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A CHILD'S HYMN.
By the Author of "Little William."
Look on a little sinful child,
Giddy, wayward, guilty, wild,
O! Jesus, lovely, meek, and mild,
My Saviour.

Nothing in her hand she brings,
But simply to thy cross she clings,
And thy free grace alone she sings,
My Saviour.

O guide and guard me through this day,
Keep me in wisdom's pleasant way,
And may I from thy steps ne'er stray,
My Saviour.

And if it be that I should die
Ere on my bed again I lie,
Receive my soul with my last sigh,
My Saviour.
And let me join the heav'nly throng,
To love and praise in endless song,
Where I shall ne'er again do wrong,
My Saviour.
E. D.

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As fleets, the fluttering, dying breath,
In tones of heav'nly love:
Triumphant, over sin and death,
Her spirit wings above!

THE HOUSE IN HEAVEN.

BY E. DERMER.

There is a building in the sky,
Superlatively fair and high,

Not made with mortal hands;
Based in unutterable love,
Ere earth or time began to move,

This heavenly building stands. And shall we not rejoice to know, That when these tenements below Shall crumble into dust; Our souls shall to that building rise, And dwell for ever in the skies

Among the ransomed just? Then while on each revolving day These frail abodes are giving way, And hastening to their fall,Well may the glorious prospect cheer, And dissipate each rising fear

Which nature would appal.
When God's appointed time shall come,
To fetch our ransomed spirits home,
May we be willing found
To part, though hard the task may prove,
With those we here so fondly love,
And be with glory crowned.
Our God will make their lives his care,
And they shall in his goodness share
As we have done before;
Soon shall their pilgrimages end,
And they to the same joys ascend,
To meet and part no more.

So blest a vision can sustain
The throbbing heart, the fever'd brain,
Whilst health and strength decays;
We soon shall meet on heavenly ground,
And, with eternal glory crowned,
Shall sing our Saviour's praise.

SUDDEN DEATH.

The following striking article appeared in the Morning Herald a few years ago. Its adaptation to the present times will be felt by our readers :

O! who could have thought when he passed by that morning,

So firin was his footstep, so bright was his eye,

And the blossom of health every feature adorning ;

O! who could have thought that so soon he must die?

But I saw him at noon, and an ominous sadness

O'ershadowed and darkened his fine manly brow,

And the look which so oft was expressive of gladness,

Seemed suddenly altered and comfortless now.

I saw him at night, on his bed he lay dying,

His lips were fast changing from vermil to blue,

And his children around him were bitterly crying,

As he kissed them, and blessed them, and bade them adieu.

I saw him again on the dawn of the

'morrow,

But nature was vanquished, the struggle was o'er,

And the spirit had quitted her partner in

sorrow,

And fled to the place where distress is

no more.

INDIAN HYMN.

In de dark woods, no Indian nigh,
Den me look Heb'n, and send up cry,
Upon my knee so low :

Dat God on high, in shiny place,
See me in night wid tearry face,

My Priest he tell me so.

God send he angel take me care,
Him come heself and hear um pray'r,
If Indian heart do pray :
Him see me now, he know me here,
He say "Poor Indian, neber fear,
Me wid you night and day."

So me lub God wid inside heart,
He fight for me, he take um part,

He save um life before:
God lub poor Indian in de wood,
So me lub he, and dat be good,
Me pray him two time more.*
*Twice as much.

Anecdotes

No. I.-THE LION.

ONE day, says Mr. Hope, I had the honour of dining with her Grace the Duchess of Hamilton. After dinner, the company attended her grace to see the feeding of a lion, which she had in the court. While we were admiring his fierceness, and teazing him with sticks to make him quit his prey and fly at us, the porter came and informed the duchess that a serjeant, with some recruits at the gate, begged permission to see the lion.

They

Her grace, with great condescension and good nature, asked permission of the company for the travellers to come in, as they would then have the satisfaction of seeing the animal fed. were accordingly admitted at the moment when the lion was growling over his prey. The serjeant advancing to the cage, called out, "Nero! Nero! poor Nero! don't you know me? Nero!" The animal instantly turned his head to look at him; then rose up, left his prey, and came wagging his tail to the side of the cage. The man then put his hand upon him, and patted him; telling us at the same time, that it was three years since they had seen each other, but that the care of the lion, on his passage from

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Gibraltar, had been committed to him, and he was happy to see the poor beast show so much gratitude for his attention.

The lion, indeed, seemed perfectly pleased; he went to and fro, rubbing himself against the place where his benefactor stood, and licked the serjeant's hand as he held it out to him. The man wanted to get into the cage to him, but was withheld by the company, who were not altogether convinced of the safety of the act.

In the beginning of the last century, there was in the menagerie at Cassel, a lion that showed an astonishing degree of tameness towards the woman who had the care of him. This went so far, that the woman, in order to amuse the company which came to see the animal, would often rashly place not only her hand, but even her head, between his tremendous jaws. She had frequently performed this experiment without suffering injury; but having once introduced her head into the lion's mouth, the animal made a sudden snap, and killed her on the spot. Undoubtedly this catastrophe was unintentional on

the part of the lion; for probably, at the fatal moment, the hair of the woman's head irritated the lion's throat, and compelled him to sneeze or cough; at least this supposition seems to be confirmed by what followed; for as soon as the lion perceived that he had killed his attendant, the good-tempered and grateful animal exhibited signs of the deepest melancholy, laid himself down by the side of the dead body, which he would not suffer to be taken from him, refused to take any food, and in a few days pined himself to death.

FREJUS, in his Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, gives a singular anecdote of a lion, which, he says, was related to him in that country by very credible persons. About the year 1614 or 1615, two Christian slaves at Morocco made their escape, travelling by night, and hiding themselves in the tops of trees during the day, their Arab pursuers frequently passing by them. One night, while pursuing their journey, they were much astonished and alarmed to see a great lion close behind them, who walked when they walked, and stood still when they stood. Thinking this a safe conduct sent them by Providence, they took courage, and travelled in the day-time in company with the lion. The horsemen, who had been sent in pursuit, came up, and would have seized upon them, but the lion interposed, and they were suffered to pass on. Every day these poor fugitives met with some of the human race, who wanted to seize them, but the lion was their protector until they reached the sea-coast in safety, when he left them.

THERE was in the menagerie at Brussels, some years ago, a large lion, called Danco, whose den happened to require some repairs. The keeper brought a carpenter to mend it; but when the workman saw the lion, he started back with terror. The keeper entered the animal's cage, and led him to the upper part of it, while the lower part was refitting. The keeper then amused himself for some time playing with the lion; and being wearied, he soon fell into a sound sleep. The carpenter having full reliance on the vigilance of the keeper, pursued his

work with rapidity; and when he had finished, he called him to see that the repair was properly done. The keeper made no answer. Having repeatedly called in vain, he began to feel alarm for his situation, and he resolved to go to the upper part of the cage, where, looking through the railing, he saw the lion and the keeper sleeping side by side. From the impulse of the moment, the astonished carpenter uttered a loud cry; the lion, awakened and surprised by the sudden yell, started on his feet, and stared at the mechanic with an eye of fury, and then, placing his paw on the breast of his keeper, lay down to repose again. At length the keeper was awakened by some of the attendants, but did not appear the least apprehensive for his own safety, but shook the lion by the paw, and then quiety led him to his former residence.

A LION, which the French at Fort St. Louis in Africa were about to send to Paris, on account of his great beauty, having fallen sick before the departure of the vessel which was to convey him to Europe, was loosed from his chain, and carried into an open area. M. Compagnon, author of An Account of a Journey to Bambuk, having returned home from hunting, found this animal in a very exhausted state, and out of compassion poured a small quantity of milk down his throat, whereby the lion was greatly refreshed, and soon after recovered his perfect health. From that time the lion was so tame, and acquired so great an attachment for his benefactor, that he ate from his hand, and followed him about every where like a dog, with nothing to confine him but a slender string tied round his neck.

MR. STUBBS painted several pictures of lions for Lord Grosvenor: among others the lion destroying a stag, and another in which the animal was attacking a horse. The studies for these pictures were made from a lion belonging to Lord Melbourne, confined in a cage at his villa, at Hounslow Heath. He was very assiduous in watching all the movements of the animal, and made a great number of sketches from it.

Whilst thus diverting himself, he had many opportunities of observing the

animal, and in particular as to the manner in which he springs on his prey.

One day, whilst thus engaged, the lion walking backwards and forwards in his cage, according to his usual custom, the creature looked over the artist's head, and suddenly standing with one leg up, as a dog points, he remained so long in this posture, and so perfectly still, as to afford Mr. Stubbs an opportunity of making a complete outline of him in that position: he had scarcely finished it, when the lion suddenly sprang forwards, threw his breast and body flat against the bars of his cage, and spread out his fore claws to their utmost extent, seeming greatly enraged at the impediment in his way.

It afterwards appeared that a man had come into the animal's view at a distant part of the garden, walking directly towards the cage, when the lion made his point, waiting steadily until the man came within the reach of his spring, the effect of which was of course frustrated by the bars of the cage.

The lion's cage was in an angle of the garden, to which a gravel walk led up on one side, and passed in front of it. One day, while Stubbs was standing in front, drawing, one of the gardeners who saw him at a distance, thinking he would work more conveniently on a table, fetched one for that purpose, and putting it on his head, carried it with the four legs uppermost.

A long time before he approached the cage, the lion heard him, and immediately crawled with mischievous cunning, hiding himself close to the wall of his confinement nearest to the side where he heard the footsteps, with an evident design to spring upon him as soon as he came in view. Thus he lay prepared, until the man came close to the den, when the appearance of so new an object frightened him so thoroughly, that instead of springing at the man, he flew like lightning to the opposite side of the cage, and ran down two or three stairs towards the lower apartment, always keeping his eyes on the object of his terror. He there hid his head under some straw, in an agony of apprehension, until the man had put down the table before the painter; this restored the creature to his natural state, he became composed, but not immediately, for he long retained a fearful suspicious look.

Mr. Stubbs stated that the symptoms

of terror betrayed by the lion on this occasion, appeared to be equal to those of the most timid animal.

M. FELIX, the keeper of the animals at Paris, in the year 1808, brought two lions, a male and female, to the Jardin des Plantes. About the beginning of the following June, he was taken ill, and was unable to attend the lions; another person, therefore, was under the necessity of performing this duty. The male, sad and solitary, remained from that moment constantly seated at the end of his cage, and refused to receive food from the stranger, whose presence was hateful to him, and whom he often menaced by bellowing. The company even of the female seemed now to displease him, and he paid no attention to her. The uneasiness of the animal afforded a belief that he was really ill; but he was so irritable, that no one dared to approach him. At length Felix recovered, and, with the intention of surprising the lion, he crawled softly to the cage, and showed only his face between the bars. The lion in a moment made a bound, leaped against the bars, patted him with his paws, licked his hands and face, and trembled with pleasure. The female also ran to him, but the lion drove her back, and seemed angry, and a quarrel was about to take place; but Felix entered the cage to pacify them. He caressed them by turns, and was afterwards frequently seen between them. He had so great a command over these animals, that, whenever he wished them to separate and retire to their cages, he had only to give the order. When he had a desire that they should lie done and show strangers their paws or throats, on the least sign they would lie on their backs, hold up their paws one after another, and open their throats.

GENERAL WATSON, while out one morning on horseback, with a doublebarreled rifle, was suddenly surprised by a large male lion, which bounded out upon him from a thick jungle. He fired, and it fell dead almost close to his feet. A female then darted out upon him. He wounded her, and she fled into the thicket. Suspecting that her den was close at hand, he followed, soon tracked her to it, and completed her destruction.

In the den were found a beautiful pair of cubs, male and female, supposed to be then not more than three days old. These the general brought away with him, and succeeded, by the assistance of a goat, who was prevailed upon to act in the capacity of foster-mother to the royal pair, in rearing them until

they attained sufficient age and strength to enable them to bear the voyage to England. On their arrival in this country, in September, 1823, he presented them to his Majesty, who commanded them to be placed in the Tower of London.

Miscellanies.

FACTS.-The number of bones in the frame-work of a human body is 260, 108 of which are in the feet and hands, there being in each 27.

The quantity of blood in adults is on an average about 30lbs., which passes through the heart once in four minutes.

Only one-tenth of the human body is solid matter. A dead body weighing 120lbs., was dried in the oven till all moisture was expelled, and its weight was reduced to 12lbs. Egyptian mummies are bodies thoroughly dried; they usually weigh about 7lbs.

The lungs of an adult ordinarily inhale 40 cubic inches of air at once; and if we breathe 20 times in a minute, the quantity of air consumed in that time will be 800 cubic inches, or 48,000 inches in an hour, and 1,152,000 inches in a day, which is equal to 86 hogsheads.

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REMARKABLE CONVERSION. copy the following interesting anecdote from "Brief Memoirs of the late Rev. John Griffin," mentioned in our last number, as recently published by Simpkin and Marshall:

A young woman, who had been disappointed in marriage, came to the awful determination to commit suicide; she had chosen the time, the place, and the means. Just before the appointed

hour that she intended should close her earthly career, and which was to exchange temporal for eternal woe, she was asked by a friend to go to Surrey Chapel. She complied with the invitation; Mr. Griffin was the preacher, and the text he had selected was, "Oh that they were wise, that they would consider their latter end." (Deut. xxxii. 29.) At the close of the discourse, quite unconscious who were his auditors in so large and crowded a congregation, Mr. Griffin was led to address himself particularly to any one, who might have

resolved-to rush into the presence of the Judge of quick and dead,

"And dare Him to do his worst!" It need scarcely be added, this young woman could not fulfil her awful purpose at the chosen time and place. The week rolled on, and the next sabbath she again repaired to Surrey Chapel, where a discourse by Mr. Griffin from Nahum i. 3, "The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and the storm, he maketh the clouds the dust of his feet," led her to see, that God, in his providence, was always acting for the accomplishment of his purposes of love and grace. The result was, the deliverance of this young woman from an awful and ignominious death; her conversion to God, and public dedication to his glory and service by union with a Christian church.

A FINE WOMAN.-It is pleasant to observe how differently modern writers and the inspired author of the book of Proverbs describe a fine woman. The former confine their praise chiefly to personal charms and ornamental accomplishments, while the latter celebrate only the virtues of a valuable mistress of a family, and an useful member of society. The one is perfectly acquainted with all the fashionable languages of Europe; the other opens her mouth with wisdom, and is perfectly acquainted with all the uses of the needle, the distaff, and the loom. The business of the one is pleasure; the pleasure of the other is business. The one is admired abroad, the other at home. Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praiseth her. There is no name in the world equal to this, nor is there a note in music half so delightful as the respectful language with which the grateful son or daughter perpetuates the memory of a sensible and affectionate mother.

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