-discovered faculties.

2. A bee amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment, so busy and so pleased; yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being halfdomesticated, we happen to be better acquainted than we are with that of others.

3. The whole winged insect tribe, it is probable, are equally intent upon their proper enjoyments; and under every variety of constitution gratified, and perhaps equally gratified, by the offices which the Author of their nature has assigned to them.

4. Suppose, then, what I have no doubt of, each individual of the vast number to be in a state of positive enjoyment; what a sum, collectively, of gratification and pleasure, have we here before our view!

Paley.

1. In the days of knight-errantry and paganism," one of the old British princes set up a statue to the Goddess of Victory, in a point where four roads met together. In her right hand she held a spear, and her left hand rested upon a shield; the outside of this shield was of gold, and the inside of silver. On the former was inscribed, in the old British language, "To the god