of Christian parents, who have professed to dedicate their all to God we find that to a great extent, they have neglected to educate their offspring for the express purpose of serving Christ in the advancement of his kingdom. Said a christian mother, whose heart is deeply interested in this subject, "I fear that many of us think that parental duty is limited to labors for the salvation of our children; that we have prayed for them only that they may be saved; instructed them only that they may be saved. Infinitely important, indeed, it is, that they should be saved. But if ardent desires for the glory of our Redeemer and the salvation of souls glowed in our hearts like an inextinguishable flame, our most earnest prayers, from their very birth, would be, that they might not only be saved themselves, but be instrumental in saving others.

The present generation assuredly cannot go forward and enter the promised inheritance. We must remain and die in the wilderness. Our children however shall remain and proceed to the borders of the destined inheritance of God's eternal Son. But that even they may "have a mind to work," and a heart to "count not even life dear to them" for Christ's sake the young must be trained in the principles and spirit of christian self-denial and effort for the evangelization of the world. The duty of so training them and of teaching them both to know and to do all things whatsoever Christ has commanded is plain and imperative, and cannot be overlooked without crying guilt and shame. And as the family is the primary School of the christian Church, every parent must bring up his own children in this nurture and admonition of the Lord. Parents must aim at more than the conversion of their children. They must devote them to the service and glory of God. This must be the first great object of desire, and sought as the first great and all-important end. It must, therefore, be made to appear to our children that this is OUR first, and great desire and aim, both as it regards ourselves and them.

This also must be "The great aim" of every Sabbath School, and of all the means employed by the Church as the schoolmaster appointed to bring children to Christ, to bring them up in his instruction and admonition, and thoroughly to furnish them for every good for the purpose of teaching those who have been discipled by baptism.

Christian parents, teachers, ministers and elders, are you hoping, praying, and labouring for the conversion of the world? Do your hearts thrill with the crowding signs of great events to come? In your hands, under God, is the fulcrum on which the scale of future events shall turn. On you, as instruments, rests the responsibility of furnishing and disciplining the soldiers of Christ, and thus of deciding whether victory or

defeat awaits the Church. On you depends the destiny not only of the hundreds of millions now living in heathenism, but of the generation that is crowding upon the scene of action. Be entreated to be faithful to your trust, and train your children for the salvation of the world.

"Christian parent, do you love the God who made you?—the Saviour who redeemed you?—the Church to which you have consecrated your all? How then can you fail to train solely for that God, that Saviour, that Church, the children God has given you? Hear the voice of the Redeemer; he calls you each by name, "Lovest thou me?" Does your soul answer, "Yea, Lord!"-then heed your Saviour's message, "Feed my Lambs."

JUVENILE EFFORTS FOR MISSIONS.

From Gall's Children's Missionary Newspaper.

It is now about four or five years since the first great efforts were made to interest the young people in behalf of the missionary cause, by holding large meetings with them, and publishing distinct Magazines, and so on, bearing entirely on this one subject. During this period large sums of money have been raised by the young people of Britain, and almost all our great societies have had cause to thank God for what has been accomplished in this way. Besides this, great interest generally has been raised up amongst the young, which we hope will lead many of them when they grow up to be men and women, either to give themselves as missionaries, or to aid more self-denyingly in the promotion of the cause. A kind friend of mine has sent me what, he thinks, is about the sum raised by the efforts of the young in the period just mentioned, and as I have cause to believe his statements to be correct, and also imagine you will like to know what has thus been raised, I shall here present you with the statement.

The entire sum, you will see, exceeds £33,000, and is to be looked upon as the free and hearty collection of the young people of this country within four years. It has been divided as follows:

TO THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
To the General Fund, from

1841 to 1842, about

To do.

£1718

1842 to 1843,

3839

TO THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
To the General Fund, from

2,000

1,700

394

£33,770

TO THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY, about in all,
TO THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, about
TO THE FREE CHURCH SCHEMES, from 1844 to 1845,

Besides this there have been considerable sums raised for the Moravian Missions, the British and Foreign Bible Society's movements, and other missionaries' institutions.

I, for one, feel truly grateful to God, that he has enabled us to attain such a result; and, though it is not all it might have been, it is a noble sum, and demands our thanks.

You see, my young readers, what you are able to do, if you only make the effort. I hope the statement will make you more anxious to assist the work of God than ever, and that if we are spared another four years, we shall be able to speak of a much larger sum. Some of you have not even begun to collect yet. You then have no credit in all this work. Begin then at once. Buy yourself a little missionary box with the first penny you can spare, and call your own. Let it stand in some place where it will be seen in your house, and put into it all you would spend on foolish things. You will be surprised how much it will gather, and what a large sum it will make when put together. In twelve months open your box, and take the money to some good society. It will be a happy moment in your life when you carry it to the gentleman appointed to receive it, and feel it was all your own, and freely given.

But it will be a still more happy moment when, having given your little savings, you give yourself, and resolve that you will not only serve God with your substance, but with your heart, your life, your all. I pray you may present this better gift.

FACTS TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT.

1. THERE are in the world about 800,000,000 of souls. Of these christianity is professed by

Roman Catholics,

Protestants

Greek Church,

80,000,000

70,000,000 200,000,000 50,000,000

2. There are those who never hear the Gospel, JEWS, blinded by unbelief

MAHOMEDANS deluded by the false prophet,

PAGANS, sunk in idolatry and superstition,

5,000,000

140,000,000 600,000,000

455,000,000

3. Amongst this last 600,000,000 of heathen, there are only about 1400 Missionaries, including those of America, Great Britain, and the European Continent, or ONE Missionary to every 428,571 persons.

4. The entire sum of money raised by Great Britain for Missionary purposes every year is about $1,750,000, and by America, $750,000, making together, $2,500,000, which is only

equal to what is raised by one single idol temple in Calcutta,— the temple of Kalee,-in the same period for the support of its superstitions.

5. If every Sabbath scholar in Great Britain would collect one penny a-week for the Missions, it would raise £433,333, 6s. 8d. a year, and it divided amongst the principal societies, would enable them to print twice as many books, establish twice as many schools, support twice as many Missionaries, and occupy twice as many stations.

6. To add force to all these facts, remember that of these heathen

20,000,000 die every year.

54,794 die every day.

2,283 die every hour.

38 die every minute.

At this rate, 36,860,000,000 have died during the Christian era, and 6,540,000,000 since the Reformation!

AN EXAMPLE.

A heathen boy being interested in the Missionary, was taught by him the way of salvation. And the Holy Spirit blessed that teaching; and when the youth was eighteen, on the 1st January, 1842, he was publicly baptized in the Mission Chapel, by a new name, "Howden Bruce." When the last accounts came, he was still studying with Mr. Benyon, often acting as a missionary himself, and loving to

"Tell to sinners round, What a dear Saviour he has found."

He says, "To God be all the praise for what he has done for me! My trust is in that blessed Saviour who gave his life for me. I wish to make known his salvation to my countrymen, that they may know the true God, and Jesus Christ, whom he has sent."

Will not our young readers copy the spirit of the child who, when so young, thus proved himself "a good soldier of Jesus Christ" and will they not pray that he may go on to fight the good fight, and keep the faith, till he shall wear at last the glorious crown of victory laid up for him in heaven.

CAN I DO ANY THING FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST?

Dear Children,-If you really love the Saviour, you will desire to promote his cause, and I am sure that many of you do love him, and would like to do so, if you only knew how. Well,